Kristen Meinzer and Josh Gondelman trade sleepy animal facts and royal trivia.

What You'll Hear:

Birthday Blues: Josh reveals that all racehorses share the same birthday—and Kristen connects the dots to royal “official” birthdays (plus, who in the monarchy would win a dance-off).

Egg-laying Oddballs: From platypuses to echidnas, they marvel at the rare mammals that lay eggs—and how Australia seems to collect them all.

Planet of the Animals: The two ponder evolution, flightless parrots, and what animals must think of us hairless, oddly-dressed humans.

CHAPTERS

00:00 Greetings & sleepy energy

02:00 The horse birthday conspiracy

04:00 Royal birthdays & dance-offs

08:00 Egg-laying mammals

12:00 Australia vs. New Zealand: survival edition

15:00 Flightless parrots & other curiosities

18:00 Wondering what animals think of us

19:30 Winding down for dreamtime

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