{"podcast":{"title":"Animal Rights: the Debate","slug":"animal-rights-the-debate-6705712","podcast_index_feed_id":6705712,"rss_url":"https://feeds.libsyn.com/494093/rss","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/494093","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/8/3/5/e/835e74b28f86012588c4a68c3ddbc4f2/abhijit-sinha-MpTAdygyG34-unsplash_square.jpg","author":"Martyn Ford & David Thomas","episode_count":49,"summary":"Animal Rights: the Debate explores the issues around around our relationship with animals.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-04T16:20:50.522247+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712"},"episode":{"title":"A Roman Catholic Supports Animal Rights","slug":"a-roman-catholic-supports-animal-rights","published_at":"2026-05-07T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/a-roman-catholic-supports-animal-rights","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712","url":"https://8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647.libsyn.com/a-roman-catholic-supports-animal-rights","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647/Father_Terry_Martin_4.mp3?dest-id=4223538","summary":"It would not be controversial to say that the Christian Churches and their clergy have not been at the forefront in speaking out for animals. Despite the incompatibility between the way society treats animals and the essence of the Christian message, there has been a deafening silence from those who should know better. One exception is retired Roman Catholic priest, Father Terry Martin. We speak to him about his 'Damascene' conversion, and how his faith compelled him to recognise that 'love thy neighbour' includes non-human animals.","meta_description":"It would not be controversial to say that the Christian Churches and their clergy have not been at the forefront in speaking out for animals. Despite the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2096,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/episodes/a-roman-catholic-supports-animal-rights/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/a-roman-catholic-supports-animal-rights.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}