Episode 249: Veganarchafeminism with Nathan Poirier

On this episode, we speak to Nathan Poirier. Nathan is an interdisciplinary critical animal studies scholar with a background in anthrozoology, sociology, and mathematics. He currently teaches at Lansing Community College in Michigan. He's the co-editor of the 2022 collection Emerging New Voices in Critical Animal Studies: Vegan Studies for Total Liberation , the 2023 collection Expanding the Critical Animal Studies Imagination: Essays in Solidarity and Total Liberation , and of the 2024 collection Veganarchism: Making Veganism and Anarchism Dangerous Again . We talk about the 2025 Lantern Publishing collection Exploring Topics in Non/Human Coexistence: Passion, Praxis, and Presence , which Nathan co-edited with Sarah Tomasello, Erin Jones, and Mark Suchyta. In particular, we dig into one of Nathan's chapters: 'Veganism as an overlooked component of anarchafeminism?' In the quick questions, Nathan mentioned; Ignoring Nature No More , edited by Marc Bekoff. His paper (with Sarah Tomasello) 'Polar Similar': John Tallent, author of How to Unite the Left on Animals (see an interview with Kim Stallwood here: ) His 'A6' Against Cultured Meat , co-authored with Richard Giles:

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Episode 249: Veganarchafeminism with Nathan Poirier is an episode from Knowing Animals by Josh Milburn.

This episode is 39:54 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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