Dr. Will Tuttle--an educator, speaker, musician and former Zen monk who holds a Ph.D in education from U.C. Berkeley, and author of "The World Peace Diet: Eating For Spiritual Health and Social Harmony"--discusses his own description of "The World Peace Diet" and...
Chrissie Hynde--The Pretenders singer-songwriter-guitarist (currently touring the U.S. behind the acclaimed new Pretenders album, "Break Up The Concrete") and longtime animal advocate--discusses the enormous and somewhat surprising (to her, at least) success of...
I've long had Eels singer-songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, aka E, on my wish list of potential "Talking Animals" guests--well beyond the L.A. band sporting an animal name, animals (both real and metaphorical) are laced throughout the Eels' oeuvre; E's dog Bobby is a...
Moby--the songwriter-musician-DJ-veteran animal activist who enjoys the status of a recording artist who's enormously successful both commercially (his "Play" album sold 9 million copies) and critically, including his well-reviewed new album, "Last Night"-- and...
Pete Gallagher--a Florida native and Renaissance Man of sorts who hosts WMNF's weekly "Florida Folk Show," he was an award-winning journalist and writer, he worked for Chief Jim Billie at the Seminole Tribe of Florida, he's a veteran singer-songwriter and producer,...
Marty Sanders--guitarist with Jay And The Americans, perhaps best known for such 60s hits as "Come A Little Bit Closer" and "This Magic Moment," and still performing a slew of concerts across the country each year--discusses his lifelong interest in reptiles (as a...
Nellie McKay--the acclaimed singer-songwriter and animal advocate, actress and occasional New York Times book critic--discusses her view of Dennis Kucinich (alluded to on her new CD, "Obligatory Villagers"), addresses the new album's relative absence of animal...
In a conversation that traveled a distinctive arc, Chrissie Hynde--The Pretenders' singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal activist, whose actions range from protesting KFC's inhumane treatment of chicken in the processing plant (one of the protests for...
Singer-songwriter Emmylou Harris--whose recording career spans 30-plus years, during which she's won 12 Grammys--discusses various aspects and phases of being a lifelong animal advocate, including her formative years growing up around animals and animal lovers (her...
John Doe--founder-bassist-vocalist of legendary punk band X (in the midst of a major national tour, including a stop in Saint Petersburg, FL), acclaimed singer-songwriter as a solo artist (he's just re-issued & expanded his '98 EP, "For The Rest Of Us," now...
