The cost of loving your pet
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The cost of loving your pet

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 11, 202630 min

Our emotional relationships with our pets have only grown since the pandemic — and so has the financial price we pay. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Jenny Lawton, fact-checked by Melissa Hirsch, engineered by Bridger Dunnagan, and hosted by Jonquilyn Hill. Mackenzie Rullo, 4, waits ringside with golden retriever "Envy" at The Rocky Mountain Cluster All Breed Dog Show in Denver in 2016. Photo by Kathryn Scott Osler/The Denver Post via Getty Images. If you have a question, give us a call at 1-800-618-8545 or email [email protected].<br...

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I'm Ina Garten and each week on Happy Hour I invite new and old friends for a drink and a fun conversation at my kitchen table in New York City. On this week's episode I'm joined by Nathan Lane. We talk about his critically acclaimed run in Death of a Salesman, taking his dog to

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therapy and winning an Emmy for Only Murders in the Building. New episodes of Happy Hour are available every Wednesday. You can watch on YouTube or listen wherever you get your podcasts. Cheers.

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you get your podcasts. My son Rusty is the greatest dog there ever was. We have a wonderful dog named Bab-Babe Ruth Bader Ginsburg. We love him and he's crazy and he's here to stay.

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