Peter Singer: "The Excluded - those not listened to enough."

On Monday, July 4, the BBC Radio 4 program "Start the Week" covered what it called "The Excluded - those not listened to enough."
One of the guests was Peter Singer, Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University, who is well known in the animal protection world as the author of the groundbreaking book "Animal Liberation." Twenty years ago Singer published, "In Defense of Animals," a collection of work from various thinkers and activists. An updated version, "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave" has just been released in the UK and is due out in the US in October. In the BBC interview Singer talks about changes that have taken place in the last twenty years, such as progress in efforts to combat factory farming in Europe. And we learn how badly the US is lagging behind.

You can listen to the show on line at the "Start the Week" web page:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/factual/starttheweek.shtml?focuswin
You will see a button where you can listen to the most recent program. Or you can go straight to the audio for the program at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/aod/networks/radio4/aod.shtml?radio4/starttheweek

The part focusing on Peter Singer and animal issues runs from 16:13 to 16:25.

Please thank the show for including the animals. BBC radio takes comments at:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/feedback/
You should include "Start the Week" in the subject line.

You can learn about the updated edition of "In Defense of Animals: The Second Wave," (for which I contributed the chapter "Moving the Media") see the book cover, look inside the book for the list of chapters and contributors, and pre-order it on Amazon at:

http://tinyurl.com/9sn4c

Those in the UK can order it now on Amazon UK at:
http://tinyurl.com/dntml (hardback)
Or http://tinyurl.com/9ffra (paperback)


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