Episodes

  • Looking Back on Storytelling Animals, with The Real Dancing Eagle
    Nov 27 2023

    In this bonus episode of Storytelling Animals, I look back on what I've learned from almost two years of the podcast with my brother Kyle Martindale, who designed my logo. We also talk about his new children's book, The ABC's of the Real Dancing Eagle, and share some formative animal encounters from our pasts. Thanks so much for everyone who supported this podcast in any way throughout my first two seasons!


    Buy Kyle's book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C91N8X4S?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_2JGG74CQWDZ5EYEY8227

    Follow him on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealdancingeagle/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igshid=OGQ5ZDc2ODk2ZA==

    Check out his website: https://therealdancingeagle.com/


    Subscribe to my free monthly-ish newsletter to keep up with my work: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/



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    59 mins
  • Crossings: Ben Goldfarb on How Roads Devastate Wildlife
    Aug 29 2023

    Today's guest is Ben Goldfarb, author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet. It's the last episode in my series on the trouble with car dependency, and a nice companion to my earlier series on animal agency. It's also the official season finale of this podcast, although there will be one last bonus episode in September. Patreon subscribers will not be charged next month (or for the foreseeable future, unless and until I relaunch the podcast).


    Learn more about Ben's book here: https://wwnorton.com/books/9781324005896


    Subscribe to my free monthly newsletter to keep up with my work: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    Support this podcast on Patreon (your August payment will be your last, unless and until I relaunch the pod): https://patreon.com/storytellingpod

    Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr and 8 mins
  • Toward Better, Greener Public Transit and Trucking, with Kevin Shen
    Aug 3 2023

    Part 3 of my series on car dependency, my guest today is Kevin Shen of the Union of Concerned Scientists, who researches transit policy and electrification of large vehicles.


    Read some of his work here: https://blog.ucsusa.org/author/kshen/


    Subscribe to my free biweekly-ish newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    Support my work on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod

    Follow me on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr and 1 min
  • How Science Fiction Depicts Cars and Bikes, with Jeremy Withers
    Jul 11 2023

    Today's guest is Jeremy Withers, author of Futuristic Cars and Space Bicycles: Contesting the Road in American Science Fiction. We discuss authors from Ray Bradbury and Ursula Le Guin to Octavia Butler and Kim Stanley Robinson. Part two in my series on the trouble with car culture.


    Learn more about Jeremy's book here: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/futuristic-cars-and-space-bicycles-9781802078343?lang=en&cc=us


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    Our August 1 book club will be on Amitav Ghosh's The Nutmeg's Curse: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/

    Sign up for a 7-day free trial Patreon membership: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod

    Follow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr and 5 mins
  • Carmageddon: Daniel Knowles on Real and False Solutions to Our Car Crisis
    Jun 27 2023

    This week I talk with Daniel Knowles, author of Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What To Do About It. Part 1 of a new series on transforming our car-dependent culture. Listen to part 2 by starting your 7-day Patreon free trial today: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod


    Learn more about Daniel's book here: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/carmageddon_9781419758805/


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    For more on our next book club: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/

    Follow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr
  • "Let Birds Be Birds": On VINE Sanctuary, with pattrice jones
    Jun 6 2023

    Part 4 of my 4-part series on animal agency! An interview with pattrice jones of VINE Sanctuary. We talk about building a just multispecies community, the trouble with effective altruism, and the sexism of the dairy industry.


    For more on VINE Sanctuary: https://vinesanctuary.org/

    For my prior interview with Lori Gruen and Alice Crary: https://shows.acast.com/storytelling-animals/episodes/animal-crisis-a-new-critical-theory-alice-crary-lori-gruen

    For their effective altruism book, to which pattrice contributes: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-good-it-promises-the-harm-it-does-9780197655702?cc=us&lang=en&


    Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod

    Subscribe to the free weekly-ish Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    For more on our June 27 The Plague Dogs book club: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/

    Follow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    58 mins
  • De-extinction and Jurassic Park, with Matt Haugen
    May 23 2023

    I talk about Jurassic Park--both the book and the movie--with Matt Haugen of Terrain. It's a joint episode of our two podcasts, and part 3 of my 4-part series on animal agency. Part 4 of that series is now available to Patreon subscribers: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod


    For Matt's substack and podcast: https://www.terrain.news/

    For my article on de-extinction: https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/23696294/de-extinction-colossal-biosciences-woolly-mammoth-dodo-ethics

    For my prior interview on Jurassic World with paleontologist Steve Brusatte: https://shows.acast.com/storytelling-animals/episodes/steve-brusatte-rise-reign-of-mammals-dinosaur-jurassic-world


    Subscribe to the free weekly-ish Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    Follow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Like this podcast on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/people/Storytelling-Animals/100078033760061/

    Learn more about our upcoming book club schedule, and how to join: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Toward an Interspecies Democracy, with Eva Meijer
    May 9 2023

    Part 2 of a series on animal agency! An interview with Eva Meijer, author of When Animals Speak: Toward an Interspecies Democracy.


    For more on the book: https://nyupress.org/9781479863136/when-animals-speak/

    For more on the author's work: https://www.evameijer.nl/en/indexen.html


    Support this podcast with a monthly donation on Patreon: https://patreon.com/storytellingpod

    Subscribe to the free weekly Storytelling Animals newsletter: https://apple6.aweb.page/p/de4ee963-cd8d-4ced-9975-e13965236a7d

    Follow this podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DaytonRMartind

    Learn more about our upcoming book club schedule, and how to join: https://daytonmartindale.com/book-club/

    This podcast is a proud member of the iRoar network of pro-animal podcasts: https://iroarpod.com/


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    1 hr and 7 mins