'Animal,' Episode 2: Puffins

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🗓️ 9 June 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In a broken world, what can we gain by looking another animal in the eye? "Animal" is a six-part, round-the-world journey in search of an answer. In Episode 2, the writer Sam Anderson travels to Iceland to rescue baby puffins — which are called, adorably, pufflings. For more on "Animal," visit nytimes.com/animal.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Michael.
0:02.0	Today we have something really special for you.
0:05.0	A blissful break from the news.
0:08.0	It's a new series from NYU Audio called Animal.
0:13.0	Animal. My colleague Sam Anderson from The Times magazine
0:16.0	traveled the world to have encounters with animals,
0:20.0	not to claim them or to tame them, but just to appreciate them.
0:25.0	Each episode is a journey to get closer to a creature that Sam loves.
0:31.0	For the next six weeks, we'll be running this limited series every Sunday here on the Daily
0:35.8	Feed. But if you want to hear all the episodes right now, you can search for it wherever you get
0:41.6	your podcasts.
0:43.0	Today, episode two.
0:46.0	Take a listen.
0:50.0	Walnut.
0:51.0	Stop it.
0:54.0	Hey!
0:55.0	Hey!
0:56.0	Hey!
0:57.0	Hey!
0:58.0	Walnut.
1:00.0	No.
1:02.0	No. Oh, there once was a puffin, just the shape of a muffin, and he lived on an island in the bright blue sea.
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