Comfort Creatures

This week we're joined by Tess James Mackey, author of the absolutely terrifying young adult thriller Someone Is Watching You and certified horse expert. She joins us to talk about her time at horse c...

21 Sep 20231h 10min

We're tired of pretending most of our favorite poems don't include animals! The truth is Alexis and Ella love poetry! Particularly poems about animals (or animals as metaphor)! We've each found some o...

14 Sep 202340min

This week we're joined by the Ornithologist, Bird Ringer and wildly successful Mya-Rose Craig aka BirdgirlUK. Mya-Rose was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bristol at just 17 for her...

7 Sep 20231h 6min

Ella found the perfect wedding venue (complete with a CURSED lake!) and so begins the age old question: Should I bring goats to my wedding? This week Ella has found some fun ways that people have inte...

31 Aug 202347min

Did you know that Possums only live in Australia? Opossums are naive to the Americas- Possums are actually a totally different animal. They'e an example of our favourite thing- CONVERGENT EVOLUTION BA...

24 Aug 20231h 3min

Listen, we want to be very clear that we do not condone war NOR the use of animals in it! However, sometimes you remember that there was a bear named Wojtek in World War II who was an ACTUAL enlisted ...

17 Aug 202332min

IT'S OFFICIAL! Comfort Creatures is a WHOLE YEAR old! Thank you to everyone for an incredible first year! To celebrate our podcast anniversary/birthday we are joined by the wonderful, Alice Hope. Alic...

10 Aug 20231h 21min

Just when Ella thought it was safe, Percy is back in the kitchen and ruining baking dishes! Meanwhile, Cricket is working on his own pee issues and wearing his BIG BOY Belly bands! And while that migh...

3 Aug 202342min