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Elizabeth Lo, Director of (who also produced, filmed & edited) “Stray”

Duncan — Wed, 03 Mar 2021 05:00:50 +0000

Elizabeth Lo—an award-winning filmmaker who directed “Stray,” a wildly-inventive documentary about the stray dogs who roam freely in Turkey (by law, no one there may hold captive or euthanize a stray dog)—discusses her lifelong love of dogs, spurred by her childhood dog, Mikey; “Stray”’s end credits note the film is “In memory of Mikey.” Lo […]

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Ashley Bell, director of “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”

Duncan — Wed, 20 Jun 2018 04:00:16 +0000

Ashley Bell—the actress perhaps best known for her acclaimed work in such top horror films as “The Last Exorcism” and “Psychopath”—discusses the elements and interests that led her to directing “Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story,” a documentary chronicling the rescue in Thailand of a 70-year-old partially blind Asian elephant, and the ensuing 480-mile trek […]

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Wayne Pacelle, President & CEO of The Humane Society of The United States–and author

Duncan — Wed, 04 May 2011 15:00:02 +0000

Wayne Pacelle–The President & CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States (HSUS), the country’s largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members–discusses his new book, “The Bond: Our Kinship With Animals, Our Call To Defend Them.” He explains his chief motivations for writing the book, and his expectations for it, including […]

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Wayne Pacelle, HSUS President & CEO

Duncan — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:51:51 +0000

Wayne Pacelle–the President and CEO of The Humane Society Of The United States, the country’s largest animal protection organization, with upwards of 11 million members–discusses what he views as the three most important hallmarks of his tenure as CEO, at the five-year mark; his decision to have HSUS team with Michael Vick for educational efforts […]

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Michael Mountain of Best Friends Animal Society–Special, Show 2

Duncan — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:00:01 +0000

This represents a special one-hour edition of “Talking Animals” that aired on July 9 at 1pm, in addition to the regularly-scheduled half-hour edition that aired earlier in the day at 11:30am… GUEST: Michael Mountain–president and one of the founders of Best Friends Animal Society, which operates the nation’s largest sanctuary for abused and abandoned animals–discusses […]

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Moby–songwriter-musician-DJ-veteran animal activist

libby — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 15:00:50 +0000

Moby–the songwriter-musician-DJ-veteran animal activist who enjoys the status of a recording artist who’s enormously successful both commercially (his “Play” album sold 9 million copies) and critically, including his well-reviewed new album, “Last Night”– and former Air America radio host who’s also a longtime animal lover and advocate (with a particular emphasis on rescue dogs)–discusses his […]

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