Short Stuff: Animal Politicians

Stuff You Should Know

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2022

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Small towns around the world have a longstanding tradition of nominating – and voting for – animals in elected positions like mayor and some animals have made it to being nominated for president.

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0:00.0	There's so much news happening around the world that we're somehow supposed to stay on top of.
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0:34.4	Hey and welcome to this short stuff.
0:36.0	I'm Josh and there's Chuck and this is short stuff.
0:39.2	Dave's here, he says hi.
0:41.6	He's not really here.
0:42.4	Jerry's here.
0:42.9	She says hi too.
0:44.2	At any rate, this is short stuff and I've just wasted a terrible amount of time.
0:48.0	That's right.
0:48.6	And this episode makes me think of the great song Pet Politics by Silver Juice, RIP Dave
0:56.8	Burman, full stop.
0:59.3	Okay.
1:00.3	So it makes me think Chuck of animals that have been elected to office because that's what
1:05.6	we're talking about.
1:06.6	Yeah, we are.
1:07.6	There's apparently a long tradition, not just in the United States where it's surprisingly
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