During the COVID 19 pandemic, Melissa told the stories inspiring animals intersecting in the daily lives of humans in hilarious and heartbreaking ways. The BewilderBeasts Podcast ran for 100 episodes, plus over 30 bonus episodes, over a four year window. While the show is over (and the podcast network folded), the stories of these incredible animals live on at BewilderBeastsPod.com, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
Where to start?
Episode 96: Shockoe – Some dogs work to close decades-old cold cases. Others are tasked with finding long-lost burial grounds, shining a light on America’s racist foundation while uncovering the truth that some today wish would stay buried.
Episode 74: Dartmoor – A matriarch looking for enough room for the entire family to call home buys a dilapidated zoo in England. It took 4 days before the Jaguar escaped. Then the wolves. Then the lynx. Welcome to Dartmoor.
Episode 6: The Exploding Whale Fail – In 1970, a dead whale appears on an Oregon beach. When the people in charge tasked the highway department to handle this marine nuisance, things took a turn. They eventually decided to use dynamite to blow up the carcass with the intention of turning the whale into bite-sized bits for seagulls. Over 100 spectators got an unexpected, disgusting surprise in the aftermath.
Episode 68: Who Watches the Watchmen – When violent militarized police attack school children protesting for the right to education in Chile, hundreds of homeless street dogs stand in the way. This story focuses on two of the hundreds of Chilean protesting dogs: the infamous Negro Matapacos (Bebe), whose likeness pops up wherever social injustice involving police brutality and injustice to kids around the world exists, and El Vaquita, the dog who needed a fake protest to see the vet.
A Bonus Episode: The Cow Who Gave Us Libraries – You’ve all heard the myth of how Mrs. O’Leary’s cow started the Great Chicago Fire….This is the real story of how classism and a framed cow lead to the United States getting their first public libraries.
Ep 27: Living His Best Afterlife – A bear in the deep woods of the deep south found and ate 76 pounds of cocaine. The bear died, but what happens next to this bear is just insane.
And so much more!
If you want a podcast that will make you laugh and think deeply about history, science, current events and more with a focus on all things fuzzy, then BewilderBeasts might be for you and your family.
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