Dr. Neal Barnard, M.D.--who in 1985 founded the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), a nonprofit organization that promotes, among other things, a plant-based diet, preventative medicine, higher standards of ethics and effectiveness in research...
Thomas French--a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, formerly with The St. Petersburg Times, and the author, most recently, of "Zoo Story: Life In The Garden Of Captives"--discusses when and how, in the course of writing articles about Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo for the...
Alan Rabinowitz--the world-renowned zoologist, conservationist and field biologist, whose latest book, "Life In The Valley Of Death: The Fight To Save Tigers In A Land Of Guns, Gold And Greed" will be issued in paperback Sept. 7-- discusses his dim view of zoos...
W. Bruce Cameron--award-winning humor columnist and New York Times bestselling author of "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" and other books--discusses his just-released debut novel, "A Dog's Purpose: A Novel For Humans," a singular saga about (and...
Gordon Grice--the journalist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker and author, most recently, of "Deadly Kingdom: The Book Of Dangerous Animals"--discusses how a boyhood fascination with snakes and spiders (influenced at least partly by where he was living)...
Melanie Joy--a professor who teaches psychology and sociology at the University of Massachusetts, Boston and author, most recently of "Why We Love Dogs, Eat Pigs and Wear Cows: An Introduction to Carnism"---reprises the hypothetical dinner scene that opens her new...
Jonathan Safran Foer--the 32-year-old author acclaimed for his novels "Everything Is Illuminated" and "Extremely Loud," he's now penned a non-fiction book, "Eating Animals," which just in its first week out has already generated tremendous attention, discussion and...
Writer-reporter-poet essayist Charles Siebert, the author, most recently, of "The Wauchula Woods Accord: Toward A New Understanding Of Animals"--which chronicles his extended encounter with a retired circus chimp named Roger at The Center For Great Apes, a...
Holly Robinson--an award-winning writer and author of "The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter," a new, colorful, often-funny and eloquent memoir of growing up as the daughter of a career military man whose second (and secret) career was studying, breeding and raising...
Carol Leifer--the veteran, top-notch comedian and Emmy-nominated writer who's worked on such shows as "Seinfeld," "Saturday Night Live" and the Academy Awards--discusses her new book, "When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win," a memoir-cum-collection of...
