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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
Joshua Lisbon, researcher/educator/storyteller central to “Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion”
Joshua Lisbon--a researcher/educator/storyteller at the center of a new PBS/Nature documentary, “Willow: Diary of a Mountain Lion”—describes his...
Helen Macdonald, author of “H is for Hawk”
Helen Macdonald—author of “H is for Hawk,” a wildly-acclaimed, multifaceted memoir that recounts Macdonald’s struggle with the debilitating grief...
Nathan Runkle, founder of Mercy For Animals…Plus, Joan Jett!
Nathan Runkle—founder and president of Mercy For Animals—recounts the horrific incident (a fellow high school student that Runkle said slammed a...
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...