Peter Singer: Animal Liberation NOW
Species Unite
elizabeth novogratz
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🗓️ 31 May 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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"I think to some extent it shows that we don't want to have knowledge that will make us uncomfortable or make us feel that we're doing something wrong. And I get that from people quite often, you know, that don't really know me very well, but they ask me what I'm doing and I mention something about I've written about animals and the way animals raised for food are treated. And then they'll say, 'Oh, don't tell me, you'll spoil my dinner.'" – Peter Singer
In 1975, Peter Singer changed the way we talk about how we treat animals in our food system, in research and everywhere else we use, exploit and torture them. He gave the world Animal Liberation, the book that gave birth to generations of animal activists, advocates, vegans and the animal rights movement. And last week, a new version of Animal Liberation entered the world, Animal Liberation NOW.
This version is much more than a revised edition, it's more like a whole new book, because a lot has happened in 50 years, and sadly, a lot hasn't happened.
Peter and I met the day before the book came out to talk about what has changed and more importantly, what needs to change NOW.
Please listen, share and then go read Animal Liberation NOW.
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| 0:00.0 | Species, unite, unite. |
| 0:07.0 | Species unite. I think to some extent it shows that we don't want to have knowledge that will make us uncomfortable |
| 0:22.0 | or make us feel that we're doing something wrong. |
| 0:26.0 | And I get that from people quite often, you know. |
| 0:29.5 | So they don't really know me very well, but they ask me what I'm doing and I mentioned something about |
| 0:35.2 | that I've written about animals and the way animals raised for food treated and then |
| 0:40.8 | they say oh don't tell, you'll spoil my dinner. |
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| 1:25.0 | In 1975, Peter Singer changed the way we talk about how we treat animals in our food system in research and everywhere else we use exploit and torture them. He gave the |
| 1:30.1 | world animal liberation the book that gave birth to generations of animal |
| 1:34.8 | activists, advocates, vegans, and the animal rights movement. |
| 1:39.3 | And last week, a new version of animal liberation entered the world. This one is a whole new book because a lot has happened in 50 years. |
| 1:47.1 | And sadly, a lot hasn't happened. |
| 1:50.0 | Peter and I met a few days before the book came out to talk about what has changed and more importantly |
| 1:56.6 | what needs to you out in this beautiful spot in Central Park and |
| 2:18.0 | speaking of other species there's a couple of birds just around. |
| 2:21.0 | So good to have you. I'm so honored. Thank you. Thank you Beth. It's |
| 2:24.6 | great to be with you. Animal liberation now comes out tomorrow. I read it |
| 2:30.0 | this weekend thinking that I was going to be reading a revised edition of |
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