Ep. 340: People Getting Confused By Animals

Published: 2022-06-13 09:00:00

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Steven Rinella talks with Jon Mooallem, Janis Putelis, Ryan Callaghan, Brody Henderson, Phil Taylor, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics discussed: Reminding you that MeatEater Trivia is weekly; MeatEater Cooks is back; cute as a button; when the locals are the problem; the creep of eliminating non-resident sheep tags; a $1 million fine for illegally catching dungeness crabs; Pedals, the bear; misleading article headlines; get Jon’s brilliant new book, Serious Face; “assassinations” and CSI: Monk Seal in Hawaii; SPZs; feudal relationships; flying helicopters in straight lines to save gas; seals and eels; how to properly pronounce ‘macaque’; a street-wise monkey; picking out darts and evading capture; losing your tortoises in a divorce; Werner Herzog and his cave painting movie; and more.

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Referenced Books

Serious Face

by John Mooallem

John Mooallem's newly published book of essays is the main topic of the podcast interview. The book contains several essays about human relationships with nature and animals, including pieces about monk seals and the mystery monkey of Tampa Bay.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Slouching towards Bethlehem

by Joan Didion

Referenced during a discussion about how people process information. The speaker mentions Didion's observation from this book about there being so much information that people become thirsty for something simple to understand.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Planet of the Apes

by Pierre Boulle

Mentioned in the context of the Mystery Monkey of Tampa Bay story. John Mooallem describes reading Planet of the Apes while staying at a La Quinta hotel in Ocala, and the captured monkey was later named Cornelius after a character from the book.

Referenced at 00:00:08

This is Chance

by John Mooallem

One of John Mooallem's previous books, mentioned at the end of the interview. The book focuses on a radio reporter named Genie Chance during the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska, who provided information during the catastrophe.

Referenced at 00:00:08

Wild Ones

by John Mooallem

Another of John Mooallem's previous books mentioned at the end of the interview, described as being about animals and people going wacky about animals.

Referenced at 00:00:08