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We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

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We take a critter’s eye view to explore how animal behavior parallels humans. Join comedians and science-lovers as we get inside the minds of animals

    Creature Classic®: Firing the Easter Bunny

    Creature Classic®: Firing the Easter Bunny

    Today on the show, we're doing a re-broadcast of an Easter classic! We're firing the Easter Bunny and looking for a replacement! That's right E.B., you're getting benched and we're sending another animal out there to make merry with the eggs and the flowers!

    Guest: Soren Bowie 

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uBq4b0mnk0TsQJfe5CqOZSg3Yk8CqCZ5vG5I1CgsYM8/edit?usp=sharing
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    • 1 hr
    Listener Q's: Tarzan, Frog Skins, Bird Dinner

    Listener Q's: Tarzan, Frog Skins, Bird Dinner

    I answer your questions, from the realism of Tarzan, to the details behind a frog Buffalo Bill, and how to best serve the birds of your community! 
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    • 30 min
    Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable?

    Animal, Mineral, or Vegetable?

    On today's show I subject my guest to a gauntlet of strange oddities, and he (and you) must guess whether these are animals, minerals, vegetables, or something else entirely...

    Guest: DJ Danl

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rRUT2Ywx6B9XF-1SyNJ8lxVyLX94eY2n06FjiE4x-O8/edit?usp=sharing

    Mystery animal sound credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMwAgft_kZ8
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    • 57 min
    Robobees (More Bees Please)

    Robobees (More Bees Please)

    Today: we're turning animals into robots! All the weirdest and wackiest ways that roboticists and researchers have played robo-god with animals. From robosaurus, to robot bees, and robo falcons, Adam and Katie discuss whether robots will inherit the earth. 

    Guest: Adam Ganser

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1t7NmSAXc6vg0zMZkMHIZKlXSQI_ROlsAyglMHNQ53Ww/edit?usp=sharing
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    • 1 hr 13 min
    Lisa Frankimals

    Lisa Frankimals

    Today we're talking about animals that look like they jumped off of a page from Lisa Frank's notebook! Pink dolphins, rainbow squirrels, surprisingly fabulous pigeons, and the most beautiful butts in the world. 

    Guest: Joelle Monique 

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uHLiRYjc0_-rKv_fCFSpkTMN8f4ysX9do1j_uLC0r4/edit?usp=sharing
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    • 53 min
    A Valentine's Day Gift

    A Valentine's Day Gift

    I dragged my husband on the show to talk about animals who give romantic gifts, like dead voles and nutritional secretions! Hope he takes the hint! 

    Guest: Brett McCully

    Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/17Kn459lVK4NKOeLYcUM47R-EWo4RX6tgwp0cTvQBPFs/edit?usp=sharing
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    • 42 min

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