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City of Dogs
Join writer Ken Foster as he talks with dog owners and special guests about the role dogs play in building community in New York and other cities before, during and after the pandemic. Inspired by the book City of Dogs, a collaboration between Ken Foster and photographer Traer Scott, published by Avery Books.
Episodes
6 episodes
Episode 6: Dachsunds & Theatre Nerd Laura Z. Barket
In City of Dogs, Laura Z. Barket--and her gaggle of tiny dachshunds--took us on a tour of her Upper East Side home and neighborhood. In late summer, Ken Foster and photographer Traer Scott reunited...
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Episode 6
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Episode 5: Learning Resilience from Animals with Jessica Dolce
In this episode we talk with Jessica Dolce about her work as a compassion fatigue educator (and a dog walker and shelter volunteer) and what we can do to provide self-care as we help with others. Whether we self-identify as "helpers" or n...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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Episode 4: Raised by Dogs with Monet and Jamila
In the City of Dogs book, we visited Monet with her mother Alfreda and daughter Jamila in the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they share a house next to the BQE with a number of dogs, large and ...
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Episode 4
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Episode 3: Dog Parks and Community with Garrett Rosso
Dogs bring people together, but what does that mean when a pandemic forces all the public dog parks to close? New York City Dog Trainer Garrett Rosso of Village Dogworks joins Ken Foster to talk about the history of Tompkins Square's Firs...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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Episode 2: Broadway Animal Trainer Lydia DesRoche
Author and Host Ken Foster is joined by Broadway Animal Trainer Lydia DesRoche and special guest photographer Traer Scott. Together, they talk about Lydia's lifelong love of animals and her unexpected journey from a New Orleans childhood ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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Episode 1: Dogs and the City, with photographer Traer Scott
In this introductory episode, Ken Foster talks with photographer Traer Scott about New York City and its dogs, their collaboration on the book City of Dogs, the important role dogs may play in the current pandemic quarantine and rebuilding comm...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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