<p>Join me for a provocative conversation with brothers Vasile and James Stănescu as we deconstruct the common yet charged concept of &quot;invasive species.&quot; Moving beyond a simplified view of nature, we explore how the rhetoric of &quot;invasion ecology&quot; creates a violent foundation justifying perpetual war against certain animals.</p><p><br></p><p>Drawing from their contributions to the critical book, <em>The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology</em>, James and Vasile unpack the real-world consequences of this ideology. Vasile illustrates the cyclical failure of &quot;management,&quot; where killing one species leads to an explosion in another, forcing us to ask: why must nature be violated in order to protect it? James, one of the book&#39;s editors, examines the militarized language and apocalyptic tone used to describe non-native species, which in turn dictates a response of total eradication—a hyperbolic reaction to hyperbolic communication.</p><p><br></p><p>This episode challenges the sanitized ideal of a pristine wilderness and delves into the ethical costs of this worldview for both human and non-human animals. Tune in for a deep dive into the intersection of language, ecology, and animal liberation.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Website/Socials &amp; Books</strong>:</p><p>Vasile Stǎnescu</p><p>Website: How we win <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.winforanimals.org/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146349&usg=AOvVaw1lxq_o8mUm-3woPKZGf4jG"><u>https://www.winforanimals.org</u></a> </p><p>Podcast: How we win <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.winforanimals.org/how-we-win-podcast&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146417&usg=AOvVaw36IP8ppzFKshO2ti7WWBGd"><u>https://www.winforanimals.org/how-we-win-podcast</u></a> </p><p>Instagram: @professional.vegan </p><p>Article: &quot;How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism&quot; <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-industrial-slaughter-became-the-blueprint-for-modern-capitalism&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146473&usg=AOvVaw0rNn9KmPvl7vvGrx_XUcOE"><u>https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/how-industrial-slaughter-became-the-blueprint-for-modern-capitalism</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>James Stǎnescu</p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.criticalanimal.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146520&usg=AOvVaw2AfUz5xz9ukVu2VQiRoFho"><u>https://www.criticalanimal.com</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p>Book: <em>The Ethics and Rhetoric of Invasion Ecology </em>(Lexington Books, 2017)</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Other links</strong></p><p>Banu Subramanian, &quot;The Aliens Have Landed! Reflections on the Rhetoric of Biological Invasions&quot; <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.jstor.org/stable/40338794&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146629&usg=AOvVaw1g6gU-MmJg_5AR18XGWf1O"><u>https://www.jstor.org/stable/40338794</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Emi Leese</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://emilialeese.substack.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146693&usg=AOvVaw01lB4ceIJSRfRPQfJR1K4_">https://emilialeese.substack.com</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://thinklikeavegan.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146734&usg=AOvVaw2MS_1vAXmvM_1kxqbwYwJU">http://thinklikeavegan.com</a> </p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://emilialeese.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146775&usg=AOvVaw0ZYVeWa76XV8J0xfJ9191N">http://emilialeese.com</a> </p><p>Instagram @emi.leese </p><p>YouTube <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146816&usg=AOvVaw20kMgFY_CWxkvtPqPxOtqq"><u>https://www.youtube.com/@thinklikeavegan/videos</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Credits</strong></p><p>Host: Emilia A. Leese </p><p>Guest: Vasile Stǎnescu and James Stǎnescu</p><p>Production &amp; Engineering: Jim Moore of Bloody Vegans Productions; <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146884&usg=AOvVaw2T9Y18YAKhkscR1Z76saye"><u>https://www.bloodyvegansproductions.com</u></a> </p><p>Graphics: Catherine Dorrell <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.messyvegancook.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899146930&usg=AOvVaw0oM5nTOAxZNURBDPWYQf_W"><u>https://www.messyvegancook.com</u></a> </p><p><br></p><p><strong>Music</strong></p><p>Opening theme: “Flashbacks” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business </p><p>Interlude: &quot;Ōuda Afternoon I&quot; music by Matthew Gerstenberger, voice by Chiyako</p><p>Closing theme: “Tear Things Up” by Jenny Moore’s Mystic Business</p><p><br></p><p>This podcast is part of iROAR, the Animals Podcasting Network <a href="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://iroarpod.com/&sa=D&source=editors&ust=1777586899147006&usg=AOvVaw3i905z0hyg7_RXnph8kKBQ"><u>https://iroarpod.com</u></a></p>