Welcome to
Talking Animals
with Duncan Strauss
Hosted by Duncan Strauss, “Talking Animals” airs every Wednesday, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. ET, on WMNF (88.5 FM), a 70,000-watt, community-oriented NPR affiliate in Tampa, Florida.

Recent Shows
Mark E. Hauber, ornithologist & author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”
By Duncan | 3 min read
Mark E. Hauber—professor, ornithologist, and author of “Bird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Lives”—recalls becoming seriously interested...
Dr. Catherine Macdonald, shark expert
Dr. Catherine Macdonald--a marine conservation biologist and assistant professor at the University of Miami, who conducts, and oversees, research...
Duncan | Aug 23, 2023 | 3 min read
Scott Blais, co-founder of Global Sanctuary for Elephants
Scott Blais--co-founder of the Global Sanctuary for Elephants, whose initial facility is the Elephant Sanctuary Brazil (ESB); he also co-founded...
Duncan | Aug 16, 2023 | 2 min read
Temple Grandin, autistic animal scientist
Dr. Temple Grandin--who truly wears multiple hats: fervent activist for autistic people, longtime professor of animal science at Colorado State...
Duncan | Aug 9, 2023 | 2 min read
Gene Baur, co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary
Gene Baur--co-founder and president of Farm Sanctuary, which Baur helped launch in 1986—responds to the observation that, nearly 40 years later,...
Duncan | Jul 19, 2023 | 2 min read
Susan Hanus, executive director of Cat Depot
Susan Hanus--executive director of Cat Depot, a unique feline-only shelter in Sarasota—recalls when she first became a cat person. Hanus has...
Duncan | Jul 12, 2023 | 3 min read
Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue
Kathy Finelli--the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (GRR), a nonprofit organization founded in 1998 by two University of Florida...
Duncan | Jul 5, 2023 | 3 min read
20th Anniversary Show (sort of)
We did things a little differently on today’s show—an understated, somewhat belated, acknowledgment that June marks the 20th anniversary of...
Duncan | Jun 28, 2023 | 3 min read
Valerie Benka, Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs
Valerie Benka--the Director of Programs for the Alliance for Contraception in Cats and Dogs (ACC&D)—recalls being someone who was nuts about...
Duncan | Jun 21, 2023 | 2 min read
pattrice jones, co-founder of VINE Sanctuary
pattrice jones--co-founder of VINE Sanctuary, sprawling across 100 acres in Springfield, Vermont, and a self-described “LGBTQ-led farmed animal...
Duncan | Jun 14, 2023 | 3 min read