by Duncan | Mar 2, 2016 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue
Laura T. Coffey—the author of “MY OLD DOG: Rescued Pets with Remarkable Second Acts,” which touts the virtues of adopting senior shelter dogs—recounts going to school (including college) in the Tampa Bay area and her extended stints at what’s now The Tampa Bay Times...
by Duncan | Feb 24, 2016 | Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Operations, Vegetarian/Vegan
Anita Krajnc—the animal rights activist who co-founded Toronto Pig Save (spawning The Save Movement)—discusses her arrest for giving water to a truckload of thirsty pigs on a sweltering day last summer, as the truck was pulling into a Burlington slaughterhouse. But,...
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:...