#19 Underdog

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Society & Culture, Documentary, Technology

4.7 • 29.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2015

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Marnie the Dog is one of the most famous dogs on Instagram. Two years ago, she was near death at an animal shelter in Connecticut, now she has 1.2 million followers and hangs out with human celebrities.This week, we investigate the formula for internet dog fame, and look at how having a famous dog will completely upend your life. Thanks for listening. Subscribe to the show at www.itunes.com/replyall, or anywhere else you listen to podcasts. Help us with Email Debt Forgiveness Day by telling us about your email anxieties! Leave a voicemail at 1 (917) 475-6668. Also, to see an article about this episode on digg.com with tons more cute dog content, go to http://digg.com/2015/how-a-dog-goes-from-0-to-1-2-million-instagram-followers-in-a-year Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Last week I visited Shirley Braha at her apartment in Chinatown.
0:08.8	Hey!
0:09.8	Hi, how are you?
0:10.8	Good!
0:11.8	Shirley's 32.
0:12.8	She's had a bunch of jobs in TV.
0:15.3	Back in 2012, she was about to turn 30.
0:18.1	And she decided to do something she always wanted to do.
0:20.4	Adopted Dog from an animal shelter.
0:22.1	I started looking at PetFinder.com, which is of course a website, to find homeless dogs
0:27.6	and cats.
0:28.6	She found a dog she liked.
0:29.8	This 10-year-old from a shelter in Connecticut.
0:31.9	Her name on the listing was Greta.
0:34.4	But like her actual name in the shelter, like when you like signed the paper broke, it
0:37.6	was actually stinky because she smells so bad.
0:40.8	Because like all her teeth were decaying.
0:43.1	She was in bad shape.
0:44.4	Her fur was matted.
0:45.6	One of her eyes was clouded over.
0:47.0	The shelter said she could no longer see out of it.
0:49.6	She looked like she was dying.
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