Modern.
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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston.
This is modern love stories of love, loss and redemption.
Im your host, Magna Chakrabarti.
Bob Morris used to be a self described curmudgeon and dog skeptic, but a miniature dachshund changed all that.
Bob writes about it in his essay an affection multiplier with 4ft and a wet nose.
Zachary Quinto reads this weeks essay.
He's known for playing Spock in Star Trek, and he's starring now in AMC's Nosferatu.
The nine pound long haired miniature dachshund at the animal shelter wasn't the kind of dog I imagined walking in Manhattan.
She was a little lap dog and a cliche, too small for someone as insecure and image conscious as me.
And her name was Zoey.
Too cutesy.
I put a deposit down on her anyway, a form to fill out.
Asked, why do you want a dog?
The answer should have been simple companionship, but it was more complicated than that.
I always swore I'd never get a dog.
In fact, I'd spent the first half of my life as a dog denigrator.
Why have a needy pet with so many needy people in the world?