Terrestrials

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• The DADventure: Wild Animal Dads from Owl Monkeys to Seahorses 18.06.2026 33хв

  Father Nature
• BIG CATS 2: Leopards & Jaguars (2 Fast, 2 FURious) 04.06.2026 30хв

  Fear, forests, felines.
• BIG CATS: Lions, Tigers & Roars (Oh My!) 21.05.2026 25хв

  The secret lives of big cats.
• The Wicked Smoocha: Anglerfish Break A World Record 07.05.2026 34хв

  Where does one creature end and another begin?
• The Forest Fairy: Aphids Reveal Hidden Harmonies 23.04.2026 31хв

  The secret harmony of the forest.
• The Greeting: Yo-Yo Ma's Humpback Whale Experiment 09.04.2026 39хв

  Can humans communicate with whales through music?
• The Red-Eyed Mascot: Loon Resilience in Minnesota 26.03.2026 30хв

  The scrappy strength of loons.
• The Snowball: Extreme Squirrels in the Arctic (Replay) 12.03.2026 25хв

  Middle schooler, Aanya, tells us her tale of an up-close encounter with a squirrel in the school yard, which turns into an obsession that leads her to learn about the arctic ground squirrel — the world’s only mammal that can drop its body below freezing and survive in a braindead state for weeks.
• The Snoozer: Penguin Slackerzzz Rule 26.02.2026 27хв

  Putting the power in power naps.
• Build-A-Dragon (Replay) 12.02.2026 26хв

  How to build a dragon.
• The Portal: Groundhogs Lead Us Into an Underrealm of HOLES 29.01.2026 31хв

  Tour de holes
• The Spellbook: Ancient Recipes for Animals 15.01.2026 24хв

  Solving an ancient mystery.
• The Present: A Gift from our Furry Friends 01.01.2026 28хв

  A sonic New Year’s gift from the Terrestrials team.
• The Slowpoke: How Sloths Grow Invisibility 18.12.2025 33хв

  Rethinking slowness.
• The Bridge: How Rainbows Connect Worlds 11.12.2025 28хв

  The powerful secret of rainbows.
• The Fuzzy Ruckus: The Power of Lichen 27.11.2025 26хв

  Artist Ashley (Ash) Eliza Williams was so shy growing up that they found it hard to speak to people. They found comfort scavenging in the forest. One day, Ashley discovered lichen, which quietly changed the course of their life.
• A Podcast Turducken: With Wow in the World, Terrestrials and Circle Round 17.11.2025 37хв

  A giant holiday potluck of stories.
• The Hybrid: A Miracle Mule 13.11.2025 35хв

  In the game of life, every species is like an action figure. You got your dogs and your dung beetles, your bald eagles and your blueberries. And for a long time scientists believed it was pretty much impossible for those action figures to mix and make a new kind of action figure that was able to have its own babies (dog beetles? Baldberries? Nah). But, today we tell the story of a four-legged beast in Kentucky whose existence is upending scientific beliefs. If you want a big fat SPOILER, here it is: the creature in question is a mule! After almost 20 years of living her life as a hybrid (a mix between a horse and a donkey), believed to be incapable of having babies, Peanut the mule shocked the world by doing the impossible. Peanut’s owners, Teresa and Jerry Smothers, tell us the story of her life. Evolutionary biologist Dr. Molly Schumer explains how scientists’ understanding of hybrids has changed dramatically over the course of Peanut’s lifetime. And no mule episode would be complete without a cowboy-hatted mule packer leading us deep into the rocky trails of the American West on muleback to explain why mules are the best of both worlds of their parents. Learn about the storytellers, listen to music, and dig deeper into the stories you hear on Terrestrials with activities you can do at home or in the classroom on our website, Terrestrialspodcast.org. Watch a hybrid gameshow and find even MORE original Terrestrials fun on our Youtube. Badger us on Social Media: @radiolab and #TerrestrialsPodcast  Support for Terrestrials is provided by Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the Arthur Vining Davis Foundations. More from Terrestrials  The Shovels: Dig Deeper For each episode of Terrestrials, we provide a selection of activity sheets, drawing prompts, musical lessons, and more. We call them “shovels” because we hope they will help you (and your friends, family, students, neighbors, etc) dig more deeply into the world! You can do them at home, in the classroom, outside, or in the privacy of your own mind. We hope you enjoy! If you want to share what you’ve made, ask an adult share it on social media using #TerrestrialsPodcast and make sure to tag @Radiolab Draw -  Get creative with a special listen from our friends from DrawTogether Do - We've put a bunch of concrete - and even kinda fun - things we can all do to help protect the nonhuman life on this planet IN BINGO form! This week’s storytellers are Jerry and Teresa Smothers, Dr. Molly Schumer and mule packer James Reeves. Want to keep learning? Check out these resources to learn about the sure-footed, stubborn hybrid helper that is the MULE: Watch a TV news report about Peanut and MiracleLigers and Zonkeys and Narlugas, Oh my! Read an article about hybrids in nature and whether being a hybrid helps or hurts your genetic success.Learn the story of the first narluga (narwhal and beluga) spotting. Learn more about James Reeves, Mule Packer to the stars! Or, rather, to the mountains.Follow Mule Packer James Reeves’ instagram, full of videos of him and mules!Is breeding hybrids (like Ligers) unethical?Did you know mules are STILL used in the military? Check out Susan Orlean’s wonderful article about that.A video about the myth of Pegasus vs. The Chimera“Mules and More” MagazineDetailed list of reports of fertile mules over history Terrestrials is a production of WNYC Studios, created by Lulu Miller. This episode is produced by Ana González, Alan Goffinski and Lulu Miller. Original Music by Alan Goffinski. Help from Suzie Lechtenberg, Sarah Sandbach, Natalia Ramirez, and Sarita Bhatt. Fact-check by Natalie Meade. Sound design by Phoebe Wang with additional engineering by Joe Plourde and Andrew Dunn. Our storytellers this week are Jerry and Teresa Smothers, Dr. Molly Schumer, and mulepacker James Reeves. Special thanks to the punks at the Music Resource Center in Charlottesville, Virginia: Riles, Susie, Jack, Tate, Tiny, Cheyenne, Zina, Bray, Jordan and Orion Our advisors are Theanne Griffith, Aliyah Elijah, Dominique Shabazz, Liza Steinberg-Demby, and Tara Welty. Terrestrials is supported in part by Science Sandbox, an initiative of the Simons Foundation. Have questions for us, badgers? Badger us away! Your parent/guardian should write to us along with you, so we know you have their permission, and for maybe even having your ideas mentioned on the show. Email terrestrials@wnyc.org
• The Night Flyer: How Bats sPOOkily Revive Forests 30.10.2025 26хв

  The bats planting trees while we sleep.
• Maggies: The Healing Power of Baby Flies 16.10.2025 28хв

  What happens when we push through disgust?