On today’s show, our guest is Robert Weintraub, author of No Better Friend: One Man, One Dog, and Their Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in WWII (Little, Brown and Company, May 2015). This is the story of Judy, a pointer dog who was a Japanese POW. She befriended Frank Williams, a British POW, and the two cared for each other through the war and beyond.

Music this hour:

• “Theme S” by Steve Combs & Delta Is, from the album Themes (Vol. 1)
• “Soldiertype (militarised)” by Ketsa, from the album What’s Without’s Within
• “Who Let the Dogs Out?” by Baha Men