Creature Meets Culture

Welcome to Haley's first ever episode and it's all about BATS! That's right, we're doing a deep dive into the way bats have been perceived throughout history and how and why those perceptions came to be. Haley brings the facts to the table and the facts are bats are incredible, unique, and essential contributors to our ecosystem. Let's Connect: email us! creaturemeetsculture@gm...

It's part 2 everyone! Haley and Debbie continue talking about the different complexities that come with being a nation that has been obsessed with their animal friends for hundreds of year. What responsibilities do we have? How long have dog booties and sweater been a thing? We're so glad you're here and would. love to chat with you! Let's Connect!: Creature Meets Culture is a podc...

Haley and Debbie are coming to you with our first two-parter! This was a bit of an unexpected one though. We're here with a lighter-hearted episode to chat about how pets got their start in the USA and how much (or little?) has changed. Debbie's telling this story after reading Pets in America by Katherine C. Grier so you should definitely also read that book. It's very interesting! De...

Debbie introduces Savanna to the irreplaceable role horses played in WWI. We talk about the Christmas Truce, about Warrior, about Dorothy Brooke, and there may even be a dad joke thrown in there. This one is a sad one and as we approach Christmas, we remember the things that matter, making the Christmas Truce of 1914 an important story to share. When WWI began in 1914, horses had been essential to...

The time has come, it’s our very first in person episode! And our very first listener tails (eh? see what I did there?) episode! And our very first episode with a guest! There’s just so much going on and we’re so very happy you’re here with us for it. Everyone’s in Kentucky for Savanna’s nursing school graduation (she got a 3.9 GPA this last semester WHILE working full time and doing a million oth...

It’s the three of us! Debbie, Haley, and Savanna explore how ravens are clever and not crows and also not in Kentucky! Also, forgive the audio! We’re still learning and figuring this out. Thank you for your patience as we figure out how to be the best podcast we can be <3 The Tower of London's ravens are one of Britain's most famous legends. According to tradition, King Charles II decre...

It’s Haley and Debbie with a bird episode! Debbie has bird facts Haley doesn’t already know which might be the most shocking part of the episode which is saying something because there’s a lot going on here!  In 2003, Yurok tribal elders identified prey-go-neesh—the California condor—as the most important species to restore to their ancestral lands in Northern California. After a 14-year preparati...

Debbie and Savanna meet Miracle, a white buffalo calf born on a small farm in Wisconsin. Her birth fulfilled an ancient Lakota prophecy that promised the return of the White Buffalo Calf Woman during a time when all peoples would need to unite to heal the earth. Dave and Valerie Heider named her Miracle and made the extraordinary decision to open their farm to visitors free of charge, welcoming hu...

Today, Savanna and Debbie meet a brown bear cub who grows up in the middle of WWII. In 1942, Polish soldiers fleeing Soviet gulags encountered an orphaned bear cub in the mountains of Iran. They rescued him, raised him, and when regulations threatened to separate them, they did the impossible: they enlisted him in the army. He served throughout World War II, most famously carrying ammunition durin...

Debbie and Haley meet the real hero of the 1925 Serum Run, Togo (not Balto!) When a diphtheria outbreak threatened to kill Nome's children, this 12-year-old Siberian Husky and his musher Leonhard Seppala ran over 260 miles through impossible conditions—the longest and most dangerous leg of the Great Race of Mercy. Too small to be a sled dog, Togo was initially rejected from the team. But he pr...

It's our first episode! Today, we meet Trimothy the Rat Cat, the remarkable cat who became the first feline to circumnavigate Australia aboard HMS Investigator from 1801-1803. Born at sea in 1799, Trim won the heart of navigator Matthew Flinders, who in turn wrote Trim a lot of love poems. Let's Connect!: creaturemeetsculture.com instagram: @creaturemeetsculture reddit: https://www.reddit....