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Our most recent show - January 18 - with Dr. Denise Herzing

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Dr. Denise Herzing
Pioneering Dolphin Researcher

Dr. Denise Herzing--a pioneering researcher who has spent 27 summers in Bahamian waters studying Atlantic spotted dolphins: the Wild Dolphin Project, and author of "Dolphin Diaries: My 25 Years With Spotted Dolphins"--discusses various phases of her career, and her fascination with dolphins that began in childhood. More...

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Another recent show - January 11 - with Bob Barker

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Bob Barker
Retired Game Show Host & Philanthropist

Bob Barker--the retired host of "The Price Is Right" who, over the years, has underwritten a huge array of animal welfare organizations, projects and programs--discusses his lifelong love of animals and how this, combined with the wealth he accumulated over some 35 years of hosting "The Price Is Right," accounts for his large-scale philanthropy. More...

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Another recent show - January 4 - with Deborah Nelson

Another recent guest
Deborah Nelson
Pulitzer-winning writer of Mother Jones expose on Ringling Bros. circus

Deborah Nelson--the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a major expose on the Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey circus in the November/December issue of Mother Jones Magazine--outlines aspects of her 30-year journalism career More...

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About “Talking Animals”

Hosted by Duncan Strauss, "Talking Animals" started as a weekly, hour-long radio show about animals and animal issues that was carried on KUCI (88.9FM)-- the college/community public radio station that broadcasts from the University of California at Irvine--until the end of October 2005, when Strauss and his family moved to Florida.

The show began airing monthly, then semimonthly, on
WMNF
(88.5FM)--a 70,000-watt, community-oriented NPR station in Tampa, Florida--and as of January 2011, "Talking Animals" airs on WMNF every Wednesday, 11 a.m. to noon ET.

While “Talking Animals” consists of multiple elements--including animals news, animal songs, animal comedy, and our quick quiz feature, “Name That Animal Tune”-- the true heart of the show is the interview we conduct with some notable inhabitant of some province of the animal world. This has ranged from such longtime luminaries as Jane Goodall, Wayne Pacelle, Jean-Michel Cousteau, Temple Grandin, Peter Singer, Joyce Poole, Paul Watson, Ric O'Barry and Monty Roberts, to those who run shelters and sanctuaries like Pat Derby  (PAWS/ARK 2000), Tippi Hedren (Shambala Preserve), Gene Baur (The Farm Sanctuary) and Carol Buckley (The Elephant Sanctuary), Dr. Carole Noon (the late Save The Chimps Founder), plus separate interviews with three founders of Best Friends Animal Society; veteran activists like Ingrid Newkirk and Dan Matthews (both of Peta), and Chris DeRose (Last Chance For Animals), Ringling Bros. Whistleblower Tom Rider, as well as veterinarians (like Paw Project Director Dr. Jennifer Conrad), biologists, folks who run rescue organizations, assorted animal experts, and many more.

In other words, our guests tend to be those whose job or main mission is working with--or for--animals. Yet, in trying to reach all the way across the vast landscape of animal people, we’ve also occasionally interviewed well-known musicians, actors, comedians, writers and others who are passionate about animals and animal causes, including Chrissie Hynde, Moby, Janeane Garofalo, Kinky Friedman, Emmylou Harris, Tony La Russa, Richard Belzer, Joan Jett, Eels Singer-Songwriter E, Margaret Cho, John Doe (X, The Knitters, etc), Elayne BooslerTerry Adams (Former NRBQ Maestro), Bob Barker, Simpson's co-creator Sam Simon, Writer-Comedian Carol Leifer, Dan Piraro ("Bizarro" cartoonist), Greg Ginn (Black Flag), Dog Author Jon Katz, Merrill Markoe (Letterman’s “Stupid Pet Tricks”), NY Times Magazine Writer-Author Charles Siebert, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull), pop wunderkind Nellie McKay--heck, we’ve even interviewed a talking animal on “Talking Animals”: Triumph The Insult Comic Dog.

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