The Spouter-Inn

47b. Bonus: Daniel Heath Justice on Animals.


Listen Later

Raccoons inhabit a world between. They have features that are very human:

their little paws, their behaviour. But their eyes are the eyes of an
animal, and they’re inscrutable. They sit up and look human with these
animal faces. Their behaviour — they don’t run away in the same ways that
other animals do from us. They’re drawn to novelty, rather than repelled by
it. So in all of these different ways, they sit between categories of
comfort for us. That’s what fascinates me, but I think that’s partly what
puts in some danger with a lot of humans.

Daniel Heath Justice is a

Colorado-born citizen of the Cherokee Nation. He is Professor of Critical Indigenous
Studies and English at the University of British Columbia. His published work
is largely in the areas of Indigenous literary studies, Indigenous Studies,
and animal cultural history, including the recent Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter and Raccoon, and,
with co-editor Jean M. O’Brien (White Earth Ojibwe), the forthcoming
Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations under Settler
Siege.

To round off their Animal

cluster, Suzanne and Chris
talk with Daniel about raccoons, badgers, and other animals, both in the real
world and in literature.

Show Notes.

Some of Daniel’s books: Raccoon;

Badger; Why Indigenous Literatures
Matter.

Reaktion Books’ Animal series.

Kenneth Grahame: The Wind in the Willows.

L. Frank Baum: The Wizard of Oz books.

Our episodes on Charlotte’s Web and

The Fellowship of the Ring.

Megaphonic’s Lord of the Rings podcast, By-The-Bywater, will be talking about eagles

in their next episode.

Bartholomeus Anglicus:

De proprietatibus
rerum.
(The section on the
badger.)

Rachel Poliquin: Beaver.

An article from The Star about Toronto’s raccoons and green

bins.

Support The Spouter-Inn on Patreon.

...more
View all episodesView all episodes
Download on the App Store

The Spouter-InnBy Suzanne Conklin Akbari and Chris Piuma

  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8
  • 4.8

4.8

30 ratings


More shows like The Spouter-Inn

View all
The Book Review by The New York Times

The Book Review

3,999 Listeners

Travel with Rick Steves by Rick Steves

Travel with Rick Steves

2,483 Listeners

Dear Hank & John by Complexly

Dear Hank & John

7,758 Listeners

The History of Literature by Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate

The History of Literature

1,120 Listeners

All About Agatha Christie by All About Agatha (Christie)

All About Agatha Christie

1,102 Listeners

Pod Save America by Crooked Media

Pod Save America

87,146 Listeners

It’s Just A Show by Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)

It’s Just A Show

48 Listeners

You’re Not Funny by Adam Clarke and Chris Piuma

You’re Not Funny

1 Listeners

And Thereby Hangs A Tale by Adam Clarke

And Thereby Hangs A Tale

1 Listeners

Shedunnit by Caroline Crampton

Shedunnit

708 Listeners

The Bulwark Podcast by The Bulwark

The Bulwark Podcast

12,496 Listeners

Dear Reader by Michael Collins and Emily Gushue Whalen

Dear Reader

1 Listeners

This Is Your Mixtape by Michael Collins

This Is Your Mixtape

10 Listeners

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien by Jared Pechaček, Oriana Scwindt, and Ned Raggett

By-The-Bywater: A Podcast about All Things J.R.R. Tolkien

32 Listeners

Life Kit by NPR

Life Kit

4,741 Listeners

The Opposite Of Lonely by Nadia Halim

The Opposite Of Lonely

0 Listeners

A Part Of Our Scare-itage by Adam Clarke and Sarah Chamberlain

A Part Of Our Scare-itage

7 Listeners

The Scene of the Scene by Megaphonic

The Scene of the Scene

0 Listeners

HubrisWeen! by S Frost and Tim Lehnerer

HubrisWeen!

0 Listeners

Maintenance Phase by Aubrey Gordon & Michael Hobbes

Maintenance Phase

16,600 Listeners

Gone Medieval by History Hit

Gone Medieval

1,865 Listeners

Game Show 1939! by Chris Piuma and Michael Collins

Game Show 1939!

2 Listeners

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society by History Hit

Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal & Society

1,378 Listeners

The Next Level by The Bulwark

The Next Level

3,133 Listeners

The Rest Is Politics: US by Goalhanger

The Rest Is Politics: US

2,115 Listeners