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The folks who make our fellow radio topia show, everything is alive.

The interview show in which all of these subjects are inanimate objects are bringing you something different this year.

Right now in the everything is alive feed, you'll find a brand new special mini series called The Animals.

An interview show in which all of these subjects are animals.

You'll get to know a beaver, a jellyfish, a flamingo, and more, all sharing the trials and tribulations of what it's like to live elsewhere

in the food chain. Like everything is alive, it's funny, informative, and poignant. Here's the sample.

My name is Jerry Dra. You can see me, okay? Okay, good.

I'm a jellyfish, so that's why I always check with people.

We're celebrities in the natural world. You know, that's the thing about being a butterfly that I don't think people understand is the pressure.

This is my son Joseph, and we are kangaroos.

Joseph, we should say you are currently still in the pouch.

Yeah, I live in the pouch, still.

Okay, it's awesome. It's like nature's pocket.

Humans have a phrase, eager beaver.

Uh-huh. Are you not a slur? I never know if that's a slur.

When I look at a peacock, I don't see the king of birds.

I see a woefully inconvenient animal.

Imagine you snuggled up in a blanket, but that blanket was your mother, and it was just love.

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