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AI-Curious with Jeff WilserAI's Impact on History Writing and Journalism, w/ The New York Times Magazine's Editorial Director Bill WasikWhat happens when AI becomes a co-pilot for writers, researchers, and journalists — not in theory, but in practice?In this episode of AI-Curious, we speak with Bill Wasik, Editorial Director of The New York Times Magazine, who recently oversaw their special issue, “Learning to Live with AI.” We explore how AI is already transforming journalism, nonfiction writing, and historical research — and why the most interesting impacts may come not from content creation, but from how we discover, organize, and interpret information.We dig into the creative tension between AI and human storytelling, including how hist...
2025-07-1148 min
viroLOGISCH#1 – Tollwut: Warum ein Kratzer tödlich sein kann
Diese Folge dreht sich um eine der tödlichsten Virusinfektionen der Welt: die Tollwut.
Besprochen werden nicht nur der Übertragungsweg über Bisse und Kratzer, sondern auch die ungewöhnlich lange Inkubationszeit und die dramatischen Symptome – von Aggression und Lähmung bis hin zu Wasserangst.
Es geht um weltweite Verbreitung, wirksame Impfstrategien bei Mensch und Tier, und um die besondere Möglichkeit, sich nach einer Infektion, aber noch vor Ausbruch der Krankheit, erfolgreich impfen zu lassen.
Und ganz nebenbei erfahren wir auch, was Tollwut mit Vampir- und Werwolf-Mythen zu tun haben könnte.
Tollwutfall in Grossbritanien durch Kontakt mit streu...
2025-07-0916 min
Nationalism and the Culture Wars podcast‘Eric Kaufmann on Liberal Overreach,’ on Andrew Sullivan’s DishcastEric is a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, where he runs the new Centre for Heterodox Social Science. He’s also an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His new book is The Third Awokening: A 12-Point Plan for Rolling Back Progressive Extremism (its title in the UK is Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution). He also runs a 15-week online course on the origins of wokeness that anyone can sign up for.
You can listen to the episode in the audio player above (or on the right side of the player, click “Listen On”...
2025-04-242h 11
Now I've Heard EverythingSubstance vs. Sensationalism: Navigating News in the Era of ClickbaitIt's getting harder to distinguish real news from amateur punditry. in this 2009 interview Bill Wasik, editor of the New York Times Magazine, provides context and insight.Get your copy of And Then There’s This by Bill WasikAs an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Charles Osgoodsa and Andrew Breitbart For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube#news #viral #internet #gossip
2025-04-0720 min
SentientismWhat Are Zoos For? - Heather Browning and Walter Veit - Sentientism 223Heather Browning is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton. Her primary research interests are animal welfare, ethics, and consciousness.Walter Veit is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Reading and an external member of the Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy at the Ludwig MaximilianUniversity of Munich. Much of Walter’s recent writing has been on animal minds, welfare and ethics, as well as evolution.As we've already covered our standard Sentientism "what's real?", "who matters?" and "how to make a better world?" questions in our previous conversations in episodes 48, 54 and 158, he...
2025-03-111h 15
Citizen of HeavenTHINKIEST BOOKS OF 2024, second halfRegister your feedback here. Always good to hear from you!More than anything else, I read to make myself think. Maybe I’m thinking about a point of view I have not explored much, maybe I’m thinking about a struggle that I am facing or I’m helping someone else face, maybe I’m thinking about how lessons from the past can be helpful in the present, maybe I’m just thinking about one of my favorite topics and trying to get a deeper understanding. In any case, thinking is good. And maybe it will catch on if I ta...
2024-12-2029 min
The Animal TurnBonus: Kindred Creatures with Monica Murphy and Bill WasikMonica Murphy and Bill Wasik join Claudia on the show to talk about their recent book Our Kindred Creatures. They discuss how the late 19th century was a time of immense change for Americans and their relationships with animals became increasingly contradictory. Date Recorded: 15 July 2024 Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine. Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their previous book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus, was a Los Angeles Times...
2024-10-281h 19
Every Square CentimetreEpisode 36: Bill, Chilliwack, and Passion ProjectsIn episode 36, Bill Beeke invites us into the hallways of Timothy Christian School in Chilliwack, British Columbia. Join the ESC “Walk” as we learn:
- That nobody avoids aging
- How Adam Wasik’s bike repair story (see episode 34 of the ESC podcast) inspired Bill to create a mechanic’s shop at Timothy Christian school that serves the Chilliwack community in beautiful ways
- That teacher’s weren’t prophets when they used to say, “when you’re an adult you won’t always have a calculator in your pocket”
- How passion projects give different students the opportunity to showcase their uniqu...
2024-10-1059 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanWasik & Murphy On Animal WelfareThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comBill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine. Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their first book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus, was a bestseller, and they’re back with a new one: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals.For two clips of our convo — on the beginnings of dog welfare, and the “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” for animal activism — p...
2024-10-0451 min
Can't Wait to CelebrateSeptember 28-Rabies and RabbitsFox presses the importance of safe animal handling and getting vaccinated if bitten. Cat hops to celebrating rabbits both as pets and wild creatures of nature.Reading Materials:Rabid by Bill Wasik and Monica MurphyBiographies of Disease: Rabies by P. KumarBunnyLady Rabbit Care Guide By Bunny LadyRaising Rabbits Indoors: The Complete House Rabbit Care Guide By Anita HaleyFollow us @CWTCelebrateBlueskyInstagramTumblrTwitter/XArt by: Lovelyclouds...
2024-09-281h 29
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanDavid Frum On History And This ElectionThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comDavid is an old friend, a long-time writer at The Atlantic, and a contributor to MSNBC. He’s the author of 10 books, including Trumpocalypse and Trumpocracy.For two clips of our convo — on the way Biden has empowered Trump, and the outlook that won the Cold War — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: Frum writing a memoir on being a Cold War baby; raised in Toronto — a city “filled with exiles and refugees” from both sides of that conflict...
2024-09-2745 min
Sentientism"This great unresolved tension of modern life" - Monica Murphy & Bill Wasik - Sentientism 214Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times
Magazine. Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their previous book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus, was a Los Angeles Times best seller and a finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. Their latest book, "Our Kindred Creatures" makes a case for seeing the fight against animal cruelty as a crucial thread in America's history. Readers are introduced to the activists, scientists, andmoguls who helped create our modern views on animals, with our intense compassion for certain sp...
2024-09-251h 15
The Jeff and Sam ShowSN4 - RabiesIn this episode Jeff and Sam dive into the history of rabies, and rabies today. Including the story of the young woman who became the very first survivor or rabies.Visit us on Linktree for the collection of links, Instagram, or email us at downtherabbitholethepod@gmail.com.Sources Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus By Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy Is Rabies Really 100% Fatal? By Julia Paoli Clinical Overview of Rabies By CDC Rabies survivor promotes therapy horses By Spectrum News Staff Animals Need the Dark By Julie West
2024-09-2324 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanMichelle Goldberg On Harris And The LeftThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comMichelle is an opinion columnist at the New York Times, and before that she was a columnist for Slate. She has written three books: Kingdom Coming: The Rise of Christian Nationalism, The Means of Reproduction, and The Goddess Pose. She’s also an on-air contributor at MSNBC.For two clips of our convo — debating who the real Kamala is, and how much BLM is responsible for lost black lives — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: growing up in Buff...
2024-09-2042 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanRod Dreher On Politics And Religious AweThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comRod is an old-school blogger and author living in Budapest. He’s a contributing editor at The American Conservative and has written several bestsellers, including The Benedict Option and Live Not by Lies. His forthcoming book is Living in Wonder: Finding Mystery and Meaning in a Secular Age, which you can pre-order on Amazon. And check out his raw and honest writing on Substack, “Rod Dreher’s Diary.”For two clips of our convo — on what red-pilled JD Vance, and embrac...
2024-09-131h 00
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanEric Kaufmann On Liberal OverreachThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comEric is a professor of politics at the University of Buckingham, where he runs the new Centre for Heterodox Social Science. He’s also an adjunct fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His new book is The Third Awokening: A 12-Point Plan for Rolling Back Progressive Extremism (its title in the UK is Taboo: How Making Race Sacred Produced a Cultural Revolution). He also runs a 15-week online course on the origins of wokeness that anyone can sign up for.Fo...
2024-09-0655 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanJames Carville On Trump, Harris, ClintonThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comCarville needs no introduction, but he’s a legendary consultant, a former CNN contributor, and the author of a dozen books. He currently co-hosts the Politics War Room with Al Hunt, a podcast available on Substack, which you should definitely follow for the election season.For four clips of the highly quotable Carville — on Harris’ convention speech, Vance’s conversions, Bill Clinton’s “pussy business,” and woke condescension toward minorities — pop over to our YouTube page. Other topics: growing up in a poor town...
2024-08-3039 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanJeffrey Toobin On Lawfare And SCOTUSThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comJeffrey Toobin is a lawyer, author, and the chief legal analyst at CNN, after a long run at The New Yorker. He has written many bestselling books, including True Crimes and Misdemeanors, The Oath, The Nine, and Too Close to Call, and two others — The Run of His Life and A Vast Conspiracy — were adapted for television as seasons of “American Crime Story” on the FX channel.You can listen right away in the audio player above (or on the right si...
2024-08-0242 min
Animal Writes - Animal Writers and Best-selling Authors - Pets & AnimalsAnimal Writes - Episode 214 Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy - Our Kindred CreaturesJoining me for this episode is author and editorial director of The New York Times Magazine, Bill Wasik and author and veterinarian Monica Murphy. We have a chat about their latest book, Our Kindred Creatures. The book provides readers with a fascinating and historical account of how Americans came to feel the way they do about animals – domestic, farm and wild animals. We also discuss how two authors can successfully team together to write such a detailed and historical book. Have a listen, learn and find out more about the history of how we view and treat animals in America. En...
2024-08-0235 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanAnne Applebaum On Autocrats And TrumpThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comAnne is a journalist and historian. She’s currently a staff writer at The Atlantic and a senior fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s Agora Institute. She’s written many books, including Red Famine, Gulag: A History, and Twilight of Democracy, and her new one is Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World. Also check her substack, “Open Letters.”For two clips of our convo — on whether Trump is a kleptocrat, and whether Kamala can connect with the publ...
2024-07-2641 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanLionel Shriver On Human LimitationsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comLionel Shriver is an author and journalist. She’s written 17 novels, most notably We Need to Talk About Kevin, and in 2022 she published her first book of nonfiction, Abominations: Selected Essays from a Career of Courting Self-Destruction. She’s currently a columnist for The Spectator, and her new book is Mania, a satirical novel about a dystopian movement that claims that everyone is equally smart.We recorded this convo last month. For two clips — on the relief that comes with pe...
2024-07-1947 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanStephen Fry On Depression And Loving LifeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comStephen Fry is a legendary British actor, comedian, director, writer, and narrator. His TV shows include “A Bit of Fry & Laurie,” “Jeeves and Wooster,” and “Blackadder,” and his films include Wilde, Gosford Park, and Love & Friendship. His Broadway career includes “Me and My Girl” and “Twelfth Night.” He’s produced several documentary series, including “Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive,” and he’s the president of Mind, a mental health charity. He has written 17 books, including three autobiographies, and he narrated all seven of t...
2024-07-1246 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanErick Erickson On Politicized FaithThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comErick is a radio host and writer. He was an old-school blogger at RedState, serving as editor-in-chief, and he later became a political contributor for CNN and Fox News. Today he hosts the “Erick Erickson Show” on WSB Radio in Atlanta and runs a popular substack of the same name. He’s back on the Dishcast to discuss his new book, You Shall Be as Gods: Pagans, Progressives, and the Rise of the Woke Gnostic Left — though it also criticizes the “gnostic right”...
2024-07-0545 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanTim Shipman On The UK ElectionsThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comThe best political reporter in Britain returns to the Dishcast to discuss the election on July 4. Tim has been a chief political commentator at The Sunday Times since 2014, after serving eight years as political editor. His first two books, All Out War and Fall Out, are indispensable to understanding the politics of Brexit, and his new book is No Way Out: Brexit: From the Backstop to Boris.For two clips of our convo — on the fall of Rishi Sunak, and Nigel...
2024-06-2839 min
Our Hen House: Vegan & Animal Rights Movement | Stories from the Frontlines of Animal LiberationOur Kindred Creatures w/ Bill Wasik & Monica MurphyWhat lessons are there to be learned by studying the history of the movement, and how can we apply those lessons to our activism today? This week, we are joined by Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy to discuss the research and writing of their book Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals.
ABOUT OUR GUESTS Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine. Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and a writer. Their previous book, Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Di...
2024-06-221h 24
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanElizabeth Corey On Oakeshott And LifeThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comElizabeth Corey is an academic and writer. She’s an associate professor of political science in the Honors Program at Baylor University and the author of the 2006 book, Michael Oakeshott on Religion, Aesthetics, and Politics. She also writes for First Things and serves on the board of the Institute on Religion and Public Life. After many of you asked me to do a podcast on my intellectual mentor, we delve into the thinking and life of Michael Oakeshott — the philosopher I wrote...
2024-06-2144 min
Farrel Buchinsky's Listen LaterNellie Bowles On Ditching Wokeness Podcast: The Dishcast with Andrew Sullivan (LS 56 · TOP 0.5% what is this?)Episode: Nellie Bowles On Ditching WokenessPub date: 2024-06-14Get Podcast Transcript →powered by Listen411 - fast audio-to-text and summarizationThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNellie is a writer and reporter. She has worked for many mainstream publications, most notably the NYT covering Silicon Valley. Now she is teamed up with her wife, Bari Weiss, to run The Free Press — a media company they launched on Su...
2024-06-1458 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanNellie Bowles On Ditching WokenessThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNellie is a writer and reporter. She has worked for many mainstream publications, most notably the NYT covering Silicon Valley. Now she is teamed up with her wife, Bari Weiss, to run The Free Press — a media company they launched on Substack in 2021. Nellie’s weekly news roundup, TGIF, is smart and hilarious, and so is her new book, Morning After the Revolution: Dispatches From the Wrong Side of History.For two clips of our convo — on the scourge of Sla...
2024-06-1458 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanGeorge Will On ConservatismThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comGeorge writes a twice-weekly column on politics and foreign affairs for the Washington Post, a column he launched in 1974. He is also a regular contributor to MSNBC and NBC News. The author of 14 books, his latest is American Happiness and Discontents, but the one we primarily cover in this episode is The Conservative Sensibility — which I reviewed for the NYT.For two clips of our convo — on why the presidency has too much power, and the necessity of stopping Putin...
2024-06-0741 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanNoah Smith: A Second Cold War With ChinaThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comNoah is a journalist who covers economics and geopolitics. A former assistant professor of Behavioral Finance at Stony Brook University and an early blogger, he became an opinion columnist at Bloomberg in 2014. He left after seven years to focus on his own substack, Noahpinion, which you should definitely check out.For two clips of our convo — on why we should fear a military strike from China, and the good news about tech and the economy we don’t pay enou...
2024-05-3146 min
Keep TalkingEpisode 105: Bill Wasik - The History of the Animal Rights MovementBill Wasik is the editorial director for the New York Times Magazine and the author of a variety of books, including his newest - co-written with his wife Monica Murphy - Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. During our conversation, Bill talks about the dawn of the animal rights movement in post-Civil War America, the lives and work of Henry Bergh and George Angell, and the creation and mission of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals.Bill also talks about the industrialization of meat production...
2024-05-3152 min
Best Bets for Pets - The latest pet product trends - Pets & Animals - Pet Life Radio OriginalBest Bets for Pets - Episode 324 Our Kindred CreaturesMichelle Fern welcomes Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, authors of OUR KINDRED CREATURES: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. This fascinating work of nonfiction dives into the three decades after the Civil War when the attitude of the American public towards animals radically changed. OUR KINDRED CREATURES makes a case for seeing the fight over animal cruelty as a crucial thread in America's history. Readers are introduced to the activists, scientists, and moguls who helped create our modern views on animals, with our intense compassion for certain species and ignorant disregard for others.
2024-05-3030 min
The Dishcast with Andrew SullivanBill Maher On Spurning The LikesThis is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit andrewsullivan.substack.comBill needs no introduction, but he’s been the formidable host of HBO’s Real Time for 21 years now, and before that he hosted Politically Incorrect, which ran from 1993 to 2002. He has a new book out, What This Comedian Said Will Shock You — a collection of his best editorials on Real Time. Also check out his podcast, “Club Random,” which he recently expanded into a pod network, Club Random Studios. Bill manages to do all of that and still perform standup on the road —...
2024-05-2443 min
Branching Out: A Retail Banking Podcast SeriesRetail Banking Credit & Analytics: Evolving Trends at the EdgeDave Wasik, Partner at 2nd Order Solutions, joins our hosts, Kristin Korzekwa and Bill Dworsky to discuss credit risk, loans, advancing customer experiences, and more. In 2024, we already see trends of struggle within credit for students, along with homeowners as well and this is due to elevated interest rates that slow traditional processes. Importance of advanced analytics and digital collections have also been important in the credit space in 2024, and banks should look to expand on strategy to be successful in these areas.
2024-05-2225 min
Slate BooksGabfest Reads: Why Americans Care About AnimalsEmily Bazelon talks with authors Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. They discuss the evolution of animal treatment in America, moral duties to animals, and how to care about more animals than our pets. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
2024-05-1833 min
Gabfest ReadsWhy Americans Care About AnimalsEmily Bazelon talks with authors Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. They discuss the evolution of animal treatment in America, moral duties to animals, and how to care about more animals than our pets. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
2024-05-1833 min
Political GabfestGabfest Reads: Why Americans Care About AnimalsEmily Bazelon talks with authors Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. They discuss the evolution of animal treatment in America, moral duties to animals, and how to care about more animals than our pets. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
2024-05-1833 min
Slate HistoryGabfest Reads: Why Americans Care About AnimalsEmily Bazelon talks with authors Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, about their new book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals. They discuss the evolution of animal treatment in America, moral duties to animals, and how to care about more animals than our pets. Tweet us your questions @SlateGabfest or email us at gabfest@slate.com. (Messages could be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)Podcast production by Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...
2024-05-1833 min
Dog Talk ® (and Kitties Too!)How We Lived Alongside Animals in the 1800s#880A: Bill Wasik [New York Times Magazine executive editor) and his wife Monica Murphy (Park Slope veterinarian and writer) collaborated on a sweeping history of how animals and people coexisted in the 19th century in their impressive book OUR KINDRED CREATURES: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals.
2024-04-2931 min
Species UniteBill Wasik and Monica Murphy: Our Kindred Creatures"I think that's often the solution when feeling sort of bogged down in the issues of our day is when you zoom out and you look at sort of the whole arc of change, you can sort of get inspired that, yeah, we've come a long way." - Monica Murphy Bill Wasik is the editorial director of The New York Times Magazine and Monica Murphy is a veterinarian and writer. Their latest book, Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals, comes out today, April 23rd. It's a book a...
2024-04-2437 min
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A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
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Author: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Narrator: Tanis Parenteau
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 23, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
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Title: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
Author: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Narrator: Tanis Parenteau
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 23, 2024
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
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Title: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
Author: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Narrator: Tanis Parenteau
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 23, 2024
Genres: The Americas
Publisher's Summary:
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
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Title: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
Author: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Narrator: Tanis Parenteau
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 23, 2024
Genres: Animals & Nature
Publisher's Summary:
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
2024-04-231h 46
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Genres: Philanthropy & Charity
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In Our Kindred Creatures, Bill Wasik, editorial director of The New York Times Magazine, and veterinarian Monica Murphy offer a fascinating history of this crusade and the battles it sparked in American life. On the side of reform were such leaders as George Angell, the inspirational head of Massachusetts’s animal-welfare society and the American publisher of the no...
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Title: Our Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About Animals
Author: Monica Murphy, Bill Wasik
Narrator: Tanis Parenteau
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 13 hours 46 minutes
Release date: April 23, 2024
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
A compassionate, sweeping history of the transformation in American attitudes toward animals by the best-selling authors of Rabid Over just a few decades at the end of the nineteenth century, the United States underwent a moral revolution on behalf of animals. Before the Civil War, animals' suffering had rarely been discussed; horses pulling...
2024-04-231h 46
Zoo LogicOur Kindred Creatures: How Americans Came to Feel the Way They Do About AnimalsThe post Civil War era gave rise to unprecedented social changes. The energy and activism directed at ending the scourge of slavery found new life in improving the welfare of animals, particularly those species in American homes, industry, entertainment, and on the dinner plate. Authors, Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, DVM have written their second book together (Knopf, 4/23) examining the extraordinary animal welfare movement that emerged during the latter third of the 19th century. Readers of Our Kindred Creatures are "introduced to the activists, scientists, and moguls who helped create our modern views on animals, with our intense compassion...
2024-04-1137 min
The Poor Historians: Medical History MisadventuresThe Milwaukee Protocol: A Rabies Survival StoryRabies is a fascinating and frightening infectious disease. It has a long history in the natural world and stories involving a case of it rarely end on a happy note. It just so happens there is at least one such story. In this episode we'll talk about one of the only documented cases of survival from this viral infection. We'll discuss the disease itself, how it works, how it's prevented, and how, at least once, it was successfully treated right here in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Sources:Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabol...
2024-01-181h 02
Whiskey and the WeirdS4E6: The Horror-Horn by E.F. BensonBar Talk (our recommendations):Jessica is reading The Closet by James Tynion IV, Gavin Fullerton, Chris O'Halloran, and Tom Napolitano; drinking New Boot Goofin' by Meier's Creek.Damien is reading Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus by Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy; drinking High West Campfire.Ryan is watching A Wounded Fawn (2022; dir. Travis Stevens); drinking Laphroaig Select 10 yr old.If you liked this week’s story, read The Ancestor by Danielle Trussoni.Up next: May Day Eve by Algernon Blackwood.Special thank you to Dr Bl...
2023-03-2600 min
Moonlight Audio TheatreFINDING HIS VOICE FINDING HIS VOICE (Suspense/Thriller) The voice-over business intensifies into a deadly game of cat and mouse between three people. The hunter and the hunted crisscross through the worlds of film, radio, and television – until everything ultimately depends on the sound of a single voice. Features a full cast, engaging sound effects, and original music. Voices in the Wind Audio Theatre. Cast John Bell as Steven Peters Laura Van Veen as Gloria Peters David Ault as Zach Also featured were: Danny Bowman, Keith Burnett, Bill Craven, Joe Curt, Noelle Dup...
2022-09-261h 05
RadiolabRodney v. DeathIn the fall of 2004, Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with a set of puzzling symptoms... and her condition was deteriorating fast. By the time Dr. Rodney Willoughby saw her, he only knew one thing for sure: if Jeanna's disturbing breakdown turned out to be rabies, she was doomed to die.
What happened next seemed like a medical impossibility. In this episode, originally aired in 2013, Producer Tim Howard tells Jeanna's story and talks to authors Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik, and scientists Amy Gilbert and Sergio Recuenco, while trying to unravel the mystery of...
2022-09-0233 min
Radiolab Podcasts (Radiolab)Rodney v. DeathIn the fall of 2004, Jeanna Giese checked into the Children's Hospital of Wisconsin with a set of puzzling symptoms... and her condition was deteriorating fast. By the time Dr. Rodney Willoughby saw her, he only knew one thing for sure: if Jeanna's disturbing breakdown turned out to be rabies, she was doomed to die.
What happened next seemed like a medical impossibility. In this episode, originally aired in 2013, Producer Tim Howard tells Jeanna's story and talks to authors Monica Murphy and Bill Wasik, and scientists Amy Gilbert and Sergio Recuenco, while trying to unravel the mystery of...
2022-09-0200 min
These Books Made MeBonus Episode: Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy talk RabiesSend us a textMany of us vividly remembered Their Eyes Were Watching God as the book where a person gets rabies and is shot. Tea Cake's demise left us with so many questions so Hannah consulted experts Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy, the authors of Rabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus. They gave us such a fascinating interview that we couldn't bear to cut any of it to fit it into the main episode. We present the interview in its entirety here for your listening pleasure (or discomfort depending on how you...
2022-04-1440 min
Vira-Lata Clínica VeterináriaVacina da RaivaPor muitos séculos, a raiva foi a única doença visivelmente transmitida por animais – sempre mamíferos (principalmente cachorros e morcegos) e sempre por mordidas. “O vírus da raiva evoluiu para viver no cachorro, e o cachorro evoluiu para coexistir com o homem. Isso fez com que a doença se espalhasse”, escrevem Bill Wasik e Monica Murphy em Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus (“Raiva: uma história cultural do vírus mais diabólico do mundo”). Hoje, a raiva está controlada: são 55 mil casos em humanos ao ano, de acordo com a OMS, quase...
2021-08-0402 min
Vira-Lata Clínica VeterináriaRaiva HumanaPor muitos séculos, a raiva foi a única doença visivelmente transmitida por animais – sempre mamíferos (principalmente cachorros e morcegos) e sempre por mordidas. “O vírus da raiva evoluiu para viver no cachorro, e o cachorro evoluiu para coexistir com o homem. Isso fez com que a doença se espalhasse”, escrevem Bill Wasik e Monica Murphy em Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus (“Raiva: uma história cultural do vírus mais diabólico do mundo”). Hoje, a raiva está controlada: são 55 mil casos em humanos ao ano, de acordo com a OMS, quase...
2021-07-0303 min
Talking Scared01 - Paul Tremblay and Why It's Not the End of the WorldSend us a textIn the first ever episode of Talking Scared we speak to horror megastar Paul Tremblay, author of the modern classic, A Head Full of Ghosts and this year's virus-shocker Survivor Song. There are musings on pandemics real and imaginary, the terror of sharks, and the terrible truth at the heart of horror fiction.Books mentioned in our conversation include:
The Stand – Stephen King
Rabid: A Cultural History of the World’s Most Diabolical Virus – Bill Wasik & Monica Murphy
Things We Lost in the Fire – Mariana Enriquez
2666 – Roberto Bolano
“The Colonel’s...
2020-09-0159 min
Docs WatchEpisode 12: Bloodsucking RocksSUBJECTIVEIn this episode, we talk about the vampire's curse, vampire epidemics, and... rocks? Does the vampire legend have its roots in real life disease? Probably not, but we'll tell you about some interesting ones anyway! Ultimately, this ep came to be because we want to talk about a very specific scene in Twilight, but figured it would be good to provide some folkloric context first. Little did we know, all of the vampire research we did has little to nothing to do with the Cullens — oh well!OBJECTIVEResources, Citations, and Mentions:...
2020-07-1700 min
Not Your Mother's LibraryMini-Episode 1: The Ghost MapLeah discusses one of her favorite books, "The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson. Also included are read-alikes, TV shows, and movies with a similar theme.
Here's everything we talked about in the episode:
Books mentioned:
"The Ghost Map" by Steven Johnson. "The Emperor of All Maladies" and "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee. "Rabid" by Bill Wasik. "Pale Rider" by Laura Spinney. "Dr. Mütter's Marvels" by Cristin O'keefe Aptowicz. "Hospital Sketches" by Louisa May Alcott.
TV shows and movies mentioned:
Botched, E! Entertainment
Nip/Tuck, FX
Scrubs, NBC / ABC
Grey’s Anatomy, ABC
The Good Doctor, ABC
Chicago Med, NBC
Car...
2020-03-2410 min
IndoorswomenIndoorswomen - Episode 46 - Braaaaaaaaaaaains! A Very Zombie HalloweenIn this episode, we kick off with our annual tradition: some spoooooky scenarios for your Halloween pleasure. Then, we talk zombies: both speedsters and shamblers, both lacking and retaining humanity, both hilarious and scary. The discussion features (relatively) spoiler-free discussion of 28 Days Later, Zombieland, The Walking Dead, iZombie, and others. Bonus: some history of the zombie concept! Never say we didn't teach you anything. Tweet your favorite zombie culture to @Indoorswomen to join the conversation! For those interested in zombie math, here is a link to that article (pdf download link):When zombies attack!: Mathematical mo...
2017-10-261h 01
Get Your Daily Dose of Laughter With Our Side-Splitting Free Audiobook | Self Development, Motivation & InspirationNightingale-Conant's Personal Insight Library, Volume I by Earl Nightingale | AudiobookListen to full audiobooks for free on :https://hotaudiobook.com/freeTitle: Nightingale-Conant's Personal Insight Library, Volume IAuthor: Earl Nightingale, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Zig ZiglarNarrator: Earl Nightingale, Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Zig ZiglarFormat: Original RecordingLength: 12 hrs and 15 minsLanguage: EnglishRelease date: 07-27-17Publisher: Nightingale-ConantGenres: Self Development, Motivation & InspirationSummary:How do the most powerful people get to the top?Master the "Essential 8" disciplines and rise to excellence.Those who have achieved greatness know something you may...
2017-07-2712h 15
Crossroads - the Columbia DSL @ the Film Society of Lincoln CenterCrossroads ep001 - The Digital DozenThe Columbia University School of the Arts' Digital Storytelling Lab has a new monthly podcast entitled Crossroads. A collaboration with the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Crossroads is recorded in front a live audience at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Auditorium. The monthly podcast is a mixture of talks, interviews, fireside chats and lab project updates that explore new forms and functions of storytelling.
Our first episode was recorded earlier this year in front of a live audience at the Film Society of Lincoln Center.
Hosted by storytelling pioneer Lance Weiler, Director of the Columbia Digital Storytelling Lab, and Frank Rose, a...
2016-05-181h 01
Everett Public Library PodcastsRabid by Bill WasikThe Lone Reader; one librarian talks about the books he reads. Music: Prison Planet Oxygen Time: 0:02:11 Size: 1.00 mb
2014-07-2802 min
Big Picture ScienceSkeptic Check: Zombies Aren't RealZombies are making a killing in popular culture. But where did the idea behind these mythical, cerebrum-supping nasties come from? Discover why they may be a hard-wired inheritance from our Pleistocene past.Also, how a whimsical mathematical model of a Zombie apocalypse can help us withstand earthquakes and disease outbreaks, and how the rabies virus contributed to zombie mythology.Plus, new ideas for how doctors should respond when humans are in a limbo state between life and death: no pulse, but their brains continue to hum.Meet the songwriter who has zombies on...
2014-01-1354 min
Book ClubRabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Host: John Russell, MD
A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It's a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy speak with host Dr. John Russell about the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies as described in their book "Rabid."
2013-05-0700 minBook ClubRabid: A Cultural History of the World's Most Diabolical Virus
Host: John J. Russell, MD
A maddened creature, frothing at the mouth, lunges at an innocent victim and, with a bite, transforms its prey into another raving monster. It's a scenario that underlies our darkest tales of supernatural horror, but its power derives from a very real virus, a deadly scourge known to mankind from our earliest days. In this fascinating exploration, journalist Bill Wasik and veterinarian Monica Murphy speak with host Dr. John Russell about the history, science, and cultural mythology of rabies as described in their book "Rabid."
2013-05-0700 min
Wired Storyboard Audio PodcastStoryboard: Episode 95: David Quammen on the World's Most Dangerous DiseasesScience writer David Quammen talks to senior editors Adam Rogers and Bill Wasik about the growing threat of zoonotic diseases.
2012-10-2440 minWired Storyboard Audio PodcastStoryboard: Episode 90: Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik and Dr. Monica Murphy on RabiesVeterinarian Monica Murphy and Wired Senior Editor Bill Wasik talk to fellow Senior Editor Adam Rogers about the history, science, and horror of rabies.
2012-08-1439 min
Fuel Your Mind With Your Ears To A Must-Listen Full Audiobook.Rabid by Bill Wasik, Monica MurphyPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/124340to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Rabid
Author: Bill Wasik, Monica Murphy
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Format: mp3
Length: 8 hrs and 8 mins
Release date: 07-19-12
Ratings: 4 out of 5 stars, 2,406 ratings
Genres: History & Commentary
Publisher's Summary:
2012-07-198h 08
Big Picture ScienceGoing ViralThe term “bird flu” is a misnomer, scientists say, because almost all human influenza originates in our feathered friends. How it lands in you and spreads is another matter …Hear what it takes for a virus to go global, from a virus hunter who plans to stop epidemics in their tiny DNA tracks with an innovative global surveillance system.Also, why your genome is littered with fossil viruses of the past … the two largest viruses discovered so far, Mimi and Mega, square off … and, what it takes for ideas to “go viral.”Guests:
Nathan Wol...
2011-12-1252 minWired Storyboard Audio PodcastStoryboard: Episode 54 – Extreme ScienceAdam discusses August’s Extreme Science story with Senior Editor Bill Wasik and contributing writer Erin Biba.
2011-08-1222 minWired Storyboard Audio PodcastStoryboard: Episode 49 – Smart Jobs Report with Planet MoneyWhen Wired senior editor Bill Wasik and his pal Adam Davidson (who just happens to be the cohost of NPR’s awesome economics series, Planet Money) decided to team up on a special report about the future of work, big things were bound to happen. Planet Money has a reputation for turning even the most arcane business concepts into gripping radio, and Wired’s designers are the best in the biz at eye-popping infographics. Still, neither of them expected to be pushing the boundaries of human knowledge about jobs in America.
Today on the Storyboard podcast we add another angle to t...
2011-05-2524 minWired Storyboard Audio PodcastStoryboard: Episode 40 – The Book Of WoeStick a fork in it: in the long term, the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is done for. That’s according to Gary Greenberg, a practicing psychotherapist and author of a feature in the January issue about the controversy surrounding the book’s future fifth edition. For decades, the DSM has been the definitive almanac of psychiatric disease. But the effort to update the book has highlighted the challenge of categorizing slippery, subjective mental states with the same certainty as say, high blood pressure. Today on the podcast, Greenberg and senior editor Bill Wasik...
2011-02-0123 min
Grab the Top Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceAnd Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture by Bill WasikPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/203413to listen full audiobooks.
Title: And Then There's This: How Stories Live and Die in Viral Culture
Author: Bill Wasik
Narrator: Bill Wasik
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 5 hours 32 minutes
Release date: June 11, 2009
Genres: Social Science
Publisher's Summary:
Unabridged • 6 hours An entertaining and eye-opening look into the new frontier of idea making.
2009-06-115h 32