243: Culture Club: For The Love Of Animals with James Greenwood
Homo Sapiens
Christopher Sweeney
4.7 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 17 August 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Can pet ownership help your mental health? This week the Homo Sapiens resident vet James Greenwood is here to talk to us all about his new book For The Love of Animals - a brilliant memoir about the power of pet ownership for LGBTQ+ people.
TW: This episode contains conversations around the topic of suicide.
If you, or anyone you know has been affected by any of the issues raised in this conversation, take a look at these resources:
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Phone: 01273 204050
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Mind Out- an online LGBTQ+ mental health online support service- see here
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| 0:00.0 | Business, leisure. |
| 0:02.0 | The scream pop songs are the top of my lungs. |
| 0:04.5 | I didn't shave my chest for nothing. |
| 0:06.5 | To show my kid I love him, no matter what. |
| 0:09.0 | Because some people still don't get it. |
| 0:11.0 | Because so many people fought so hard to be able to do this. |
| 0:14.5 | To visit every single gay bar in Soho in one night. |
| 0:17.5 | Because when I was younger, I never realized I could. |
| 0:20.5 | Because we're not going anywhere. |
| 0:22.5 | Whatever the purpose of your visit, make yours an original. |
| 0:26.5 | Celebrate Pride with British Airways, a British original. |
| 0:32.5 | Hello listeners. |
| 0:33.5 | This episode of Homo sapiens is brought to you by WhatsApp from Meta. |
| 0:38.5 | Now then, making this podcast is a lot of fun. |
| 0:41.0 | And WhatsApp is, I gotta say, an integral part of that. |
| 0:44.0 | I'm constantly gassing on there, I do love a voice note. |
| 0:47.0 | But I plan episodes, I message guests, I chat with our producer. |
| 0:50.5 | It's where it's all happening. |
| 0:52.0 | It's also the place I go when something big happens. |
| 0:54.5 | No matter what it is, whether it's a tronymph, I want to celebrate with friends. |
| 0:58.0 | Like, I don't know, getting a WhatsApp advert on your podcast. |
| 1:01.0 | Or something not so good, like the usual thing where I'm in a, you know, |
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