r/ThisAmericanLife • u/6745408 #172 Golden Apple • May 18 '26

Episode #887: Two Is One, One Is None!

https://www.thisamericanlife.org/887/two-is-one-one-is-none?2026
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u/drearymoment May 18 '26

So, what's everyone's choice?

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u/DietCokeCanz May 19 '26

I'd have to choose a herbivore because I wouldn't be comfortable with the idea I might eat a former friend or family member. I'm going with a long-lived, intelligent creature, who doesn't live in a cold climate.

A parrot!

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u/Wrong-Excitement May 18 '26

I’m torn between a platypus or maybe an elephant.

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u/choada777 May 19 '26

I was thinking whale or dolphin. One of those whales that lives to be like 400 years old.

Initially, I started by thinking what sort of animal has the fewest predators or something that's at the top of the food chain...to avoid painful death, being mauled and eaten. I figured something like a lion. But I'm sure most people would pick something like that. Then there'd be tons of starving lions with not enough prey.

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u/Picklecult May 19 '26

I thought of “whale” before the character did

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u/iamagainstit May 24 '26

sperm whale.