animal advocate | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net A radio show about animals & animal issues Sat, 26 Sep 2015 14:39:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://i0.wp.com/talkinganimals.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/cropped-talking-animals-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 animal advocate | Talking Animals https://talkinganimals.net 32 32 142518242 Avalon Theisen, 14-year-old environmentalist, animal advocate and educator https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/avalon-theisen-14-year-old-environmentalist-animal-advocate-and-educator/ https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/avalon-theisen-14-year-old-environmentalist-animal-advocate-and-educator/#respond Wed, 23 Sep 2015 04:00:22 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=4892 Avalon Theisen—the 14-year-old Tampa environmentalist, animal advocate, and founder of Conserve It Forward—describes what Conserve It Forward is and does, and what prompted her to launch it 2010 (at age nine). She explains how the organization has evolved, including adding an element that reflects her growing interest in “a plant-based lifestyle,” noting that she’s working […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2015/09/avalon-theisen-14-year-old-environmentalist-animal-advocate-and-educator/feed/ 0 4892 Kevin Nealon, comedian-actor-animal advocate https://talkinganimals.net/2012/05/kevin-nealon-comedian-actor-animal-advocate/ https://talkinganimals.net/2012/05/kevin-nealon-comedian-actor-animal-advocate/#respond Wed, 02 May 2012 15:00:57 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=1816 Kevin Nealon–the comedian, actor and longtime animal advocate who stars as pot-loving accountant Doug Wilson in the Showtime series “Weeds,” and earlier in his career, enjoyed nearly a decade stint on “Saturday Night Live”–discusses starting to shoot the eighth and what may be the final season of “Weeds,” and why the series may have been […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2012/05/kevin-nealon-comedian-actor-animal-advocate/feed/ 0 1816 Jane Wiedlin, The Go-Go’s singer-guitarist & veteran animal advocate https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/jane-wiedlin-the-go-gos-singer-guitarist-veteran-animal-advocate/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/jane-wiedlin-the-go-gos-singer-guitarist-veteran-animal-advocate/#respond Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:00:24 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=718 Jane Wiedlin–The Go-Go’s singer-songwriter-guitarist and longtime animal advocate–discusses the forthcoming film, “Doggie Boogie,” which she stars in and for which she wrote the title song (which we heard at the top of the show). She also recounts her history as an animal activist, and how she was a lifelong animal lover who thought she was […]

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]]> https://talkinganimals.net/2011/11/jane-wiedlin-the-go-gos-singer-guitarist-veteran-animal-advocate/feed/ 0 718 Jonathan Balcombe, animal behavior scholar and author https://talkinganimals.net/2011/09/jonathan-balcombe-animal-behavior-scholar-and-author/ https://talkinganimals.net/2011/09/jonathan-balcombe-animal-behavior-scholar-and-author/#respond Wed, 07 Sep 2011 15:00:38 +0000 https://talkinganimals.net/?p=792 Jonathan Balcombe–animal behavior scholar (he holds a PhD in ethology), animal advocate and author of four books, most recently “The Exultant Ark: A Pictorial Tour of Animal Pleasure,” which features dozens of gorgeous, often-striking photographs of animals in the throes of various kinds of bliss–discusses the factors that led him onto the scientific path of […]

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