February 14, 2024 Episode 108: I Can Give You Ass

Grumpy Old Gay Men and Their Dogs

#Society #Conversations #Comedy #Patrick Finn

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“If we march into that village and we start trying to persecute people for using poison, something that's very illegal, nobody's going to talk to us. We're not going to find out where the poison came from. We're not going to be able to shut anything down. We should take the approach that people are using poison because they're desperate, because they see no other alternative.” – Andrew Stein Andrew Stein is a wildlife ecologist who spent the past 25 years studying human carnivore conflict from African wild dogs and lions in Kenya and Botswana to leopards and hyenas in Namibia. His work has long focused on finding ways for people and predators to coexist. He is the founder of CLAWS , an organization based in Botswana that's working at the intersection of cutting-edge wildlife research and community driven conservation. Since its start in 2014 and official launch as an NGO in 2020, CLAWS has been pioneering science-based, tech-forward strategies to reduce conflict between people and carnivores. By collaborating closely with local communities, especially traditional cattle herders, CLAWS supports both species conservation and rural livelihoods—making coexistence not just possible, but sustainable.…

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In this week's episode, Patrick and Tommie discuss how to protect yourself and your dog if another dog attacks, salute thespians John Barrymore and Thelma Ritter, rub some Wesson oil on Florence Henderson, lament the 6th anniversary of the deadliest mass shooting at a school in U.S. history, investigate the origins of Saint Valentine and his holiday, burn some palm fronds for Ash Wednesday, re-examine the news of the CDC changing its COVID guidelines, celebrate New York Congressman-elect Tom Suozzi's victory, Patrick regrets the absence of Jamie Dornan's bare buttocks in the Netflix series The Tourist, while Tommie explores his obsession with videos of sheepdogs and thatched roofs, then they find their mouths agape at Donald Trump's latest stupidity, and name their favorite love songs.

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