Gretchen Primack, poet-activist-march organizer
Gretchen Primack–the poet, teacher, and animal activist who first appeared on “Talking Animals” a dozen years ago, discussing her anim...
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20 of 89 episodesElizabeth Olson, founder of Rescue Pink & Animal Justice Task Force
Elizabeth Olson–who lives in Palm Harbor, and is the founder of not one, but two animal organizations, with intersecting missions—reca...
Ron King, Co-Founder of Oscar’s Place & Donkey Rescuer Extraordinaire
Ron King, co-founder of Oscar’s Place—a California-based nonprofit which rescues, rehabilitates, and rehomes donkeys—discusses not being an...
Dr. Marc Bekoff, co-author of “Love in Their Hearts….”
Marc Bekoff–professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, who’s written or co-written...
Glen Hatchell, dog trainer, behaviorist–“Ask The Trainer,” 18th edition
As we’ve done 17 times before—spanning five-plus years–today’s program involved setting aside the usual “Talking Animals” format in order to...
Laurie Sumiye, director of “A Paradise Lost”
Laurie Sumiye–the artist-filmmaker who directed the striking documentary “A Paradise Lost,” a live action/animation hybrid telling the...
Dr. Edie Dopking, founder of Quantum Leap Farm
Dr. Edie Dopking–founder of Quantum Leap Farm, an Odessa, FL-based facility that, for 25 years, has offered an array of equestrian the...
Bill Berloni, renowned animal trainer
Bill Berloni–renowned for training rescue animals for stage, film, and television in a storied career spanning 50 years—recounts how,...
Throwback Wednesday: Animal News and Animal Songs
Owing primarily to Holiday weekend-related snags in booking guests—and retaining guests that had seemed booked–we set aside our typica...
Deni Elliott, author of “Catching Sight: How A Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself”
Deni Elliott–author of the new memoir, “Catching Sight: How A Guide Dog Helped Me See Myself,” and writer or editor of ten previous bo...
Kevin S. Fridy, Tampa Political Scientist
Kevin S. Fridy–Professor of Political Science and International Studies at the University of Tampa, and slated after this interview to...
A.J. Sanjar, field biologist studying Burmese pythons and opossums
A.J. Sanjar–a field biologist who’s conducted research with significant implications for reducing the Florida population of the Burmes...
Laura Hagen, managing director of wildlife at Humane World for Animals
Laura Hagen–managing director of wildlife at Humane World for Animals (formerly the Humane Society of the United States)—explains the...
Ronan Donovan, visual storyteller
Ronan Donovan–a wildlife biologist turned visual storyteller, whose work is featured in an exhibition, Wolves: Photography by Ronan Do...
Tammy Thies, founder and executive director of The Wildcat Sanctuary
Tammy Thies–founder and executive director of The Wildcat Sanctuary, a nonprofit rescue refuge in Minnesota specializing in exploited,...
Mike Birkhead, producer-director
Mike Birkhead–longtime producer-director of wildlife documentaries (grounded by no less than a doctorate in zoology from Oxford), who...
Melanie Sue Bowles, co-founder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary & Author
Melanie Sue Bowles–co-founder of Proud Spirit Horse Sanctuary, who alongside her husband, Jim, has shepherded the sanctuary through ne...
Armando Ubeda, shark expert
Armando Ubeda–primarily appearing in his guise as a shark expert, although his CV is notably long and wide, having studied marine faun...
Kevin Nealon, veteran comedian, animal advocate, YouTube hiker
Kevin Nealon–the veteran comedian, longtime animal advocate, former “Saturday Night Live” star (amidst a long list of TV and film cred...
Lenore Braford and Paul Drake, co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge
Lenore Braford and Paul Drake–co-founders of Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge, a highly-innovative animal sanctuary in North Carolina; owin...