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Duncan P. Forgey, author of “Flyin’ Kai: A Pelican’s Tale”

Duncan — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 04:00:39 +0000

Author Duncan Forgey discusses his inventive novel featuring a pelican hero and protect-environment themes.

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Callers and Emailers as Guests

Duncan — Wed, 22 Jun 2022 04:00:33 +0000

Every year or two, I jettison the chief component of the “Talking Animals” format—a longform interview with a single guest—to offer a debate or some other multi-guest panel discussion. As part of that occasional effort to temporarily reconfigure the program, and a parallel desire to give voice to a broader array of animal organizations, leaders […]

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Arin Greenwood, ALDF Senior Writer, ex-animal journalist, author of animal-oriented novels

Duncan — Wed, 25 Sep 2019 04:00:24 +0000

Arin Greenwood is a “Talking Animals” favorite and a friend of the show. She’s also currently Senior Writer at the Animal Legal Defense Fund, formerly animal journalist extraordinaire—she was the animal welfare editor at The Huffington Post, and a regular contributor to The Washington Post, The Today Show website, and The Dodo, among others. She’s […]

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Talking Animals’ Annual Christmas Animal Song Special

Duncan — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 05:00:32 +0000

This morning, I once again set aside the customary “Talking Animals” format to present my Annual Christmas Animal Song special—that is, a show entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes. I also played some far less obvious nuggets and possible future classics, including the Old 97’s gimlet-eyed original “Rudolph Was Blue” from the band’s new collection “Love The […]

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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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