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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
Patrick Hardy, founder of Bee Platoon
Please Note: Owing to a major accident that closed down Highway 60—a central route I take in commuting to WMNF each Wednesday—I was unable to...
In Conversation With Temple Grandin–Part Two
We continue here with the second half of the interview I conducted Feb. 7 with Temple Grandin onstage at the 1200-seat Paramount Theatre in...
In Conversation With Temple Grandin–Part One
In a truly unusual edition of “Talking Animals,” I presented an interview with Temple Grandin. Actually, that in itself isn't all that...
Eric Ristau, co-director of “Sit Stay Ride”
Eric Ristau—co-director with his wife, Geneva, of “Sit Stay Ride: The Story of America’s Sidecar Dogs,” a documentary about motorcyclists with...
Jennifer Chatfield, animal safety monitor
Jennifer Chatfield—an animal safety monitor with Movie Animals Protected—traces her history of loving and caring for animals, extending back to...
Vegan Black Metal Chef, Not Your Grandmother’s Online Cooking Teacher
Vegan Black Metal Chef— the YouTube culinary sensation who offers instructional cooking videos, specializing in vegan dishes, delivering the...
John W. James, co-author of “The Grief Recovery Handbook For Pet Loss”
John W. James— founder of the Grief Recovery Institute and co-author of newly-published “The Grief Recovery Handbook for Pet Loss—recalls the...
William Nimmo, founder of Tigers In America
William Nimmo— founder of Tigers In America, a New York City-based nonprofit that seeks to help mitigate the captive-bred tiger crisis in the...
Mark Feldstein, author of “Last Stop Before Rainbow Bridge”
Mark Feldstein— author of “Last Stop Before Rainbow Bridge: True Animal Rescue Stories,” a compendium of tales about a wide array of animals that...
Terry Simons, founder of CLEAR
Terry Simons— a veteran, internationally-recognized dog agility trainer who founded the CLEAR (Canine Lymphoma Education Awareness &...