Podcasts about sad animal facts

Whales Gain 200 Pounds A Day While the book is titled Sad Animal Facts, it's hardly a sad book. Cartoons drawn by Brooke Barker unleash the unknown and curious truths behind some of our favorite animals. Did you know Turtles breath out their butt, or that Giraffes only sleep 3 hours a day? Listen Now Choosing The Right Bra When Horseback Riding Women and girls (and some men) who ride horses, but do not wear a sports bra, could be causing undue stress to the horse, according to a study by Portsmouth University. Apparently a lot of women give no regard to what kind of bra they wear while riding. They did a survey of females who ride horses in various disciplines and found that less than one in five regularly wore a sports bra for riding even though it can lead to poor posture and musculoskeletal problems, which are sensed by the horse. Listen Now Pet Friendly Retirement Communities Watermark Retirement Communities assisted living are perhaps the first in the country to embrace pets. Founded by pet lovers, they encourage residents to bring their pets along to live with them. Staff's companion animals meet those that don't have pets. This has made a big difference in patient's disposition. Listen Now Read more about this week's show.

Meet Brooke Barker, the author and illustrator behind “Sad Animal Facts,” as well as a new memoir titled “So Help Me Gosh.” What are sad animal facts? Well, exactly that -- animal illustrations paired with “did you know” style, bite-sized information about animals. As Barker explains, “We're all familiar with the concept of animals, and everyone assumes animals have these really easy and carefree lives. They're frolicking in the woods; they're just relaxing. They're sleeping in cute little dens. But we don't know how terrible animal lives are because they can't tell us about them.”   While the project started with Barker sharing the content on the internet, she has subsequently written and illustrated two sad animal books, “Sad Animal Facts” and “Sad Animal Babies,” as well as a book about animal couples that is co-authored with her husband. In this episode, we discuss some of her favorite facts as well as her new series ‘Meet This Scientist.'    We talk about her new audiobook, “So Help Me Gosh,” which is a series of essays about growing up Mormon, and she even gives us a sneak peek by reading an excerpt.      Links in this episode:   Sad Animal Fact website Sad Animal Facts on Instagram So Help Me Gosh on Audible Order Brooke's books locally from White Whale Bookstore

Ever been in a relationship that hit a dry patch?  One that feels routine and mundane?  No matter how much you love your partner or how wonderful you think your relationship is, things can often get a little boring.  Today's guest on the personal growth podcast, Life in HD, author and filmmaker Boaz Frankel talks about adding a little weirdness to your relationship to rev things up.  Together with his wife Brooke Barker (author of New York Times bestselling book Sad Animal Facts), Boaz writes about the quirky aspects of their relationship and the inspiration for the couple's new book, Let's Be Weird Together.

In this episode of The Slaw: Staying on top of Pittsburgh, we talk to Boaz Frankel, a writer, filmmaker and contributor to Very Local about the puppet from The Dark Crystal that lives at the Children's Museum and teaching Elmo some Pittsburghese. For this weeks collaboration, we take a look at the partnership between Hop Farm Brewing and Provision PGH. And the Very Local team shares some of the events we are looking forward to in 2020.    MEET BOAZ FRANKEL - WRITER, FILMMAKER & PITTSBURGH PUPPET RESEARCHER Boaz and his wife, author Brooke Barker (aka Sad Animal Facts) moved to Pittsburgh earlier this year. Boaz has created videos for Very Local Pittsburgh as well as interviewed some Pittsbughers over their favorite sandwich.    Learn more about Boaz on his website StuffByBoaz.com and you can  follow Boaz on Twitter @boazf and Instagram @BoazFrankel.   Videos that Boaz has created for Very Local Pittsburgh include profiles of The Pretzel Shop, The Zenith Cafe and the Farmer's Cooperative of East Liberty.   Some of the Pittsburghers that Boaz has interviewed for Very Local: Damon Young Josh Getzoff, Announcer for Pittsburgh Penguins Mayor Bill Peduto Pastry Chef Casey Renee Rick Sebak   Visit Pittsburgh.VeryLocal.com to read more about both urSol the Chanter at the Pittsburgh Children's Museum and Elmo's visit to Pittsburgh.  Show Notes: In this episode of The Slaw: Staying on top of Pittsburgh, we talk to Boaz Frankel, a writer, filmmaker and contributor to Very Local about the puppet from The Dark Crystal that lives at the Children's Museum and teaching Elmo some Pittsburghese. For this weeks collaboration, we take a look at the partnership between Hop Farm Brewing and Provision PGH. And the Very Local team shares some of the events we are looking forward to in 2020.  Meet Boaz Frankel, Writer & Filmmaker Boaz and his wife, author Brooke Barker (aka Sad Animal Facts) moved to Pittsburgh earlier this year. Boaz has created video for Very Local Pittsburgh as well as interviewed some Pittsbughers over their favorite sandwich.    Learn more about Boaz on his website StuffByBoaz.com and you can  follow Boaz on Twitter @boazf and Instagram @BoazFrankel.   Here a some of the videos Boaz has created for Very Local Pittsburgh:  Pretzel Shop The Zenith Cafe Farmer's Cooperative of East Liberty Here are some of the Pittsburghers that Boaz has interviewed for Very Local: Damon Young Josh Getzoff, Announcer for Pittsburgh Penguins Mayor Bill Peduto Pastry Chef Casey Renee Rick Sebak   urSol the Chanter from The Dark Crystal You can read more about urSol the Chanter and The Pittsburgh Children's Museum here.    Embed: https://www.facebook.com/WQEDPittsburgh/posts/10156233217661150   Elmo loves Yinz too Check out Boaz's interview with Elmo here.  Embed: https://twitter.com/elmo/status/1139542786536083456?lang=en A very Pittsburgh Collaboration: Hop Farm Brewing & Provision PGH https://www.instagram.com/p/B1jezl_hTmL/   This week's collaboration is a food and beer pairing. Provision PGH, which started as part of Smallman Galley, is now providing the food at Hop Farm Brewing in Lawrenceville.    Embed: PGH Mag story from Hal https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/hop-farm-brewing-company-and-provision-pgh-combine-forces/    Events: What we are looking forward to in 2020   Stephanie: Pittonatonk will return for the annual May Day celebration. Special guests to be announced soon.  Aadam: Cinderlands in Lawrenceville becomes Cinderlands Foederhouse. Grand re-opening on January 23.  Lindsay: Dirty Dozen Bike Ride takes place in the fall. Hundreds of cyclists try to tackle a dozen of the steepest hills in town in one day.    Embed: https://youtu.be/lODUAvbVRnM    Give Us a Call Have an event we should know about? Know of a partnership we should highlight on the podcast? How about a collaboration? We'd love to hear from you!   We're always looking for new Pittsburgh stories to share. If you leave a message we just might feature your pick in our newsletter or on our podcast.   Give us a call and leave a message. We want to hear from you!   412-368-6595    * Please note, By leaving a message on this service, you consent to your voice being recorded and used by Very Local Pittsburgh in The Slaw podcast and elsewhere. Subscribe to The Slaw: Staying on Top of Pittsburgh podcast   The Slaw Podcast is available on: iTunes Spotify   Follow Very Local for more Pittsburgh updates: Very Local Pittsburgh Website Twitter @VeryLocalPGH Facebook Instagram  YouTube

Boaz & Blakely chat with Brooke Barker, author of the Sad Animal Facts series, about her favorite sandwich, or rather, her former favorite sandwich.

Today’s guest is Brooke Barker of the Instagram-account-turned-book, Sad Animal Facts. I’ve been following Brooke’s Instagram feed, which as you’ll hear in the episode, I came across while we were both participating in The 100 Day Project last year. Sad Animal Facts is a project that is exactly what it sounds like; facts about animals that are a little bit sad or melancholy, but with Brooke’s quirky humor driving the treatment of each fact. Her illustrations are adorable and the facts are things that are funny-slash-sad because they’re true. In the interview, Brooke and I discuss how her one-a-day Instagram project turned into a book in just over a year, how she’s navigated the new-to-her realm of book publishing, and why she believes in exercising your creative muscles by trying to incorporate new mediums and projects the mix. We also talk about Brooke’s other work and how, even though she gets to work primarily on fun and funny projects, she still has to walk the line between humor and professionalism in her everyday life. For the full episode + show notes, visit creatingyourownpath.com.

Pet Friendly Retirement Communities Watermark Retirement Communities assisted living are perhaps the first in the country to embrace pets. Founded by pet lovers, they encourage residents to bring their pets along to live with them. Staff's companion animals meet those that don't have pets. This has made a big difference in patient's disposition. Whales Gain 200 Pounds A Day While the book is titled Sad Animal Facts, it's hardly a sad book. Cartoons drawn by Brooke Barker unleash the unknown and curious truths behind some of our favorite animals. Did you know Turtles breath out their butt, or that Giraffes only sleep 3 hours a day? If There Were Olympics For Animals Pet World Insider Robert Semrow imagines a world where the Olympics were for the animals. What would the sports competitions be all about? Perhaps an animal Olympic event would unite pet lovers worldwide? Sanctuary Wants Rapper To Pay Support For His Tiger Rapper Tyga had a pet tiger a few years ago, but it was taken from him when authorities found out that he had no legal permits for it. The tiger was then given to an animal sanctuary. The sanctuary named Lions, Tigers & Bears, which takes care of Tyga's former tiger, says the rapper has not made any effort to help out with funds to care for the animal. It costs over $10k a year to feed it, not including vet costs and other expenses. Choosing The Right Bra When Horseback Riding Women and girls who ride horses, but do not wear a sports bra, could be causing undue stress to the horse, according to a study by Portsmouth University. Apparently a lot of women give no regard to what kind of bra they wear while riding. They did a survey of females who ride horses in various disciplines and found that less than one in five regularly wore a sports bra for riding even though it can lead to poor posture and musculoskeletal problems, which are sensed by the horse. Read More…

Brooke Barker is the creator behind Sad Animal Facts, a wildly popular site that takes funny sad facts about animals and turns them into comics. In this episode, Brooke and I talk about her background in advertising, Sad Animal Facts' unique origin story, and her new book! You can follow Brooke on Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram.    Preorder a copy of Sad Animal Facts here!