The Great Idaho Beaver Parachute Drop (1948) w/ Ian Chillag
This Day in Esoteric Political History
Jody Avirgan & Radiotopia
4.6 • 982 Ratings
🗓️ 31 December 2023
⏱️ 25 minutes
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It’s December 31st. Today we wrap up the year by talking about — what else — the time that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game relocated 76 beavers by parachuting them out of airplanes.
Jody, Niki, and Kellie are joined by our Radiotopia pal Ian Chillag to discuss the story. Ian recently encountered it while doing an episode of his “Animals” series on beavers. You can listen to that here.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this day in esoteric political history from radiotopia. |
| 0:06.0 | My name is Jody Averkin. |
| 0:08.0 | This day, well this day is December 31st, the last day of the year. Lots of interesting stuff |
| 0:16.7 | happened on December 31st throughout American history. The Emancipation Proclamation |
| 0:20.6 | was signed. Arpenet was officially turned on giving birth to the modern internet. proclamation was a sign. |
| 0:24.0 | the modern internet. |
| 0:25.0 | 1907 was the first Times Square New Year celebration |
| 0:29.0 | and we will be discussing none of those things today. |
| 0:32.0 | In fact, we will be wrapping up the year of our |
| 0:34.6 | Lord 2023 by talking about the 1948 Idaho Beaver Drop, the time when the |
| 0:40.4 | Idaho Department of Fish and Game relocated 76 beavers by |
| 0:45.1 | parachuting them from airplanes into the wilds of Central Idaho. Now why you may |
| 0:51.2 | ask are we talking about this story today and I will repeat the words I just said in 1948 |
| 0:56.6 | The Idaho Department of Fish and Game relocated 76 beavers by parachuting them from airplanes. I don't know what other justification you need for doing an episode. |
| 1:06.0 | So here to mark the 75th anniversary of the Idaho beaver drop. |
| 1:10.0 | R as always Nicole Hemmer of Vanderbilt and Kelly Carter Jackson of Walsley. |
| 1:14.3 | Hello there. |
| 1:15.3 | Happy Beaver Drop Day Jody. |
| 1:17.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:17.8 | Hey there. |
| 1:18.8 | Actually year, I mean it's been a year long celebration, you know, we just felt like we needed to sneak in our |
| 1:23.1 | commemoration of this you know on the last day of the year. |
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