260 episodes
Creature Feature iHeartPodcasts
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4.5 • 857 Ratings
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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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Aeroplankton
They're in the air! There's billions of them! And they're tiny! We're talking about aeroplankton, what they're doing up there, and what happens when they get in your nose.
Guest: Soren Bowie
Last week's mystery animal sound source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Phip5U-Wo
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Rats In The Walls
Today, we talk RATS! From plague to pets, rats have had a huge impact on humanity! What was the role of rats in the plague? What even is a rat?? Should you keep them as pets??? And are we so different after all?
Guest: Jeff May
Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/199aAaHgq-CmEoMcR4iRMnbePedjKrs0iafQalrKhp0I/edit?usp=sharing
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Biomimicry
We talk about wild human inventions inspired by animal designs!
Guest: Ellen Weatherford
Footnotes: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZEGyyeNn8trH-FmcchVthmmppq8-XiQlKILt-9fIISk/edit?usp=sharing
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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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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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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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Customer Reviews
Katie Goldin a national treasure
I love this show so much. She’s got so much charisma and mixes that with a lot of really interesting facts. I also majored in bio and she really knows how to speak the lingo. Better than I could tbh. She’s a really sharp person.
Tarzan
How accurate is the new Tarzan movie? What animals would make a real life Tarzan?
Katie has become a true pro!
I’ve followed works the host, KG’s own artistic works in comedy, acting, writing, and now conducting interviews and co-hosting shows of her own. Early on I knew she was brilliant, but never given a medium that satisfied her love of all life, and helped show others the Truth, Beauty, Strange, Charming lives of all lives as they interact and weave narratives most would have missed. I daresay, if she later shows as much spiritual growth, as she has artistic and scientific growth, I’d have to consider her as I would a fellow shaman. Good luck, Katie, and for the record, it was your time on Secretly Incredibly Fascinating as co-host that finally convinced me not to skip Creature Feature, because previously the cat lizard thumbnail used for the Title on Apple Podcasts biased me against it unfairly, and I very wrongly assumed it would be a wacky sound effects filled thing that hurt my eyes and ears (I’m neurodivergent, so, literally hurting). But I was 200% Wrong to assume. This was as pleasant as SIFPod and others I love, and you have honed your raw talent in wonderful ways. I will observe your journey as I now do all my favorite Podcasters. Sincerely, Shaman Safford.