Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchThe Miraculous Transformation Wrought by Books in Prisons
#967A: Tracie shares her awe and admiration for Dwayne Betts, who, as a result of being incarcerated as a teenager, discovered the power of reading i…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
You do Know Your Cat is Not Actually Your Baby, Right?!
#967B: Rebecca Van Laer's memoir “Cat” is a slim little book that speaks volumes about the life the author spent as a child feeling closer to cats th…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
A New Way To Be Your Dog’s Best Friend
#966A: Katya Lidsky, author of “Be Your Dog’s Best Friend: the Benefits of Mutual Bonding and Relationship Building,” discusses what we can learn fro…
6 months ago
Early Spay/Neuter — What Would Happen if You Desexed Human Children Before Puberty?
#966B: Dr. Lisa Radosta, one of the rare board certified veterinary animal behaviorists, discusses the issue of early spay/neuter and how it affects …
6 months ago
1,000’s of Beagles Used in Lab Experiments
#965A: Melanie Kaplan wrote “Lab Dog: a Beagle and His Human Investigate the Surprising World of Animal Research” after adopting Hammy, a Beagle “ret…
6 months, 1 week ago
We're in the Golden Age of Octopus Appreciation
#965B: Sy Montgomery’s fourth book about octopuses (yes, not “octopi!”) “Secrets of the Octopus,” is filled with stunning National Geographic photogr…
6 months, 1 week ago
How the Law Can Help Animals
#964A: Sherrie Hines is an animal welfare lawyer — and professor at the University of Georgia Law and new director of the Practicum in Animal Welfare…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Fly Burgers, Anyone?
#964B: Dustin Crummett is the Executive Director of the Insect Institute and co-author of research that questions the economic, environmental and ani…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
An FBI Dog Saving Birds in Hawaii
#963A: Jen Danna — writing "Deadly Trade" as Sara Driscoll — takes the team to Hawaii in her newest thriller in her FBI K-9’ series, which is focused…
6 months, 3 weeks ago
Dogs With “Baby Faces” Are Suffering
#963B: Taylor Waters from the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, who also teaches animal law and policy at the Vermont Law & Graduate School, worries a…
6 months, 3 weeks ago