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Backroom deals between animal shelters and dog breeders

Hosted by Madeleine Brand Apr. 12, 2018

Photo of a poodle seeking a view leaps inside its enclosure at Sugarfork by Salwan Georges/The Washington Post.

From this Episode:

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Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo faced a heated Senate confirmation hearing today. Pompeo is a former Kansas congressman, and current CIA director.

8 min, 9 sec

What the California National Guard will do at the border

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Why some people buy dogs from puppy mills but say they're rescue dogs

Dog rescue groups have long denounced commercial breeders for mistreating animals.

7 min, 29 sec

The last Nazi war criminal in the U.S.

Jakiw Palij is the last Nazi war criminal in America. Palij was an armed guard in a forced labor camp in eastern Poland. In one horrific incident at that camp, 6000 Jewish...

10 min, 59 sec

The strange journey of 'Louie Louie'

Three chords and a lot of teenage energy make “Louie Louie” one of those songs you can’t hear without smiling. But the version we know, performed by the Kingsmen, is not the...

9 min, 58 sec

Credits

Host:
Madeleine Brand

Producers:
Gina Pollack, Sarah Sweeney, Michell Eloy, Amy Ta, Christian Bordal, Quinn O'Toole, Yael Even Or

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