Best Sentience Institute Podcasts (2025)

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The NIH Mandate for Posting IBC Minutes: Guidance for Institutions - On Research Podcast 38:42

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Guest host Dr. Anne Hawkinsbadge (CITI Program) and Dr. Regina Allen (Virginia Tech) discuss the NIH’s new requirement for Institutional Biosafety Committees (IBCs) to post approved meeting minutes online, effective June 1. They explore how institutions can comply, while also examining the role, membership, and importance of IBCs in research compli…

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Navigating the Ethics of Insect Research: Sentience, Welfare, and Scientific Responsibility - On Research Podcast 38:48

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They outnumber us by the quintillions. They’re used in research across genetics, behavior, ecology, neuroscience—even robotics. But when it comes to ethics and welfare, insects are often left out of the conversation. Can they feel pain? What responsibilities do researchers have to them? This episode of On Research explores big ethical questions abo…

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Building Trust in Science: The Essential Role of Research Integrity Officers - On Research Podcast 42:03

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Today we’re stepping behind the scenes into a critical – but often invisible – part of the research world: maintaining integrity. Joining us is Dr. Courtney Karmelita, Executive Director of Ethical Research and Outreach at Penn State. In today's conversation, we'll talk about what really happens when concerns are raised, how institutions handle res…

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Engaging with Online Communities: Ethical Considerations for Researchers - On Research Podcast 38:08

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How do we responsibly study digital communities without violating their trust? Where do we draw the line between research and interference? Joining us today is Dr. Sarah Gilbert, a research associate at Cornell University and research director of the Citizens and Technology Lab. Her work focuses on supporting healthy online communities, including h…

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CITI Program Turns 25: A Celebration of Commitment to Research Integrity - On Research Podcast 36:37

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Today’s episode is a celebration of CITI Program’s 25th anniversary. We talk with a panel of long-time employees, including Jaime Arango, Vice President of Content and Education, Daniel Smith, Director of Content and Education, and Adiper Bello, Director of Operations and Support, about the history of CITI Program, key milestones in the company, an…

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Community Engagement in Research - On Research Podcast 1:05:38

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Join us for a fascinating discussion with Dr. Jeremy Rossman, a researcher of 25 years, virologist, and President of a non-profit aimed at creating lasting and sustainable community development in research worldwide. We take a deep dive into community engagement in research; what it means, the challenges and opportunities, and why it’s so important…

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Dual Use Research of Concern Policy - On Research Podcast 41:03

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Join us for a fascinating discussion about the recently updated Dual Use Research of Concern policy. There was so much to cover that I brought in two experts – one as my co-host and the other as our guest. If you don’t know much about Dual Use Research of Concern, this conversation will be a fantastic primer. We discuss what Dual Use means, the pol…

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Coverage Analysis in Clinical Research - On Research Podcast 51:04

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Join us for episode 1 of season 3 as we explore an essential compliance topic: coverage analysis. It’s a complicated process, but lucky for us, we have Andra Popa. Andra is an expert with nearly two decades of experience in healthcare law, compliance, and coverage analysis. As one of the first in the industry to provide coverage analysis, Andra wal…

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PRIM&R 2024 Conference Recap - On Research Podcast 56:31

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Join us for an engaging recap of the recent PRIM&R conference, held on November 17-20 in Seattle. With an amazing panel of research professionals, we discuss the highlights, popular sessions, hot topics, and the benefits of attending this conference. Whether you attended or not, there is plenty of valuable information shared by the panel of experts…

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Updated Research Misconduct Final Rule - On Research Podcast 41:35

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Join us for an in-depth discussion about the updated research misconduct final rule. John Baughman, a research compliance expert, gives an excellent overview of the updates, why they matter, and how to be prepared when the policy goes into effect on January 1, 2025. While we all wait for the templates and guidance documents from the Office of Resea…

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The Role of Pharmacy in Research - On Research Podcast 48:17

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Join us for a fascinating discussion about the evolution of pharmacy in clinical research. Adam Samson, Head of Clinical Delivery Operations at Walgreens, discusses how pharmacists and pharmacy techs have more opportunities to participate in clinical trials. Learn how Walgreens has developed its research program to include the pharmacy at the cente…

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Practical Uses of AI in Research - On Research Podcast 47:18

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Join us for a deep dive into the world of AI and its practical applications in the world of research operations. Charlie Fremont, an EHR application analyst specializing in research operations and billing, discusses how AI technology has helped him create new workflows that have vastly improved processes. Not only does he share details around how h…

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Politics and Research: Transferrable Skills - On Research Podcast 43:41

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Join us for a fascinating discussion about the intersection of Research and Politics. Rachel Baker, a research nurse and House Representative in the state of Ohio, discusses working in two very different fields and how they both inform each other. We focus on the similarities of the fields and the transferable skills that Rachel has learned from he…

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Quality Improvement vs. Research: What's the Difference? - On Research Podcast 36:41

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Join us for a discussion about the always-interesting topic of Quality Improvement vs. Research. What is the difference between QI and Research, and how do researchers and IRBs determine the difference between the two? Tiffany Gommel shares her experience, some helpful insights, and practical advice on this topic. Additional Resources: Example of Q…

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The Evolution of IRBs: Navigating Ethical Considerations in Research - On Research Podcast 49:31

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Join us for a thoughtful, long-form discussion about the evolving IRB Industry. Julie Blasingim, the CEO of Univo IRB, sits down to talk about how we got to the current IRB landscape we have now, and the future of IRBs. She covers a lot of areas related to the IRB, including how for-profit IRBs balance ethical reviews with the economics of business…

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Improving Access to Research Studies - On Research Podcast 35:31

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Access to research is a complicated but essential area of growing concern in the research industry. As technology advances, many smaller research sites and rural areas can’t compete or keep up. By narrowing the field of eligible research participants, we lose important patient populations. Jessica Rowe, the Director of Quality and Education at the …

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Navigating the Complexities of Research Security - On Research Podcast 29:54

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Research security is about protecting the means, know-how, and products of U.S. research and development until they are ready to be shared. In 2021, the government issued a national presidential memorandum with updated requirements for institutions around research. Emily Bradford joins us to explain these new research security requirements and sugg…

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Understanding Exception from Informed Consent - On Research Podcast 35:28

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A growing area of research involves exception from informed consent. In an emergency setting, participants can be enrolled in a trial without their consent. Mike Linke joins On Research to discuss the regulations and ethical considerations around this important area of research. Additional Resources: FDA Guidance Document for EFIC studies - https:/…

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Research Site Operations - On Research Podcast 41:59

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A discussion about research site operations. We talk about the different types of sites, different recruitment strategies, how DCTs impact dedicated research sites, and the financial impact technology brings to sites. Adam Roth, the Vice President of Site Services at CTI, shares his experience and insights into the site world. Guest Bio: Adam Roth …

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Eric Schwitzgebel on user perception of the moral status of AI 57:47

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“I call this the emotional alignment design policy. So the idea is that corporations, if they create sentient machines, should create them so that it's obvious to users that they're sentient. And so they evoke appropriate emotional reactions to sentient users. So you don't create a sentient machine and then put it in a bland box that no one will ha…

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Research Compliance - On Research Podcast 31:47

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Our guest this month is Kate Cohen, the Chief Compliance Officer at SIU Medicine in Illinois. Kate breaks down the concept of research compliance, sharing best practices and practical guidance. We dive into essential elements of a compliance research program, as well as how someone new to this side of the industry can take steps to break in and lea…

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PRIM&R 2023: Insights and Takeaways - On Research Podcast 29:57

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This is a special edition of On Research with CITI Program. Guest hosted by Margaret Rankovic, Director of Content and Education at CITI Program, this podcast provides a recap, insights, and key takeaways from the recently concluded PRIM&R 2023 conference. The panel includes the following from CITI Program leadership team: Bharat Krishna, SVP & Man…

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Survey Research as a Method: Part 2 - On Research Podcast 24:13

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Dr. Matt Jans has been conducting and innovating surveys for almost 25 years. He is currently Lead Statistician for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).* His survey experience spans academic, government, and private sectors. He is an active member of the American Associat…

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Survey Research as a Method: Part 1 - On Research Podcast 14:41

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Dr. Matt Jans has been conducting and innovating surveys for almost 25 years. He is currently Lead Statistician for the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).* His survey experience spans academic, government, and private sectors. He is an active member of the American Associat…

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Research and FMLA: Building HR Relationships - On Research Podcast 12:33

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Tanya Brown is the Senior Director, HR Consulting, Employee and Labor Relations at Vanderbilt University. She has 15 years of experience in Human Resources in many industries including the private sector, public sector, and higher education. Tanya currently leads a team of HR Consultants, who are the primary contact for leaders and employees across…

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Life as an Unaffiliated IRB Member - On Research Podcast 30:10

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In this special edition of the On Research with CITI Program podcast, we speak to Sally Mann about her role as an unaffiliated IRB member. Regulations in the U.S. and Canada include requirements associated with the membership of Institutional Review Boards (IRBs)/Research Ethics Boards (REBs). Both regulations require at least one member not to be …

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Consent in Clinical Research - On Research Podcast 17:46

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Linda Reuter has been involved with IRB Administration in various capacities for over 30 years, currently serving as the Sr. Director for BRANY IRB. Responsibilities include supervising the IRB staff, maintaining compliance with the IRB SOPs and applicable regulations, supervising pre and post-IRB meeting activities, expedited reviews, continuing r…

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Consent in Research - On Research Podcast 14:04

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Linda Reuter has been involved with IRB Administration in various capacities for over 30 years, currently serving as the Sr. Director for BRANY IRB. Responsibilities include supervising the IRB staff, maintaining compliance with the IRB SOPs and applicable regulations, supervising pre and post-IRB meeting activities, expedited reviews, continuing r…

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Raphaël Millière on large language models 1:49:27

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“Ultimately, if you want more human-like systems that exhibit more human-like intelligence, you would want them to actually learn like humans do by interacting with the world and so interactive learning, not just passive learning. You want something that's more active where the model is going to actually test out some hypothesis, and learn from the…

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Survey Research and Bots - On Research Podcast 19:59

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This episode discusses the impact of online bots on survey research, ethical considerations and implications of using bots in survey research, and potential benefits and unintended consequence. Myra Luna-Lucero, EdD, is the Research Compliance Director at Columbia University’s Teachers College. She spearheaded the College’s “Ethics & Safety Amid Un…

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Research Integrity - On Research Podcast 30:41

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Ross Hickey is the Assistant Provost for Research Integrity at the University of Southern Maine (USM.) Ross is the Director of the Maine Regulatory Ethics and Training Center (MeRTEC) at USM. He is an attorney in Maine. His office serves institutions throughout the United States. Ross developed and teaches in the Regulatory Ethics undergraduate pro…

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What is an IRB Administrator- On Research Podcast 17:57

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Cecilia Brooke Cholka serves Weill Cornell Medicine as a Human Research and QA Manager and consultant for the PEER Consulting Group. She works to demystify IRB processes and expectations so that researchers and the IRB can work together collaboratively to ensure ethical conduct of research. An Institutional Review Board or IRB is commonly found at …

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Artificial Intelligence in Research - On Research Podcast 21:28

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Chirag Shah, Ph.D., is a Professor of Information and Computer Science at the University of Washington. He is the Founding Director of InfoSeeking Lab and Founding Co-Director of the Center for Responsibility in AI Systems & Experiences (RAISE). He works on intelligent information access systems with a focus on fairness and transparency. Artificial…

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Graduate Research and Controversial Topics - On Research Podcast 12:36

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Lou Kavar is a faculty member in psychology at Capella University where he is the lead faculty member for qualitative research and teaches doctoral-level graduate courses in psychology. Lou has taught in higher education at the graduate level for over thirty years. His personal research interest is the integration of spirituality and psychology. He…

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Matti Wilks on human-animal interaction and moral circle expansion 1:06:15

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“Speciesism being socially learned is probably our most dominant theory of why we think we're getting the results that we're getting. But to be very clear, this is super early research. We have a lot more work to do. And it's actually not just in the context of speciesism that we're finding this stuff. So basically we've run some studies showing th…

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What is a Clinical Research Associate? - On Research Podcast 11:44

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Elizabeth Waddell, has over 20 years in the clinical research industry and is the owner of The CRA Helper. Elizabeth began her clinical research career as an in-house Clinical Research Associate (CRA) and later transitioned to an on-site CRA. Later in her career, she moved into a Line Manager role that focused on training new CRAs prior to launchin…

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David Gunkel on robot rights 1:04:27

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“Robot rights are not the same thing as a set of human rights. Human rights are very specific to a singular species, the human being. Robots may have some overlapping powers, claims, privileges, or immunities that would need to be recognized by human beings, but their grouping or sets of rights will be perhaps very different.” David Gunkel Can and …

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Kurt Gray on human-robot interaction and mind perception 59:10

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“And then you're like, actually, I can't know what it's like to be a bat—again, the problem of other minds, right? There's this fundamental divide between a human mind and a bat, but at least a bat's a mammal. What is it like to be an AI? I have no idea. So I think [mind perception] could make us less sympathetic to them in some sense because it's—…

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Thomas Metzinger on a moratorium on artificial sentience development 1:50:44

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And for an applied ethics perspective, I think the most important thing is if we want to minimize suffering in the world, and if we want to minimize animal suffering, we should always, err on the side of caution, we should always be on the safe side. Thomas Metzinger Should we advocate for a moratorium on the development of artificial sentience? Wh…

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Tobias Baumann of the Center for Reducing Suffering on global priorities research and effective strategies to reduce suffering 1:16:25

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“We think that the most important thing right now is capacity building. We’re not so much focused on having impact now or in the next year, we’re thinking about the long term and the very big picture… Now, what exactly does capacity building mean? It can simply mean getting more people involved… I would frame it more in terms of building a healthy …

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Tobias Baumann of the Center for Reducing Suffering on moral circle expansion, cause prioritization, and reducing risks of astronomical suffering in the long-term future 1:18:40

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“If some beings are excluded from moral consideration then the results are usually quite bad, as evidenced by many forms of both current and historical suffering… I would definitely say that those that don’t have any sort of political representation or power are at risk. That’s true for animals right now; it might be true for artificially sentient …

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Jo Anderson of Faunalytics and Saulius Šimčikas of Rethink Priorities on research for effective animal advocacy 1:35:20

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We [Faunalytics] put out a lot of things in 2020. Some of the favorites that I [Jo] have, probably top of the list, I’m really excited about our animal product impact scales, where we did a lot of background research to figure out and estimate the impact of replacing various animal products with plant-based or cultivated alternatives. Apart from th…

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Ajay Dahiya of The Pollination Project on funding grassroots animal advocacy and inner transformation 1:43:11

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“Why inner transformation, why these practices are also built into model: unless we root out the root cause of the issue, which is disconnection, which is a lack of understanding that we are interrelated, and therefore I have an inherent responsibility to show up in the world with kindness and compassion and to reduce the harm and the suffering tha…

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Oscar Horta of the University of Santiago de Compostela on how we can best help wild animals 1:19:38

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“The main work that really needs to be carried out here is work in the intersection of animal welfare science and the science of ecology and other fields in life science… You could also build a career, not as a scientist, but say, in public administration or government. And you can reach a position in policy-making that can be relevant for the fiel…

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Oscar Horta of the University of Santiago de Compostela on why we should help wild animals 1:28:50

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“We want there to be animals like elephants, who on average have very good lives, rather than animals who tend to have very bad lives… If you have, say, a population of animals who reproduce by laying a million eggs. On average, only two of them would survive… Due to how the life history of animals is in many cases, we are not really speaking here …

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Leah Garcés of Mercy For Animals on factory farm investigations, long-term strategy, and animal advocacy during COVID-19 1:35:58

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“Our challenge is one where investigations are very hard. The people who do this work, I cannot tell you how smart they are. They are doing all kinds of research, not just getting the footage. The footage is the last thing they’re getting; they’re doing so much more to be able achieve that footage, including thinking strategically through: How do w…

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Frank Baumgartner of UNC-Chapel Hill on policy dynamics, lobbying, and issue framing 1:51:10

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“In my career, one of the things that I’ve focused on the most is developing the theory of punctuated equilibrium. And I think recognising that things occasionally go through real transformations with radical change has changed people’s understanding of what we can expect out of government. It’s a much more fruitful way to think about how policy ch…

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Elliot Swartz of the Good Food Institute on the bottlenecks to the scale-up of cultured meat and plant-based meat 2:21:25

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“There’s a relatively clear path on dramatically reducing the costs of the cell culture media. So I’d say it's definitely the most pressing bottleneck… not perhaps the most technically involved bottleneck… The recombinant proteins are by far the driving source of those cost contributions where probably anywhere from over 90 to 95% or more of the co…

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Laila Kassam of Animal Think Tank on popular protest movements, mass arrests, and publicity stunts 1:37:51

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Social movements often seek to shift public opinion and mobilize supporters on a large scale. But which tactics achieve these goals most effectively? And how have social movements achieved this in the past? Dr Laila Kassam is a co-founder of Animal Think Tank and the co-editor of the forthcoming book, Rethinking Food and Agriculture: New Ways Forwa…

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Jayasimha Nuggehalli on capacity building and animal welfare in Asia 1:53:55

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“The three things that need to be done for Asia are capacity building, capacity building, and capacity building. There’s this tendency of wanting to do things at a global level, having uniformization across countries. But a lot of these policies that are written at the global level are not worth the paper that they’re printed on if there isn’t enou…