Topic: Dog Bones

One of the hosts shares an anecdote about tasting their dog's "bacon and egg" flavored cookies, finding them surprisingly palatable. The conversation touches on old tropes about elderly people eating pet food due to poverty. They discuss the variety of high-end pet treats available today, including honey yogurt and rawhide alternatives.

A media campaign is promoting Stevia and Truvia as safer alternatives to other artificial sweeteners, which are now being linked to weight gain in reports by Time magazine. Separately, the FDA issued a warning advising dog owners not to feed their pets real animal bones due to splintering risks. The hosts view the FDA's involvement in pet care as an example of unnecessary federal overreach into daily life.