22 min

39 - Sad Animal Facts & Brooke Barker’s New Memoir The Slaw: Staying On Top of Pittsburgh

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Meet Brooke Barker, the author and illustrator behind “Sad Animal Facts,” as well as a new memoir titled “So Help Me Gosh.” What are sad animal facts? Well, exactly that -- animal illustrations paired with “did you know” style, bite-sized information about animals. As Barker explains, “We’re all familiar with the concept of animals, and everyone assumes animals have these really easy and carefree lives. They’re frolicking in the woods; they’re just relaxing. They’re sleeping in cute little dens. But we don’t know how terrible animal lives are because they can’t tell us about them.”
 
While the project started with Barker sharing the content on the internet, she has subsequently written and illustrated two sad animal books, “Sad Animal Facts” and “Sad Animal Babies,” as well as a book about animal couples that is co-authored with her husband. In this episode, we discuss some of her favorite facts as well as her new series ‘Meet This Scientist.’ 
 
We talk about her new audiobook, “So Help Me Gosh,” which is a series of essays about growing up Mormon, and she even gives us a sneak peek by reading an excerpt. 
 
 
Links in this episode:
 
Sad Animal Fact website Sad Animal Facts on Instagram So Help Me Gosh on Audible Order Brooke’s books locally from White Whale Bookstore

Meet Brooke Barker, the author and illustrator behind “Sad Animal Facts,” as well as a new memoir titled “So Help Me Gosh.” What are sad animal facts? Well, exactly that -- animal illustrations paired with “did you know” style, bite-sized information about animals. As Barker explains, “We’re all familiar with the concept of animals, and everyone assumes animals have these really easy and carefree lives. They’re frolicking in the woods; they’re just relaxing. They’re sleeping in cute little dens. But we don’t know how terrible animal lives are because they can’t tell us about them.”
 
While the project started with Barker sharing the content on the internet, she has subsequently written and illustrated two sad animal books, “Sad Animal Facts” and “Sad Animal Babies,” as well as a book about animal couples that is co-authored with her husband. In this episode, we discuss some of her favorite facts as well as her new series ‘Meet This Scientist.’ 
 
We talk about her new audiobook, “So Help Me Gosh,” which is a series of essays about growing up Mormon, and she even gives us a sneak peek by reading an excerpt. 
 
 
Links in this episode:
 
Sad Animal Fact website Sad Animal Facts on Instagram So Help Me Gosh on Audible Order Brooke’s books locally from White Whale Bookstore

22 min