Forum From the Archives: What Has a Wild Animal Taught You?

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🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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When political advisor Chloe Dalton found an injured newborn hare near her home in the countryside, she decided to nurse it back to health. The two quickly formed a bond of quiet companionship. We talk to Dalton about what the hare taught her about trust, attention, preparing for loss and the ordinary magic of engaging closely with the natural world. Her new memoir is “Raising Hare.” What has a relationship with a wild animal taught you? Guests: Chloe Dalton, political advisor and author, "Raising Hare" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.1	The From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Mina Kim. Coming up on forum, when political advisor
0:53.4	Chloe Dalton found an injured newborn hair
0:56.1	near her home in the countryside, she decided to nurse it back to help. The two quickly
1:00.2	formed a bond, and through their quiet companionship, the hair taught Dalton about trust, attention,
1:06.0	loss, and the magic of engaging closely with the seemingly ordinary natural world.
1:15.0	We listened back to my May conversation with Dalton about her memoir, Raising Hair,
1:18.7	and about the surprising connections that you felt to wild animals. That's next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.
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