Rachel Pendergrass gets her dream job: talking to visitors in an aquarium, but dealing with the questions are not what she expected.
Rachel Pendergrass is a storyteller, writer, actor, and science communicator native to the Atlanta area. She is a co-producer of WRITE CLUB Atlanta and the assistant director of the Dragon Con Science Track. She is the host of the new YouTube science communication comedy series Your Favorite Animal is A Dick. You can also find her performing at various live literature shows around town and on Dragon Con TV.
This story originally aired on December 4, 2015.
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