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The Modern Mann

Please Kill My Pet

The Modern Mann

Matt Hill

Relationships, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.8753 Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

What does it mean to give a pet a “good death”? Dr Caroline Flicker was Britain’s first vet to specialise in at-home palliative and end-of-life care. After three decades of home visits - caring for thousands of dying animals and the families who love them - she tells Olly why wagging tails and healthy appetites can mask profound suffering, why families so often disagree about “the right time”, and why pets experience death very differently from humans. From helping kids say goodbye to beloved pets to navigating the ethics of assisted dying, this is a thought-provoking conversation about grief, responsibility, and the emotional bond between humans and animals.  Caroline practices across London. Find out more at pallivet.com _____________ Meanwhile, in the Zeitgeist, Ollie Peart investigates the trend toward self-appointed ‘street patrols’.  With groups like Safeguard Force and Essex Spartans promising to “take back” local communities, are these high-vis heroes filling the gaps left by shrinking police numbers… or creating new problems of their own? And when patrol groups start looking and sounding increasingly official, where exactly is the line between community support and vigilante justice? _____________ Elsewhere, down the Foxhole, Alix Fox ponders the etiquette of unexpectedly bumping into a colleague at a BDSM club! If your workmate spots you in latex while they’re getting their balls zapped by a dominatrix, should you acknowledge it… ignore it… or pretend the whole thing never happened? Alix consults London fetish educator and professional dominant Master Peter, and considers why what happens in the dungeon really should stay in the dungeon… _____________ Finally, our record of the month is 'Lucky Again' - from Lykke Li’s new album The Afterparty, available now. _____________ If you’ve got a letter for Olly, a relationships question for Alix, or a challenge for Ollie, please head to our website (where you can also donate to the show 🙏): https://modernmann.co.uk And/or join our Discord here. _____________ Thanks for listening - and we’ll see you on June 10th. Presenter: Olly Mann. Contributors: Dr Caroline Flicker, Alix Fox, Ollie Peart, Lykke Li. Producer: Matt Hill. Theme Music: ‘Skies Over Cairo’ by Django Django. Artwork: Podcast Discovery. Copyright: Olly Mann / Rethink Audio 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, man fans, Oli Mann here with The Modern Man, your monthly audio magazine show,

0:05.0

and here is what's coming up today.

0:08.0

A key difference between humans and our animals is as humans, we're aware of our mortality.

0:16.8

We put a value on our future lives in a way our pets don't.

0:24.6

Helping pet owners make heartbreaking decisions. I meet Britain's first palliative vet.

0:28.6

Plus...

0:29.6

Lots of people go to these clubs precisely because they want to escape the day-to-day drudgery of daily life.

0:36.6

When spreadsheets meet bedsheets,

0:39.3

Alex Fox on what to do when you see colleagues in a sex club,

0:43.3

and Olli Piat patrols the streets.

0:46.4

That's all to come on this edition of The Modern Man.

0:50.7

But first, your letters,

0:52.6

and thank you to everybody who's written in to applaud us on our recent awards success.

0:58.6

Perhaps this has passed you by.

1:00.1

I can't imagine why.

1:01.1

There's not anything else going on in the news at the moment.

1:03.3

But if you haven't heard, this show, the modern man, was runner up in the category of best blooper at the comedy podcast ceremony known as the

1:12.9

golden lobes this week um we went along on wednesday it was a lot of fun interpretation there

1:19.8

was beer and we don't get out much and um yeah the winner in the category was a show called um i've had a rosa

1:27.1

let's talk about feelings with Sam Lake,

1:30.0

which is a great title.

1:31.9

And he seemed funny and I'm looking forward to listening to that show.

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