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The Overpopulation Podcast
The Overpopulation Podcast features enlightening conversations between executive director Nandita Bajaj, researcher Alan Ware, and expert guests to discuss the often misunderstood impacts of our expanding human footprint on human rights, animal protection, and ecological preservation, as well as individual and collective solutions. Ranking in the top 1.5% of all podcasts globally, we draw over 15,000 listeners from across 80 countries.
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Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene
In this episode we speak with Jo-Anne McArthur, acclaimed animal photojournalist and founder and president of We Animals Media, an organization whose photographers document the lives of unseen and ignored animals caught within human systems of exploitation and oppression.
Phoenix Rising: Pathways toward Animal and Human Liberation
Dr. Hope Ferdowsian, president of Phoenix Zones Initiative and a public health physician, discusses how she and her colleagues are working to dismantle the roots of oppression, exploitation, and domination harming humans and non-humans, and how we can cultivate the strength and resilience needed to facilitate that “phoenix effect” transformation for ourselves and for those in need.
The Beauty and Complexity of Animal Cultures
Ecologist Carl Safina challenges the notion that culture is exclusive to humans beings, and reveals the rich cultures and inner lives of non-human animals, and discusses how to move beyond human supremacy, which keeps us from appreciating the incredible beauty and complexity of other creatures.
Are Children and Future Generations Being Betrayed?
Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa explains why she is taking our society to task for ignoring the peril of human overpopulation. Habitat destruction, species extinction, and animal agriculture top the list of topics. “Can’t we talk about something that’s so obvious and undeniable?” asks Ochoa.