If three people is a crowd, then what is 8.7 million species? According to ecosexuals—an orgy for the ages. In our fourth episode, the pod gets dirty while digging for a reason to live, laugh, and love. Some artifacts of note include the earth itself, a clock with no hands, alien dildos, and Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake. Best listened to while laying on a sun-warmed rock.

This episode’s interludes are field recordings gathered by Molly and Atticus, and they feature a stranger in the prairie.

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Special thanks to Leslie Thornton, Trevor Bashaw, and Madelynn Kurtz.

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