GETTING CURIOUS | Why Are We So Obsessed With Dogs? with Dr. maythe han

Getting Curious with Jonathan Van Ness

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Science, Self-improvement, Comedy, Education, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 1 February 2023

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Dogs. We snuggle up with them on the couch. We pamper them with treats and toys and songs. We even give them prime placement on our dating profiles! But how—and why—did we become BFFs with canines? And what does our love for dogs say about us? This week, anthrozoologist Dr. maythe han and her dog Frank join Jonathan to explore this special bond between humans and dogs. maythe han is an anthrozoologist of more-than-human kinship with dogs. Addressing the question ‘how can we live a good life together?’, her research foregrounds embodied imagination and creativity in exploring how dogs and their humans become-with one another. She uses art and music to understand and communicate the ways in which dogs and their humans co-produce and re-produce systems, structures, and sensibilities involved in multispecies experiences and environments. She lives with her border collie, Frank, who is a very good boy. You can follow maythe on Instagram and Mastodon @odetodogs for her artwork, on Twitter @maythehan, and at maythehan.com. And make sure to check out her gorgeous custom animal portraits—she’s taking commissions! Follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CuriousWithJVN to join the conversation. Jonathan is on Instagram and Twitter @JVN and @Jonathan.Vanness on Facebook. Transcripts for each episode are available at JonathanVanNess.com. Our executive producer is Erica Getto. Our associate producer is Zahra Crim. Our editor is Andrew Carson. Our theme music is “Freak” by QUIÑ; for more, head to TheQuinCat.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Getting Curious or bieninos are Getting Curious. I'm Jonathan Van Ness and every week I sit down for a gorgeous conversation with a brilliant expert to learn all about something that makes me curious.
0:12.0	On today's episode episode I'm joined by
0:13.6	Maeh Hahn where I ask her why are we so obsessed with dogs especially my three
0:19.0	because they're so perfect! Welcome to getting curious I am so excited for today's episode because it is about one of my very favorite topics in the world.
0:28.0	Dogs! It's perfect! Literally dogs, I was about to say and not Michelle Kwan it is about dogs honey. I have a household full of cats and dogs five cats three dogs and if you know anything about me you know that it's I have just an
0:44.2	unconditional love and obsession with kittens and puppers I learned so much about
0:49.3	them from our episodes on cat and dog behavior and animal cognition,
0:53.0	but we've never fully explored the relationship
0:55.0	between humans and dogs on getting curious.
0:58.0	So today, we're getting curious about that story
1:00.0	and the science behind human canine kinship and there is no one better in the world
1:05.7	to tell us about that than Dr. Maith-Hahn who is an anthrosoologist researching
1:12.3	more than human kinship between dogs and their humans.
1:16.2	With a focus on ethnographic storytelling, her PhD documented the experiences and implications of human canine kinship.
1:25.0	She is also an artist and her illustrations which are so beautiful and like gripping.
1:32.1	I just am such a fan are an extension of her academic work
1:36.7	They explore non-textual ways in which our kinship can be understood and communicated and can I also just say me it's giving like modern David Hawkney I don't know if anyone
1:45.7	said that but it's like it's a really chic how are you welcome to getting curious thank
1:50.9	you for coming on our show up.
1:52.6	Thank you so much for having me and oh my God what a what a praise.
1:58.2	Thank you.
2:00.1	I have to catch our listeners up on what happened in our tech check right before we started.
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