by Duncan | Jul 8, 2015 | Advocates, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Dogs, Educators
I convened a panel of professional pet sitters—Shelley Hamilton of Perfect Pets, Glen Hatchell of Home Buddies (also a former WMNF Morning Show Host), and Nina Perino of Love All Beings Pet Sitting—to discuss various aspects of pet sitting. We had a peppy,...
by Duncan | Jul 1, 2015 | Educators, Elephants, General, Wild
Andrea Turkalo, of the Wildlife Conservation Society—and considered the world’s leading expert on forest elephants, having studied them for more than two decades in the Central African Republic (CAR)—recounts what initially drew her to the CAR nearly 30 years ago, and...
by Duncan | Jun 24, 2015 | Advocates, Cetaceans, General
Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator—in this case, the tour in question is PETA’s “I, Orca” empathy project, which involves using Google virtual reality goggles to immerse participants in a world where they can swim freely in the ocean with their orca family—recounts...
by Duncan | Jun 10, 2015 | Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, General
While away on a family vacation, I presented an encore broadcast of my interview with Helen Macdonald, the author of “H is for Hawk,” which received rapturous acclaim and major literary prizes. It’s probably my favorite book of the last year or so,...
by Duncan | May 27, 2015 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Cats, Comedians, Elephants, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior
Dan Piraro—who, for 30 years, has drawn the highly-acclaimed, widely-syndicated comic “Bizarro”—discusses his recently announced plans, over the next two to three years, for retiring “Bizarro,” and how that announcement was initially misunderstood by some, and...
