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How much do dogs reduce our stress?
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Posted Nov 1, 2025 at 4:00 pm.
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On this weekend’s edition of The Optimist, reporter and self-proclaimed cynic Kyle Melnick goes on a journey with a dog. We’ll talk about what he learns, and the science of how dogs make us calmer, happier — and maybe even more trusting.
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