Writer David Sedaris tells of the giddiness he felt when he purchased a taxidermy turkey head — attached to its foot. (3 minutes)
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Act Two: Oh What A Hangled Web We Weave
Lilly Sullivan talks with former science reporter, Kelsey Padget, who’s on a mission to disabuse the world of its incorrect assumptions about an allegedly murderous creature: the black widow spider. (10 minutes)Kelsey Padgett will be hosting an upcoming weekly podcast about big history rivalries and gossipy petty feuds.
Act Two: Snail in the Coffin
Senior Editor David Kestenbaum talks with a different kind of advocacy group: animal scientists doing their best to save a particular species before it winks out of existence. (16 minutes)
Act Three: The Roe Less Traveled
For most of their history, salmon were born upstream and swam to the ocean before coming back as adults to spawn.
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Act Four: Now We Are Five
David Sedaris comes from a big family, who for many years growing up, took annual vacations to the same beach house.
Act One: The Youth In Asia
When a pet dies, to what degree can it be replaced by another? And to what degree can pets replace people in our lives? David Sedaris tells this story of cats and dogs and other animals.
Act Four: Now We Are Five
David Sedaris comes from a big family, who for many years growing up, took annual vacations to the same beach house.