The Other Animals Podcast with Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, R. Eric Thomas, Ken Lui, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Kaeli Swift, Max McClure cover art

The Other Animals
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The Other Animals

By: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, R. Eric Thomas, Ken Lui, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Kaeli Swift, Max McClure
Narrated by: Lulu Miller, Shruti Swamy, Kelly Weinersmith, R. Eric Thomas, Ken Lui, Daniel Mallory Ortberg, Kaeli Swift, Max McClure
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[Explicit Content] In The Other Animals, a worm goes through a breakup, a vulture contemplates the act of killing, a whale falls in love with a song, and more.

This funny, moving collection of eight stories - written by a diverse crew of scientists, literary writers, and comics, and informed by science - explores what animal perspectives can show humans about the world we all share. It includes stories by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (""Texts from Jane Eyre""), R. Eric Thomas (""Elle""), Ken Liu (""The Paper Menagerie""), Lulu Miller (""Invisibilia""), Kelly Weinersmith (""Soonish""), Shruti Swamy (""O’Henry Award Winner""), Max McClure (""Grist""), and Kaeli Swift (""Audubon"").

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Episodes
  • Ep. 9: Rectangles

    Ep. 9: Rectangles
    Jan 16 2020

    A studious crow struggles to understand the human rituals taking place in her territory, the Great Stone Garden.
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    31 mins
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  • Ep. 8: Ptarmigan Tunnel

    Ep. 8: Ptarmigan Tunnel
    Jan 16 2020

    A marmot wakes up from hibernation and discovers that his home life and habitat have been subtly rearranged.
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  • Ep. 6: The Moon Carver

    Ep. 6: The Moon Carver
    Jan 16 2020

    A scorpion’s quest to be closer to the solitary music of the moon is interrupted by a group of cacophonous giants.
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Unexpected Downloads lead to Unexpected joys. A beautiful gem with brilliant short stories with Animal and Bird characters. Enid Blyton for Adults
well read and structured

Fascinating collection

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I enjoyed all the stories, but the final one in the collection, 'Rectangles' stood out especially.

Wonderful!

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a eclectic selection of short stories, all of them written to make you think, the last , 'rectangles' is particularly moving, a study in how similar we all are

eclectic

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I loved everything about those short stories! The stories themselves were educative, interesting and relaxing at the same time. The narrators were simply amazing and I loved the background music. I highly suggest that you read this gem - it's free for members.

What a gem!

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I read the other reviews prior to ordering which may have helped me to enjoy. I found most reviews said it wasn't very good so I came at it with low expectations and I did actually quite enjoy them. I do like to see others views of the world animals or people.
I had my favourites, and disappoints but that is the usual case with short stories. So I would recommend as a interesting listen.

Interesting

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