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Hosted by Unknown Host · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 168 episodes
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Humans interact with animals every day of our lives: diet, wildlife, clothes and even medicines, are all intersections we often don’t think about. This is a podcast about the interactions and connections between humans and non-human animals. Our mission is to make research more accessible to the public while sharing the voices and lived experience of our human connection with animals.
Unknown Host hosts The Deal with Animals with Marika S. Bell, a education show with 168 episodes published.
Episode 5 looks outward: how to apply the psychology of eating animals, behaviour‑change research, and cross‑disciplinary insights to build a more effective, culturally aware, globally relevant animal‑advocacy movement.
Episode 4 examines the tension and opportunity where animal-advocacy goals and research on the psychology of eating animals overlap, drawing on conversations from the PHAIR conference. Researchers and advocates discuss c
Episode 3 shifts from frustration to forward motion. This episode looks at the strategies that genuinely help people change — not the ones we wish worked, but the ones supported by evidence. Researchers and advocates unp
Adults don’t simply lose empathy for animals — they learn out of it. This second episode of the PHAIR Mini-series: traces how early openness narrows into adult resistance. Researchers describe the developmental arc: chil
First episode in a five‑episode series recorded at the Psychology of Human–Animal Intergroup Relations (PHAIR) Conference, exploring how beliefs, identity, childhood perception, and social norms shape human–animal relati
Episode 5 of Series 16: The Captivity Conversation - Transcript Amber reveals what happens when an animal’s entire life is shaped around the profitability of her reproductive system, and what it means to rethink captivit
Episode 4 of Series 16: The Captivity Conversation Transcript Dr. Culum Brown's insights challenge our assumptions about agency underwater and ask us to reconsider what captivity means for animals whose intelligence we’v
Episode 3 of Series 16: The Captivity Conversation - Transcript In this episode, animal welfare scientist Lauri Torgerson‑White unpacks how sanctuaries can become true multispecies communities, exploring what agency, cho
Episode Two of Series 16: The Captivity Question - Transcript (linked) Primatologist, Andy Gray explains how primate sanctuaries exist to provide lifelong, species‑appropriate care—especially social companionship—for pri
Episode One of Series 16 : The Captivity Question - Transcript (linked) Dr. Susan Friedman joins me to explore captivity through the lens of behaviour science — from choice and control to “freeing the operant,” honouring
The is the Spring Special Episode! Transcript McConnell describes learning the craft of fiction, developing protagonist Maddie McGowan, for her recently released murder mystery, 'Away To Me'. The conversation also explor
Wrapping up Series 15: I’m filled with gratitude for the incredible insights shared by researchers on animal communication. From primates to birds, it's evident that the way we connect with animals echoes far beyond what
Episode 6 of Series 15: Animal Communications - Transcript (linked) I’m joined by Dr. Kaeli Swift and Dr. William Feeney to explore how birds learn from one another—sometimes within a species, sometimes across species li
This is a quick explanation of a phenomenon seen in animals who are considered 'conscious' beings. Essentially the difference between automatic or reflexive responses to their environment and reactions that are thought o
Send us a text Episode 4 of Series 15: Animal Communications - Transcript The discussion dives into the often misunderstood social behaviors and communication methods of reptiles, from chemical and tactile cues to visual
Send us a text Winter Special with Dr. Nunro Henrique Franco! The conversation covers ethical frameworks, the importance of transparency through pre-registration and non-technical summaries, and the impact of public trus
Send us a text Episode 3 of series 15: Animal Communications Transcript From energetic impressions to emotional insights, Maribeth shares how she supports guardians through behavioral challenges, end‑of‑life transitions,
Send us a text Episode 2, Series 15: Transcript Join us to explore the ethical implications of the words we use and how they affect both our understanding and treatment of animals in research, our homes, and our moral im
Send us a text Episode 1 of Series 15: Transcript We explore the story of Washoe, the first non-human to learn American Sign Language, and discuss the broader implications of chimpanzee communication on our understanding
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Andy Gray
Founder and Executive Creative Director · Catalyst for Harmony
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Susan Friedman
Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Utah State University · Behavior Works
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Patricia McConnell
animal behaviorist and author
1 appearance on this show
Emily Taylor
feminist author and free-speech activist · Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
1 appearance on this show
Maribeth Decker
founder · SacredGrove
1 appearance on this show
Grisha Stewart
2 appearances on this show
Kayla Fratt
Co-Founder of K9 Conservationists · Conservation K9
2 appearances on this show
Lori Gruen
William Griffin Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Science in Society · Wesleyan University
2 appearances on this show
Dr. Jonathan Balcombe
author of "Super Fly: The Unexpected Lives of the World's Most Successful Insects"
1 appearance on this show
Sy Montgomery
author of Secrets of the Octopus
1 appearance on this show
Jen Golbeck
professor, computer scientist, psychologist, 'expert in the far-right, online extremism, AI, and bad things on the internet,' and author of the MAGAReport on Substack · University of Maryland
2 appearances on this show
Linda Evans
PhD
1 appearance on this show
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