Episode 4: Ferrets

Animal

The New York Times

Animal, News, New York Times, Society, Society & Culture, Culture, Animals

4.7 • 881 Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Sam soothes his anxiety by visiting a convention center in Ohio.

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0:00.0	Where are we? Is this actually where? Yeah, I think we're here. This looks pretty sketchy.
0:12.0	Turn right into the parking lot, then arrive at your destination.
0:17.4	What? What do you see?
0:18.6	Look at that license plate.
0:20.0	The license plate says ferret.
0:22.0	What what what are you, what, what, what, what, what,
0:24.0	what are you pointing at?
0:25.0	Oh my God, that license plate says, I love my ferrets.
0:28.0	Ah!
0:29.0	It's happening.
0:32.0	My people. Okay, let's go check in. I'm going to be honest with you. I'm a middle-aged man. My life is dull and soft. I'm basically a human butter knife. But there's one thing that
0:47.6	instantly fills me with joy. Giddy, squeaky, childlike joy.
0:53.0	We found my people.
0:54.0	They're loading up a cart full of like ferret products.
0:58.0	From the New York Times, I'm Sam Anderson.
1:01.0	This is Animal.
1:03.0	Episode 4, Ferrets.
1:05.0	You know what it's not.
1:08.0	How many Ferrets were in that van? I saw it.
1:13.4	Oh, we're not done yet.
1:15.4	It's August. And I've just arrived with my colleague Crystal Duham
1:20.0	in Columbus, Ohio, which at this moment happens to be the most ferrety place in America.
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