Screaming Frogs, "Talking" Mushrooms, Nonbinary Birds The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week

Sociolinguist Erica Brozovsky joins the show to discuss talkative fungi, Amanda Reed chats about nonbinary birds, and Rachel gets into animal sounds—especially the ones we can't hear.
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