by Duncan | Mar 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Legislation, Vegetarian/Vegan
Bruce Friedrich—the co-founder and executive director of The Good Food Institute (GFI), which promotes plant-based dairy, eggs, and so-called clean meat, as alternatives to those items as produced by animal agriculture (factory farming)—outlines how, starting at age...
by Duncan | Mar 13, 2019 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, General, Health & Behavior, Rescue, Wildlife
It’s all too rare for “Talking Animals” guests to join me in studio–I typically interview them by phone or, occasionally, via Skype. So it was an uncommon treat to stand across from Nancy Murrah—the CEO of The Raptor Center of Tampa Bay—while we chatted on-air,...
by Duncan | Mar 6, 2019 | General
In this edition of “Talking Animals,” I continued playing back the conversation with Dr. Temple Grandin that I began airing on last week’s show. To review, this was an interview with Dr. Temple Grandin I conducted at the Paramount Theatre in Austin, TX on Feb. 1....
by Duncan | Feb 27, 2019 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior
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. Grandin is the professor of animal science at Colorado State University,...
by Duncan | Feb 20, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Educators, Mammals, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter
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. Poole recalls landing an internship...