The head of the Dog Cognition Lab at Barnard College joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the new and unregulated industry of pet cloning, its hit-or-miss successes, and if this is even something that we should be doing.
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The attention economy rising around toddlers
New Yorker staff writer Jia Tolentino joins host Krys Boyd to discuss how CoComelon, a low-tech animation show featuring nursery songs, capitalized on the untapped market of toddler viewing habits.
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Corporations are people — what about animals?
Lawrence Wright examines human rights and how activists are fighting to extend them to animals, turning away from previous animal welfare models.
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Why Dollar Stores Get Robbed All The Time
Alec MacGillis, who covers politics and government for ProPublica, joins us to talk about when corporate neglect and food deserts begin to define a community.
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The Far Left And Far Right Hate Liberals
New Yorker staff writer Adam Gopnik joins us to set the record straight about the definition of liberalism by introducing us to the people from history who invented the liberal tradition.
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