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Steve Mornelli, founder and CEO of Waggle

By | April 10, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Health & Behavior, Veterinarians | No comments

Steve Mornelli—the founder and CEO of Waggle, a crowdfunding website dedicated to helping animals in need of veterinary care whose families cannot afford their bills—recalls being an animal lover since he was a kid, living with pets at all phases of his life, including while he was in college and grad school. Read more…

Neko Case, Singer-Songwriter-Animal Champion

By | January 30, 2019 | Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Mammals, Musicians | No comments

Neko Case—the acclaimed singer-songwriter-guardian who’s long incorporated nature and animal themes into her work—discusses Marty, the cat that owned her heart (Case is famously a dog nut) when we spoke on the show in 2015. Read more…

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron, screenwriters of “A Dog’s Way Home”

By | January 16, 2019 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Dogs, General, Legislation, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Cathryn Michon & W. Bruce Cameron—screenwriters of the movie, “A Dog’s Way Home,” based on Cameron’s novel, and which had opened nationwide less than a week before this conversation—discuss the enthusiastic reception accorded the film: high audience ratings, third in box office sales on its opening weekend, after “Aquaman” and “The Upside,” some very favorable reviews, etc. Read more…

Glen Zipper, creator-executive producer of the Netflix documentary series “Dogs”

By | November 28, 2018 | Actors & Filmmakers, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue, Sanctuaries | No comments

Glen Zipper—the creator and executive producer of  “Dogs,” the Netflix six-part documentary series (and whose resume includes producing the Oscar-winning doc “Undefeated”)—recalls growing up in an animal-free household, pets having been declared verboten by his father. Read more…

Discussion of Amendment 13 with Carey Theil, of Grey2K USA Worldwide, & our Greyhound Correspondent Don Goldstein

By | October 24, 2018 | Adoption, Advocates, Dogs, General, Pets, Rescue | No comments

For this edition of “Talking Animals,” I presented a special show devoted to greyhounds, and specifically, Amendment 13, the ballot measure that, if it passes on Nov. 6, would end greyhound racing in Florida by 2020. Read more…

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