EPISODE · Oct 12, 2021 · 31 MIN

#182 - Susan Orlean on ON ANIMALS

from The Sport of Life: Chats w/ Comedians, Filmmakers, Sports Figures, Musicians, & Intellectuals · host Trey Elling

New Yorker staff writer and bestselling author Susan Orlean chats with Trey Elling about ON ANIMALS. Questions include: Why does she feel a lifelong connection with animals? (01:10) Why is she most interested in animals that straddle the line between domesticated and wild? (03:03) How does someone get comfortable enough with a lion to keep it as a pet? (14:54) What impresses her most about mules? (19:32) Why are rabbits the only animals we keep as pets and also readily eat? (25:12)

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