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Oct 2023
17m 52s

The Animals: Deirdre, Jellyfish

Radiotopia
About this episode

Deirdre is a jellyfish, and she’s just trying to go with the flow.

Featuring Maeve Higgins. Maeve’s new album “A Very Special Woman” is available on bandcamp.

Choral music in this episode from Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzche and William Byrd, in the public domain. Additional music from Blue Dot Sessions.

The Animals is a special series presented by Everything is Alive.

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