{"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":"In the Beginning .....","slug":"in-the-beginning","published_at":"2025-08-07T06:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/in-the-beginning","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712","url":"https://8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647.libsyn.com/in-the-beginning","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/8455740d-a913-453b-a5ed-20f522efd647/riverside_joyce_david_martyn___jul_29_2025_001_martyn_fords_studio_1.mp3?dest-id=4223538","summary":"In the Bible we are given a vision of a vegan world: 'God said: 'See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food' [Genesis 1:29]. And elsewhere in the Bible there are positive statements about, and positive images of, our relationship with animals that encourage compassion towards them. Jesus is, after all, born in a cowshed surrounded by animals. So why are the Jewish and Christian traditions regarded by many - including Anglican bishops - as justifying the exploitation and killing of animals for food? We discuss these and other issues with Joyce D'Silva, a scholar, and author of Animal Welfare in World Religion: Teaching and Practice. Donate here: https://ko-fi.com/animalrightsdebate Join the WhatsApp community: https://chat.whatsapp.com/LTGteTLZkwI9XUtB1Xxfen Find out more: https://linktr.ee/animalrightsdebate","meta_description":"In the Bible we are given a vision of a vegan world: 'God said: 'See, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is upon the face of all the earth, a…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2413,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/animal-rights-the-debate-6705712/episodes/in-the-beginning/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/in-the-beginning.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}