How do you train a horse to plow, much less to function in a cavalry unit? Can horses teach one another to follow human instructions? And perhaps most importantly: why do people always call horses "beautiful animals"? Steven Spielberg's 2011 "War Horse" guides Katie and Norm through these and more Big Questions.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

How do you train a horse to plow, much less to function in a cavalry unit? Can horses teach one another to follow human instructions? And perhaps most importantly: why do people always call horses "beautiful animals"? Steven Spielberg's 2011 "War Horse" guides Katie and Norm through these and more Big Questions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How do you train a horse to plow, much less to function in a cavalry unit? Can horses teach one another to follow human instructions? And perhaps most importantly: why do people always call horses "beautiful animals"? Steven Spielberg's 2011 "War Horse" guides Katie and Norm through these and more Big Questions. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

War Horse

We look at live-action films featuring real animals to look at how they are represented, and what filmmakers get right or wrong about animal behavior. Co-hosts Katie and Norm discuss how movies have influenced our perception of animals and their relationship with humans, for better and for worse.<hr> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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We look at live-action films featuring real animals to look at how they are represented, and what filmmakers get right or wrong about animal behavior. Co-hosts Katie and Norm discuss how movies have influenced our perception of animals and their relationship with humans, for better and for worse. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We look at live-action films featuring real animals to look at how they are represented, and what filmmakers get right or wrong about animal behavior. Co-hosts Katie and Norm discuss how movies have influenced our perception of animals and their relationship with humans, for better and for worse. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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