99% Invisible-91- Wild Ones Live by Roman Mars published on 2013-10-14T23:09:43Z We have one cardinal rule on 99% Invisible: No cardinals. Meaning, we deal with the built world, not the natural world. So, when I read Jon Mooallem’s brilliant book, Wild Ones: A sometimes dismaying, weirdly reassuring story about looking at people looking at animals in America, I didn’t think we'd ever do an episode of 99% Invisible about it. I just read it for fun. But then I saw Jon perform stories from the book live with musical accompaniment from the band Black Prairie. And that changed everything. What you need to know about Wild Ones is that it's not a book about nature. It’s a book about how we fit nature into our lives. Wild Ones is about the cutesy stuffed animals, the eco-tours, and the byzantine methods of conservation that evolve when our experience with wild life goes from something natural to something designed. Human-animal interaction has become a designed experience and the story of that transition, as the title of the book suggests, is sometimes dismaying and weirdly reassuring. Genre public radio Comment by Elana Fishbein I love this episode. It's just beautiful. Thank you for sharing this Roman! 2013-11-27T20:17:21Z Comment by Jason Koi Super happy that Black Prairie put out a recording of the music. Found it on Rdio! 2013-11-20T22:56:53Z Comment by TreyC Tought that was the ''Wild Ones - FloRida''. :') 2013-10-20T00:35:00Z Comment by Connie Parcoeur Who sings the son at the end (around minute 23)? I love it: "give them a home, please keep them from harm"... 2013-10-19T08:38:29Z Comment by eddypcj Truly wonderful. I never tire of seeing Jon Mooallem live. 2013-10-17T18:22:32Z Comment by Matthijs Nikos Thermiotis Tears across my face for the whole thing, how honest and beautiful! 2013-10-15T10:23:36Z Comment by Jacquelyn Blau wild and free 2013-10-15T06:50:59Z Comment by Roman Mars All music from this point on is from "Wild Ones" by Black Prairie 2013-10-15T00:24:06Z Comment by Roman Mars "Leaves Falling"- Lullatone 2013-10-15T00:23:26Z