Ep. 30: Voices for the voiceless: animal rights activism in Canada - ethical beliefs among vegans and how they translate to animal rights activism

What happens when a folklorist goes inside vegan and animal rights communities, not as an outsider looking in, but as someone documenting their lived beliefs? Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran joins me to discuss her research in St. John’s and Toronto, where she explores veganism as a counter-hegemonic tradition and activism as performative resistance. We delve into how media and academia often misrepresent these movements and why insider voices matter. From Gramsci to grassroots protest, this conversation challenges the idea speciesism is just common sense and asks what justice really sounds like when dissent speaks

Website/socials

Dr. Ceallaigh MacCath-Moran

https://csmaccath.com/home 

PhD dissertation https://research.library.mun.ca/16537/

Your Vegan Fallacy Is https://yourveganfallacyis.com/en 

https://linktr.ee/csmaccath 

Other links

"What's wrong with carnism?" by Dr Corey Wrenn https://www.coreyleewrenn.com/carnism/ 

Emi Leese

https://emilialeese.substack.com     

http://thinklikeavegan.com      

http://emilialeese.com     

Instagram @emi.leese

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos   

Credits

Host: Emilia A. Leese 

Guest: Dr. Ceallaigh S. MacCath-Moran

Production & Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com    

Graphics: Catherine Dorrell https://www.messyvegancook.com    

Music

Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business 

Interlude: "Kawa" music by Matthew Gerstenberger and voice by Chiyako

Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business

This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network https://iroarpod.com