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Special edition - Talking Animals/Sonic Detour - June 24, 2009

Terry AdamsThe interview with Terry Adams occurs during "Part 2" of the audio archive.

Hello. As you may know, in addition to "Talking Animals," I host another program at WMNF, an afternoon-drive music show on Wednesdays called the "Sonic Detour."

On the June 24 edition, I presented a "Talking Animals"-oriented version of the "Sonic Detour," which mostly meant playing all animal songs, drawing on music from multiple genres and eras; the playlist--including all instrumentals--is included here.

I also incorporate some other elements of "Talking Animals," including a coupla round of "Name That Animal Tune," and an interview--with Terry Adams perhaps best known as the singer-songwriter-keyboardist of NRBQ (the legendary rock/R&B/jazz/pop/etc. band formed some 40 years ago), who recently released a new solo album, "Holy Tweet," and who's a longtime vegetarian and champion of animal welfare.

It was fun to play some different--and longer--songs, and to chat with Terry. Enjoy.

Thanks
~Duncan

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Our most recent show - June 10 - with Beth Lockwood

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Our most recent guest,
Beth Lockwood,
Executive Director, SPCA Tampa

GUEST: Beth Lockwood--the Executive Director of the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Tampa--discusses various aspects of her 26-year tenure, arriving as a veterinary technician and, in the ensuing quarter century, assuming various responsibilities before filling the SPCA Tampa's top post; outlines some of the traits that distinguish the SPCA Tampa nationally (including recognition for its expertise and accomplishments in hurricane/disaster planning for animals), addresses the organization's imminent fundraising events, explains a bit about their adoption procedures and costs, and more. more->

Another recent show - June 3 - with Holly Robinson

Another recent guest, Holly Robinson
Author, "The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter"

GUEST: Holly Robinson--an award-winning writer and author of "The Gerbil Farmer's Daughter," a new, colorful, often-funny and eloquent memoir of growing up as the daughter of a career military man whose second (and secret) career was studying, breeding and raising gerbils, evolving into the world's largest supplier of gerbils--discusses various facets of her unusual, gerbil-centric childhood (and father), including the complicated issue of Mr. Robinson sending off many of those gerbils to be used in medical research, an issue made considerably more complicated and poignant after Holly's sister Gail dies of cystic fibrosis; she also addresses the multitude of additional breed of gerbils that have developed since her Dad's foray into the gerbil world, offers guidance on how to care for and house gerbils, and 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.


WMNF
(88.5FM)--a 70,000-watt, community-oriented NPR station in Tampa, Florida--now airs a half-hour version of "Talking Animals" on the first and second Wednesday of each month, 11:30 a.m. to noon EST.

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 Jean-Michel Cousteau, Temple Grandin, Peter Singer, Paul Watson and Monty Roberts, to those who run shelters and sanctuaries like Pat Derby  (PAWS/ARK 2000), Tippi Hedren (Shambala Preserve), Gene Bauston (The Farm Sanctuary) and Carol Buckley (The Elephant Sanctuary), 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), as well as veterinarians, 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, Mo Rocca (ex-“The Daily Show”), Margaret Cho, John Doe (X, The Knitters, etc), Elayne BooslerBob Barker, Simpson's co-creator Sam Simon, Dan Piraro ("Bizarro" cartoonist), Greg Ginn (Black Flag), Merrill Markoe (Letterman’s “Stupid Pet Tricks”), 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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