All posts tagged ” PBS

Jacky Poon, producer-cinematographer of “Pandas: Born to be Wild”

By | October 21, 2020 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Mammals | No comments

Jacky Poon—filmmaker-producer-cinematographer of “Pandas: Born to be Wild,” a new documentary in PBS’ “Nature”—recounts that he did not have a particular passion for animals or wildlife while growing up in China, but those interests were spurred after he moved to the UK at 12 years old. Read more…

Susan Fleming, director of “Remarkable Rabbits”

By | April 8, 2020 | Actors & Filmmakers, Advocates, Cats, Dogs, General, Mammals | No comments

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, this was the second show I broadcast remotely from home, with in-studio help from my friend/WMNF music director Lee “Flee” Courtney, featuring live and recorded elements…

Susan Fleming—a filmmaker who’s been making movies for 30 years, and specializing in nature films for 20; her latest documentary, “Remarkable Rabbits,” was to air that night on the PBS series, “Nature”—confirms that she fits the pattern of nature filmmakers: As a kid, she loved being outdoors and felt a powerful kinship with animals and other critters. Read more…

Mark Emery, a cinematographer–and the narrator–on “Wild Florida”

By | February 19, 2020 | Actors & Filmmakers, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators | No comments

Mark Emery—one of the cinematographers, and the narrator, on the new documentary “Wild Florida,” part of the PBS series, “Nature”—addresses the early part of his career as a wildlife filmmaker, and how he may have been singularly equipped for it, growing up in Ocala, Florida. Read more…

Mindy Smith, Singer-Songwriter

By | October 22, 2014 | Adoption, Cats, Dogs, Musicians, Spay/Neuter, Spay/Neuter | No comments

Well, as these show summaries go, this is certainly an unusual one. Quite fitting, really, given how unusual this show was, to say nothing of the morning this show aired. WMNF is in Tampa and as many listeners know, I live on the opposite coast of Florida. Which means a three-plus hour drive, each way, on Wednesdays, and getting up at 3:45am to get behind the wheel. So that’s the backdrop. On this particular Wednesday, I got in an accident en route to WMNF. Read more…