S8E10: Grad Review with Gina Song Lopez and Taylor Jobling

Gina Song Lopez, researching vegan movements in Taiwan and China through the lens of local culture and social media, and Taylor Jobling, a law lecturer unpacking how Australia’s legislation categorises animals, come on to the show to discuss the main themes and tensions to emerge in Season 8, Animals and Media 

 

Date Recorded: 8 December 2025

Featured:

•  What Comes After Entanglement by Eva Giraud
• The Birth of Korean Cool by Euny Hong
• The Omnivore’s Deception by John Sanbonmatsu
• Animals and the Rights to Politics by Sue Donaldson and Will Kymlicka
• An analytical framework to understand the problematization of urban (historical) animals by Claudia Hirtenfelder
• Black Fish 
• Finding Nemo 
• Flow
• The Cove
• Cowspiracy
• Earthlings

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