by Duncan | Feb 17, 2016 | Advocates, Authors, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan
Dr. Michael Greger—the physician, author, speaker, internationally-recognized expert on nutrition, and majordomo of NutritionFacts.org—recounts how his Grandma’s story of being riddled with heart disease in her 60s, all but written off by her doctors, embraced the...
by Duncan | Feb 4, 2016 | Advocates, Dogs, Educators, General, Health & Behavior
For today’s program, I opted to set aside our regular format, in favor of convening a panel discussion about service animals, propelled largely by the growing trend of people using bogus service animals and emotional support animals. Indeed, a key catalyst for holding...
by Duncan | Jan 27, 2016 | Advocates, Dogs
Elias Weiss Friedman—the enormously popular photographer specializing in dogs known as The Dogist; at last count, he had 1.7 million followers on Instagram—discusses growing up in a family where there were always multiple dogs around, and photography was important:...
by Duncan | Jan 20, 2016 | Advocates, Authors, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan
In an unusual edition of “Talking Animals,” Ellen Jaffe Jones—the running coach, speaker and author of such books as the bestselling “Eat Vegan on $4 A Day” and “Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes For Semi-Vegan Households”—discusses her own kitchen divided and the ensuing...
by Duncan | Jan 13, 2016 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, General
Sy Montgomery—author of 20 nonfiction books for adults and children, including the memoir about life with her pig, “The Good Good Pig,” and, most recently, “The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness”–recalls growing up as...
