53 min
#127: Kate Leaver - The Dog-Human Bond, Eradicating Loneliness, and Why We Need Friendship The Primalosophy Podcast
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- Health & Fitness
Kate Leaver is a journalist, editor and author of Good Dog: Celebrating the dogs who change and sometimes even save our lives, published by HarperCollins. She researches, writes and speaks about her dog, a rescue Shih Tzu called Bert, and the health benefits of having a pet. Her first book, The Friendship Cure, was about connection and loneliness. Kate previously worked as a senior editor for Cosmo, Pottermore and Australia’s biggest women’s website. Her work has been published by The Guardian, British Vogue, Glamour Magazine, The Telegraph and The Independent. She also works in editorial strategy and media relations for brands like Bumble, Peanut and SnapChat. Her favorite interviews include Nicole Kidman, Eddie Redmayne, Jon Ronson, Susie Orbach, Roxane Gay and Andrew Solomon. Her first ever job was as a professional fairy and she once won a poetry competition judged by Les Murray with a three-course limerick about MasterChef.
Connect with Kate Leaver:
https://kateleaver.com/gooddog
https://kateleaver.com/
https://twitter.com/kateileaver
http://instagram.com/kateileaver
Connect with Nick Holderbaum:
Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods
(T): @primalosophy
(IG): @primalosophy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A
The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge
Kate Leaver is a journalist, editor and author of Good Dog: Celebrating the dogs who change and sometimes even save our lives, published by HarperCollins. She researches, writes and speaks about her dog, a rescue Shih Tzu called Bert, and the health benefits of having a pet. Her first book, The Friendship Cure, was about connection and loneliness. Kate previously worked as a senior editor for Cosmo, Pottermore and Australia’s biggest women’s website. Her work has been published by The Guardian, British Vogue, Glamour Magazine, The Telegraph and The Independent. She also works in editorial strategy and media relations for brands like Bumble, Peanut and SnapChat. Her favorite interviews include Nicole Kidman, Eddie Redmayne, Jon Ronson, Susie Orbach, Roxane Gay and Andrew Solomon. Her first ever job was as a professional fairy and she once won a poetry competition judged by Les Murray with a three-course limerick about MasterChef.
Connect with Kate Leaver:
https://kateleaver.com/gooddog
https://kateleaver.com/
https://twitter.com/kateileaver
http://instagram.com/kateileaver
Connect with Nick Holderbaum:
Nick Holderbaum’s Weekly Newsletter: Sunday Goods
(T): @primalosophy
(IG): @primalosophy
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBn7jiHxx2jzXydzDqrJT2A
The Unfucked Firefighter Challenge
53 min