Ep. 41: Under the Henfluence ft. Tove Danovich

Francis is out of town this week and Daisy is joined by Tove Danovich, a journalist and writer who has featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Ringer, and Dirt. She is the author of the 'Under the Henfluence: Inside the World of Backyard Chickens and the People Who Love Them', an immersive blend of chicken-keeping memoir and animal welfare reporting.

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Tove

• Website
• Substack
• Instagram
• Bluesky

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Links & References

• Dirt x Boys Club: clone.fyi
• Tove's book list: Nine amazing books about animals
• Tove's climate change piece: On hope and hopelessness
• Daisy's essay: Attention is what makes us human

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Timestamps

00:00 Introducing Tove

01:50 Curiosity is the topic of life

06:49 Our relationship with urban wildlife

12:33 Impactful responses from Tove's readers

17:56 Chicken's in culture through the ages

22:04 The political power of the egg

27:00 The deeply feminist story of chickens and egg-money

31:32 Beekeeping and pollination myths

36:00 Nine amazing books about animals

41:17 The challenges of writing about climate and nature

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Our intro song, Night Life, is written by Nakisso Peralta and performed by Chillers.