Therapist ⁠⁠⁠⁠Laurel van der Toorn⁠ discusses ⁠the dad who supported his daughter's veganism, but who refused when she asked him to stop eating meat⁠.

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The Last Show opens with foreign correspondent Tony Five revealing an intimate and heartbreaking story of what happened to his dog Frank over the weekend. (Please reach out to Tony via email at [email protected].) Intimacy coordinator Jen Viens describes her job of assisting actors with sex scenes on screen. Perpetual cognitive neuroscientist Leanne Chukoskie explains the uncanny valley and why dolls like Chucky freak us out so much. The first openly gay professional hockey player, ⁠Brock McGillis⁠, joins David – and later Tony Five – for a candid look at what it's like to be gay in pro sports, and how to break barriers toward real inclusion. Therapist ⁠⁠⁠Laurel van der Toorn discusses the dad who supported his daughter's veganism, but who refused when she asked him to stop eating meat. Natural language processing researcher Myra Cheng shares her research showing people-pleasing chatbots may boost your ego, but weaken your judgment. Management professor Howie Xu explains that flexible schedules and other negotiated arrangements affect office teams' success.

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Joelle Andres, owner of ⁠the world's cutest dog⁠ named ⁠Bastian⁠, shares the story about rescuing her "talking" dog.

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Psychology professor ⁠Dr. Jessica Lougheed⁠ shares ⁠her study revealing how sex education fails queer students⁠.

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Foreign correspondent ⁠Tony Five⁠ joins the show for The Umbrage Chronicles and covers ⁠the outrage with The London Underground refusing to remove video encouraging people to take cats aboard⁠ and ⁠tech billionaires doom prepping⁠. David asks Tony what to do with his parents while they visit.

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Political science professor Dr. Rachel Torres explains that ⁠people are more likely to honk at bad drivers with political bumper stickers⁠.

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Foreign correspondent Tony Five joins the show for The Umbrage Chronicles and covers the outrage with The London Underground refusing to remove video encouraging people to take cats aboard and tech billionaires doom prepping. David asks Tony what to do with his parents while they visit. Political science professor Dr. Rachel Torres explains that people are more likely to honk at bad drivers with political bumper stickers. Joelle Andres, owner of the world's cutest dog named Bastian, shares the story about rescuing her "talking" dog. Psychology professor Dr. Jessica Lougheed shares her study revealing how sex education fails queer students. Auditory neuroscientist Mercede Erfanian chats about misophonia and how research shows it's linked to other, deeper psychological traits. Work and organization studies professor Dr. Natalia Slutskaya discusses how waste management workers have gone from hero to zero in the public's eyes since the pandemic. Marking professor ⁠⁠⁠Dr. Riley Krotz⁠⁠⁠ reveals that ⁠⁠⁠the perk that motivates employees most of all is free food⁠⁠⁠.

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On It's Time For Technology Time, ⁠Carmi Levy⁠ covers tech stories of the day, including: ⁠Apple's Find My leads cops to thousands of smuggled iPhones⁠; ⁠OpenAI's Sora makes disinformation easy⁠; ⁠Japan's most popular beer is running low after a cyberattack⁠; and more.

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Professor of conspiracy studies Nathan Radke joins David for Conspiracy Corner, and discusses how AI videos are going to dramatically shift how we know what's true.

⁠Listen to Nathan's podcast The Uncover Up here⁠⁠⁠.

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On Pet Talk (or Vet Talk), ⁠Dr. Cliff Redford⁠ discusses ⁠the terrible scene for Beluga wales at a shuttered Marineland⁠ and ⁠why snow leopards are in a precarious situation genetically⁠.

⁠⁠Check out Cliff's podcast Vet Life here⁠⁠.

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