Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 1, 2009: Interview with Michael Schaffer; Review of the album '…for the whole world to see.'

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(1.) Journalist MICHAEL SCHAFFER (SHAY-fur). His new book is 'One Nation Under Dog: Adventures in the new world of Prozac-Popping Puppies, Dog Park Politics, and Organic Pet Food.' Schaffer investigates the extremes to which pet owners are going to care for their pets as equal members of the family. Schaffer is a former staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. News & World Report and Washington City Paper, and he's freelanced for many other publications. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW.) (2.) Music critic MILO MILES reviews '…for the whole world to see,' an album of previously unreleased material from the proto-punk band Death.