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Jane Velez-Mitchell, host of “New Day, New Chef”

Duncan — Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:00:19 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the first program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida. Jane Velez-Mitchell— the New York Times bestselling author and former TV anchor, whose newer ventures including hosting “New […]

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Terry Woodford, music biz veteran & creator of “Canine Lullabies”

Duncan — Wed, 16 May 2018 04:00:47 +0000

Terry Woodford—who has extensive experience as a songwriter, record producer, and recording engineer, having worked in one capacity or another, with such artists as The Commodores, Hank Williams, Jr., and The Temptations—discusses some highlights of his music biz career. Woodford describes beginning to teach some of these and other skills, developing what became the first […]

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Rachel McCrystal, executive director of Woodstock Farm Santuary

Duncan — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 04:00:08 +0000

Rachel McCrystal—executive director of Woodstock Farm Sanctuary, which rescues farmed animals and provides refuge for them, now housing around 400 animals—recalls a childhood marked by a houseful of animals, featuring a preponderance of rattlesnakes and other reptiles (her biologist dad was a herpetologist). McCrystal points to two pivotal moments in those formative years that presaged […]

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Kathy Finelli, director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue

Duncan — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 04:00:25 +0000

Kathy Finelli—the director of Gainesville Rabbit Rescue, a nonprofit founded by two university of Florida students nearly 20 years ago—recalls her first rabbit: someone’s pet bunny that somehow ended up in her backyard; she contacted Gainesville Rabbit Rescue (whose mission is to rescue, rehabilitate, and adopt out rabbit, as well as to educate current and […]

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Frank Hamilton & Ken Donofrio, of Animal Coalition of Tampa (ACT)

Duncan — Thu, 16 Oct 2014 00:56:09 +0000

Frank Hamilton and Ken Donofrio—co-founder and president of Animal Coalition of Tampa (ACT) and ACT’s marketing and events coordinator, respectively–discuss ACT’s history and evolution, the multiple challenges posed by its building being set on fire by an arsonist, as well as various aspects of its then-forthcoming major fundraiser, Stride For Strays. Hamilton recounts how he […]

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Donald Tardy & Heather Wienker, the Metal Meowlisha

Duncan — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 15:00:25 +0000

Donald Tardy–drummer of pioneering death metal band Obituary, and a longtime, devoted rescuer and caretaker of feral cats in the Tampa area and his girlfriend, Heather Wienker, who together head up the Metal Meowlisha discuss how they began rescuing feral cats. They also explain how, after helping their first stray and deciding […]

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Linda Hamilton–Executive Director of the Animal Coalition of Tampa

libby — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 15:30:07 +0000

Linda Hamilton–Executive Director of the Animal Coalition of Tampa (ACT), which offers low-cost spay/neuter services at its clinic and out in the community through its Neuter Scooter and other means– discusses the history and evolution of ACT, its immediate and longer-term goals for the number of cats and dogs that ACT aims to sterilize (with […]

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