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Ideas about our world, our communities and ourselves. Hosted by @ManoushZ. A co-production of @NPR & @TEDTalks.

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TRH listeners are the bee’s knees!

What’s your favorite animal phrase?

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@atlchickmom 🐷💄

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Each of your nostrils is actually doing a different job 👃

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Marlene Zuk studies insects and some of their more… creative reproduction styles

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Peacocks have large, beautiful feathers. 🦚

But, turns out, they may not be the best dads.

Generally speaking, @carinbondar says, the more beautiful a male bird is, the less he's going to help with the peachicks.

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FUN FACT: There are 20,000 species of bees worldwide. But most people can only name a handful of bee species.

How many can you name?

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Can insects feel happy or sad, like us?

Biologist Marlene Zuk thinks personifying questions like this miss just how different we are from other animals.

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City bees are actually thriving

Researchers think it’s because urban areas have more plant diversity these days.

That’s good for bees — and humans.

Host: @manoushz • Producer: Keren Carrión

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Spring is here 🐦🌷🐝

So this week, we’re talking about the birds, the bees, and the bugs: what they do for our earth and how they “do it”
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Learn more about the history of the Iranian people's struggle for gender equality with @throughlineNPR
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Shirin Neshat’s first feature film, "Women Without Men," is filled with metaphors describing feminine resilience.

One image that persists in many of Shirin’s works: the garden.

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“The Fury (2023)” Copyright Shirin Neshat, Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

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Shirin Neshat’s latest multimedia exhibit, “The Fury,” focuses on the female body, showcasing beauty and strength alongside vulnerability and trauma.

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“Offered Eyes (1993)” and “Rebellious Silence (1994)” Copyright Shirin Neshat, Courtesy of the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York and Brussels

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“What I wanted to do... is to show that while the women are always against the wall in Iran, they're always protesting, resilient, powerful and ultimately rebellious." - Shirin Neshat

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Iranian-born visual artist Shirin Neshat explores the paradox of being an artist in exile.