We look at live-action films featuring real animals to look at how they are represented, and what filmmakers get right or wrong about animal behavior. Co-hosts Katie and Norm discuss how movies have influenced our perception of animals and their relationship with humans, for better and for worse.
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How big of a threat to humanity do birds represent? What could compel birds to attack in numbers? If they turned on us, would we ever truly be safe again? From meet cute to all-out chaos, we experience the rightfully beloved film The Birds and see what holds up and what falls flat.
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4 Feb 2024
War Horse
How do you train a horse to plow, much less to function in a cavalry unit? Can horses teach one another to follow human instructions? And perhaps most importantly: why do people always call horses "beautiful animals"? Steven Spielberg's 2011 "War Horse" guides Katie and Norm through these and more Big Questions.
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15 Dec 2023
MVP: Most Valuable Primate
Katie's pick of the pod compels them to sit through the year 2000's animal-centric comedy, "MVP: Most Valuable Primate," to watch real living chimpanzees masquerade as human and play ice hockey in Canada.
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12 Nov 2023
Never Cry Wolf
On this episode, Norm got to pick and elected to watch "Never Cry Wolf," adapted from the book of the same name. Katie read the book after viewing the film in preparation to get the 'full experience' of this questionable almost-classic story of a man who turns into the world's greatest little wolf boy.
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16 Sept 2023
Jaws!
On the debut episode of For the Love of Pavlov, Norm and Katie discuss Steven Spielberg's classic -- and the original blockbuster film -- Jaws, 1975. From physical features and limitations, to sensory abilities and feeding habits, we'll unpack the fact and fiction of shark attacks and grade the movie on historical accuracy and social impact with respect to these iconic animals.
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