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Creature Feature iHeartPodcasts
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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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Animal Stereotypes
The Wise owl, the lazy sloth, and the courageous lion, how much do these animals live up to their names, or should we not judge a book by its cover or a sloth by its algae? Discover this and more as we answer the age-old question: is owls stupid?
Guest: Adam Todd Brown
Source of last week's mystery animal sound:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/TDMftMtr5to
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Creature Classic®: Brood X!
To celebrate cicadageddon 2024, here's one of my favorite past episodes, this one on cicadapocalypse 2021: BROOD X has been waiting 17 years to emerge from the ground. What is Brood X? Should we panic? Discover this and more as we answer the age old question: How is it fair that swarms of baby turtles are considered cute, but swarms of bugs are considered “horrifying?”
Guest: Mara Wilson
Footnotes:
Cicada
https://live.staticflickr.com/3067/2607912292_150e08400e_z.jpg
Cicada tymbal
https://www.cicadamania.com/images/tymbalanism.gif
Cicada sounds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNJ6DL_1R9I
Holes left by mass cicada emergence (warning for trypophobia)
https://plant-pest-advisory.rutgers.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/A-e1373044330806.jpg
Lots of cicadas!
https://mk0charlottestopdskr.kinstacdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cicadas-swarm-north-carolina.jpg
Mass sea turtle hatching!
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/olive-ridley-sea-turtle-swarm-filmed-costa-rica
Giant river turtle!
https://zooinstitutes.com/img/animals/83/831567514683_33.jpg
Mass river turtle hatching!
https://www.treehugger.com/rare-turtles-hatch-beach-brazil-5092340
Soft coral
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/proxy/84bPOAlpoBNPmyhMTsbhJ-iF7UDOo1lCST_18GrEChIqlOg6CL-nO1yx_6AVw8g2FWgRFAndhaD3HAUw_zMrVDbbNGYQS2Uqob1196fcVrNv7bveRZTylg03CdBwB3BCnpQ
Stony coral
https://www.ecomagazine.com/images/Newsletter/0_2020/Week_1-6-20/underwater-photography-of-coral-reef-3100361.jpg
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Backyard Science
You can be a citizen scientist in your own backyard! Broods! Birds! And mushroom butts! I'm joined by podcaster and voice actress Janet Varney.
Guest: Janet Varney
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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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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.
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