Dispatches: Animalia Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/dispatches-animalia Checkpoint and EUGY have come together because we share the same belief: that children learn to care for the natural world by experiencing it, not by being told about it. EUGY make beautiful, biodegradable animal models that a child can build with their own hands. We make stories that let a child experience the world through the animal's senses. Together, the story and the model become something neither could be alone — a story you can hold. Every EUGY animal inhabits a world they experience individually through their own senses. Our stories are written from the perspective of that world. There are no villains or heroes, no happy endings or sad ones. They are dispatches from the natural world. Each story is written from the animal's own senses. They are written to help us understand that what we see isn't necessarily what other species see. They help us frame a changing world through the eyes of those affected. Our stories let a child experience the natural world through another animal's body before anyone tells them what to think. The animals don't explain themselves. They move through their environment and the child moves with them. The ecological meaning arrives through sensation, not instruction. You can find a link to buy the featured animal on the story page directly from EUGY. Farawati Human Mark - what it means: Each story has its own original music composition, like all the Checkpoint stories do. Nothing is made with or by AI. If you like our stories: Then feel free to explore over 18 hours of other Checkpoint stories based in your favourite videogames. 2x British Podcast Award finalists and with over 75 million plays worldwide, you'll be joining a expanding number of listeners that use our stories to unwind and grow. Magdoos Media Limited 07cbd6fa-6bdf-5a5f-8edc-b48ca5390573 yes Tamer Asfahani en Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:36:11 +0000 Tue, 27 Oct 2026 10:36:26 +0000 http://www.checkpointstories.com https://img.transistorcdn.com/gwCpUu2GPmiU0Ev5H9kxYtayo1vytaSZrdA3te_IdTw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lNzZk/Njk2OGE1MDZiOTZl/MDBkOWNmZjM5NzJj/MTcwYS5wbmc.jpg Dispatches: Animalia http://www.checkpointstories.com episodic Tamer Asfahani Checkpoint and EUGY have come together because we share the same belief: that children learn to care for the natural world by experiencing it, not by being told about it. EUGY make beautiful, biodegradable animal models that a child can build with their own hands. We make stories that let a child experience the world through the animal's senses. Together, the story and the model become something neither could be alone — a story you can hold. Every EUGY animal inhabits a world they experience individually through their own senses. Our stories are written from the perspective of that world. There are no villains or heroes, no happy endings or sad ones. They are dispatches from the natural world. Each story is written from the animal's own senses. They are written to help us understand that what we see isn't necessarily what other species see. They help us frame a changing world through the eyes of those affected. Our stories let a child experience the natural world through another animal's body before anyone tells them what to think. The animals don't explain themselves. They move through their environment and the child moves with them. The ecological meaning arrives through sensation, not instruction. You can find a link to buy the featured animal on the story page directly from EUGY. Farawati Human Mark - what it means: Each story has its own original music composition, like all the Checkpoint stories do. Nothing is made with or by AI. If you like our stories: Then feel free to explore over 18 hours of other Checkpoint stories based in your favourite videogames. 2x British Podcast Award finalists and with over 75 million plays worldwide, you'll be joining a expanding number of listeners that use our stories to unwind and grow. Checkpoint and EUGY have come together because we share the same belief: that children learn to care for the natural world by experiencing it, not by being told about it. nature, environment, animals, toys, sustainability, climate, ecosystem, environment, real world, responsible, animals, planet Magdoos Media Limited No No Fennec Fox 1 1 Fennec Fox full 0d5a6b48-71b8-4dd9-8122-c7ca15396221 https://share.transistor.fm/s/84d55c58 A story written entirely from inside the desert's smallest fox at night navigating a world that is harder for him than it used to be.


Written for everyone.


In this episode:


• A fox who reads the world through his paws

• What it means when the night has fewer small sounds than it should

• An ending that doesn't pretend the world is unchanged


Why this story matters

This is a carefully crafted and structured ecological story. Children feel the disruption before they can name it and that feeling is the beginning of understanding. It's part of the Checkpoint Kids approach: sensory, honest, and built for the listening body. (British Podcast Awards finalist, 2024 and 2025.)


Build the fox

The Fennec Fox is the first Checkpoint × EUGY collaboration. EUGY make award-winning, eco-friendly 3D cardboard animal kits. Checkpoint make award-nominated podcasts, and together have created a story you can hold.


→ Buy the EUGY Fennec Fox here.

Writtten and Narrated by Tamer Asfahani
Music composition by Nick May
EUGY permitted content

Farawati Human Mark: This story was made completely by humans with no AI input. 

© 2026 Magdoos Media Limited - All Right Reserved

]]> A story written entirely from inside the desert's smallest fox at night navigating a world that is harder for him than it used to be.


Written for everyone.


In this episode:


• A fox who reads the world through his paws

• What it means when the night has fewer small sounds than it should

• An ending that doesn't pretend the world is unchanged


Why this story matters

This is a carefully crafted and structured ecological story. Children feel the disruption before they can name it and that feeling is the beginning of understanding. It's part of the Checkpoint Kids approach: sensory, honest, and built for the listening body. (British Podcast Awards finalist, 2024 and 2025.)


Build the fox

The Fennec Fox is the first Checkpoint × EUGY collaboration. EUGY make award-winning, eco-friendly 3D cardboard animal kits. Checkpoint make award-nominated podcasts, and together have created a story you can hold.


→ Buy the EUGY Fennec Fox here.

Writtten and Narrated by Tamer Asfahani
Music composition by Nick May
EUGY permitted content

Farawati Human Mark: This story was made completely by humans with no AI input. 

© 2026 Magdoos Media Limited - All Right Reserved

]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:50:02 +0100 Tamer Asfahani Tamer Asfahani 893 A story written entirely from inside the desert's smallest fox at night navigating a world that is harder for him than it used to be.


Written for everyone.


In this episode:


• A fox who reads the world through his paws

• What it means when the night has fewer small sounds than it should

• An ending that doesn't pretend the world is unchanged


Why this story matters

This is a carefully crafted and structured ecological story. Children feel the disruption before they can name it and that feeling is the beginning of understanding. It's part of the Checkpoint Kids approach: sensory, honest, and built for the listening body. (British Podcast Awards finalist, 2024 and 2025.)


Build the fox

The Fennec Fox is the first Checkpoint × EUGY collaboration. EUGY make award-winning, eco-friendly 3D cardboard animal kits. Checkpoint make award-nominated podcasts, and together have created a story you can hold.


→ Buy the EUGY Fennec Fox here.

Writtten and Narrated by Tamer Asfahani
Music composition by Nick May
EUGY permitted content

Farawati Human Mark: This story was made completely by humans with no AI input. 

© 2026 Magdoos Media Limited - All Right Reserved

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