Ep. 1402: Pet Nation and Ep. 1403: A Moral Conflict
October 20, 2021
Hosted by Kathryn Zox
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Episode Description
Kathryn interviews Author Mark Cushing, Esq. The pet population in the U.S. has almost doubled since 1998. Nearly 70% of the country now owns a pet who sleeps in a better bed than we do. Wall Street is pumping beaucoup bucks into pet businesses. Entire stores are devoted to pet gourmet organic delicacies, and mobile pet salons, pet spas, pet psychics and pet masseuses are all on the rise. Mark Cushing, founder and CEO of Animal Policy Group, explains how and why pets exploded in popularity over the last 20 years and the economic, media, legal, political and social dramas springing from this cultural transformation. He’s been featured on CNBC, The Washington Post, New York Magazine, Sirius XM Radio and more..Kathryn also interviews Author Rachel Michelberg. Rachel Michelberg got the call that her husband David’s plane had crashed while she was watching an evening TV show with her 7 year old daughter. Though he and the pilot survived, David suffered a traumatic brain injury that left him irrational, seizure-prone and unable to manage his bodily functions.Before the crash, Rachel and David’s marriage had been in trouble, but she wanted to do the honorable thing and take care of him. Realizing she couldn’t dedicate her life to caring for a man whom she no longer loved, Michelberg shares her personal journey battling the moral conflicts and societal expectations involved in caregiving for a disabled or cognitively impaired family member. She is the winner of the 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Award in Memoir, Personal Struggle/Health Issues.
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Kathryn Zox
Kathryn Zox is your social worker with a microphone™. She has been producing and hosting The Kathryn Zox Show Lunchtime Talk in Albany, NY for over five years and is excited about bringing her show from the capital of NY State to the Nation's Capital. She has also recently been a co-host and featured life expert on Doug Stephan's syndicated Good Day Show. Kathryn's interviewed thousands of guests including lifestyle experts, celebrities, authors, lawyers, psychiatrists, physicians and dieticians. At Albany Medical College she has trained doctors and medical students to communicate effectively with their patients. She's an actor who can be seen on the Sopranos and Law and Order and even admits to modeling for AARP! She has Masters' Degrees in Social Work and Counseling Psychology and is a graduate of the New School of Radio and Television. Much background for her show comes from traveling the world and raising three boys now in their twenties - a rock star, an actor and a film maker. There's also one ex-husband, one boyfriend, two brothers and an aging mom!
