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This Extended Version of “Captivating Animals” with Thalia Field includes a discussion of Émile Zola and his attempt to recreate in fiction the scientific methodology of the Positivists and Claude Bernard; a reading of a medical journal article on the “insanity” of antivivisectionists; the tragedy of Charles Darwin’s “support” for vivisection. Radio Version of Captivating Fictions RELATED Personhood (New Directions website) …

In today’s segment we brought you news that the Indianapolis Zoo has announced it will create a Global Center for Species Survival, thanks to a a $4,000,000 grant from the Lily Endowment, Inc. The IU Health of Bloomington’s parking garage on Second Street will most likely remain intact when the City of Bloomington assumes control of the 22 acre site …