Podcast Transcript April 24, 2026— Good news for donkeys, rats, wildflowers, and people who hate step trackers
Episode Description: This week: a 58-day protest campaign just convinced Etsy to ban all animal fur starting this August. Germany spent decades digging coal out of the ground, leaving craters 200 feet deep. This month, the last one opened for swimming. And Cambodia unveiled the world's first Read More...
How Beethoven-loving donkeys help keep this ancient city clean
Every day at dawn, a herd of hard-working donkeys emerges from their stables into the cobbled streets of the ancient Turkish city of Mardin to collect rubbish. Working alongside city workers, the cream-colored animals help carry bags of litter as they meander through the narrow alleyways of the Read More...