GUEST: So that I could enjoy the Holidays with my family, my friend Bev Capshaw filled in for me on Dec. 26 with her own fabulous version of "Talking Animals," including an interview with 12-year-old Tampa frog expert and conservationist Avalon Thiesen....
I'm asking that you support "Talking Animals," and me, in our Fund Drive show Wednesday, Oct. 10, 11am-noon ET. That's the only time our show will be "credited" with your donation, but you can give beforehand... how 'bout now? There are four different ways to...
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...
There was not a regular "Talking Animals" broadcast today, because it was pre-empted by WMNF's Summer Membership Fund Drive, July 10-13. Massive thanks to all those who donated or otherwise supported the program, the station--& me.
So that I could enjoy the 4th of July with my family--and be home to help the family animals, both indoors and outdoors, get through the day and night of frightening fireworks--my friend Bev Capshaw filled in for me that day with her own fabulous version of...
Dean Stefan--who, for the better part of 25 years, has enjoyed an illustrious career as a television animation writer, penning episodes of shows ranging from "Dragon Tales" to "CatDog" to "The Penguins of Madagascar" to new programs like 'The Octonauts"--discusses...
Dr. Bonita Bergin--who in 1975 invented the concept of the service dog to assist people with mobility limitations, at which point she founded Canine Companions for Independence (CCI), the first non-profit organization to train and place service dogs--discusses...
Peter Gwin--the award-winning staff writer at National Geographic magazine, whose article in the March issue, "Rhino Wars," examines the current state of rhinos & rhino poaching in South Africa and other regions--traces his path from Georgia native to...
Dr. Kerry Kriger--the founder and executive director of Save The Frogs, which bills itself the world's leading amphibian conservation organization--traces the path that led him from an undergrad with a BS in mechanical engineering to a PhD in environmental...
Dr. Naomi Rose--Senior Scientist with Humane Society International, who did her doctoral dissertation on the social dynamics of male orcas in British Columbia--discusses her chief responsibilities as HSI Senior Scientist, and when her fascination with orcas began....
