About this episode
A story about Derek, a mole who defies the expectations of his species by not liking to dig.
This is a story about Derek, the mole who didn't like digging. He liked all kinds of other things. Digging just happened to be a thing he did not like. Which might have been fine, except that he was a mole. And being a mole meant that certain things were expected of him. Digging, for example. But Derek was a very obstinate mole. Listen to the whole story to see how that works out for him. (Though there is a small clue in the title.)
People in this episode
Host: James Lark
Topics covered
- fiction
- comedy
- mole
- digging
- obstinacy
- expectations
Keywords
- mole
- digging
- Derek
- obstinate
- expectations
- story
- comedy
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: A Mole Tragedy
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