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...
Nancy Perry, Vice-President of Government Relations, ASPCA
Nancy Perry--Vice-President of Government Relations for the American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals (ASPCA)--first offers an...
Cathy Unruh, Author Of “Taming Me: Memoir Of A Clever Island Cat”
Cathy Unruh--author of "Taming Me: Memoir Of A Clever Island Cat," longtime animal advocate and former TV journalist in Tampa (who still hosts...
Jon Katz, Veteran Author, Most Recently Of “Dancing Dogs”
Jon Katz--New York Times bestselling author who's written 21 books, many of which focus on dogs, some of which deal with life on the farm he...
Paula Poundstone, Comedian & Cat Fancier Extraordinaire
Paula Poundstone--veteran comedian perhaps best known as a regular panelist on NPR's popular weekly quiz show, "Wait, Wait...Don't Tell Me" and...
Jane Velez-Mitchell, TV Journalist, Bestselling Author & Animal Advocate
Jane Velez-Mitchell--award-winning television journalist and best-selling author who hosts the nightly "Jane Velez-Mitchell" show on HLN (CNN's...
Dr. Edie Dopking, Founder, Quantum Leap Farm
Dr. Edie Dopking--Founder of Quantum Leap Farm, a therapeutic equestrian program based in Odessa, FL--discusses her lifelong love of horses,...
Stacey Coleman, Executive Director, Animal Farm Foundation
Stacey Coleman--Executive Director of Animal Farm Foundation, a New York-based not-for-profit corporation whose mission statement indicates that...
Marisa Miller Wolfson, writer-director of the documentary “Vegucated”
Marisa Miller Wolfson--the writer-director of "Vegucated," the award-winning documentary tracking three dyed-in-the-wool meat and cheese eating...
Terrie M. Williams, biologist, researcher and author
Dr. Terrie M Williams--a biologist and researcher whose new book is "The Odyssey of KP2: An Orphan Seal, A Marine Biologist, and the Fight To...