I’m writing this from downtown Seattle.
You’re probably wondering why, so here’s the deal – I’m setting up a new weekly radio program.
Oh, great! A WUWT Radio program!…. well not quite. That comes later, but today, the subject has nothing to do with weather or climate, but I’ll bet it’s something you’ll love.
I’m helping launch a radio show about animal behavior in Seattle. Whaaaat you say? Read on.
Many people in Northern California got burned out by the horrendous CampFire in November 2018. It disrupted lives, careers, pets and people. A friend of mine was one of those affected. She lost everything, but saved her animals.
You can read about the story here in the Chico Enterprise Record.
Enter Karpathia Kingsley, former rock music enthusiast and band member when she lived in Los Angeles. After she relocated after the devastating campfire in November 2018, she was looking to recover her career, with really most…. anything. She kept asking me about getting into radio, even though she has a face made for TV. As you’ll see in the article linked above, the “eureka moment” came when she decided to go back to school and become a certified animal behaviorist at University of Washington.
The show “Animal Calls” was born out of that. I’m the producer, at least until it can run on its own.
I also used my voice to create the whimsical opening segment. The calliope music is something I used to hear playing on riverboats on the Ohio river when I was growing up. It reminded me of circus music, and seemed appropriate for this sure to be fun and entertaining show.
The show open, click arrow to listen.
In a nutshell, this is what the show is about:
Remember the TV show “Frasier”, where he ran an on-air psychology radio show based in Seattle with the catchphrase “I’m listening”? Imagine that concept for animals, with a dose of Dr. Doolittle thrown in!
ANIMAL CALLS is a call-in show where you can ask tough questions about your pets and animals and why they behave as they do.
Karpathia Kingsley is a Certified Animal Behaviorist, with a certificate from the University of Washington in Seattle. It’s a real thing, not some mumbo jumbo.
See the website at https://animalcallsradio.com and the press release here: https://animalcallsradio.com/2021/07/15/press-release-animal-calls-debut-in-seattle/
It debuts tomorrow (Friday, July 16th) on KKNW in Seattle at Noon Pacific Time, and you can listen live at https://1150kknw.com/listen-online/ I’ll be there to make sure it all goes ok. And, for the record, I have no relationship beyond the radio program with her.
So why am I telling you this? Well, the show is entirely listener supported, at least for the moment. So, I’d like to ask my readers a favor.
Please listen to the show live Friday July 16th at noon PDT, read about it in the links above, and if you like it, please tip the host. The call-in number will be given if you wish to ask a question. Once the show can stand on it’s own, I’ll be back to the regularly scheduled climate wars. Just doing a good deed, because my dog Kenji, who is the only animal member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said I should.
Thanks for your consideration – Anthony
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Anthony,
A wonderful idea and I wish you all possible success.
My silky stared at me incessantly yesterday. What lies behind his accusing stare???
Well done, Kenji. Gotta keep the boss busy.
No, wait ….. .
Silly me.
You are the boss, Kenji, gotta keep the staff busy.
Anthony;
I wish both of you the best of luck in this endeavor.
The best of luck with the enterprise.
We still watch a dvd of Frasier when Tv is dull. So well put together.
I got the impression there had been a fair bit of trouble in Seattle over the last year especially with BLM etc.
Have things settled down?
tonyb
I’m in downtown Seattle right now, and everything seems normal.
Seattle has never been normal since before 1855, when WA Territory governor Isaac Stevens (of Pass fame) signed the Treaty of Point Elliot with representatives from the Duwamish, Suquamish. Snoqualmie,Snohomish, Lummi, Skagit, Swinomish and other regional tribes. Seattle was on Duwamish-Suquamish turf, and Chief Seattle thanked the Yankees for helping him out against his tribal enemies.
Don’t forget my Space Needle Snow Globe.
“normal” and “Seattle” seems oxymoronic. I’m reminded of the old, parental warning that “Nothing good happens after midnight.”
How many tents are you seeing?
Beware, city council is against policing, officers are bailing out. That will impact safety.
Caller: “my old cat is always jumping onto the back of my chair and sniffing my hair”
Karpathia: “well serves you right for calling him Joe”
Well, I live in Seattle too, and follow Cliff Mass for his breaths of fresh air amid the Seattle Times’s relentless AGW fear-mongering. Wasn’t a bit surprised when NPR booted him for showing photos of the wreckage of downtown Seattle after our ‘peaceful protests’ – you wouldn’t want the public to see such ‘misinformation’, if you were part of the mandatory groupthink cabal of NPR, would you.
But I was raised within earshot of a sea elephant colony in California, and will be listening acutely to ANIMAL CALLS for the grand whuffles and occasional bellows that they emit. They’d go great from the sound systems of low-rider cars in mating season.
Mating season for the sea elephants or the low-riders?
“Wasn’t a bit surprised when NPR booted him for showing photos of the wreckage of downtown Seattle after our ‘peaceful protests’ – you wouldn’t want the public to see such ‘misinformation’, if you were part of the mandatory groupthink cabal of NPR, would you.”
I believe he was booted more because he made references to Nazis.
You see, only “progressives” are allowed to use N-words.
She doesn’t look like a Scotsman, but best of luck anyway.
My Pecky the hen would approve.
Yes, that’s different
I have this Norwegian Blue Parrot which appears to be dead…
Just resting after a noisy squawk?
Nahhh… pining for the fjords.
Don’t be silly, Norwegian Blues are noted for their deathlike stillness. They’re only being politely attentive.
No, I’m quite sure it’s dead. The same thing has happened to others. We are forming a group called The Dead Parrot’s Society.
G—roan!
Good Luck with the show. Almost made a Monty Python comment.
Get back here quick. Its worse than we thought.
My hovercraft is full of eels.
I don’t have any pets but I like to listen to Clayton Greenway on a Saturday morning.
“Clayton Greenway, your friendly local vet takes your calls and answers all you pet related questions”.
https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010/shows/animal-house-1.1813128
Quite often it’s the owner causing the pet behavior.
My brother supervises all the experimental animal labs at UW. He and his wife live in Issaquah on 11 acres with 7 German Shepards, three sheep, and a Llama. They will be interested in this program, which I have alerted them to via email copying your post.
I truly feel sorry for the llama. But, their being polymorphous, beastiality perverse, the sheep might relieve the loneliness. But failing that, the dogs and humans might suffice.
Llamas think sheep are stupid relatives.
they must think that humans are even stupider sexual competitors.
Llamas are tough, as goats are but larger.
One farmer in Metchosin BC has a llama to guard against bears and dogs attacking sheep.
The sheep and the llama provide wool for my sister-in-laws yarn spinning/weaving ‘addiction’. Of course, she uses only natural dyes. I have shipped butternut and walnut barks and green hulls from my Wisconsin dairy farm to her to make light and dark brown wool dyes.
So they have a pure white llama?
Definitely whiteish. Sheepish. What does a part time dairy farmer know about anything but Holsteins and quarter horses, anyway?
Rud
I recently took down a 16″ diameter black walnut that I mistakenly thought was dead. (The logs are sprouting new shoots!) I have a surfeit of black walnut bark. Could your sister-in-law use any more bark? The price is right!
Rud,
Those green outer hull/shells from the walnuts after they turn black and begin to deteriorate make the absolute best stain for wood. You can make a piece of ash look like walnut with a luxurious coating of linseed oil.. I’ve been finishing gunstocks this way for decades! After staining and then saturation with the linseed oil which takes a long time to dry (months) it can be rubbed down with turpinetine and steel wool for a luxurious finish with a feel/grip that can’t be replicated with any other process.
What a wonderful ‘addiction’ she has! I also indulge in this particular hobby and used to raise Cotswold and Romney sheep in Virginia for wool and meat. We also had cashmere goats, mohair goats, and the odd llama or three. It is quite satisfying to make a garment from fleece to finished, including dying it from natural pigments collected in the wild and garden. Some lichens produce stunning colors as well.
Obscure factoid:
Coast Salish tribal people on the mid-wet coast (Seattle is there) used to raise dogs for hair for weaving blankets.
Selective breeding to enhance quality and quantity of hair, kept isolated from other dogs.
They stopped when sheep’s wool became available, stopped weaving when the Hudson’s Bay blanket became available. (An advanced machine weaving process.) They were not slaves to ‘culture’.
Along with dog hair, the weavers used what goat hair they could get from the Olympic Peninsula, and vegetative fibres.
And she’s got a name made for the entertainment industry.
Good luck with the show!
Good luck, Anthony, to you and the lovely young lady. Good advice from Kenji.
Best wishes to you and Ms. Kingsley in this new venture.
“… my dog Kenji, who is the only animal member of the Union of Concerned Scientists, said I should.”
“… only four legged animal member …”
Fixed it.
(Thinking in terms of a “committee” – many legs – no brains.)
Kamala Harris?
I too live in WA state. Apparently not far from Rud’s relatives’ llama farm.
My two eldest daughters rode horses for years. English. Eventing.
Only a few broken bones. Spent a kilobuck on a classic out of print book on animal behavior and psychology as a gift for my middle child.
From the picture, I recognize a horse’s ass when I see it.
The article picture of course.
The girl is very pretty.
Then you would obviously recognize a post-modern climatologist.
After a quick glance, I thought it was Hayhoe again. But this one (the horse) is probably smarter, and arguably better looking. and probably not Canadian (sorry, eh?).
Wishing you great success with this Anthony! Exciting to embark on a new endeavor, have a blast.
Wish you every success Anthony.
Cool. Good luck with it Anthony and Karpathia. Meanwhile, I have a male Great White Boreal Ape that is depressed because he is going extinct. He can handle going extinct but is bothered that nobody seems to care and many people even seem to be cheering his demise. Talk about bullying. Meanwhile his cohabitant the polar bear who is most notable for eating anything that moves is doing just fine but nevertheless has sympathetic supporters around the world. I wonder if Karpathia might have insights that can ease the painful irony.
I think some animal sounds added to the applause in the show open might be a good “hook”, Anthony.
One topic that she will need to cover is that “one needs to be smarter than the dog to teach it something”! That catch phrase may cover most issues in animal behavior!
What a great idea! Our Corgis are in dire need of a canine Frazier… 👍👍
Pathetic! Let’s add another piece of humbug to the media. “Rock music enthusiast”, “band member” and “certified animal behaviorist” says it all. Probably Vegan and Econazi, too. I pity you, Anthony, that you are reduced to promoting this embarassing kind of thing.
A lot of people (and animals-both domestic and wild) in a lot of places have lost their homes and way of life due to wild fire. Someone doing something to make a difference is pathetic? Something positive to come out of Seattle? Miracles abound, and there is hope yet!
You know what Alex? You don’t know anything about her. If you did, you wouldn’t say those things.
I invite you to “uninvite” yourself from posting here. We need less knee-jerks.
Seems like so many people are clueless about how to deal with pets. This should have a large market and plenty of potential sponsors. But the real payoff is that info on herding cats.
I almost wanted to respond “How do you get them to run through a 20 yard chute @ 25 yards” but decided not to. LOL
Kurmudgeon Keith says that few people deserve their pets. Dog owners are especially irresponsible. Snake owners are in a different category of craziness.
You want intelligence in a critter, try an octopus. Dexterious too. One slipped out of its tank when a lid was not well fastened, removed drain grill from an opening in the floor, and escaped t the ocean.
Does she understand bird behavior? The things I”ve seen male goldfinches do when they’re having a turf fight….!
Dogs have owners. Cats have staff.
Indeed
Great initiative, success to all concerned!
We would value insight on the baffling range of utterances from our guineapig.
Radio has a future being lower energy than visual media.
With a voice like that you should try being a town crier.
Anthony – if you’re looking for material to post during your radio DJ-ing hiatus, how about this article on emergent thermoregulation?
Emergent Thermal Homeostasis: a new paradigm for e-pluribus-unum climate stability – Odyssey (wordpress.com)
This (short) article quotes interesting new research as well as related work by Willis Essenbach on systems such as the tropical thunderstorm emergent feedback.
It might be of interest to some, and fill in a few hours of a day.
I wouldn’t call this question in to her show, but if I knew her personally I’d ask her if she has ever noticed an unusual or possibly unexpected benefit when treating her horses with ivermectin. It is of course a common anti-parasitic, and is touted as the most effective covid treatment by many doctors who have the ethics and balls to treat patients with it. Dr Thomas Borody of peptic ulcer fame is a huge proponent, as well as others who are very accomplished, and some of the most (if not the most) published, in their fields (e.g., Dr Marik, Dr Kory).
It really is an interesting drug, having anti-viral and anti-inflammatory properties, and is claimed to maintain mitochondrial ATP during hypoxia and promote peripheral nerve regeneration during wound healing.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41429-021-00430-5.pdf