{"id":3213,"date":"2025-11-22T13:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=3213"},"modified":"2025-11-22T13:48:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T13:48:30","slug":"sandra-swart-the-lions-historian","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandra Swart &#8211; The Lion\u2019s Historian"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sandra Swart, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, discussed her book\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/jacana.co.za\/product\/the-lions-historian-africas-animal-past\/\"><em>The Lion\u2019s Historian: Africa\u2019s Animal Past<\/em><\/a>\u00a0(Jacana Media, 2023) in the Greenhouse book talk series on Monday, 11 November 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The animals in this landmark book \u2013 elephants, hippos, okapi, lions, jackals, cows, sheep, horses, white ants, quagga, Nazi cattle, police dogs and baboons \u2013 are chosen strategically to highlight different facets of our shared past. With this animal-centric lens, decades of research are brought together in an astonishing book, one that takes animals seriously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The possibility of our shared future pivots on a reckoning with our shared pasts. This pioneering work shows what human-animal history can do, not only to help us better understand our place in the world, but to make our world \u2013 however slightly \u2013 a better place.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandra Swart, Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, discussed her book\u00a0The Lion\u2019s Historian: Africa\u2019s Animal Past\u00a0(Jacana Media, 2023) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2024-11-11-Swart.mp3","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2024-11-11-Swart_pod.jpeg","cover_image_id":"3215","duration":"57:42","filesize":"42.15M","filesize_raw":"44200648","date_recorded":"2024-11-11","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"25","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"5","itunes_episode_type":"full"},"tags":[17,18],"series":[16],"class_list":["post-3213","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","hentry","tag-books","tag-environment","series-greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks"],"episode_featured_image":false,"episode_player_image":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2024-11-11-Swart_pod.jpeg","download_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-download\/3213\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian","player_link":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3213\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian","audio_player":"<a class=\"wp-embedded-audio\" href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3213\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian\">https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast-player\/3213\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian<\/a>","episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/id1664960759","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"rss":{"key":"rss","url":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks\/","label":"RSS","class":"rss","icon":"rss.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/0TNTSCl3zRBues4Eqjkwwm","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/feed\/podcast\/greenhouse-environmental-humanities-book-talks","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Dv6bA3PrQQ\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian\/\">Sandra Swart &#8211; The Lion\u2019s Historian<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/newnatures.org\/greenhouse\/podcast\/sandra-swart-the-lions-historian\/embed\/#?secret=Dv6bA3PrQQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Sandra Swart &#8211; The Lion\u2019s Historian&#8221; &#8212; The Greenhouse Book Talks\" data-secret=\"Dv6bA3PrQQ\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! 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