What happens when a voice emerges? What happens when one is lost? Is something gained? A couple months ago, Lulu guest edited an issue of the nature magazine Orion. She called the issue <a href="https://orionmagazine.org/issue/spring-2025/">“Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity,”</a> and it was a wide-ranging celebration of queerness in nature. It featured work by amazing writers like Ocean Vuong, Kristen Arnett, Carmen Maria Machado and adrienne maree brown, among many others. But one piece in particular struck Lulu as something that was really meant to be made into audio, an essay called <a href="https://orionmagazine.org/article/key-changes/">“Key Changes,”</a> by the writer Sabrina Imbler. If their name sounds familiar, it might be because they’ve been <a href="https://radiolab.org/podcast/beware-sand-striker">on the show before</a>. In this episode, we bring you Sabrina’s essay – which takes us from the beginning of time, to a field of crickets, to a karaoke bar – read by the phenomenal actor <a href="https://www.beccablackwell.com/">Becca Blackwell</a>, and scored by our director of sound design Dylan Keefe. Stay to the end for a special surprise … from Amy Ray of the Indigo Girls!Special thanks to Jay Gallagher from UC Davis.EPISODE CREDITS: Reported by - Sabrina ImblerProduced by - Annie McEwen and Pat Walterswith help from - Maria Paz GutiérrezOriginal music from - Dylan KeefeFact-checking by - Kim Schmidtand Edited by  - Tajja Isen and Pat WaltersEPISODE CITATIONS:Articles - Check out <a href="https://orionmagazine.org/issue/spring-2025/">Queer Planet: A Celebration of Biodiversity</a>, Orion Magazine (Spring 2025)Read Sabrina Imbler’s original essay, “<a href="https://orionmagazine.org/article/key-changes/">Key Changes</a>,” Orion Magazine (Spring 2025)Read Lulu Miller’s mini-essay, “<a href="https://orionmagazine.org/article/astonishing-immobility/">Astonishing Immobility,</a>” Orion Magazine (Spring 2025)Check out Sabrina Imbler’s Defector column <a href="https://defector.com/in-hawaii-crickets-are-learning-new-songs-of-sex-and-death">Creaturefector</a> all about animalsAudio - Listen to Amy Ray’s song “<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/4Ion9Ue8lQhWSKBvZ5Hlma?si=dcf754f0394f4051">Chuck Will’s Widow</a>” from her solo album If It All Goes SouthBooks - <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/how-far-the-light-reaches-a-life-in-ten-sea-creatures-sabrina-imbler/18790437?gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=16243514117&gbraid=0AAAAACfld43xGZMRIiFmiaZBzAOrMdiTH&gclid=CjwKCAjwiezABhBZEiwAEbTPGCX8mYG8TFZFG1OVnkOIkGQ7O5MH75wn5xNTtQQNmF8ZsvXV3wk-VhoCDFcQAvD_BwE">How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures,</a> by Sabrina ImblerSignup for our newsletter!! It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. <a href="https://radiolab.org/newsletter">Sign up</a> (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of <a href="http://members.radiolab.org">The Lab</a> (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on <a href="http://instagram.com/radiolab">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://twitter.com/radiolab">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/radiolab">Facebook</a> @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing <a href="mailto:radiolab@wnyc.org">radiolab@wnyc.org</a>.Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Simons Foundation and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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