{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/5c75694eed0b7c9b736851c2/68be9fe27abbb2dcace17b15?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Pets and life satisfaction","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/5c75694eed0b7c9b736851c2/1757325260603-85181aa5-10d8-4148-a6ac-632ec58b8451.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this first episode of our new season, host Chris Coates looks at the link between pets and life satisfaction, and how it’s possible to put a monetary value on the benefit of having a cat or dog. His guests are <a href=\"https://www.kent.ac.uk/economics/people/444/gschwandtner-adelina\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Adelina Gschwandtner, a senior lecturer in Economics at the University of Kent</a>, and Ashleigh Brown, Scientific and Policy Manager at <a href=\"https://www.rspca.org.uk/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">RSPCA</a>.</p>","author_name":"Understanding Society"}