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...
Dr. Hillary Hart, veterinarian
Dr. Hillary Hart—a Tampa Bay Area veterinarian who operates Vet With Hart Veterinary House Call Practice—describes how she raised a family and...
Joey Camen: Comic, Voiceover Actor, Author
Joey Camen—a veteran comedian and voiceover actor who has just published his first book, “My Life With Snoopy: How One Shelter Dog’s Love Changed...
Cynthia Moss, wildlife researcher and author
Cynthia Moss—the author and wildlife researcher who has spent more than 40 years studying the elephants of Amboseli National Park in Kenya (and...
All Christmas Animal Songs
We presented something a little different—a very special edition of “Talking Animals” you might say (we wouldn’t say that, but you might!) It...
John Lukas, president of The Okapi Conservation Project
John Lukas—President of The Okapi Conservation Project—describes some of the key traits of this distinctive-looking, fascinating animal found...
Amy Shever, founder of 2nd Chance 4 Pets
Amy Shever—the founder of 2nd Chance 4 Pets, an animal welfare organization that seeks to reduce the number of family pets unnecessarily...
Jon Katz, author of “The Second Chance Dog”
Jon Katz—the New York Times bestselling author of 25 books, most recently “The Second Chance Dog: A Love Story”—discusses writing, dogs, and the...
Ellen Jaffe Jones, author of “Kitchen Divided”
Ellen Jaffe Jones—the running coach, cooking instructor and author of the enormously popular book, “Eat Vegan On $4 A Day”—discusses her new...
Jane Hoffman, president of Mayor’s Alliance of NYC’s Animals
Jane Hoffman—president and co-founder of the Mayor’s Alliance of NYC’s Animals, a coalition of more than 150 animal shelters and rescue...