Andrew Westoll--the author, most recently, of "The Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary: A True Story of Resilience And Recovery," a gorgeously-written, often-poignant account of Westoll's 10-week stint living as a volunteer at Fauna Foundation, a sanctuary just outside...
Paula Poundstone -- The singular comedian who for much of her 30+ year career has laced her routines with cat tales, often based on observations and misadventures with the sizable flock of felines sharing her home--discusses the current household cat population...
Mark Kurlansky -- author of the award-winning New York Times bestseller "Cod: A Biography Of The Fish That Changed The World" and other books, including "Salt: A World History"--discusses his new book, "World Without Fish." He also explains his strategy in...
Wayne Pacelle--The President & CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States (HSUS), the country's largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members--discusses his new book, "The Bond: Our Kinship With Animals, Our Call To Defend...
Wendy Kelly--an animal behaviorist who's the founder and owner of Pet Peeves Animal Training, Inc., based in Clearwater, FL--discusses her transformation from human therapist to animal behaviorist, including the patterns and categories of behavioral she tends to...
Richard X. Heyman--an extraordinary if underappreciated singer-songwriter-multi-instrumentalist who's been rescuing cats and other animals in New York City for nearly 30 years, and been creating music longer--discusses his two new albums, "Tiers/And Other Stories,"...
Shaking up our customary guest format, we held a roundtable discussion, featuring a small cross-section of of people who were set to be participants in the then-forthcoming Talking Animals Festival--the idea being that this would represent a more universal...
Captain Paul Watson--the founder of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a co-founder of Greenpeace, and the reluctant star of the reality TV series "Whale Wars"--discusses how he and his mostly-volunteer Sea Shepherd colleagues recently made international news...
Marc Maron, a veteran, highly accomplished comedian and cat fanatic whose podcast, "WTF," has become enormously popular and celebrated--its profile ratcheting up several notches in the wake of a major Sunday New York Times feature and a spotlight in Rolling...
Dr. Dame Daphne Sheldrick, a Kenyan author, conservationist and expert on raising and reintegrating orphaned elephants into the wild, work she's engaged in for some five decades. ...
