Human vs Horse

Radiolab for Kids

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🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

The summer olympics are in full swing. Humans are racing against other humans from all across the globe. But you know the one race they don’t have? The one where a human competes against a horse. Radiolab for Kids is back with one of our favorite Radiolab animal episodes of all time where we head to that race in the desert of Arizona. Turns out it has everything to do with what gives us humans… our humanity. Also our butts.

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0:07.0	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:09.0	From WNYS, Y, C, Y, C. Yeah.
0:15.0	Yeah.
0:17.0	Do,
0:21.0	Do, chchch, do song, but the summer Olympics are in full swing and I'm feeling.
0:27.0	But the summer Olympics are in full swing and I am feeling sporty.
0:35.0	You know the Olympics they've got so much they've got gymnastics, they've got swimming,
0:39.2	they've got archery and so much running, relay, sprints, marathons, but you know what race they don't have?
0:48.0	The wildest running race I have ever heard of in which a human competes against a horse.
0:57.0	Yep, it's a real race.
1:01.0	It happens every year in Arizona.
1:04.0	Humans, race horses.
1:06.0	The course is 50 miles long and today we are going to go.
1:10.0	We are sending reporters to witness the race with all its snuffling sweaty beasts and horses to learn why
1:20.0	this bizarre sounding race may actually give us a clue about how we became humans and
1:29.3	sort of the qualities that give us our humanity. I am a human named Lulu Miller and new
1:36.8	terrestrial's episodes are coming out really soon in September and all summer long.
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