Laurie Crawford--president of the Animal Network, Inc., a nonprofit based in Manatee County, FL--discusses the history and evolution of the organization, starting out creating new dog parks. Describing the Animal Network as primarily a lobbying group, Crawford went...
Matt Ellerbeck--salamander advocate and conservationist, aka The Salamander Man--discusses his longstanding interest in amphibians and reptiles, which began in his formative years, and saw him previously serve as an advocate of scorpions, snakes and turtles....
Cathy Unruh--author of "Taming Me: Memoir Of A Clever Island Cat," longtime animal advocate and former TV journalist in Tampa (who still hosts programs on the Central Florida PBS affiliate)--discusses the factors that led to writing "Taming Me," her first book. As...
Jon Katz--New York Times bestselling author who's written 21 books, many of which focus on dogs, some of which deal with life on the farm he bought some years ago, Bedlam Farm--discusses "Dancing Dog," his new book and first collection of short stories. He...
Paula Poundstone--veteran comedian perhaps best known as a regular panelist on NPR's popular weekly quiz show, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" and cat fancier extraordinaire--provides an update on her family's current feline population (holding steady at 16), recent...
Jane Velez-Mitchell--award-winning television journalist and best-selling author who hosts the nightly "Jane Velez-Mitchell" show on HLN (CNN's sister network)--discusses some of her childhood, tracing her path of becoming someone who speaks and works so...
Marisa Miller Wolfson--the writer-director of "Vegucated," the award-winning documentary tracking three dyed-in-the-wool meat and cheese eating New Yorkers who accept a challenge to go vegan for six weeks (WMNF presented the film's Tampa Bay area...
Dr. Terrie M Williams--a biologist and researcher whose new book is "The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, A Marine Biologist, and the Fight To Save A Species"--discusses her background and the array of animals she'd studied over the course of her career, and just...
Diane Weigandt--an expert on raw food diets for dogs and cats--discusses what spurred her initial interest and research into raw food diets for dogs and cats, noting her history as a lifelong animal lover and the sort of kid who often tended to sick or injured...
David Kirby--investigative journalist and author, most recently of "Death At SeaWorld: Shamu and the Dark Side of Killer Whales in Captivity"--discusses the relatively short period he spend reporting, researching and writing the new, nearly 500-page book, which we...
