In City of Dogs, Laura Z. Barket--and her gaggle of tiny dachshunds--took us on a tour of her Upper East Side home and neighborhood. In late summer, Ken Foster and photographer Traer Scott reunited with her (remotely) to catch up on life during

Episode 5: Learning Resilience from Animals with Jessica Dolce

Jun 5th, 2020 45m 8s

In this episode we talk with Jessica Dolce about her work as a compassion fatigue educator (and a dog walker and shelter volunteer) and what we can do to provide self-care as we help with others. Whether we self-identify as "helpers" or not, w

Episode 4: Raised by Dogs with Monet and Jamila

May 29th, 2020 28m 32s

In the City of Dogs book, we visited Monet with her mother Alfreda and daughter Jamila in the Fort Greene neighborhood in Brooklyn, where they share a house next to the BQE with a number of dogs, large and small. In this episode, we talk to Mo

Episode 3: Dog Parks and Community with Garrett Rosso

May 15th, 2020 53m 56s

Dogs bring people together, but what does that mean when a pandemic forces all the public dog parks to close? New York City Dog Trainer Garrett Rosso of Village Dogworks joins Ken Foster to talk about the history of Tompkins Square's First Run

Episode 2: Broadway Animal Trainer Lydia DesRoche

May 9th, 2020 54m 27s

Author and Host Ken Foster is joined by Broadway Animal Trainer Lydia DesRoche and special guest photographer Traer Scott. Together, they talk about Lydia's lifelong love of animals and her unexpected journey from a New Orleans childhood to to

Episode 1: Dogs and the City, with photographer Traer Scott

May 3rd, 2020 20m 14s

In this introductory episode, Ken Foster talks with photographer Traer Scott about New York City and its dogs, their collaboration on the book City of Dogs, the important role dogs may play in the current pandemic quarantine and rebuilding comm

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