Dr. Monica Diedrich, an Anaheim-based animal communicator (she communicates with animals, then translates the exchanges for the humans who live with those animals), discusses her history–including how she discovered and initially denied her gift–and how she goes about communicating with animals, incorporating specifics of a session she had conducted with our beloved cat Otis [www.petcommunicator.com] 
COMEDY CORNER: Eddie Izzard’s “Mad European Cows” (snippet: seals, tigers, swans) [www.EddieIzzard.com]
MUSIC: Rickie Lee Jones’ “Lap Dog,” Daniel Johnston’s “Fish,” instrumentals
NAME THAT ANIMAL TUNE: Kool & The Gang’s “Jungle Boogie”
