One thing I like about this particular topic, the sensory world of other animals, is that

itself, though a singular cohesive topic, is also the gateway to thousands of small wonders.

Ed Young talks about his new book, In A Men's World, which asks us humans to break out of our

sensory bubbles and consider the unique ways that dogs, dolphins, mice, and other animals

experience their surroundings.

I'm not the judge of these people, I'm not the jury of these people, I'm just the observer.

And if they took stuff seriously, I did too.

Terry Alfred is here to talk about in the houses of their dead, which examines the role

of spiritualism in the families of Abraham Lincoln and his assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

Plus, my colleagues Lauren Christensen and Shumanica Teab join me to talk about what we've

been reading.

This is the Book Review Podcast.

It's June 24th.

I'm John Williams.

Ed Young is here.

He won a Pulitzer Prize last year in explanatory reporting for his series of pieces in the Atlantic

about the COVID-19 pandemic, which the Pulitzer Board called Lucid and Definitive.

He is the author of I contain multitudes, the microbes within us and a grand review of

life.

And his new book also widens the aperture on our view of life.

It's called In A Men's World, how animal senses reveal the hidden realms around us.

Ed thanks for being here.

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