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Hosted by Kyle Conroy · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 17 episodes
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Animal in the Machine is a weekly podcast exploring how animals, including us, live within the systems humans have created. It’s a show about awareness, responsibility, and finding better ways to coexist.
Kyle Conroy hosts Animal in the Machine, a society show with 17 episodes published.
Recalling a children's book stopped me mid-sentence last week. Not because something was wrong — because something was right. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie describes cascading consequence chains with more clarity than mos
The word "livestock" first appeared in English in the 1500s — not as an insult, but as an accounting term. Dead stock was equipment. Live stock was capital that breathes. Five hundred years later, that word is still shap
Before humans built dams, beavers did. For 24 million years, they shaped the waterways of the northern hemisphere — slowing rivers, raising water tables, building the wetland infrastructure that held the continent togeth
In H.G. Wells' The Time Machine, the Eloi live in crumbling palaces, eat fruit that falls from trees, and haven't had an original thought in centuries. They didn't lose their minds to catastrophe. They lost them to comfo
On Memorial Day we speak the names of those who did not come home. But there are others — animals who served in every major conflict in human history, who carried messages through gunfire, pulled supplies through mud, an
Motherhood is not a human invention. On Mother's Day, Animal in the Machine looks at the bonds we celebrate today — and the ones we systematically sever. From a dairy barn to the Pacific Northwest, from the African savan
The Save Our Bacon Act just passed the House of Representatives. Its stated goal is protecting interstate commerce. What it would actually do is nullify voter-approved state laws banning gestation crates, battery cages,
Intelligence has been tested, scored, packaged, and sold. But what if the version we've been measuring is only a fraction of what's actually out there? In this episode, we trace the story of how intelligence got defined
Somewhere over your town right now, a turkey vulture is turning slow circles in the sky. It's been doing that — or something very close to it — for five million years. It outlasted ice ages, mass extinctions, and the dis
Protein is everywhere—from snack foods to soda—and suddenly, everything is “high-protein.” In this episode, we explore how protein became more than a nutrient—it became a marketing strategy. We break down what protein ac
Bats are disappearing—but not in ways most of us notice. In this episode, we explore how modern systems—agriculture, pest control, land use, and even renewable energy—are reshaping the night. And what bats have been doin
Women’s health is gaining more attention—but it hasn’t always been that way. In this episode, we explore how the foundations of medical research shaped what we know today, and how that has impacted the care, treatment, a
Beagles are known for their loyalty, their gentleness, and their trust in people. They’re also one of the most widely used dogs in laboratory testing. Why? In this episode, we look at how animal testing became a standard
Every weekday, millions of Americans perform the same ritual. Wake up. Enter traffic. Follow the same route to the same destination. The daily commute has become one of the most accepted parts of modern life—but it’s als
Once, horses powered human civilization. They carried warriors into battle, pulled plows across farmland, and transported goods across continents. Entire societies depended on them. But machines replaced those roles long
Oysters don’t just live in our waterways — they quietly maintain them. For centuries, their reefs filtered pollution, stabilized shorelines, and sustained entire coastal ecosystems. But as we industrialized our coasts, w
In this introductory episode of Animal in the Machine, I explain what this show is about and why it exists. Each week, we’ll explore how animals — including humans — are shaped by the cultural, economic, and psychologica
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Animal in the Machine is hosted by Kyle Conroy. The show is categorised under society (culture) and has published 17 episodes.
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