Lizzie Peabody

This is Side Door, a podcast from the Smithsonian with support from PRX.

I'm Lizzie Peabody.

Chapter one.

I get by with a little help from my friends.

For help with this episode, we want to thank Inger Thoresen, Floyd Shockley, and Frank Krell.

Thanks also to Betty Valenis, Randall Kramer, and Ryan Lavery.

Our podcast is produced by James Morrison and me, Lizzie Peabody.

Executive producer is Anne Kananen.

[upbeat music] This is Side Door, a podcast from the Smithsonian with support from PRX.

I'm Lizzie Peabody.

[upbeat music] In 2025, the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute made a big announcement.

The zoo says it's getting ready for an event not seen in more than two decades.

For help with this episode, we wanna thank Sally Bornbusch, Robbie Clark, Erin Kendrick, Ellie Tomaseb, and of course, Jennifer Zoon, who drove us all around the zoo in a golf cart.

Legend.

Our podcast is produced by James Morrison and me, Lizzie Peabody.

Executive producer is Ann Cannan.