# The pain of love and grief for our pets Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088/the-pain-of-love-and-grief-for-our-pets Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088/the-pain-of-love-and-grief-for-our-pets.md Podcast: [God Forbid](https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088) Published: 2026-02-13T01:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/godforbid/god-forbid/106289718 Audio file: https://mediacore-live-production.akamaized.net/audio/02/hj/Z/us.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/god-forbid-567088/episodes/the-pain-of-love-and-grief-for-our-pets Duration seconds: 3276 ## Resource Imagine losing the only person who never judged you, never walked away, always made you feel safe. Our culture, and our religions, can make us believe human loss is different to animals dying. But tell that to someone who believes one of the most important relationships in their life is with their pet. GUESTS: Dr Millie Cordaro, Professor of Psychology at Texas State University Dr Daniela Rizzo is a theologian at Alphacrucis University College and author of Animal Pneumatology David Michie is an author, known around the world for his series of books about Buddhism and animals ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/god-forbid-567088/episodes/the-pain-of-love-and-grief-for-our-pets/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/god-forbid-567088/the-pain-of-love-and-grief-for-our-pets.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.