UNLOCKED! Tiger Lawyer

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4 • 645 Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2020

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Rargh. In this bonus episode, Sparky, Lyta, Allegra and Nick are joined by animal rights lawyer and Current Affairs contributor Asher Smith, to discuss what the hit new docuseries Tiger King got right—and what it might have got wrong. Asher tells us what it's like to work with Carole Baskin, the truth about roadside zoos, how to tell if a sanctuary is legit, and the team discusses the power and allure of big cats. Look out for use of the term 'charismatic megafauna', which was first brought up way back in Episode 28! This episode contains descriptions of animal cruelty. This episode was originally released last week on our Patreon feed. To gain early access to episodes like this, as well as lots of other exciting bonus content, please consider becoming one of our Patreon subscribers at www.patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! ** Asher's articles for Current Affairs: https://www.currentaffairs.org/author/asher-smith PETA v Tri-State Zoological Park: https://www.animallaw.info/case/peta-v-tri-state-zoological-park This episode was edited by Dan Thorn of Pink Noise Studios in Somerville, MA.

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0:00.0	Hello, bird feed. Welcome to a current affairs special bonus podcast episode. Today, in our
0:06.6	recurring segment, let's talk about what everyone else is talking about. We're here to talk about
0:13.7	the show Tiger King and also tigers more generally and other animals and crazy people and criminal justice and all kinds of fun stuff.
0:23.1	We've got a very exciting panel today. We've got our resident Catalan freedom fighter
0:28.9	newsletter editor Nick Slater.
0:31.9	Wait, hi. One day.
0:33.3	We've got Shooter of Men Into the Sun and Amusements and Managing Editor, Light of Gold.
0:38.2	Hi.
0:39.0	We've got business tanky slash friendly neighborhood business manager, Allegra.
0:43.5	Allegra Silcox.
0:44.3	Sorry, I almost forgot your last name for a second.
0:45.8	Allegra Silcox.
0:46.8	Good morning.
0:47.9	I am finance editor.
0:49.2	They didn't come up with a fun thing for my thing.
0:51.6	Sparky Abraham.
0:52.7	Money thief.
0:57.7	Special guest today. We have current affairs contributor and also litigation manager at the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals Foundation.
1:04.1	Asher Smith, Asher, all the way back like two full years ago, wrote an article about how Joe Biden's
1:10.2	record on racial
1:10.9	integration is indefensible. And then I think you also had one, hold on what's your other one,
1:14.4	you wrote Tammy Baldwin is great just not for cows. That was very on brand. Hi, Asher.
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