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S8E4: Popular Media and Pests with Lu Liu, Debra Merskin, and Emily Major

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In this episode we animals, power, and popular media. Emily Major, Debra Merskin, and Lu Liu help to think through how animals are manufactured as “pests” and “icons” in media and how those labels shape empathy, policy, and everyday cruelty towards animals.

Date Recorded: 15 January 2025

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A.P.P.L.E
Animals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.
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The Animal Turn is hosted and produced by Claudia Hirtenfelder and is part of the iROAR Network. Learn more on our website.

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Chapters

1. S8E4: Popular Media and Pests with Lu Liu, Debra Merskin, and Emily Major (00:00:00)

2. Framing “Pest” and Revered Animals (00:00:01)

3. Season Focus: Media, Race, and Animals (00:00:54)

4. Meet Emily, Deb, and Liu (00:02:10)

5. Media Shapes Empathy From Childhood (00:09:45)

6. Representations Not Reality (00:15:30)

7. [Ad] Nature Disturbed (00:19:23)

8. (Cont.) Representations Not Reality (00:20:11)

9. Possums in New Zealand: Scapegoats (00:23:47)

10. Rescue, Regulation, and Euthanasia (00:29:17)

11. Making Pests in Modern China (00:35:47)

12. Wolves, Fear, and Advertising (00:44:17)

13. Defining Popular Media’s Reach (00:52:47)

14. The Possum “Ripper” Panic (01:02:37)

15. Intentionality, Boundaries, and Vermin (01:13:17)

16. Global Patterns of Pest Status (01:21:47)

17. Revered Species and Fetishised Conservation (01:28:47)

18. Cute, Cruelty, and Social Media (01:39:07)

99 episodes

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In this episode we animals, power, and popular media. Emily Major, Debra Merskin, and Lu Liu help to think through how animals are manufactured as “pests” and “icons” in media and how those labels shape empathy, policy, and everyday cruelty towards animals.

Date Recorded: 15 January 2025

Featured:

Nature Disturbed
Mother Nature is one weird lady
Listen on: Apple Podcasts Spotify

A.P.P.L.E
Animals in Politics, Law, and Ethics researches how we live in interspecies societies and polities.
Georgia Institute of Technology
School of Modern Language, Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, School of Literature, Media, & Commun
Pollination Project
The Pollination Project empowers volunteers across by providing the funding they need.
iROAR Network
iROAR brings together podcasts that aim is to make the world a better place for animals.
Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.
Support the show

The Animal Turn is hosted and produced by Claudia Hirtenfelder and is part of the iROAR Network. Learn more on our website.

  continue reading

Chapters

1. S8E4: Popular Media and Pests with Lu Liu, Debra Merskin, and Emily Major (00:00:00)

2. Framing “Pest” and Revered Animals (00:00:01)

3. Season Focus: Media, Race, and Animals (00:00:54)

4. Meet Emily, Deb, and Liu (00:02:10)

5. Media Shapes Empathy From Childhood (00:09:45)

6. Representations Not Reality (00:15:30)

7. [Ad] Nature Disturbed (00:19:23)

8. (Cont.) Representations Not Reality (00:20:11)

9. Possums in New Zealand: Scapegoats (00:23:47)

10. Rescue, Regulation, and Euthanasia (00:29:17)

11. Making Pests in Modern China (00:35:47)

12. Wolves, Fear, and Advertising (00:44:17)

13. Defining Popular Media’s Reach (00:52:47)

14. The Possum “Ripper” Panic (01:02:37)

15. Intentionality, Boundaries, and Vermin (01:13:17)

16. Global Patterns of Pest Status (01:21:47)

17. Revered Species and Fetishised Conservation (01:28:47)

18. Cute, Cruelty, and Social Media (01:39:07)

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