Amia Srinivasan: What’s it like to be an octopus?

<p>‘Octopuses,’ Amia Srinivasan writes, ‘are the closest we can come, on earth, to knowing what it might be like to encounter intelligent aliens.’ In our third summer reading, Srinivasan explores the paradoxical nature of octopus lives, and the difficulties humans have in understanding them.</p><br><p>Read more by Amia Srinivasan in the LRB: <a href="https://lrb.me/srinivasanpod" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/srinivasanpod</a></p><p>Let us know your thoughts: <a href="https://lrb.me/podsurvey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/podsurvey</a></p><br><p>Produced by Zoe Kilbourn; editing by Sarah Sahim</p><br><p>Subscribe to Close Readings:</p><p>In Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://lrb.me/lrbpodapplesignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://apple.co/3pJoFPq</a></p><p>In other podcast apps: <a href="https://lrb.me/lrbpodsignup" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">lrb.me/closereadings</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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