As a counterpoint to our episode No. 36 entitled "Do Animals Think?", we are joined by  Eugene Linden, a widely published author and journalist whose Parade Magazine last year on new evidence about animal intelligence that caught our attention. Linden's career began in 1972 when he covered the Vietnam War, and his work, which has appeared in the Smithsonian, Time and the Atlantic, tends to focus on nature and the environment, and it was a piece in . Linden has written more than a half-dozen books including such titles as “The Octopus and the Orangutan: New Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity” and “The Parrot's Lament and Other True Tales of Animal Intrigue, Intelligence, and Ingenuity."

Plus,  a bizarre Swiss catnapping case and the top 10 items surgically removed from pets. Call and tell us about yours at 206-210-1010. Or email [email protected].