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Max Chesnes, environment reporter for The Tampa Bay Times

Duncan — Wed, 07 Oct 2026 16:10:46 +0000

Max Chesnes–the award-winning environment reporter for The Tampa Bay Times, who appeared on “Talking Animals” in January, discussing some wildlife-related Times stories he’d recently written—returned to the show for a comparable conversation about some of his latest articles. Chesnes, whose beat encompasses public lands, water quality, pollution, wildlife, and related issues, is a 2023 journalism […]

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Marsha Panuce, founder of Donte’s Den

Duncan — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 16:06:35 +0000

Marsha Panuce—founder of Donte’s Den, a distinctive sanctuary in multiple ways, including that it extends across 50 acres (in Myakka City, FL), and primarily houses dogs—recalls growing up loving dogs, including pilgrimages with her Dad every Father’s Day to the local shelter, to adopt a dog. This passion for pooches traversed her formative years and […]

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Melissa Zepeda, attorney, animal rights advocate, Amendment 2 foe

Duncan — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 04:00:14 +0000

Melissa Zepeda–an attorney and accomplished animal rights advocate, with a notable breadth of interests and topics that have animated her activism—recalls growing up in family that revered animals, then being stopped in her tracks when a fellow high school debate-club member asked her how Zepeda could love her dog yet eat a hamburger. Zepeda not […]

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Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers, plant-based doctor

Duncan — Wed, 02 Nov 2022 04:00:28 +0000

Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers, who runs a medical clinic in Chattanooga, Tenn. called The Essence of Health Wellness Clinic, describes her plant-based, concierge-style medical practice.

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Tampa Bay Veg Fest: Former & original organizers, plus keynote speaker Grey

Duncan — Wed, 30 Oct 2019 04:00:59 +0000

On this edition of the show, we reconfigured the regular format a bit, so as to accommodate taking a good look—from a couple of angles—at the Tampa Bay Veg Fest (TBVF), set this year for Nov. 9 at Perry Harvey Sr. Park. First, in recognition that Veg Fest is marking its 10th anniversary, I invited […]

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