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In this episode of The Atlas Obscura Podcast, we go on a journey through the depths of the ocean, meeting a different squid deity at each stop along the way. Our guide is bonafide cephalopod expert, biologist, and science educator Sarah McAnulty.

Learn more: Sarah is teaching a course this fall about the creatures that live in the deep sea. It starts October 3, 2023. Use promo code CEPHALOPODCAST when you sign up to take 15 percent off.

Our podcast is an audio guide to the world’s wondrous, awe-inspiring, strange places. In under 15 minutes, we’ll take you to an incredible site, and along the way you’ll meet some fascinating people and hear their stories. Join us daily, Monday through Thursday, to explore a new wonder with cofounder Dylan Thuras and a neighborhood of Atlas Obscura reporters.

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