"There is no 'us and them'" - We've just published a remastered audio of our 2021 Sentientism episode 51 with Yasmine Mohammed. Here's a chance to catch it or to listen again.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/there-is-no-us-and-them-yasmine-mohammed-ex-muslim/id1540408008?i=1000519724160
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0m5vzpUYSCRdvyOoWuotk2?si=dffbaf86aff94661
YouTube: https://youtu.be/OFOoTD23z7A

Eden and heaven are both visions of vegan worlds.
Matthew C. Halteman, author of Hungry Beautiful Animals, joins me for episode 221 on the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast. Please share it if you like it! Here's a little clip to tempt you: https://youtube.com/shorts/QZe6QHgJe8U?si=dQ_KVr6NNWLElMzU

Full podcast / YouTube links and show-notes are here - you can sign up for email updates too! https://sentientism.info/a-joyful-journey-towards-an-edenic-vision-matthew-halteman-on-sentientism-ep221

It’s not enough (and not fast enough) for individuals to adopt the #Sentientism worldview’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings”.

We need Sentientist social norms and institutions too.

"We don't have to wait for a Star Trek future"
New, remastered-audio version of classic #Sentientism #podcast episode 55 with the wonderful Christopher Sebastian 🤩 just published! Catch it if you missed it or listen again. Apple here but it's on all the platforms: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/we-dont-have-to-wait-until-the-24th-century-for-a/id1540408008?i=1000522145574

The Open University's Veganism Interactive online course - a useful component of a #SentientistEducation? https://www.open.edu/openlearn/veganism

When we consider what #sentience evolved for it becomes clear how our interests in staying alive, in avoiding pain and in finding comfort are among the most fundamental and the most widely shared across our multi-species family tree.

Evaluating Animal Consciousness - Science - by Kristin Andrews along with Sentientism FaceBook group members Jonathan Birch and Jeff Sebo. Great to see them forcing this critical issue into top tier journals: https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.adp4990

"Change Everything!" - sneak preview of Sentientism episode 222 with Baroness Natalie Bennett. Subscribe now to the Sentientism YouTube and Podcast so you don't miss it!

Deeply weird article... https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/10/animal-activists-are-poor-in-spirit/

Great to see more atheist / skeptic / freethinking communities engaging seriously in the question of how we treat our fellow sentient beings. Kudos to previous Sentientism guests Objectively Dan (#134) and Thom Norman (#214): https://www.youtube.com/live/X_OMjKZgxD8?si=x08P1Z1-BfaUvI7F

“…our whole human understanding – that should be changing on a regular basis and with that we then need to go ‘I need to re-boot my worldview’” - Comedian and Humanists UK Patron Robin Ince
https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/ep-1-robin-ince/id1516671905?i=1000476679259

Our full conversation is out now - hope you enjoy!: https://youtu.be/dG_YD4Uj9hk

Sentience evolved because it was adaptive to be able to feel – to experience suffering and flourishing.
But as soon as we (and here I mean all sentient beings) could feel, we started to make decisions that weren’t just about propagating our genes.
We started to make decisions because we cared about ourselves and later, about others.

Today the biggest threat to #sentientity is humanity.
Instead, we could choose to be its greatest hope.

What Are Zoos For? - Clip from Sentientism ep:223 with Heather Browning and Walter Veit on YouTube/Podcast - hope you enjoy the full thing!

And here's the full thing: https://youtu.be/eb74vIv6b9I (also on Sentientism podcast as usual)

Powerful AIs could adopt:

A) Default human worldviews 😱

B) Alien worldviews completely untethered from our evolved biological context and embodiment 🤯

C) #sentientism’s “evidence, reason and compassion for all sentient beings“ 🤞 💚

New #Sentientism #YouTube playlist! "Psychology, Sociology and Change".
We talk about these themes in almost every Sentientism conversation but these episodes are the most psych/socio/change focused. A treasure trove for you to explore!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcXzG-dxoZHCnyhM9ibhvY4uLgxKj9fso

Hugo award winning #scifi author Peter Watts on our newly remastered re-release of #Sentientism ep: 56 from 2021.
Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sentientism/id1540408008
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4kaCPb37JdzppCA8brcWdI?si=uhF6IWjbQgyIxpDyN2lHAg