Animal Introspective

Animal Introspective Ep 5: Companion Animal Behavior with Dr. Erica Feuerbacher

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 16:00:00 -0700

Welcome back to Animal Introspective, the podcast all about animal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the people who care for them! How can we know what an animal is feeling internally? Can animals tell us what their food preferences are? How can we best reinforce a dog during training? Dr. Erica Feuerbacher has joined us to talk all about companion animals and how her research may answer these questions.

To learn more about the exciting programs discussed in this episode, click the links below:

Online Masters of Agricultural & Life Sciences in the Applied Animal Behavior & Welfare concentration: https://www.cals.vt.edu/academic-programs/online/concentrations.html

Is there something you're curious to learn more about? Connect with us on instagram @animal_introspective or send an email to animal.introspective@gmail.com

CREDITS
Co-Hosts: Stephanie Norton and Grace Hannon
Producer & Editor: Alexander Brauer
Music: Mystery Strings by moodmode

Animal Introspective Ep 4 : Animal Shelter Welfare with Dr. Lisa Gunter

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 18:00:00 -0700

Welcome back to Animal Introspective, the podcast all about animal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the people who care for them! Dr. Lisa Gunter is here to discuss the ins and outs of shelter animal wellbeing.

To learn more about the exciting programs discussed in this episode, click the links below:

Canine Science Symposium:
www.caninesciencesymposium.com
May 17-18, 2025 at San Francisco State University & on Zoom
Discounted registration ends on March 31, 2025

Online Masters of Agricultural & Life Sciences in the Applied Animal Behavior & Welfare concentration: https://www.cals.vt.edu/academic-programs/online.html

Is there something you're curious to learn more about? Connect with us on instagram @animal_introspective or send an email to animal.introspective@gmail.com

CREDITS
Co-Hosts: Stephanie Norton and Grace Hannon
Producer & Editor: Alexander Brauer
Music: Mystery Strings by moodmode

Animal Introspective Ep 3: Affective Neuroscience

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0700

Welcome back to Animal Introspective, the podcast all about animal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the people who care for them! How can we know what an animal is feeling? We can't totally know for sure, but there are some ways of inferring through studying.....*drum roll please*.......AFFECTIVE NEUROSCIENCE!!

To learn more about affective neuroscience, check these links out!:

Davis, K. L., & Montag, C. (2019). Selected Principles of Pankseppian Affective Neuroscience. Frontiers in neuroscience, 12, 1025. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2018.01025

Panksepp J. (2010). Affective neuroscience of the emotional BrainMind: evolutionary perspectives and implications for understanding depression. Dialogues in clinical neuroscience, 12(4), 533–545. https://doi.org/10.31887/DCNS.2010.12.4/jpanksepp

The science of emotions: Jaak Panksepp at TEDxRainier. (2014). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65e2qScV_K8

Is there something you're curious to learn more about? Connect with us on instagram @animal_introspective or send an email to animal.introspective@gmail.com

CREDITS
Co-Hosts: Stephanie Norton and Grace Hannon
Producer & Editor: Alexander Brauer
Music: Mystery Strings by moodmode

Animal Introspective Ep 2: Wellbeing

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 07:00:00 -0700

Welcome back to Animal Introspective, the podcast all about animal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the people who care for them! What even IS wellbeing?? And how is it different from welfare? So many questions! Let's talk about it.

Is there something you're curious to learn more about? Connect with us on instagram @animal_introspective or send an email to animal.introspective@gmail.com

CREDITS
Co-Hosts: Stephanie Norton and Grace Hannon
Producer & Editor: Alexander Brauer
Music: Mystery Strings by moodmode

Animal Introspective Ep 1: Who We Are

Sun, 27 Oct 2024 14:00:00 -0700

Welcome to Animal Introspective, the podcast all about animal wellbeing and the wellbeing of the people who care for them! How do people get into animal care professions? In our very first episode, we dive into our origin stories and talk about what makes you an "animal person".

Is there something you're curious to learn more about? Connect with us on instagram @animal_introspective or send an email to animal.introspective@gmail.com

CREDITS
Co-Hosts: Stephanie Norton and Grace Hannon
Producer & Editor: Alexander Brauer
Music: Mystery Strings by moodmode