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Talking Animals
with Duncan Strauss
Hosted by Duncan Strauss, “Talking Animals” airs every Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, on WMNF (88.5 FM), a 70,000-watt, community-oriented NPR affiliate in Tampa, Florida.

Recent Shows
Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist & author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”
By Duncan | 3 min read
Mark E. Hauber—professor, ornithologist, and author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”—recalls becoming seriously interested...
Jill Horstmann, founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue
Jill Horstmann--founder of Squirrelly AF Rescue, a squirrel-focused rescue and rehabilitation operation she runs at her St. Petersburg...
Duncan | Nov 29, 2023 | 2 min read
Dr. Justin Perrault, VP of research, Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Dr. Justin Perrault--vice president of research at Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC), a nonprofit sea turtle research, rehabilitation,...
Duncan | Nov 15, 2023 | 3 min read
Carey Theil & Rory Goree, greyhound devotees
Carey Theil, executive director of GREY2K USA Worldwide, the largest greyhound protection organization in the world, and Rory Goree, who for many...
Duncan | Nov 8, 2023 | 3 min read
Dr. Faraz Harsini, biomedical scientist and veganism advocate
Dr. Faraz Harsini--biomedical scientist and speaker at the 2023 Tampa Bay Veg Fest—remembers growing up in Iran, including a possible...
Duncan | Nov 1, 2023 | 3 min read
Pete Walsh, platypus partisan
Pete Walsh--who lives in Tasmania, where he found himself becoming deeply concerned about the plight of local platypuses in the capital city of...
Duncan | Oct 18, 2023 | 3 min read
Ann Paul, an organizer of the 2023 Florida Birding and Nature Festival
Ann Paul--an organizer of the Florida Birding and Nature Festival, a multifaceted, multi-day extravaganza, scheduled to take place Oct. 12-15, in...
Duncan | Oct 11, 2023 | 3 min read
A Discussion All About Making Homemade Dog Food
Today’s program was unusual in a few ways, not least that I interviewed more guests than usual—and that those guests consisted of family (Karen...
Duncan | Sep 13, 2023 | 3 min read
Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 8th Edition
As we’ve done seven times prior—spanning about two years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to...
Duncan | Sep 6, 2023 | 2 min read
Mark Meyers, founder of Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue
Mark Meyers--founder and executive director of Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue, the largest donkey rescue operation in the U.S.—recalls how it all...
Duncan | Aug 30, 2023 | 3 min read