The LRB Podcast

Consider the Pangolin, and Other Animals

Nov 22, 2022

54:21

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Episode notes

Introduction

3min

The Elephant's Trunk

4min

The Hermit Crab

3min

The Beauty of the Living World

2min

The Myth of the Bear

3min

The Importance of Natural History

1min

The Importance of Humility

2min

The Pros and Cons of Myths

2min

The Great Lies

2min

10.

The Importance of Imagination in Life

2min

11.

The Precarity of Life

2min

12.

The Importance of Love and Dread

2min

13.

The Universe's Greatest Marvel

2min

14.

The Giraffe and the Endangered Species

2min

15.

The Power of Books

2min

16.

The Bangolin

2min

17.

The Wombat's Pouch Is Upside Down

2min

18.

The Desire for the Elegant and Beautiful

2min

19.

The Importance of Beauty in Poetry

3min

20.

The Sibiline Books: A Real Life Fable

2min

21.

The Untold Secrets of the Universe

2min

22.

The Process for Writing an Animal Sense of Interest

2min

23.

The Golden Mole in the Essays

2min

24.

The Sun Drive to Save Endangered Creatures

2min

25.

The Importance of Hope

3min

Katherine Rundell has been writing about endangered animals in the LRB since 2018. Her new book, The Golden Mole, gathers those essays and new pieces into a bestiary of unusual and underappreciated creatures.

Katherine was joined by LRB editor Alice Spawls in a discussion touching on Elizabethan celebrity bears, Amelia Earhart’s bones, and the greatest lie we’ve ever told: that the world is ours for the taking.

You can read Katherine’s work in the LRB archives: lrb.me/rundell

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