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	Podcast:		Threshold
	Episode:		Threshold Conversations \| Feminism in the Wild with Ambika Kamath and Melina Packer
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:30:14
	Publish Date:		2026-02-17 11:00:00
	Description:		How much of what we know about animals is actually just an assumption? From dominant males and passive females to stigmas around same-sex sexual behavior, ideas from our human world influence our understanding of the nonhuman one. Ambika Kamath is a behavioral ecologist and evolutionary biologist, and Melina Packer is a scholar of race, gender and sexuality. Together they wrote the book Feminism in the Wild: How Human Biases Shape Our Understanding of Animal Behavior. They join us to unpack some long-held ideas in biology, explain why these ideas are so powerful, and imagine how we might open our eyes to animal behavior that defies our expectations. Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today. To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter. Credits: Threshold Conversations is produced by Sam Moore. Our music is by Todd Sickafoose. Amy Martin is our host and executive producer. Resources and Links: Episode transcript Feminism in the Wild from MIT Press The paper on female birdsong by Michelle Hall and colleagues Amy’s Substack, Letters to Earthlings
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