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Michael Hingson, author of “Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith”

Duncan — Wed, 04 Dec 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Michael Hingson–blind since birth, acclaimed speaker, and best-selling author whose new book is “Live Like A Guide Dog: True Stories from a Blind Man and His Dogs about Being Brave, Overcoming Adversity, and Moving Forward in Faith”—recounts how the pandemic precluded his then-regular routine of traveling and lecturing, spurring the idea for writing the new […]

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Nellie McKay, singer-songwriter-activist + Triumph The Insult Comic Dog: 15th Anniversary Show

Duncan — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 04:00:22 +0000

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 at WMNF, not long after my family and I […]

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Encore: Helen Macdonald, “H is for Hawk”

Duncan — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 04:00:39 +0000

While away on a family vacation, I presented an encore broadcast of my interview with Helen Macdonald, the author of “H is for Hawk,” which received rapturous acclaim and major literary prizes. It’s probably my favorite book of the last year or so, and I was pleased to see that the critical acclaim translated to […]

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Talking Animals Celebrates 10th Anniversary With Live Broadcast of Animal Songs

Duncan — Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:00:27 +0000

I marked the 10th anniversary in high style and with elephantine amounts of fun, assembling a live broadcast of animal songs performed by top musicians from the Tampa Bay music scene. A quick bit of history. After studying and analyzing the animal-oriented radio shows occupying the airwaves 11-12 years ago, I created “Talking Animals” and […]

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