Sep 1, 2026 · 45 min · 10 segments
Brett sits down with Chloe Benjamin to discuss Under Story. They talk mushrooms and multiverses, the inspiration, and the sheer construction of the novel, which character was inspired by someone in…
Chloe BenjaminGuest
Brett BennerHost
I'm just sitting with it for a second because my brain is, again, going through so much of this, and we may be going into spoilers sooner than later because I'm still trying to, like, navigate.
After spending so much time researching for this book and spending time, because a lot of the book, it deals with a lot of different subjects, but one of them is our relationship to the natural world.
And I also, I asked that question because I know that you spent most of your life in an urban setting and now you live in Wisconsin, which is a very different thing.
And I'm experiencing that now, having lived almost my entire adult life in Los Angeles and now live basically in a forest on an
But suffice it to say that I... have always been a city kid and kind of an indoor cat.
I'm just sitting with it for a second because my brain is, again, going through so much of this, and we may be going into spoilers sooner than later because I'm still trying to, like, navigate.
After spending so much time researching for this book and spending time, because a lot of the book, it deals with a lot of different subjects, but one of them is our relationship to the natural world.
And I also, I asked that question because I know that you spent most of your life in an urban setting and now you live in Wisconsin, which is a very different thing.
And I'm experiencing that now, having lived almost my entire adult life in Los Angeles and now live basically in a forest on an
But suffice it to say that I... have always been a city kid and kind of an indoor cat.
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