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Dr. Eleanor Spicer Rice–an entomologist by training whoâs appeared on the show multiple times, discussing ants, spiders, homing pigeons, and microbes (often tied to a book sheâs written on the topic)âacknowledges that writing for young readers has officially become a trend for her, primarily discussing her second, just-published book in this series, while also briefly […]
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Rhonda Eldridge–Executive Director of The Community Pet Project, which provides pet food and several other resources to homeless and at-risk communities throughout Hillsborough Countyâdiscusses the organizationâs origin story, beginning in 2017 as an offshoot of a local rescue, before peeling off as a separate entity with 501c3 nonprofit status. The Community Pet Project was launched […]
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Melissa Hoppert–a horse-racing writer for The New York Times, and one of two reporter-producers (with Times colleague Joe Drape) featured onscreen in the new horse-racing documentary, âBroken Horses,â a New York Times/FX production streaming on Huluârecalls becoming enchanted with the horse racing realm as a young girl, after an uncle married into a horse breeding […]
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Anton Ptushkin–director of the PBS Nature documentary profiling the efforts of Ukrainian citizens to rescue animals amidst the destruction of the warâdescribes the sort of travel pieces he produced as a YouTuber, before he morphed into a war correspondent. Ptushkin notes that this transformation wasnât the product of a specific ambition, but rather, reflected an […]
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Jennifer Langston–founder of Golden Ears Sanctuary and Rescue, a specialized refuge for senior and hospice dogs in Wesley Chapel, FLârecalls growing up in a house where dogs were always present, whether they be fosters, newly-adopted, or the family pooch. Notably, for the canine establishment she would create later in life, she recounts that her Mom […]
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Arin Greenwood–a wearer of many hats, mostly animal-related, including Director of Philanthropy Communications at Austin Pets Alive! former animal journalist extraordinaire (HuffPost, Washington Post, The Today Show website, et al), and novelist–maintains a sizable social media presence, posting regularly on Facebook, which in a way, spawned this interview. That is, I was struck by the […]
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Lee Asher–a staunch advocate of dog adoption whose profile has risen dramatically in recent years, owing to a handful of factors, including multiple compelling stories: his ADHD and attendant childhood isolation prompted him to regularly visit his local animal shelter as a kid, years later crisscrossing the country in an RV, traveling to animal shelters, […]
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Matt Hamilton–writer-director of âRaptors: A Fistful of Daggers,â an unusual two-part edition of the PBS series, âNature,â which premiered April 10, while the second episode debuts on April 17ârecalls the impetus for creating this double-shot of cinematic raptor mania. Part of his explanation involved not having seen a documentary that delved deeply into the realm […]
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Deborah Howardâfounder-president of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS), self-described, you may recall, as âthe only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy/kitten millsââreturns for a conversational sequel to our January interview, because we didnât have time to discuss the ways CAPS has broadened its mission […]
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Ed Stewart, co-founder, president and CEO of the Performing Animal Welfare Society (PAWS)âwhich blazed a trail in animal rescue, welfare, education, and legislation, and this year, marks its 40th anniversaryârecalls what she and co-founder Pat Derby were doing in the earliest days of PAWS. Stewart notes that Derby, his longtime partner who died in 2013–and […]
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In what might be called The Sequel, this represents the second portion of the interview I conducted on Feb. 12 with Temple Grandin, onstage at the Paramount Theatre in Austin. We covered a wide range of topics last week, though that discussion featured a preponderance of autism talk, hardly surprising given Grandinâs expertise, personal experience […]
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Temple Grandin–sometimes referred to as the worldâs most famous autistic person, amidst several ways to describe her, including expert on animal behavior, prolific author, longtime professor of animal science at Colorado State University, fervent activist for autistic people, and tireless lecturerâsat with me onstage at the Paramount Theatre in Austin for what became a truly […]
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Josh Fox–founder of the Brady Hunter Foundation, a Miami-based nonprofit whose mission reflects a commitment to helping end animal cruelty, protecting wildlife, and making a positive impact in the lives of childrenâobserves his love of animals is truly lifelong, citing a photo of Fox as an infant in his crib being happily licked by the […]
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Deborah Howard, founder of the Companion Animal Protection Society (CAPS)–self-described as âthe only national nonprofit organization dedicated exclusively to protecting companion animals from cruelty in pet shops and puppy/kitten millsâârecalls how, in 1989, her disgust upon visiting an Atlanta pet store, and her ensuing examination of the deplorable conditions, led to launching CAPS. Howard recounts […]
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Dr. Daniel Promislow–a biogerontologist, professor at the University of Washington, and principal investigator of The Dog Aging Project, a long-term study of health and longevity in dogsârecounts the genesis of the Project. **NOTE: There is static on the line during the first portion of the interview; it does clear up. He explains that it was […]
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Jessica Kellyâwho, along with Sue Rountree, runs Cat Trap Fever, a nonprofit focused on improving the lives of feral cats, chiefly in Pinellas Countyârecounts the âhodgepodgeâ of jobs she held before devoting herself to long days of TNVR: Trap, Neuter, Vaccinate, Return. Kellyâs jobs included teenage waitress, traveling with the carnival, and ballet instructor. But […]
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As weâve done eight times priorâspanning the better part of three years–todayâs program involved setting aside the usual âTalking Animalsâ format in order to present the show-length feature, âAsk The Trainer.â Listeners are invited to call or email questions about their dogs or cats, particularly involving behavioral issues or training concerns. The Trainer these listeners have an […]
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I once again set aside the customary âTalking Animalsâ format to deliver the Annual Holiday Animal Song specialâthat is, a show almost entirely devoted to Holiday-oriented animal tunes. As has been required in the past, and as I acknowledged while over-explaining this programâs premise (over-explaining the premise has become its own traditionâone of this showâs […]
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Jason Schramm–a web developer and founder of Veg Groups, where he creates websites intended to help people go vegan, stay vegan, or become informed on vegan-oriented events, or films, on his VegMovies siteânotes that he got deeply into computers as a seventh grader. While he was drawn as a youngster to exploring some aspects of […]
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Mark E. Hauberâprofessor, ornithologist, and author of âBird Day: A Story of 24 Hours and 24 Avian Livesâârecalls becoming seriously interested in birds at age four or five. This was in his native Hungary, where, as that little boy, he dragged his mother to view the Spring Migration. His passion for birds was precocious and […]
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