How I Learned to Love Shrimp
How I Learned To Love Shrimp is a podcast showcasing innovative and impactful ways to help animals and build the animal advocacy movement.
We talk to campaigners, lobbyists, scientists, and other experts about a variety of ways to help animals: policy advocacy, pressure campaigns, alternative proteins, grassroots advocacy, and much more. We released episodes every 4 weeks or so.
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Note: James' comments on the podcast don't represent the views of Coefficient Giving or the Farm Animal Welfare team at Coefficient Giving. The views he expresses in the podcast are his personal views.
How I Learned to Love Shrimp
Latest Episodes
Anne Hilhorst on hitting companies where it hurts
My guest for today is Anne Hilhorst, CEO of Wakker Dier, a Dutch animal welfare organisation. She joined Wakker Dier when she left university 15 years ago and plans to be there for another 15 years!Besides the impressive longevity of the...
Toby Schiønning on "fair cop" and a new model for corporate campaigning
My guest today is Thorbjørn Schiønning, also known as Toby, who is the Director of Communications and Campaigns, and co-founder of Anima International. He’s been involved in animal rights for 15+ years, specialising in corporate outreach, campa...
Seth Green on why reducing meat consumption is hard and what actually works
This episode, I spoke with Seth Ariel Green, a research scientist at the Humane and Sustainable Food Lab at Stanford university. He recently published a meta-analysis called “
2025 Highlights: All the best bits from How I Learned To Love Shrimp
Today, we’re bringing you a special highlights episode! It’s a roundup of some of the most interesting conversations we had in 2025. They include:Vicky Bond (Madre Brava) on what it's really like to lead in animal advocacy&nb...
Dawn Neo on the 4+ billion hens in cages in Asia and how we can help them
Dawn was one of the first people in Asia working on cage-free reforms – she started working on Asian farm animal welfare 10 years ago, often as one of the few individuals talking to major food companies about improving the welfare of anim...