Francis is out of town this week and Daisy is joined by Tove Danovich, a journalist and writer who has featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Ringer, and Dirt. She is the author of the 'Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them', an immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting.
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Tove
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Links & References
- Dirt x Boys Club: clone.fyi
- Tove's book list: Nine amazing books about animals
- Tove's climate change piece: On hope and hopelessness
- Daisy's essay: Attention is what makes us human
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Timestamps
00:00 Introducing Tove
01:50 Curiosity is the topic of life
06:49 Our relationship with urban wildlife
12:33 Impactful responses from Tove's readers
17:56 Chicken's in culture through the ages
22:04 The political power of the egg
27:00 The deeply feminist story of chickens and egg-money
31:32 Beekeeping and pollination myths
36:00 Nine amazing books about animals
41:17 The challenges of writing about climate and nature
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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.
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