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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”
Kirk Johnson—paleontologist, Sant Director of the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and onscreen narrator of “Walrus: Life on Thin...
Cat Warren, author of “What The Dog Knows…”
Cat Warren—author of “What The Dog Knows: Scent, Science, And The Amazing Ways Dog Perceive The World”—discusses how she approached writing the...
Dr. Scott Sims, star of “Aloha Vet”
Dr. Scott Sims—a veterinarian based on Kauai who travels across all the Hawaiian islands, treating a huge array of animals, often piloting his...
Don Anthony of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF)
Don Anthony--Communications Director of the Animal Rights Foundation of Florida (ARFF), which, since 1989, has been speaking and acting on behalf...
Brean Cunningham & Douglas Seirup, co-directors of “Dogs On The Inside”
Brean Cunningham and Douglas Seirup—co-directors of "Dogs On The Inside,” a feature-length documentary that examines a program whereby prison...
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...