I do love This American Life! In fact, I bought the NPR poster produced from one of Asmus’ early Marvel comics with Wolverine and Nightcrawler listening to it to hang in my son’s room. (I even had Asmus sign it.) I mean it combines public radio and the X-Men, what’s not to like? And hopefully it will subtly influence my kid.
I also listen to How did this get Made, although that the one I am months behind on. So I haven’t heard the minisode where Paul gives KT books a shout out! (I have a lot of friends who dig true crime podcasts, but one time my husband made me listen to the survivors episode of my favorite murder and that gave me way too much anxiety!)
So back on track...in one “world” the item was a bird, another a necklace, I couldn’t really tell what it was in the western, and in fantasy and Sci-If one looked like a glowing rock and the other a glowing gem? So the bird was a living thing the others all described an aspect of a living thing? So I don’t think a person is out of the realm of possibility. Especially if Mojo is using it to keep Spiral in check.