'Terrestrials,' a new kid's show from Radiolab, uncovers the strangeness on Earth

Life Kit: Parenting

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4.4 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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This is the story of one particularly devious octopus who lost a limb, was captured by humans — then managed to make an escape from its aquarium tank back into the ocean. This episode comes from our friends at 'Terrestrials,' a podcast presented by Radiolab for Kids.

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0:00.0	This is NPR's Life Kit. I'm Mariel Segarra. Our friends over at Radio Lab have a new series out about nature.
0:11.3	It's called Terrestrials. They find stories that reveal the strangeness right here on Earth.
0:16.9	And the show is for kids, but it's for kids in the way of Pixar movie is for kids.
0:23.1	Like, adults will get a little something out of it too.
0:28.5	It has all the elements of a radio lab story, the lush sound design, the gripping narrative.
0:31.9	And it's perfect for a long car trip, especially with kids.
0:35.1	It might also help you escape the bleakness of winter,
0:38.9	because thinking about the wonder of nature can be really revitalizing. So, without further ado, terrestrials, the mastermind. Three, two, one. Imagine you are a liquid
0:52.6	creature. No bones, and you are a liquid creature.
1:05.2	No bones, and you are so pliable that you can literally pour your body through a tiny opening.
1:07.0	You can change colors.
1:16.0	Blue and green and red and yellow and even metallic. You can taste with your skin. And you have blue blood and you have three hearts. And if you're threatened, if you feel scared,
1:26.3	you can shoot ink into a silhouette in the shape of you.
1:31.4	So the predator is fooled into believing you're still there.
1:36.0	Now look down at your arms and watch them slowly sprouting into eight.
1:43.0	You are an octopus now.
1:47.7	Okay, now is where I make you sing the theme song with me.
1:52.9	Okay.
1:54.6	Terrestrials, terrestrials, we are not the worst, we are the...
1:59.9	Destrials.
2:01.6	You got it.
2:03.2	I don't know, man.
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