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Susan Orlean on the Weird World of Show Dogs and New Jersey’s Tiger Queen

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4.68.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2021

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Did you know that there was a female version of the Tiger King in New Jersey? “Orchid Thief” author Susan Orlean did and wrote about it. She joins Molly Jong-Fast on this bonus episode of The New Abnormal to talk about the weird stories she loves to pursue, from a New Jersey Tiger Queen and an orchid thief to show dogs. Plus, she explains how dogs might actually solve our country’s divisiveness. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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Hello and welcome to another special bonus episode of the new abnormal. And we thank you so

0:53.0

much for being here. Today we are so lucky as we have Susan Orleen, who you might know

0:57.5

as the author of the Orchid Thief, and has a new book out called On Animals. And we're

1:02.2

going to be talking to her about that today. By the way, if you want to learn when each

1:06.4

bonus episode from the new abnormal drops, you can subscribe in your member dashboard

1:10.7

and to the DailyBees.com slash membership slash newsletters to sign up for email alerts.

1:16.8

Welcome Susan to the new abnormal.

1:19.0

Thanks. I'm really excited to be on the show with you. Well, we're excited to have you.

1:25.2

And it's fun for us to do books and also things that aren't totally depressing.

1:30.8

Oh, well, I'm not totally depressing. I'm uplifting and positive. Right. We will be a stark

1:39.2

contrast from all of our other interviews ever.

1:41.9

Well, good. I'm glad I can provide a little uplift and a little brightness in this dark

1:49.4

world. You're sort of a beloved cultural figure now. How do I get that? Go. How do you

1:56.8

get to be a beloved cultural figure? It's okay. So I would say number one, you have to

2:04.7

increase your alcohol intake. Yeah, I mean, that's the number one. I think people simply

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