Allison Argo: Director of Acclaimed Animal Films
Allison Argo, a writer-director who, over the course of a 25-year career, has specialized in making often-acclaimed films about animals.
Allison Argo: Director of Acclaimed Animal Films
Health & Behavior
Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 5th Edition
Glen Hatchell: dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer” 5th Edition
We reprised “Ask The Trainer,” in which listeners are invited to call or email questions for dog trainer Glen Hatchell to answer about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues.
Samantha Wishman & Christina Thomas, co-directors of “Free Puppies!”
Samantha Wishman & Christina Thomas, co-directors of “Free Puppies!”
Christina Thomas and Samantha Wishman are co-directors of “Free Puppies!,” a documentary examining rescue dogs being regularly transported from the South to the North for adoption, probing deeper into why the South is a repository for so many homeless dogs.
Kimberly Carroll, Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant
Kimberly Carroll, Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant
Kimberly Carroll— a veteran Toronto-based animal activist, leader, and consultant—recalls growing up in Manitoba, a sensitive child with a precocious connection to animals, yet like her family members and most fellow Manitobans, she was also an enthusiastic meat...
Spencer Conover, Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services
Spencer Conover, Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services
Spencer Conover— Assistant Director of Pasco County Animal Services (PCAS), whose work has received national acclaim, partly accounting for his being viewed as a rising star in the animal shelter world—recounts growing up in a conventional household regarding...
Mark Reinfeld, vegan chef, author & educator
Mark Reinfeld, vegan chef, author & educator
Mark Reinfeld— the award-winning vegan chef and author of numerous books, including “Healing The Vegan Way: Plant-Based Eating for Optimal Health and Wellness”—returns to the show, this time offering more early biographical information than we’ve discussed in past...
Callers and Emailers as Guests
Callers and Emailers as Guests
Every year or two, I jettison the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format—a longform interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that occasional effort to temporarily reconfigure the program, and a...
Ally Burguieres, opossum advocate and rehabilitator
Ally Burguieres, opossum advocate and rehabilitator
Ally Burguieres— an opossum advocate and rehabilitator, whose passion to protect and serve, and heal, these marsupials is reflected in a recent HuffPost piece and in her new book, “Possums Are Not Cute! And Other Myths about Nature’s Most Misunderstood...
Rebekah Keat and Siri Lindley, activists working to end horse slaughter
Rebekah Keat and Siri Lindley, activists working to end horse slaughter
Rebekah Keat and Siri Lindley—highly vocal (and highly effective, as it turns out) advocates for ending horse slaughter—recall a pivotal horse, Savannah, who served as a catalyst for their advocacy. Lindley remembers having some of the equipment for a horse, and...
Tricia Gorham, chair of the College of Veterinary Technology at St. Petersburg College
Tricia Gorham, chair of the College of Veterinary Technology at St. Petersburg College
Tricia Gorham--chair of the College of Veterinary Technology at St. Petersburg College, and a practicing veterinary technician since 1991—discusses her love of animals extending back to childhood, and how she began working for a veterinarian as a junior in high...
