by Duncan | Feb 12, 2025 | Advocates, Captive Exotic, Cats, Educators, General, Legislation, Mammals, Rescue, Sanctuaries, Vegetarian/Vegan, Wildlife
Howard Baskin—often identified as Advisory Board Chairman of Big Cat Rescue, and spouse of Carole Baskin, the founder of the sanctuary that operated in Tampa for more than three decades—recalls, as a savvy businessman wielding a Harvard MBA, his reaction upon first ...
by Duncan | Nov 1, 2023 | Adoption, Advocates, Educators, Factory Farming, Health & Behavior, Mammals, Vegetarian/Vegan
Dr. Faraz Harsini–biomedical scientist and speaker at the 2023 Tampa Bay Veg Fest—remembers growing up in Iran, including a possible foreshadowing of his future activism, when participating in a student protest of the country’s leadership resulted in his being...
by Duncan | Nov 2, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Educators, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan
Dr. Shayla Toombs-Withers–who runs a medical practice in Chattanooga, Tenn. called The Essence of Health Wellness Clinic—describes growing up in the South (Atlanta), where dishes like fried chicken and mac and cheese were common to family meals and larger...
by Duncan | Oct 26, 2022 | Advocates, Authors, Birds, Fish & Reptiles, Educators, Health & Behavior, Vegetarian/Vegan
Duncan P. Forgey– author of Flyin’ Kai: A Pelican’s Tale, in which Forgey has spun an inventive yarn, starting with a pelican occupying the center of the novel, and no shortage of talking animals(!) dotting the landscape—recalls growing up in Newport Beach, CA,...
by Duncan | Oct 30, 2019 | Advocates, General, Health & Behavior, Musicians, Vegetarian/Vegan
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...
