Paul Messing

David Louis explains the simple truth behind his belief that anyone can make a connection with another being.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

Can humans communicate with animals? Whether you believe or not, if you keep an open mind, these are true stories to consider.

This delicious and wholesome stuffing is full of grains and fruits, and can be served by itself as a side dish.

The first installment of a growing collection of unlikely book titles written by authors you've never heard of.

This music sketch is a rich audio soundscape that runs 2:32, full of sound and music. It ranges from the gentle to the bombastic, jazzy, and highly dramatic, and is a masterful blend of music with the sounds associated with the old Trans-siberian Express, crossing Asia into Europe in the 1940s. It also has melodic references to WWII, and ongoing references to Dvorak's New World symphony. Headphones recommended!

This engaging excerpt from "For Kindred Spirits" explores how we keep and treat elephants. We learn about their nature through an interview with Carol Buckley, co-founder of The Elephant Sanctuary in Hoenhwald, Tennessee, and hear a moving elephant story and interviewer from host Susan Chernak McElroy.

This is the first part of a piece based on visualizing a few animated trumpet players (not necessarily "stupid") that are playing with a simple theme, back and forth, as a latin rhythm section has fun accompanying them. It's a catch simple tune, and a real toe tapper that might make you want to start a conga line.

This is a fun instrumental piece that may have been inspired by a short story. It is also conducive to lyric writing, in case you'd like to write lyrics to it. Let me know please :) It follows a classic meter, and is meant as a musical treat with a beginning, a middle and, of course, an end.

A thunderstorm bodes ill as this tension-filled instrumental piece conjures up images that may be frightening...perhaps shocking! Dramatic, to say the least, with several punctuation points. Like many of these short pieces, works well with video, or as audio.

This is a short, orchestral fun theme that can be used as an opening and a closing for a variety of fun facts or programs. A catchy melody and a fun production!

This is a 30 second theme from a non-existent program. It could be used as a theme for a variety of programs. Fun and upbeat, and even includes whistling!

A 30 second grand orchestral fanfare of sorts, created in the 1990s sometime.

A short and percussive tango-like piece that tells a story, and defies description :)

Perfect for a scary Halloween night, especially if there is windy weather!

Simple chimes playing the melody, and then an unanticipated change of sorts.

A nice arrangement of Silver Bells, that morphs into an unexpected audio atmosphere.

A bleak and scary Christmas scenario, with a slow percussive pulse, ever changing, and incorporating a large number of traditional Christmas-time melodies, played in a most unusual way.

Listen to this 2-minute audio module and you'll learn everything you need to know about camels, as read by "Lloyd Breckenridge," the processed voice of radio personality Gene Shay. Let us know if you like this, and we can provide more such informative and fun nuggets!

Here's a fun and upbeat toe-tapper that combines a lot of Christmas-related melodies into a two-and-a-half minute medley! See how many tunes you can hear, and have a Merry Christmas!

A not-so-young couple and their two cats answer the question "what could possibly go wrong?" in their move to a town where they knew no one, had no place to live, no jobs and no money.

The true trials and tribulations of a first-day cab driver in the suburbs of Philadelphia in 1996.

Bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy (Animals as Teachers and Healers) interviews author Joanne Lauck about her book "Voice of the Infinite in the Small: Re-Visioning the Insect-Human Connection." Full of fascinating insights into our relationship with the insect world, and information about the bigger picture of such small beings.

This is a sound-rich radio piece about 16 therapy dogs gathering for a group photo, intermixed with the sounds of the day, narration and an interview with Dr. Whitney Schelgel of the Indiana University School of Medicine. Fun and uplifting!

This is a phoned-in story from Marion Hale about her cat, Homer. Marion relates how Homer seems to have saved her life, and died at an early age in the process. This is a very moving and beautifully told story, followed by a musical epilogue. Keep tissues nearby.

NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy (Animals as Teachers and Healers), introduces us to this book by the founders of Three Dog Bakery, and points out connections between the dog Gracie and the perennial philosophy. We then hear the Forward to the book read by Tom Hargis.

NY Times bestselling author Susan Chernak McElroy (Animals as Teachers and Healers) relates a story about being thankful from her cancer recovery, and shares a story from her first book about a woman who learned a lesson in thankfulness from her cat.