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Patti Ragan, founder of The Center for Great Apes

Duncan — Wed, 13 May 2020 04:00:56 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the fifth program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcast will come together for the next few weeks. Patti Ragan—the founder of […]

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Dr. Lisa Kemmerer, professor of philosophy and religions, editor of “Bear Necessities” anthology

Duncan — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 04:00:24 +0000

Dr. Lisa Kemmerer—a professor of philosophy and religions at Montana State University Billings, who has written and/or edited none books—discusses her unusual, stop-start path as an academic, including what drew her to Harvard Divinity School, where she earned her Masters degree. Kemmerer addresses her prolific writing career, and the conceptual (and actual) wanderlust that has driven […]

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Dr. Jocelyn Bezner, veterinarian at Save The Chimps

Duncan — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:00:06 +0000

Dr. Jocelyn Bezner–veterinarian at Save The Chimps, based in Fort Pierce, Fl, and the world’s largest sanctuary for rescued chimpanzees–discusses her years working at the sanctuary, alongside late Save The Chimps (STC) founder Dr. Carole Noon, who died in 2009. (We interviewed Dr. Noon on the show Sept. 3, 2008.) She also reviews some […]

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Matt Smith- Executive Director of The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary

Duncan — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:25:02 +0000

Matt Smith–Executive Director of The Central Virginia Parrot Sanctuary (aka Project Perry), a cutting-edge haven for abused, neglected and unwanted birds living in captivity–discusses his path into avian rescue and running a parrot sanctuary. Matt explains how this was prompted by his unfortunate experience with his bird, Perry, that he purchased from […]

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Joy Nadel–of Rescue Me Inc.

libby — Tue, 10 Feb 2004 02:27:39 +0000

Joy Nadel–of Rescue Me Inc., a Woodland Hills-based non-profit animal rescue hospital and sanctuary–discusses both the history and future of the organization, its educational efforts, its rehabilitation and adoption placement programs, a forthcoming fundraiser, and more. COMEDY CORNER: Roy D. Mercer’s “Dead Hamster” [www.RoyDMercer.com] MUSIC: They Might Be Giants’ “Birdhouse In Your Soul,” Charles Mingus’ “Gunslinger […]

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