Divorce has an immediate impact on family and friends beyond the couple and their children. It is not the quick paper solution of a society which discards and moves on all to easily. Producer Judith Kampfner looks at the ripple effects of divorce — how it has an impact far beyond the immediate family. We hear from women who have managed their experiences with humor and insights. In part, though, Who’s Got the Dog? is a personal reflection about the producer's own divorce. In fact, she soon discovered that there were people who were shocked, in pain and grieving about her family break-up and that she felt obligated to console and reassure them. It both made her feel guilty and fortunate to know that we are more closely bound to a wide orbit of friends and relatives than we realize. She finds that we often think we live only in nuclear families, but we are really tied to a community and it often takes a crisis to realize this.

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Mother-in-Law Produced by: Judith Kampfner

Revenge Produced by: Richard Paul

Side by Side Produced by: Miriam Graham, Jo Ann Mar, Jill Lawrence

The United States of Dating Produced by: Gemma Hooley

Upright Grand Produced by: Tim Wilson

Soundprint Executive Producer: Moira Rankin

Technical Director: Anna Maria de Freitas

Audio Engineer: Jared Weissbrot

Associate Producer: Katie Gott