Did He Who Made the Lamb Make ‘Tiger King’?

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🗓️ 1 April 2020

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Transcribed highlights of the show can be found in our episode summaries. In recent weeks, we’ve entered a world without professional sports and where millions of people are forced to remain in their homes. In other words, we’re entered a world ripe for a weird Netflix show to become a cultural phenomenon. Enter Tiger King, a docuseries exploring the bizarre world of Americans who own dozens of exotic animals, including tigers and lions. So what makes big cats so alluring to people anyways? Part of it is their unique intelligence, says Mike Mooring, a professor of biology at Point Loma Nazarene who studies jaguars in Costa Rica.“I think that from time immemorial, people have had both this primeval fear coupled with a fascination with the big cats because they're mysterious,” said Mooring. “They come and go. You don't know where they are. They are elusive. They kind of pop out of the night and then they disappear.” Mooring joined digital media producer Morgan Lee and editorial director Ted Olsen to discuss whether big cats can be tamed, what makes these felines special, and how studying wildlife in Southern Africa led him to Christ. What is Quick to Listen? Read more Rate Quick to Listen on Apple Podcasts Follow the podcast on Twitter Follow our hosts on Twitter: Morgan Lee and Ted Olsen Read God Loves Protected Species. And the Poachers Who Kill Them. Read The Behemoth’s archives Music by Sweeps Quick to Listen is produced by Morgan Lee and Matt Linder The transcript is edited by Bunmi Ishola Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you in part by The Apologetics Guy Show, the podcast that helps you find clear answers to tough questions about Christianity.
0:11.1	Learn to explain your faith with courage and compassion. Join Moody Bible Institute professor Dr. Mikhail del Rosario at apologeticsky.com.
0:21.9	In recent weeks, we've entered a world without professional sports and with millions of
0:27.3	people forced to remain in their homes.
0:30.2	In other words, we're in a time ripe for a weird Netflix show to become a cultural artifact.
0:36.2	Enter Tiger King.
0:37.8	The seven-part series showcases the bizarre world of the Americans who own big cats.
0:43.4	In recent weeks, we've recorded some serious episodes and published dozens of thoughtful
0:47.4	essays.
0:48.2	Last week, you might have heard our episode that we did about live streaming, and we mentioned that we'll also have a discussion
0:55.9	about churches that have more issues reaching some of their less digitally connected members
1:00.2	and that is still on the pipeline and we will still make that happen. We decided to go with a bit
1:04.9	more levity and discuss big cats with someone who studies them.
1:12.2	You're listening to Quick to Listen, where we go beyond hashtags and hot takes discuss a major cultural event.
1:18.7	I'm Morgan Lee, digital media producer here at Christianity Today.
1:22.2	And I am Ted Olson, editorial director at Christianity Today.
1:37.0	Music Olson editorial director at Christianity today. Morgan, are you back in the office today?
1:38.7	Are you in our professional studio?
1:41.8	Are you a, what do they call it, essential worker to run the studio?
1:47.0	Are you doing this from home?
1:47.7	I am in the recording bunker hanging out here at the office.
2:00.2	Ted, let us chime in on the national conversation that we are having that has nothing to do with coronavirus and instead has to do with people who own tigers and lions and so forth.
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