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Ethnocynology in the Apocalypse: Children of Men - Ep 10

As laid out in Episode 4, David will be doing deep dives into movies, TV shows, and books that have to do with anthropology and dogs in the apocalypse. In this episode, David does a deep dive on a film called “Children of Men” directed by Alfonso Cuarón.

Children of Men explores a near-future where men and women have become infertile, and no one is able to reproduce. In this story, dogs play a role in substituting for children, which is uniquely explored in the film through its cinematography.

Some of the things David discusses are the plot Summary, key themes, the role of dogs as surrogates for children, and Cuaron’s cinematic techniques and world-building,

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Why this Ice Age Bone Needle is so Important. - Ep 09

In this episode of Ethnocynology, David highlights a recent paper published about a bone needle he helped excavate in the summer of 2022.

While David wasn’t an author on the paper, he was there when it was excavated, recorded the moment, and recently conducted interviews with the two leading authors of the paper.

David discusses how he read a comment on his post about the needle that made him stop to think about how important such a small item could be to people on the ice age plains.

David discusses how to read an academic paper, while conducting interviews with the researchers into the podcast.

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Salukis and German Shepherds with Jonny Devaney - Ep 08

In this episode, David chats with good friend and guest Jonny Devaney.

David had interviewed Jonny on the David Ian Howe Show a few months ago and on that episode talked about possibly doing another, and being one of the first guests on Ethnocynology.

David and Jonny begin the episode by catching up and talking about dogs. And then Jonny begins his deep dive into his obsession with Salukis and begins their very interesting history.

After the break, David talks about facts about German Shepherds.

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