by Duncan | Sep 26, 2018 | Advocates, Authors, Dogs, General, Musicians
Kinky Friedman—the singer-songwriter-author-satirist-animal rescuer and veteran cigar-chomping wag—describes how his longtime friend and sometimes advisor Willie Nelson, upon hearing in a 3am phone call that Friedman was watching “Matlock,” decided his friend was in...
by Duncan | Jun 13, 2018 | Advocates, By Guest, Comedians, Dogs, General, Musicians, Vegetarian/Vegan
On this program, we marked the 15th anniversary of “Talking Animals”—almost to the day! I launched the show on June 16, 2003 at KUCI, the campus-community radio station at the University of California at Irvine. At the tail end of 2005, “Talking Animals” found a home...
by Duncan | May 23, 2018 | Adoption, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, Pets, Rescue, Spay/Neuter
Kristen Auerbach—Director of Pima Animal Care Center (PACC), and recognized as a prominent, pioneering figure in the animal shelter world, in part through her previous stints at Austin Animal Center (which became the nation’s largest no-kill shelter), and Fairfax...
by Duncan | Apr 4, 2018 | Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, General, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan
Erika Abrams—co-founder and president of Animal Aid Unlimited, a rescue operation, hospital, and sanctuary in Udaipur, India—recalls the circumstances under which she, her husband, Jim, and daughter, Claire, began traveling to India in the late 1980s. While noting she...
by Duncan | Jul 6, 2016 | Cats, Dogs, General
Jamie Katz — who runs the only licensed private investigation agency in Florida that specializes in locating pets (so, yes, she’s a pet detective)—discusses growing up with a passion for animals, how during her childhood there was just one dog and two cats in her...