To most people, the rat is vile and villainous. But not to everyone! We hear from a scientist who befriended rats and another who worked with them in the lab — and from the animator who made one the hero of a Pixar blockbuster. (Part three of a three-part series, “Sympathy for the Rat.”)
To find out more, check out the podcasts from which this hour was drawn: “The Animal No One Loves, Until They Do” and “The Downside of Disgust (Update)” and
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