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In Conversation With Dr. Temple Grandin–Part One

By | February 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior | No comments

This unusual edition of “Talking Animals” featured the first portion of an interview with Dr. Temple Grandin I conducted Feb. 1 in front of 1200 people at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX. Read more…

Chris Poole, colleague of feline phenoms Cole & Marmalade

By | February 20, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Chris Poole—a Tampa resident best known, as he describes it, being owned by feline phenoms Cole and Marmalade—remembers growing up in Nottingham, England and his family having an array of pets, including his first black cat, Sarah. Read more…

Neko Case, Singer-Songwriter-Animal Champion

By | January 30, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Musicians | No comments

Neko Case—the acclaimed singer-songwriter-guardian who’s long incorporated nature and animal themes into her work—discusses Marty, the cat that owned her heart (Case is famously a dog nut) when we spoke on the show in 2015. Read more…

Dr. Toni Frohoff, wildlife behavioral biologist

By | January 23, 2019 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Educators, Elephants, General, Wild | No comments

Dr. Toni Frohoff—a wildlife behavioral biologist who has researched the lives and behaviors of elephants and cetaceans for more than 30 years—recalls how, as an aspiring surfer growing up in Southern California, encountering dolphins in the ocean there, spurred her initial interest in studying those cetaceans. Read more…

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron, screenwriters of “A Dog’s Way Home”

By | January 16, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Dogs, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron—screenwriters of the movie, “A Dog’s Way Home,” based on Cameron’s novel, and which had opened nationwide less than a week before this conversation—discuss the enthusiastic reception accorded the film: high audience ratings, third in box office sales on its opening weekend, after “Aquaman” and “The Upside,” some very favorable reviews, etc. Read more…

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