Listen "Amia Srinivasan: What’s it like to be an octopus?"
Episode Synopsis
‘Octopuses,’ Amia Srinivasan writes, ‘are the closest we can come, on earth, to knowing what it might be like to encounter intelligent aliens.’ In our third summer reading, Srinivasan explores the paradoxical nature of octopus lives, and the difficulties humans have in understanding them.
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Produced by Zoe Kilbourn; editing by Sarah Sahim
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by Amia Srinivasan in the LRB: lrb.me/srinivasanpod
Let us know your thoughts: lrb.me/podsurvey
Produced by Zoe Kilbourn; editing by Sarah Sahim
Subscribe to Close Readings:
In Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3pJoFPq
In other podcast apps: lrb.me/closereadings
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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