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This Valentine's Day, a mysterious tap tap tapping leads us into a world of sex, death, and head-banging.
Biologist Dave Goulson introduces us to the lonely yearnings of an especially pathetic beetle and snatches a sound back from the hands of the devil himself. Featuring rapping about rapping from extra special guests Lin-Manuel Miranda, Utkarsh Ambudkar and Freestyle Love Supreme.
Produced by Simon Adler. We had engineering help from Rick Kwan.
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