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Outside/In: Like a Dirty Rotten Whale

Wally the dog has rolled in something gross. Wally the dog feels no shame.
Nate Hegyi
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NHPR
Wally the dog has rolled in something gross. Wally the dog feels no shame.

We’re cleaning out the proverbial fridge, but instead of old food, it’s fantastic and forgotten questions from the Outside/Inbox.

Conversation topics include Taylor’s humiliatingly old headlamp, the olfactory experience of a dead whale and, of course, the answers to the following queries:

  • Why do dogs like to roll in dead stuff? 
  • Do humans have a mating season? 
  • When did headlamps start to have red light?
  • I live next to a highway. What can I do about the noise pollution?

Featuring Christopher Schell, Eric Nystrom, and Erica Walker.

Thanks to our listeners who called in: Dusty, Kyle, Claire, Amanda, Gretchen, Zach, and Sabrina.

We’re looking for new submissions to the Outside/Inbox! Send us those questions by recording yourself on a voice memo, and emailing that to us at outsidein@nhpr.org. Or you can call our hotline: 1-844-GO-OTTER.

Marina Henke is the managing producer for Outside/In. Her reporting includes exploring the impact of cruise ships on local economies, charting a controversial burro rescue, and the saga of brick salvaging in the wake of a devastating tornado. Before NHPR, she worked at Pineapple Street Studios and helped launch Trevor Noah’s podcast What Now?
Outside/In is a show where curiosity and the natural world collide. Click here for podcast episodes and more.

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