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RadiolabforKidsPresents:Terrestrials
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Whichiswhywe’rerunningthefirstepisodeofthatserieshereforyoutoday.
It’scalledTheMastermind.Init,SyMontgomery,anauthorandnaturalist,sharesthestoryofacolor-changingcreaturemanypeopleassumedtobebrainlesswhooutsmartshishumancaptors.IfyouwantaSPOILERofwhatthecreatureis,readon:It’sanoctopus.Wehearthestoryofoneparticularlydeviousoctopuswholostalimb,wascapturedbyhumans,andthenmanagedtomakeanescapefromitsaquariumtank—backintotheocean!Thetaleof“Inky”theoctopuscallsintoquestionwhowethinkofasintelligent(andkissable)intheanimalkingdom.
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TerrestrialsisaproductionofWNYCStudios,createdbyLuluMiller.ThisepisodeisproducedbyAnaGonzález,AlanGoffinskiandLuluMiller.OriginalMusicbyAlanGoffinski.HelpfromSuzieLechtenberg,SarahSandbach,NataliaRamirez,andSaritaBhatt.Fact-checkingbyDianeKelley.SounddesignbyMiraBurt-WintonickwithadditionalengineeringbyJoePlourde.OurstorytellerthisweekisSyMontgomery.TranscriptionbyCalebCodding.
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