Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United
Katrina Shadix is founder of Bear Warriors United (BWU), whose mission includes preserving and protecting bears in Florida
Katrina Shadix, founder of Bear Warriors United
Educators
Ed Yong, author of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, author of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong—a science journalist, staff writer at The Atlantic, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his coverage of the COVID-19 pandemic and author, most recently of An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
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.
Katherine McGill & Kate MacFall: discussing proposed changes to Florida’s trapping regulations
Katherine McGill & Kate MacFall: discussing proposed changes to Florida’s trapping regulations
Two experts on Florida wildlife, Katherine McGill and Kate MacFall, discuss proposed changes to the state's trapping regulations
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...
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...
