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What Has a Wild Animal Taught You?

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KQED

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2726 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

When political advisor Chloe Dalton found an injured newborn hare near her home in the countryside, she decided to nurse it back to health. The two quickly formed a bond of quiet companionship. We talk to Dalton about what the hare taught her about trust, attention, preparing for loss and the ordinary magic of engaging closely with the natural world. Her new memoir is “Raising Hare.” What has a relationship with a wild animal taught you? Guests: Chloe Dalton, writer and political advisor,her debut book is "Raising Hare" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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From KQBD in San Francisco, I'm Nina Kim. Coming up on forum, when political advisor

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Chloe Dalton found an injured newborn hair near her home in the countryside, she decided to nurse it back

1:12.1

to health. The two quickly formed a bond, and through their quiet companionship, the hair taught

1:17.3

Dalton about trust, attention, preparing for loss, and the magic of engaging closely with

1:23.3

the natural world. Her new memoir is Raising Hair. Have you ever been surprised by a connection you

1:29.4

felt to a wild animal? Tell us about it after this news.

1:48.3

Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim.

2:02.6

So I'll be honest, I didn't think I'd get so drawn into a book about a wild hair, but Chloe Dalton's memoir, raising hair about caring for a newborn hair that she stumbles upon, was just what I needed, a reminder of the wonders of the natural world and our capacity to learn from and forge a deep connection

2:08.2

with its inhabitants. For Dalton, a creature famed for its swiftness taught her to slow down.

2:15.9

Listeners, what is a connection to an animal taught you? Chloe Dalton joins me

2:19.8

now. Welcome to Forum. Hi, Mina. Thank you for having me on. I'm so thrilled to be here.

2:25.8

Oh, well, we're thrilled to have you. You've described yourself, Chloe, as perhaps the least likely

2:30.8

person to raise a hair. Why? Tell us about your life before you discovered this

2:36.3

baby hair or a leveret, as I learned. Yes, absolutely. I learned the word too. Well, my life up

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