Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure - Episode 242

Troubadours and Raconteurs, have you ever accosted a Northern Spotted Owl? We have for your listening pleasure Episode 242 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure" Crafted In North Eastern Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. This week's featured guest is Michael Harris, Legal Director of the Wildlife Law Program at Friends of Animals in Denver, Colorado. Attorney Harris and I discuss the Barred Owl Vs. the Northern Spotted Owl in the Pacific NorthWest, the History of Both Species of Owl, and Michael's Recent Argument in Front of the 9th Circuit Federal Appeals Court in Portland Oregon to Save the Barred Owl from Being Shotgunned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. We also discuss Species Migration as a New Ecological Reality, Human Involvement in Species on Species Conflict, Climate Change, Old Growth Forests, the Migratory BIrd Treaty, the Endangered Species Act... This week's sixty minutes includes an EW Essay titled "Gin." We share another poignant essay written and read by our Associate Producer and Resident Essayist Dr. Michael Pavese titled "The Copy Boy." We have a poem called "Pussies." Our music this week is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, Stevie Wonder, the Tragically Hip, One Eskimo, Patti Smith, Tom Petty, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Community Radio at its Finest. Share this episode with whomever you choose. Tell your Friends and Neighbors... Become a friend via facebook - Freespeakandsome Withewconundrum. Follow us on Twitter @FreespeakWit.