FULL EPISODE: From the Blaze with Pets - July 31, 2026

Psychology professor Claire Hart shares how phubbing – phone snubbing – adversely affects couples and is linked to higher sexual distress. Social psychologist Lucia O'Sullivan relays how self-disclosure in dating app profiles shapes what people want from you. For Vet Talk or Pet Talk, veterinarian Dr. Cliff Redford discusses his travels after returning from volunteer work with wildfire animal rescue efforts. Cliff reports on a South Florida lawsuit alleging a veterinarian operated on a dog's incorrect limb and one media outlet's favorite animal stories of the previous year. Journalist Emi Nietfeld explains how Gen Z fell out of love with work and why she doesn't blame them. Comedian Natalie Norman slams 'man-children' as an increasing number of young women are paying for, and parenting, their boyfriends. Neuroscientist and writer Tom Bellamy discusses how to get over limerence, an obsessive crush that psychologists say can persist for months or years. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:33) Claire Hart (10:00) Lucia O'Sullivan (20:00) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 1 (30:00) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 2 (39:50) Emi Nietfeld (49:50) Natalie Norman (59:50) Tom Bellamy pt. 1 (1:09:50) Tom Bellamy pt. 2 (1:19:17) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices