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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
Kirk Johnson, onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice”
By Duncan | 3 min read
Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin...
Jessica Janson, East Coast Coordinator of Food for Thought
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing (though loosening) Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home,...
Duncan | Jun 3, 2020 | 3 min read
Jo-Anne McArthur, photographer, co-editor, and creator of “Hidden: Animals in the Anthropocene”
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the seventh program...
Duncan | May 27, 2020 | 2 min read
Alison Eastwood, co-founder of Eastwood Ranch Foundation
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the sixth program...
Duncan | May 20, 2020 | 3 min read
Patti Ragan, founder of The Center for Great Apes
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the fifth program...
Duncan | May 13, 2020 | 2 min read
Jodie Wiederkehr, executive director of the Chicago Alliance for Animals
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the fourth program...
Duncan | May 6, 2020 | 2 min read
Karen Davis, founder-president of United Poultry Concerns
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the third program...
Duncan | Apr 29, 2020 | 2 min read
William Nimmo, founder of Tigers in America, assesses “Tiger King”
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the second program...
Duncan | Apr 22, 2020 | 3 min read
Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of “New Day, New Chef”
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the first program...
Duncan | Apr 15, 2020 | 2 min read
Susan Fleming, director of “Remarkable Rabbits”
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, this was the second show I broadcast remotely from home, with in-studio...
Duncan | Apr 8, 2020 | 3 min read