# Annihilation: The Language of Ghost Birds

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Podcast: [Cosmos In The Cosmos](https://stenobird.com/podcast/cosmos-in-the-cosmos-6448253)
Published: 2024-10-26T20:31:07+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/catherine-rudnicki/episodes/Annihilation-The-Language-of-Ghost-Birds-e2q68gh
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Duration seconds: 4313

## Resource

Happy Halloween everyone! Join Catherine and her guest Matthew for a special Halloween episode about Jeff VanderMeer's book Annihilation. They discuss what it means to live in a place where no one has a name, how an environment can change who you are, and of course what it means to be a dolphin with human eyes.

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