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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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 @ur momisugly 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