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The Present: A Gift from our Furry Friends

1/1/202629 min

To celebrate New Year’s Day, there are all kinds of traditions. Some people eat black eyed peas for good luck, some list out resolutions. But here at Terrestrials, we are taking a cue from the wisdom of pets, who are so, so, so good at sleeping. After a short preamble from Lulu, we’ll turn the microphone over to listeners’ furry friends snoring and snoozing in various positions, places, and locations. The piece will be largely wordless, with some narration from listeners describing their pets, and sound designed as a sort of meditation to rest.

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  1. Lulu Miller· Host0:00

    [music] Hello, friends. Uh, the tree outside my window has just started to sprout its yellow flowers, uh, which can only mean one thing, that Mother's Day and Father's Day are coming up, and I just thought of a pretty funny, punny card. Okay, here it goes. It goes like this. There's a drawing of an owl, and it goes, "Hoo, hoo, is the best parent?" And then you open the card and it goes, "You. Thank you for owl that you do." [laughs] Uh, so that, I'm g- I'm offering that to you. If anyone wants to draw that, make that, that's great. But I was also wondering what ideas for punny animal cards do you have that show love for the adults in your life? Maybe there's something in a sloth, like, "I love you more slowly than a sloth." That isn't really good. Maybe you have a better idea. Anyway, draw yours and email us at- T-E-R-R-E-S- T-R-I-A-L-S- S-W-N-Y-C .org. And we will read some of our favorites on a future episode and post some to our Instagram to share your ideas so that other people can use them, too. Anyway, happy spring. Hope you're well. Send us your cards.

  2. Speaker 21:05

    Uh, wait. You're listening [laughs] Okay. All right.

  3. Lulu Miller· Host1:12

    Okay.

  4. Speaker 21:13

    All right.

  5. Lulu Miller· Host1:15

    [clears throat] You're listening- Listening- To Radiolab.

  6. Speaker 21:18

    For kids. Radiolab.

  7. Lulu Miller· Host1:20

    From- [humming] WNYC. C.

  8. Speaker 21:23

    Yeah.

  9. Unknown speaker1:24

    [laughs]

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