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One answer to holiday travel stress? Airport dogs
A therapy dog wears a nurse Halloween costume as part of a program to de-stress passengers at the international boarding gate area of Los Angeles airport in Los Angeles, California, United States,...
View ArticleAll Aboard, Amtrak! And that Means Cats and Dogs, Too.
Amtrak is expanding its pets-on-trains program beyond the Northeast and Illinois, which was where it began two years ago. Now, the passenger rail outfit is making it permanent on some routes, while...
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How a litter of puppies could help save endangered animals
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioHARI SREENIVASAN: But first, now to another scientific breakthrough.The planet is currently in the midst of an extinction crisis. As global climate changes and habitats...
View ArticleThe End of Average, Reimagining Fashion, Westminster Rejects
February 17, 2016: 1. An Outsider's Perspective on an Insider Candidate | 2. Immigration Envy Grows as Cubans Get Easy Access | 3. A Best in Show Pooch and Plenty of Westminster Rejects | 4. When High...
View ArticleA Best in Show Pooch and Plenty of Westminster Rejects
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.The 140th Annual Westminster Dog Show wrapped up last night at Madison Square Garden. Over 3,000 dogs competed, representing all 50 states and 12...
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The woe of being labeled a pit bull
Would you adopt this puppy? You may not if it’s labeled a pit bull, according to a new study from Arizona State University. Photo by Square Dog Photography/via Getty ImagesWhat’s in a name? If you’re a...
View ArticleFive Things You Had to See Online This Week
This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Old ladies whip it, the sleepiest skier, and the best/worst brothers in the world win the internet this week. 1. Turn the Beat AroundWhen life gives you a really...
View ArticleCan My Dog Say Hi?
Two dog owners stop on the street so their canine companions can say hi. Beneath the forced small talk, what are they really thinking? Dan Hopper’s “Every Interaction Between Two Strangers Walking Dogs...
View ArticleThe Last of the 9/11 Search Dogs Dies
The last known living 9/11 search dog has died in a Houston suburb at age 16.Bretagne, a golden retriever, was euthanized Monday at a veterinary clinic in the Houston suburb of Cypress, according to a...
View ArticleEpisode 34: Cats vs. Dogs and the Late Zaha Hadid
When it comes to the war on terror, bomb-sniffing dogs are essential companions. When it comes to your sex life, no animal provides blissful privacy like a cat. So which is the superior domesticated...
View ArticleCats vs. Dogs: The Great Debate
Which is the superior domesticated animal, the dog or the cat? At The New Yorker Festival, David Remnick moderated a debate with the New Yorker staff writers Adam Gopnik and Malcolm Gladwell (team dog)...
View ArticleBilly Collins Reads Eamon Grennan
Billy Collins joins Paul Muldoon to read and discuss Eamon Grennan’s “Sea Dog,” and his own poem “Table Talk.”
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Photo Gallery: Digging Classical Music On National Dog Day
In celebration of National Dog Day, which is observed every Aug. 26, we asked WQXR listeners to send in photos of their pups enjoying classical music. Here are 10 of our favorites. You can see more...
View ArticleSenate Republicans Thwart Supreme Court; Electionland; A Dog's Nose; Puzzles!
Coming up on today's show:Elie Mystal, an editor for Above the Law and the legal editor for WNYC's podcast More Perfect, says that if Hillary Clinton is elected President, Senate Republicans will not...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: Neil deGrasse Tyson, WNBA Activism, A Dog Nose
A few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.Neil deGrasse Tyson (First) | WNBA's Activism (Starts 23:52) | What a Dog's Nose Knows (Starts 55:20)If you don't subscribe to the...
View ArticleSnap Spooked Special - Hounds Of Hell
On the next Snap Spooked Special... "Hounds of Hell." What happens when man's best friend...turns into your worst enemy? Part of Snap's terrifying "Spooked Week" of haunting, true-life stories. Be...
View ArticleLauren Groff Reads "Flower Hunters"
Lauren Groff reads her story “Flower Hunters,” from the November 21, 2016, issue of the magazine. Groff is the author of the story collection “Delicate Edible Birds,” and three novels, including...
View ArticleHoliday Weekend Special: WNBA on Sports Activism; Neil deGrasse Tyson; Marina...
For today's show you'll hear a few of our past favorites:WNBA's New York Liberty players Tina Charles, 2012 WNBA Most Valuable Player, and Swin Cash, three-time WNBA champion, discussed their...
View ArticleWatch: This Rescue Beagle Gets Down on the Ivories
Today, we want to give a special shout-out to Buddy, the rescue beagle who has become a friendly reminder that you can do anything you set your mind to — to an extent at least. According to his humans,...
View ArticleInside the World of Dog Adoption
Amy Sutherland joins us to discuss her new book, Rescuing Penny Jane: One Shelter Volunteer, Countless Dogs, and the Quest to Find Them All Homes, which goes inside the world of homeless dogs and the...
View ArticleUS Senator Whitehouse, Washington's Runaway Slave, a Lopate Family Chat, Dog...
U.S. Senator and former federal prosecutor Sheldon Whitehouse joins us to discuss his new book Captured: The Corporate Infiltration of American Democracy, which examines corporate influence on politics...
View ArticlePhotography for Dogs 101
Elias Weiss Friedman, better known as The Dogist, is the Internet’s favorite dog photographer. He’s developed a daily practice of taking stunning portraits of other people’s pups and in the past three...
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Dog attacks of U.S. postal workers highest in three decades
A U.S. postal worker loads up his truck with mail for delivery from the postal station in Carlsbad, California on Feb. 6, 2013. Photo by Mike Blake/ReutersWASHINGTON — Booming online retail sales are...
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Photos: When tanks replaced horses, and modern weapons of WWI were born
Two American soldiers, Cpl. Howard Thompson and James H. White, who were part of a group that killed and captured several Germans on March 7, 1918, pose with a pistol taken from a German soldier. Photo...
View ArticleThe Spice Dogs: More New Yorkers Are Giving Pups Savory Names
Big news: New Yorkers are increasingly naming their dogs after fruits, vegetables, herbs and spices.The New York City health department announced Friday that Bella and Max remained the most popular...
View ArticleWatch This Friendly Dog Wander Into the Orchestra
On June 20, the Vienna Chamber Orchestra settled in for a lovely evening of outdoor music in Ephesus, Turkey. The combination of night air and music is always special, but in this particular instance,...
View Article75 – The Making Of a Karaoke Ice Cream Truck and More Stories
Stories of creativity and invention— the making of a jar of jam, the making of a fashionable 3-D printed covering for an artificial limb, Muttville-a foster care rescue center for senior dogs, a...
View ArticleA Lesson in Resilience From Markoe's Best Friend
Merrill Markoe loves dogs. She’s written two novels and many comic essays about our furry friends. Doug Gordon sat down to talk with her about how dogs became our besties.
View ArticleRevealing the Aristocratic Lifestyles of "Monster Dogs"
Kirsten Bakis first wrote her story of biomechanically-enhanced, hyper-intelligent dogs 20 years ago, and it’s been a cult favorite ever since. So why create a post-modern Frankenstein story with dogs...
View ArticleLauren Groff Reads “Dogs Go Wolf”
Lauren Groff reads her story from the August 28, 2017, issue of the magazine. Groff is the author of the story collection “Delicate Edible Birds” and three novels, including “Arcadia,” which was...
View ArticleSarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads “Likes”
Sarah Shun-lien Bynum reads her story from the October 9, 2017, issue of the magazine. Bynum is the author of two novels, “Madeleine is Sleeping” and “Ms. Hempel Chronicles.” Her story “The Erlking”...
View ArticleAlan Cumming's Dogs Go On An Adventure
Acclaimed stage and film actor Alan Cumming discusses his new children’s book The Adventures of Honey & Leon. It tells the story of dogs Honey and Leon, who secretly follow their owners, Cumming...
View ArticleDogs Rescued From Puerto Rico Looking for Homes
Newly-rescued stray dogs from Puerto Rico are looking for homes in New York City.A privately-chartered cargo plane filled with humanitarian and animal aid supplies flew to the devastated island. It...
View ArticlePresenting: This Podcast Has Fleas
What happens when rival pets have dueling podcasts? Find out as Jones, a slick cat with an auto tuner, faces off with Waffles, a dog who can’t help chewing her microphone. This comedy series for kids...
View ArticleFirst Episode. Sleepover.
Slumber party! Waffles and Jones scheme to get the other dressed up in the ugly sweater, while Benny tries not to get caught in the middle. Will some wise words from Mr. Glub help? Featuring Jones's...
View ArticlePet Peeves
Do pets have pet peeves? Waffles wants to know. It’s bath time for Jones -- especially after a spritz from his stinky cologne called “Eau de Tuna” -- and he’s not having it. His plan: Get Waffles in...
View ArticleCone of Shame
Waffles can’t help splashing around in the toilet bowl. But this time her bad behavior leads to the dreaded cone--just in time for a visit from Shep, the champion agility dog from next door. Jones...
View ArticleHow To Sniff Like A Dog
For this week’s Please Explain, we’re following dogs as they sniff their way through the world with their incredible sense of smell. Alexandra Horowitz, who teaches canine cognition and creative...
View ArticleVet Escape
Nooooo! An unexpected car trip to the vet forces Waffles and Jones to learn the benefits of cooperation. But can teamwork accomplish the unthinkable? Or will a weasley rabbit stand in the way of the...
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Best in Show: Operatic Dogs
I am grateful for the life I lead and the pleasures that music, friendship, good food and health provide. It is not my way to bemoan what I don’t have, but there is one thing I miss in my life: a dog....
View ArticleA Best in Show Bichon and Plenty of #WestminsterRejects
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segmentThe 142nd annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog show crowned a winner last night in New York City. Flynn, a bichon frisé, was named Best in...
View ArticleThe American Bombs Falling on Yemen
As opposition to U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen rises, we look at the fate of one Yemeni peacemaker who was killed in an air strike in Sana’a. A reporter examines Scott Pruitt’s case for...
View ArticleBad Dog
In 2011, Jia Tolentino went to a dog rescue in Dallas and found Luna. Seven years later, Luna is the love of her life and the bane of her existence. The mutt jumps on visitors, bites, barks...
View ArticleThe Secret Lives of Dogs: Unsafe Shelters and Unethical Breeders
Kim Kavin, the author of The Dog Merchants: Inside the Big Business of Breeders, Pet Stores, and Rescuers discusses her latest story in The Washington Post“Dog Fight,” which investigates how many...
View ArticleCanine Cognition: What's My Dog Really Thinking?
Alexandra Horowitz, who teaches canine cognition and creative nonfiction at Barnard College and runs the Horowitz Dog Cognition Lab, discusses the minds of dogs. Her latest book is Being a Dog:...
View ArticleThe Politics of Being a Female Comedian, Springtime Baking with Deb Perelman,...
Comedians Veronica Mosey, Agunda Okeyo, and Pat Brown discuss Michelle Wolf's game-changing roast at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and what it's really like being a female comedian....
View ArticleIsabella Rossellini Brings Her One-Woman Show to America
Award-winning actor and filmmaker Isabella Rossellini discusses the American premiere of her new one-woman show, Link Link Circus, now playing at the Baryshnikov Arts Center through May 23. This...
View Article'The Iceman Cometh,' Milton Glasers' Iconography, Isabella Rossellini's...
David Morse, Colm Meaney and Bill Irwin talk about starring in the Broadway revival of Eugene O’Neill’s The Iceman Cometh, which also stars Denzel Washington. Milton Glaser reflects on his...
View ArticleGeorge Booth, City Slicker
George Booth started drawing cartoons when he was three and a half years old. (His first was a race car stuck in the mud.) Now nearly ninety, he’s been contributing to The New Yorker for over...
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