by Duncan | Jan 30, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Musicians
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. Sadly, it turns out Marty has passed, but...
by Duncan | Jan 23, 2019 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Educators, Elephants, General, Wild
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...
by Duncan | Jan 16, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Dogs, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter
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...
by Duncan | Jan 9, 2019 | Advocates, Educators, General, Primates, Rescue, Sanctuaries
Dave Du Toit—founder and co-director of the Vervet Monkey Foundation, a 57-acre sanctuary in South Africa dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of not just Vervet Monkeys, but other primates who’ve been orphaned, injured, abused, were used in lab testing, or...
by Duncan | Dec 19, 2018 | General
This morning, I once again set aside the customary “Talking Animals” format to present my Annual Christmas Animal Song special—that is, a show entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes. I also played some far less obvious nuggets and possible future classics,...
