Allison Maria Rodriguez is an artist living in Boston: “I’m kind of interested in that transition from living to endangered to extinct to myth, to mythical. I think mythical animals make evidence of the beauty and the awe of actual animals.” In this episode, we talk about the thylacine, and how to grapple with big, scary ideas like extinction.

Sounds in this episode include recordings by Freesound users pogotron (CC Sampling Plus 1.0); kangaroovindaloo and ramston (CC BY 3.0); felix.blume and thewebbster (CC0 1.0). Image by Smithsonian Institution Archives/EJ Keller via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.