Which Side: A Vegan Anarchist Podcast

Episode 214: We talk with Lori Marino, Ph.D.; Board President and Executive Director of The Whale Sanctuary Project, Founder and Executive Director of The Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, Nonhuman Rights Project Science Director, Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology and a Faculty Affiliate of the Center for Ethics at Emory University. Lori is internationally known for her work on the evolution of the brain and intelligence in dolphins and whales and comparisons to primates.  In 2001 she co-authored a ground-breaking study offering the first conclusive evidence for mirror self-recognition in bottlenose dolphins, after which she decided against further research with captive animals. She is the author of over 100 empirical and review papers on dolphin and primate brain evolution and behavior, and human-nonhuman animal relationships, including the psychological and philosophical bases of animal exploitation and, more specifically, critiques of dolphin assisted therapy and other captivity