Our new friend Gabrielle has lost her duck. This brings up a lot of feelings from Gale Caroline and Anne about our relationship with animals. This episode deals with transition and grief. Losing someone is hard, but ultimately we realize that if you love something you gotta let it go.

We take a trip down 90s nostalgia lane and reminisce on classic animal films such as Harry and the Hendersons, Free Willy, The Neverending Story and Homeward Bound. Gale confronts the truth about ET, Anne takes us down an animal instagram hole we don't ever want to crawl out of, and Caroline reads a poem that made our producer burst out in tears. 

This one's heavy folks! But ultimately it'll leave you cherishing all our relationships, human or otherwise.

Recommendations to fill Gabrielle's void:

"The Varieties of Scientific Experience" by Carl Sagan (book) Caro

"My Little Alien" by Kate Nash (song) Gale

ET (movie) Caro

Harry Potter (book) Caro

Anne Frank (author) Gale

The Sopranos (tv show) Caro

Bobs Burgers "Every Which Way But Goose" (tv episode) Gale

"Waiting For Happiness" by Nomi Stone (poem) Gale

"Dogs" (tv show) Anne

"The Cowboy" By James Tate (poem) Caro

"My New Pet" by James Tate (poem) Anne

"Flush" by Virginia Wolf (novel) Gale

Virginia Woolf’s quote about her dog (quote) Anne

"Afterglow" by Eileen Miles (book) Gale

@animalsdoingthings @catsdoingthings @jennifergarner (Books with Berdie) @simonsits @buttersoffical @weratedogs (Instagram accounts) Anne

@roundanimals Caro

Video of parrot playing peekaboo with cat -Subreddit party parrot Anne