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    June 20, 2024
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    A Field Guide to Gay Animals
    #2 GAY ARK
    Wherein Laine comes face-to-snout with real gay animals, then heads back to the studio for a conversation with Owen about the evolution of zoos, the lingering legacy of the Victorians, and the ultimate supremacy of gay elephant sex. With: Eliza Zeitlin from Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary and Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds.
    Owen Ever
    Host & Producer
    Laine Kaplan Levenson
    Host & Producer
    Aviva Lessard
    Producer
    Nathan Harrison
    Producer
    Katie Jane Fernelius
    Producer
    Julie Shapiro
    Executive Producer & Editor
    Hannis Brown
    Composer & Sound Designer

    Synopsis: In search of a face-to-snout meeting with real Gay Animals, Laine travels to the Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, where they meet a crew of runaway dogs, feral chickens and escapees from a pig farm. There they learn what a new environment can do for an animal’s sexuality. Then, Owen and Laine speak with Dr. Laurel Braitman about how zoos and natural history museums tell us a much straighter story about animals than the animals themselves.

    Guests: Eliza Zeitlin, from Humble Pig Animal Sanctuary, and Dr. Laurel Braitman, author of Animal Madness: Inside Their Minds

    Additional music: Audio Network

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