Do Dogs Really Love Us? with Oprah and Dr. Carl Safina

Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/@Oprah?sub_confirmation=1 Oprah sits down with renowned ecologist Dr. Carl Safina, author of the New York Times bestseller Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel, to explore our sacred connection with the animal world—especially our tight-knit relationships and bonds with our beloved dogs. Joining them is author and neuroscientist Dr. Gregory Berns, whose groundbreaking MRI research offers scientific proof that our dogs really do love us. Dr. Berns discusses his eye-opening books How Dogs Love Us and Cowpuppy. The episode also features extraordinary true stories of hero dogs who saved their owners’ lives. BUY THE BOOK! https://wwnorton.com/books/alfie-and-me https://books.apple.com/us/book/alfie-and-me/id6445787372 00:00:00 - Welcome Carl Safina, author of Beyond Words 00:03:20 - Rethinking our relationship with animals 00:06:55 - Lessons from Alfie the owl 00:09:08 - Shared emotions between humans and animals 00:10:34 - Do dogs have consciousness? 00:11:40 - Do dogs love us? 00:12:40 - How our pets are teachers 00:15:50 - Letting dogs be dogs 00:22:25 - Dr. Gregory Berns on how dogs love us 00:25:40 - The role of dogs in our lives 00:26:57 - Complex emotions in dogs 00:31:46 - Gabby’s story: her dog saved her life from a fire 00:36:35 - Amanda & Gabriel: dog alerted the family to Gabriel’s stroke 00:41:42 - Christina, founder of Black Women Love Dogs 00:50:10 - What is “beyond words” about our relationship to animals 00:51:26 - About the Safina Center Follow Oprah Winfrey on Social: https://www.instagram.com/oprahpodcast/ https://www.facebook.com/oprahwinfrey/ Listen to the full podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0tEVrfNp92a7lbjDe6GMLI https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oprah-podcast/id1782960381