Jo-Anne McArthur: What We Can't Un-See

Species Unite

elizabeth novogratz

Philosophy, Society & Culture

5.0 • 911 Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Species Unite will be back next week, June 2nd, with a brand new season. Until then, we are re-sharing some of our favorite episodes. Today's is a conversation with Jo-Anne McArthur.

Jo-Anne McArthur is an award winning photojournalist and the founder of We Animals Media. For 20 years she has been photographing and bearing witness to our complex relationship with animals.

She's worked in over 60 countries in just about every industry one can imagine - including: fur farms, factory farms, bear bile farms, zoos, rodeos, circuses, and marine parks with the mission to make the lives of these invisible animals visible.

Her images tell the stories of unseen suffering, the stories of what happens when we stop paying attention, of what hopelessness looks like, and of thousands of little lives that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.

She is also co-founder of the Unbound Project and the author of two books, We Animals and Captive. And, she was the subject of Liz Marshall's acclaimed documentary, The Ghosts in Our Machine.

I have been a super-fan of Jo-Anne's for years, so it felt like a real honor to be able to spend this time with her. I learned a lot in this conversation, about suffering, about empathy, and mostly, about grace. I hope that you will be as moved by Jo-Anne and her work as I am.

Learn More About We Animals Media

Learn More About The Unbound Project

Jo Anne's Books:

We Animals

Captive

Liz Marshall's Documentary, The Ghosts in Our Machine

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0:00.0	Species,
0:08.0	species, unite,
0:10.0	species unite.
0:11.0	species unite. We all go through terrible things in our lives where none of us are going to
0:20.0	get away from suffering and also suffering exists at every turn. I mean there are
0:25.5	lonely people in that building across from my house that I'm looking at right now
0:29.2	they're suffering everywhere. So what a privilege for any of us to be able to alleviate the suffering of others.
0:36.7	And when you go to suffering and do something about it, it gives meaning to the suffering, to the efforts, to your own life. Hi, I'm Elizabeth Novigrats. This is Species Unite. We have a favor to ask if you like today's episode and you have a spare minute
1:05.4	Could you please rate and review Species Unite on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen to podcasts? It really helps people to find the show. Species Tonight will be back next week with a brand new season.
1:27.0	Until then we're resharing some of our favorite episodes.
1:31.0	Today is a conversation with Joanne MacArthur.
1:35.0	I am really excited to share today's conversation.
1:38.0	It's with Joanne MacArthur.
1:40.0	Joanne's an award-winning photojournalist and the founder of We Animals Media.
1:44.4	For 20 years she's been photographing and bearing witness to our complex relationship with animals.
1:51.2	She's worked in over 60 countries in just about every industry you can imagine,
1:55.0	including fur farms, factory farms, bear bile farms, zoos, rodeos, marine parks,
2:01.0	with the mission to make the lives of these invisible animals visible.
2:05.0	She's also co-founder of the Unbound Project and the author of two books, We Animals and Captive. And she was the subject of Liz Marshall's acclaimed documentary, The Ghost in Our Machine. I think we all grow up with a lot of animals. We may just not be seeing them. I mean I was always seeing the squirrels and the wildlife in my neighborhood in Ottawa.
2:40.0	Also I would always beg my parents for animals that I could have in the house, you know,
2:44.7	dribbles, hamsters, birds.
2:47.6	I was always attracted to the, you know, other species and very very curious about them. I did grow up with them had a lot of empathy.
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