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
Kirk Johnson, onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin Ice”
Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin...
Carl Safina, author, scientist, MacArthur Fellow
Dr. Carl Safina — a prize-winning author, scientist and MacArthur Fellow—discusses his new book, “Beyond Words: What Animals Think And Feel,”...
Indra Lahiri, founder of Indraloka Animal Sanctuary
Indra Lahiri — founder of Indraloka Animal Sanctuary in Mehoopany, Pennsylvania, one of the few sanctuaries that houses both farm animals and...
Mariesa & Chris Hughes, founders of The Mr. Mo Project
Mariesa and Chris Hughes — co-founders of the Mr. Mo Project, which places senior shelter dogs, who are sometimes also ill (and therefore often...
JD Whitaker & Rhonda Reynolds, Sidecar Dog Riders
JD Whitaker and Rhonda Reynolds —motorcyclists with sidecars who ride with their dogs in their sidecars, and two of the 18 such folks featured in...
Harry Hmura, composer of “I Am, I Am”
Harry Hmura —musician-composer whose album “I Am, I Am” integrates original songs and instrumental pieces with the vocalizations of great...
Pet Sitters’ Panel Discussion: Shelley Hamilton, Glen Hatchell & Nina Perino
I convened a panel of professional pet sitters—Shelley Hamilton of Perfect Pets, Glen Hatchell of Home Buddies (also a former WMNF Morning Show...
Andrea Turkalo, Foremost Expert on Forest Elephants
Andrea Turkalo, of the Wildlife Conservation Society—and considered the world’s leading expert on forest elephants, having studied them for more...
Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator: “I, Orca”
Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator—in this case, the tour in question is PETA’s “I, Orca” empathy project, which involves using Google virtual...
Encore: Helen Macdonald, “H is for Hawk”
While away on a family vacation, I presented an encore broadcast of my interview with Helen Macdonald, the author of "H is for Hawk," which...