The Animal Inside

Hosted by Bob Carlson Nov. 25, 2016 Arts

We live with them. We feed them. Sometimes, we even clothe them. And sometimes, it all comes back to bite us. This week, trying to care for the animals in our lives – and inside ourselves.

Photo: German Shepherd Perla, simply...the best. (perlaroques)

From this Episode:

Morning routine

UnFictional host Bob Carlson talks about the animal living in his house. Her name is Lucy and she has one job.

3 min

Kirby the biter

First, every family's got one. That mostly friendly, affable relative who just might turn on you in an instant. And, in Chris Piehler's family, that relative was Kirby....

9 min

Rat house

Next, when Alex Ward was in college, he lived in a co-op with a bunch of other idealistic kids, trying to build the kind of world they wanted to live in. Then, the rats...

10 min

Law and order and goldfish

Finally, a humble story of law and order. In the corner of any given elementary school classroom, there's usually an animal of some kind – a hamster, or a hermit crab – to...

7 min

Credits

Host:

Bob Carlson

Producers:

Bob Carlson, Nick White, Carla Green

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