Owl pursuits

Endless Thread

WBUR

Reddit, Technology

4.2 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Last fall, freshmen at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill got a new neighbor: an owl. What wasn't clear was whether the owl was trying to befriend them, or catch them.

Endless Thread host Ben Brock Johnson and producer Grace Tatter talk about how the owl gained online campus fame, and get a surprise update from the person who knows the owl best.

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0:00.0	WBWR Podcasts Boston.
0:07.0	Grace Tatter.
0:16.4	Yes, that's me, Ben Brock Johnson.
0:18.4	That's you.
0:19.4	Who are you again?
0:20.7	I'm a producer for Endless Third.
0:24.3	This is a two for a week.
0:26.4	It was a Grace Week last week and it's a Grace Week this week.
0:29.5	I love it.
0:30.5	Oh yeah.
0:31.5	Yes, hopefully people aren't getting tired of my Jules Sittons.
0:35.4	How could they ever?
0:38.2	One thing I know about you is you're the person who introduced the HBO show The Staircase
0:43.2	to me.
0:45.2	Now, why are you marking?
0:46.8	Why?
0:47.8	She had an accident.
0:48.8	What kind of accident?
0:49.8	She's filled up with stairs.
0:50.8	But she's not going.
0:51.8	She's not really going to go.
0:53.8	Really?
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