FULL EPISODE: Something Techie And Sexy For Everyone - February 9, 2026
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Can dogs really communicate by pushing buttons?
Hello and welcome to The Last Show. Happy Monday. Hope you had a nice weekend. Did you watch the Super Bowl? If so, how about that halftime show? Don't worry, we'll get into that later in the program. But on tonight's show, here is what we'll cover and here's what you'll learn. Some days you demolish your to-do list and other days you struggle to send a basic email. In about 10 minutes time, we'll break down a new psychology study showing how mental sharpness could give you a productivity boost equal to 40 minutes of extra work.
How can mental sharpness improve productivity?
And we'll show you how to guarantee a mentally sharp day. All you have to do is listen. Then after that... don't you love performance reviews at work i always hated them but they're being blown up by some companies no more annual report cards that's good news right well there's bad news in favor of the dreaded review people are getting constant feedback cycles and ai software to automatically generate your report card so is this finally better for workers or just a smarter high-tech way to stress you out that is what we'll cover halfway through the hour Those are some of the topics we'll hit on tonight's program. There will be more. You will learn more. But for now, let's dive in. Want to be part of the last show with David Cooper?
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1-888-505-6644. We've all seen the videos online, they circulate, of dogs pressing buttons to talk to their humans. But are they communicating ideas or are they just very good at pushing buttons? Let's look at what the science says about how well dogs understand language, or at least button language, here with Dr. Holly Molinaro, an animal welfare consultant at Animal Wellbeing Solutions. Holly, welcome into the program. Thank you. I'm always very skeptical when I see like a crow playing tic-tac-toe, a chicken playing tic-tac-toe, a dog pressing buttons like they know, you know, oh, I'm ready for a walk or I'm happy. I think they've just memorized what to do to get a treat. I am skeptical. But people have actually researched this, haven't they?
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Yes. It's actually interesting because the researchers even doing the science on this stuff, it's really looked down upon in the scientific literature. Most scientists are like, absolutely no way. But that means we don't really have a lot of science about it. And then there's some like the button pressing companies want to fund science. Big dog button has got an agenda. Oh, boy. Yes, it does. So there's not that much research on it right now.
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But what we know about dogs in general and like language and animals and all that stuff is that I think you're right to be skeptical. Dogs can learn. They're very smart. They can learn a lot of things. Like we used to train our dog at home to ring bells to go outside. We had to go to the bathroom. So we can train dogs to press a bunch of buttons to tell us, you know, treats, outside, walk. But when it starts to go into, oh, my dog's telling me a complex story with sentence structure, then I'm like, I don't think so. That's where they've lost you. Animals can learn, press this, get that.
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I mean, but that doesn't show like a deep understanding of grammar. And it's more like a concept of, oh, button pressed, treat got. Is that kind of like... Exactly. But these videos online, they're pretty convincing. Do you think they're fake or the creator took a thousand takes? Like, we've got, I don't know if it's good evidence, but we've got some evidence that dogs are maybe smarter than we think. But, okay, so... I'm interested in why scientists look down at this research. That seems very unscientific to me. Yeah, so I think it's because of those videos online where it's like the dog is saying, I had a dream about wandering through the clouds or something like that.
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And then scientists are like, there's no way that dogs can tell us about their dreams.
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Chapters
8 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–0:29
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Can dogs really communicate by pushing buttons?
0:29–0:58
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How can mental sharpness improve productivity?
0:58–1:45
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What changes are being made to performance reviews in companies?
1:45–2:34
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What did Bad Bunny bring to the Super Bowl halftime show?
2:34–3:06
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What is the 'penisgate' scandal related to the Olympics?
3:06–3:44
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How can technology enhance Valentine's Day experiences?
3:44–4:23
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Is streaming cheating a real relationship red flag?
4:23–1:20:10
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