I'm Celaya Moson and I've covered economic policy for years and reported on how it impacts people across the United States.

In 2016, I saw how voters were leaning towards Trump and how so many Americans felt misunderstood by Washington.

So I started the Big Take D.C.

We dig into how money, politics and power shaped government and the consequences for voters.

With new episodes every Thursday Thursday you can listen to the Big Take D.C. on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts,

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Welcome to Stuff to Blow Your Mind, a production of I Heart Radio.

Welcome to Animalia Stupendia. My name is Argo Mandanis, wizard to the Sleeping Queen of the Four Crowns and the Council of Regents.

Ice, wand, innovator, and tireless creature, chronicler.

However, these days, mere monsters hold no mystery for me.

Dragons are drab.

Unicorns are underwhelming.

Instead, I turn my attention once more to the strange fauna of a land called Earth.

Travel with me, gentle Rita, as we consider the common kingfisher.

Common name, Eurasian kingfisher, common kingfisher, or river kingfisher.

Scientific classification, alcido athus, frequency and range, Europe,

northern Africa, Central and Southern Asia. Size up to 6 inches or 15 centimeters long.

Diet, small fish along with some aquatic insects.

Treasure horde, bone-lithered burrowsrows and eggs.

Challenge rating.

One.

Some 92 kingfisher species populate the earth

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