In this podcast, we talk to two dog trainers about training dogs to be service animals. Ellen Gagliano trains puppies to ready them for more intensive training, and then we hear from professional dog trainer Joanna Sidote talks about positive reinforcement practices in animal training.

In the third and final episode of The Matrix Podcast's special series on The Drug Crisis in America, we talk to local municipal Judge Todd Grace. Judge Grace tells us about the options open to addicts who are convicted of drug crimes or crimes related to addiction.

In this edition of The Matrix Podcast we talk about the sound of The Beatles. We interview Andre Gribou, who teaches music history at Ohio University. Through the mockumentary produced by The Rutles, we untangle the unique elements that made The Beatles iconic.

In the second episode of this series, we interviewed Dr. Brittany Peterson, a researcher from Ohio University. Dr. Peterson is a communications professor with an emphasis on systems of involuntary membership, such as prisons. We talked with her about the prison system in the U.S., the agency that those prisoners exhibit in their everyday lives, and what Dr. Peterson has observed while researching in prisons near and far.

In this episode of The Matrix Podcast, we discuss healthy relationships. Our guests, Julie Wrocklage, M.S., LPC, NCC and Ellen Smith LPCC-S CST, talk about how to identify a toxic relationship, how to manage conflict in a relationship, and what makes a healthy relationship in the first place. At the end, we give tips and ideas for how to build a healthy relationship.