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The go-along research method

How does the environment we move through shape the way we see and experience the world? Laurie Taylor talks to Alex Prior (London South Bank University) about his research inside Westminster, where he walked alongside MPs and staff to uncover how the corridors of power feel diffe ...  Show more

Colour in Film

How did the arrival of colour and film technology transform cinema and its cultural politics? Laurie Taylor explores the intertwined histories of technology, aesthetics, and identity.Swarnavel Eswaran, filmmaker and scholar at Michigan State University, introduces us to the remar ...  Show more

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Original Air Date: 4-25-2007Oprah dedicates a show all about dogs. How to train them, feed them and love them. She introduces her personal dog coach, Tamar Geller, who's revealing a powerful new training method Oprah has been using for over a year and a half — and swears by. Plus ...  Show more

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How do you know if your dog really loves you? What’s happening in a dog’s brain when they’re with their favourite human? And how can close human-dog bonds help people, and dogs, heal from trauma? In this episode of How We’re Wired, join producer Dr Eva Higginbotham as she uncover ...  Show more

Why can't my dog live as long as me?
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As we enter our teenage years, many of us feel like life is just getting started. But for dogs, celebrating a ‘teen’ birthday is a sign of old age, entering a phase when things start slowing down. Listener Susan was besotted with her beloved corgi Copper John and wants to know wh ...  Show more

James K. Beggan, "How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict" (Lexington Books, 2022)
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For the last twenty-thousand years, dogs and people have shared a unique bond in the animal kingdom. In How Our Love of Dogs Creates Social Conflict (Lexington Books, 2022), Dr. James K. Beggan uses symbolic interaction to examine the meaning that dogs have for people as friends ...  Show more