The Animal Highlight

In this episode, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about ants and the numerous ways they build, urbanize, and collaborate. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   Secret Megalopolis of Ants Uncovered Michelle Westerlaken on The Animal Turn.   Credits: Claudia Hirtenfelder, produ...

In episode eight, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about squirrels and how they use deception and their incredible memories to bury and find nuts across urban spaces. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   The Urbanization of the Eastern Gray Squirrel in the United States by E...

In episode seven, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks about leopards, a predator who is increasingly found in urban areas. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   Leopards stalking and hunting pigs on the outskirts of Bombay by BBC Urban Leopard Search by National Geographic Crook...

In episode six, Claudia Hirtenfelder makes an argument for why cows should be thought of as urban animals who have varied experiences. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   The afterlives of the lively commodity: Life-worlds, death-worlds, rotting-worlds by Kathryn Gill...

 In episode five, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about urban chickens and reflects on how dynamic and complex they are. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”   Featured:   I thought my father was God , edited by Paul Auster. The Animal Turn "Animal Highlights (Animals and...

In episode four, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about dogs from Alexandra Horowitz’s “On Looking: A Walker’s Guide to the Art of Observation” which marvels at dog’s smelling capacities and how it shapes their experiences of an urban block. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”...

 In episode three, Claudia Hirtenfelder reads an excerpt about rats from Dawn Day Biehler’s “Pests in the City.”  The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   Pests in the City by Dawn Day Biehler  The Animal Turn "Animal Highlights (Animals and The Urban)" Playlist...

 In episode two, Claudia Hirtenfelder talks a little about pigeons fascinating histories and physiologies. The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”    Featured:   Why Cities have so many pigeons by Insider Science 3 Odd Facts about Pigeons by SciShow National Geographic: Pigeon Genius by...

 The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.”  In episode one, Claudia Hirtenfelder gives a brief highlight of crows offering some snippets into what makes them amazing. Featured:   TED Talks - The Amazing Intelligence of Crows. Wild crows inhabiting the city use it to their advantage - Davi...