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In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Martin Wallen about his 2021 book “Squid,” which covers the history of humanity’s scientific, folkloric and literary interest in cephalopods – from Aristotle’s understanding of the creatures to their treatment in weird fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries.

<p>In this episode of Stuff to Blow Your Mind, Robert chats with Martin Wallen about his 2021 book &ldquo;Squid,&rdquo; which covers the history of humanity&rsquo;s scientific, folkloric and literary interest in cephalopods &ndash; from Aristotle&rsquo;s understanding of the creatures to their treatment in weird fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries.</p>

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Stuff To Blow Your Mind

Of Humans and Squids, with Martin Wallen

https://api.omny.fm/orgs/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/clips/d568f12d-f86c-4eab-a181-aeb7014a0829/transcript

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