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Amy P. Kight, executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary

Duncan — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 05:00:32 +0000

Amy P. Kight, executive director of Busch Wildlife Sanctuary, discusses the Sanctuary, its imminent relocation, some resident animals, the recent fatal gator attack in Fort Pierce, and more.

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Carl Safina, ecologist, author of “Becoming Wild: How Animal Cultures Raise Families, Create Beauty, and Achieve Peace”

Duncan — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 04:00:28 +0000

Owing to the coronavirus pandemic and the ongoing Stay at Home order, I produced and recorded this show remotely from home, the ninth program prepared this way at the Talking Animals corporate headquarters in Jupiter Farms, Florida, and likely the way the broadcasts will come together thru mid-June. Tentatively, we’re due back in studio on […]

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Rick Kriseman, Passionately Pro-Pet Mayor of St. Petersburg, FL

Duncan — Wed, 12 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Rick Kriseman—the mayor of St. Petersburg, Florida, who, a year ago, signed a proclamation declaring St. Petersburg a pet-friendly city—recounts growing up loving animals, dogs in particular. Mayor Kriseman describes how he and his family got started as puppy raisers for Southeastern Guide Dogs, bringing home their first assigned puppy, Jim, when he was 12 […]

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Dr. Michael Greger, nutrition wiz & author of “How Not To Die”

Duncan — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:00:15 +0000

Dr. Michael Greger—the physician, author, speaker, internationally-recognized expert on nutrition, and majordomo of NutritionFacts.org—recounts how his Grandma’s story of being riddled with heart disease in her 60s, all but written off by her doctors, embraced the diet then being pioneered by Nathan Pritikin, saw her condition improve dramatically, living into her 90s, and in the […]

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Panel Discussion on Service Animals

Duncan — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:37:37 +0000

For today’s program, I opted to set aside our regular format, in favor of convening a panel discussion about service animals, propelled largely by the growing trend of people using bogus service animals and emotional support animals. Indeed, a key catalyst for holding this discussion today was the recent news account—and this photo that went viral—of […]

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Jan Williams, Puppy Raising Expert for Southeastern Guide Dogs

Duncan — Tue, 09 Jul 2013 04:00:30 +0000

In a wonderful, wide-ranging interview with guest host Lee (Flee) Courtney, Jan Williams—Southeastern Guide Dogs’ Area Coordinator for Puppy Raisers in Tampa—discusses the enormous array of challenges and rewards involved with raising a puppy to become a guide dog for a visually-impaired individual. She explains the sorts of behavior and restraint the puppy raisers are […]

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Heide Illgen, a veteran trainer with Southeastern Guide Dogs

Duncan — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:00:57 +0000

Heide Illgen–a dog trainer at Southeastern Guide Dogs, where she’s worked for nearly 20 years–discusses some of the biggest misconceptions surrounding guide dogs. She also explains the process and attendant timetable of a dog potentially becoming a guide dog, a tightly-scripted saga that begins with puppies that Southeastern breeds at their facility, volunteer puppy raisers […]

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