Bethany Brookshire on Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains

Hey Secular Fam – let’s take a break from “rage Friday” and enjoy a “science Friday” instead! Join us on March 21 as we welcome special guest Bethany Brookshire, science journalist and the author of the book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains.

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Bethany Brookshire is an award-winning freelance science journalist and author of the 2022 book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains. She has a Ph.D. in Physiology and Pharmacology. Brookshire writes on human-animal conflict, ecology, environmental science, and neuroscience. She is fascinated by the way humans perceive the environment and their place in it. Her work has appeared in Science News, Science News Explores, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Slate, The Guardian, The Atlantic and other outlets. She is based in Washington, D.C.