by Duncan | Jul 8, 2020 | Actors & Filmmakers, Authors, Cetaceans, General
William Neal —writer-director of “Long Gone Wild,” a documentary that focuses on captive orcas, arriving as a cinematic successor to “Blackfish”—provides an overview of his pre-doc career, a mix of all sort of television work, writing books, and, early on, coaching...
by Duncan | Jun 17, 2020 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Educators, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the 10th program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the final one of its kind...
by Duncan | Jan 6, 2016 | Advocates, Captive, Cetaceans, Educators, Elephants, General, Health & Behavior, Sanctuaries
Dr. Lori Marino—founder and executive director of the Kimmela Center for Animal Advocacy, as well as a neuroscientist and expert in animal behavior and intelligence—explains exactly what a neuroscientist is, and how that academic orientation informs her thinking about...
by Duncan | Jun 24, 2015 | Advocates, Cetaceans, General
Alex Blount, PETA Tour Administrator—in this case, the tour in question is PETA’s “I, Orca” empathy project, which involves using Google virtual reality goggles to immerse participants in a world where they can swim freely in the ocean with their orca family—recounts...
by Duncan | Feb 5, 2014 | Advocates, Cetaceans, Elephants, Factory Farming, General, Health & Behavior, Investigations, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Jo-Anne McArthur—an award-winning photojournalist whose passion as an animal activist has informed her work in an ongoing project, “We Animals”—recounts her first forays into photography. She discusses her evolution as a photographer, deciding to specialize in animals...
