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Outside of a few federal laws that protect imperilled species—endangered species, migratory birds, bald and golden eagles, and marine mammals—most wildlife conservation policies and practices in North America are set by...
About this Podcast:
If you like smart, humane conversations that don’t dodge difficult issues, PAN Thinks is for you. We unpack the ideas and arguments behind today’s hardest animal issues with careful reasoning, compassion, expert insight, and practical takeaways. Integrating ethics with science and policy, we explore "how we ought to live" in a more than human world where animals matter. Expect lively conversations that challenges conventional wisdom and gives you fresh insight into the place of animals in our lives. PAN Thinks is a production of PAN Works, a centre for ethics, science and policy dedicated to animal wellbeing.
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What is PAN Thinks about?
If you like smart, humane conversations that don’t dodge difficult issues, PAN Thinks is for you. We unpack the ideas and arguments behind today’s hardest animal issues with careful reasoning, compassion, expert insight, and practical takeaways. Integrating ethics with science and policy, we explore "how we ought to live" in a more than human world where animals matter.
Who hosts PAN Thinks?
PAN Thinks is hosted by PAN Works. The show has published 15 episodes to date.
What has PAN Thinks covered recently?
Recent episodes include "Wildlife Governance Reform as a Vehicle for Multispecies Justice" (23 October 2026, 90 minutes), "A New Definition of Conservation" (14 September 2026, 69 minutes), and "The North American Model of Conservation: A Political Quagmire of Language and Ethics" (4 August 2026, 109 minutes).
How often does PAN Thinks publish?
PAN Thinks publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 84 minutes across 15 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on PAN Thinks?
Booking probability for PAN Thinks is 28%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. PAN Thinks requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. PAN Thinks's contact route on record: public web form.
Who should pitch PAN Thinks?
The strongest fits for PAN Thinks are Advocacy & Social Causes. PAN Thinks has a society audience.
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PAN Works hosts PAN Thinks, a society podcast with 15 episodes published.
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Episode #14
A New Definition of Conservation
Sep 14, 20261h 9mS1When appointed in 2021 to the Washington State’s Fish and Wildlife Commission, Fred Koontz, PhD, sought to define of the word “conservation” to better capture what we mean by wildlife management in the modern era. Yet...
Aug 4, 20261h 49mS1The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAM) is a set of seven principles that proponents claim when collectively applied has led to the successes of wildlife conservation and management in the United States...
Jul 18, 20261h 43mS1Human expansionism — both through the growth in our consumption and population — is the leading driver of cascading ecological and social crises. Animal exploitation, in the form of accelerating rates of species...
Jul 1, 20261h 31mS1The Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program was founded at the Woodland Park Zoo (Seattle, WA, USA) in 1996. It began as the first wild study of the endangered Matschie’s tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea and grew into a...
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Jun 26, 202652 minS1<p>Through her work in conservation and One Health, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has seen how protecting endangered mountain gorillas around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park goes hand in hand with improving the health...
- Jun 26, 202652 minS1
Through her work in conservation and One Health, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has seen how protecting endangered mountain gorillas around Bwindi Impenetrable National Park goes hand in hand with improving the health and...
Jun 20, 20261h 8mS1<p>Over the last two decades One Health has gained prominence as a program paradigm among wildlife conservation practitioners. There is more than one definition of One Health but they share the starting point that...
Jun 13, 20261h 10mS1<p>The term “One Health” explicitly recognizes that the health and wellbeing of people, other animals, and nature are interdependent. While the goal of One Health is optimal health for all, in practice it almost always...
Episode #7
What It Means to Know an Animal
Jun 6, 20261h 32mS1<p>An elephant pauses at a crossroads. Her trunk rises, testing the air. She weighs memory, social awareness, the quality of the wind — then commits to a path. What does she know? And what follows, for science and for...
Episode #6
Wellbeing and Animal Lives: Part 2
May 23, 20261h 28mS1<p>How does the concept of wellbeing inform animal lives? Wellbeing incorporates and yet extends previous ideas of animal welfare. It envisions in both a scientific and ethical sense how people should think and act so...
Episode #5
Wellbeing and Animal Lives: Part 1
May 15, 20261h 23mS1<p>About</p><p>How does the concept of wellbeing inform animal lives? Wellbeing incorporates and yet extends previous ideas of animal welfare. It envisions in both a scientific and ethical sense how people should think...
Episode #4
Meet the Neighbors with Brandon Keim
May 8, 20261h 32mS1<p>Brandon Keim’s latest book is Meet the Neighbors: Animal Minds and Life in a More-than-Human World (2024). He draws on the explosion of research into animal cognition to argue that the cities and landscapes around us...
Episode #3
Mary Midgley: An Introduction
Mar 7, 20261h 43mS1<p>In this episode we explore the thought of ethicist and philosopher Mary Midgley. Midgley was a key scholar of common-sense morality, and the most important ethicist of animals in the last century. Her ideas have...
Feb 10, 20261h 23mS1<p>Dr. Neimeic shares her research on the factors influencing public support of carnivore protection ballot initiatives. Using moral foundations theory and data from in-person interviews, she demonstrates the arguments...
Episode #1
Ethics 101
Jan 20, 20261h 41mS1<p>An introduction to the meaning of ethics, the place of intrinsic value and moral community in ethical understanding, and the distinction between descriptive and normative ethics in public policy.</p><p></p><p>HOSTS &...
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Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
wildlife veterinarian and conservationist, Conservation Through Public Health
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Brandon Keim
Meet the Neighbors
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Fred Koontz
PAN Works
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William S. Lynn
PAN Works
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