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Carl Safina, ecologist, author of “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace”

Duncan — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 04:00:28 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the ninth program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcasts will come together thru mid-June. Tentatively, we’re due back in studio on […]

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Patti Ragan, founder of The Center for Great Apes

Duncan — Wed, 13 May 2020 04:00:56 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the fifth program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will come together for the next few weeks. Patti Ragan—the founder of […]

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Frans de Waal, primatologist and author, most recently, of “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves”

Duncan — Wed, 03 Apr 2019 04:00:33 +0000

Dr. Frans de Waal—the primatologist, ethologist, and prolific author, most recently of “Mama’s Last Hug: Animal Emotions and What They Tell Us About Ourselves”—cites some stories from the new book, in response to a question about a hypothetical person who’s heard about “Mama’s Last Hug,” and remains deeply skeptical about its core premise: that animals […]

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Patti Ragan, founder of The Center For Great Apes

Duncan — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 04:00:24 +0000

Patti Ragan—the founder of The Center For Great Apes, a 120-acre sanctuary in Wauchula, FL that houses nearly 50 chimpanzees and orangutans—recalls how she first became interested in great apes. That history, Ragan explains, dates back to 1984, when he volunteered on a rehabilitation project for orangutans in the rain forests of Indonesian Borneo. That […]

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Amy Fultz, co-founder of Chimp Haven

Duncan — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 18:04:10 +0000

Amy Fultz–a co-founder of Chimp Haven, the 200-acre Louisiana sanctuary for chimpanzees who had been used for biomedical research (and other purposes) before retiring to the facility–discusses the history of the facility, including the years of planning and research before they broke ground on the sanctuary. She also recounts her own history, growing up in Michigan, […]

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Nelly McKay–Singer-Songwriter-Activist

Duncan — Wed, 10 Nov 2010 16:00:24 +0000

Nelly McKay–Singer-Songwriter-Activist Nellie McKay, a “Talking Animals” favorite (and our most frequent guest), helps mark the show’s fifth anniversary on WMNF with a typically wide-ranging discussion. “Talking Animals” fave Nellie McKay–whose new album is “Home Sweet Mobile Home”– makes her fifth appearance on the program, discussing how her activism and opportunities […]

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Dr. Jane Goodall

Duncan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 08:19:25 +0000

Our guest is Dr. Jane Goodall--the primatologist and anthropologist whose study in the 1960s of chimpanzees in the Gombe Stream National Park in Tanzania yielded pioneering findings, and has since increasingly been viewed as a highly influential, heroic figure.

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Dr. Carole Noon–founder and director of Save The Chimps

Duncan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:00:52 +0000

Dr. Carole Noon–founder and director of Save The Chimps, the world’s largest sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees, based in Fort Pierce, FL–discusses the formative stages of her career as a primatologist, the history and evolution of Save The Chimps (including the pivotal role the Coulston Foundation and its chimps played in this saga), the condition and […]

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Gloria Grow–co-founder of the Fauna Foundation

libby — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:30:47 +0000

Gloria Grow–co-founder of the Fauna Foundation, a Canadian animal sanctuary located outside of Montreal that began by rescuing and housing companion and farm animals, and subsequently broadened its efforts to also provide sanctuary for retired chimpanzees who had been used in biomedical research–discusses the history & evolution of the sanctuary, with particular emphasis on the […]

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