Ellen Jaffe Jones—the running coach, cooking instructor and author of the enormously popular book, “Eat Vegan On $4 A Day”—discusses her new book, “Kitchen Divided: Vegan Dishes For Semi-Vegan Households.” She begins the conversation by reviewing a bit about “Eat...
John Bradshaw—international cat expert, anthrozoologist, and author of The New York Times bestseller "Dog Sense"—discusses his new book, “Cat Sense: How The New Feline Science Can Make You A Better Friend To Your Cat.” Foundation Director of the Anthrozoology...
Jill Rappaport—veteran journalist who’s about to celebrate 22 years on NBC’s “The Today Show,” where she now specializes in reporting stories about pets and animal welfare--discusses her lifelong love of animals. She goes on to explain how, even as the “Today”...
Dr. Brian Hare—associate professor of evolutionary anthropology at Duke University, internationally-recognized expert on dog cognition, and co-author, with Vanessa Woods, of “The Genius of Dogs: How Dogs Are Smarter Than You Think”—discusses his longtime interest...
Dr. Barbara Natterson-Horowitz and Kathryn Bowers–co-authors of “Zoobiquity: The Astonishing Connection Between Human And Animal Health,” a New York Times bestseller recently issued in paperback—discuss the genesis of the “zoobiquity” philosophy and the term...
Lauren Scheuer—veteran illustrator who maintains the popular blog, “Scratch And Peck,” and author of the new book, “Once Upon A Flock: Life With My Soulful Chickens”—discusses what prompted her to bring a flock of chickens to her home, driven in part by her...
Steven Wise--the founder and president of The Nonhuman Rights Project; he's also an attorney, author, legal scholar and professor who's taught at Harvard Law School--discusses how the law he was practicing (personal injury) shifted focus 30-plus years ago upon...
John Homans--the longtime executive editor of New York magazine who published his first book, "What's A Dog For?: The Surprising History, Science, Philosophy, and Politics of Man's Best Friend"--discusses how he decided "What's A Dog For" would represent his first...
This interview with Dr. Temple Grandin was delayed because the flight she was on that morning was very late landing, which we didn't know in the first part of the show, when we were trying to reach her, and moving elements of the show around in her absence. Once we...
Brian McGrory--a veteran, award-winning journalist and editor at The Boston Globe, currently writing a twice-a-week column for the paper and author, most recently of "Buddy: How A Rooster Made Me A Family Man"-- discusses the lifelong importance to him of The...
