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Poultry Slam 1997

Originally aired 12.05.1997
Humans have turned chicken and turkey into what we want them to be. Which means that chickens and turkeys are a mirror of ourselves.

Prologue.

Host Ira Glass reads from a letter Benjamin Franklin wrote, and discusses it with Jack Hitt. (5 minutes)

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Act One. Chicken Diva.

Jack Hitt reports on one woman's opera about Chicken Little. (15 minutes)

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Act Two. Headless Chicken In Topless Bar.

Ira with Lloyd Natoff, on killing chickens. (9 minutes)

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Act Three. Duck Warrior.

Michael Lewis on duck hunting. (7 minutes)

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Act Four. Trying To Respect A Chicken.

Ira with chicken photographer Tamara Staples. (20 minutes)

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Photo: Eva Ekeblad

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