Summary
Eavesdrop on the conversations of cows and go in search of the 'whistle pig', as Josie Long presents short documentaries and audio adventures about animals.
Extract from Actual bird record of a nightingale no. 1. Published by The Gramophone Company Ltd in 1910. From the British Library Sound Archive, part of the Animals: Art, Science and Sound exhibition https://sounds.bl.uk
Roger Produced by Kalli Anderson
Does a Cow Know? Featuring Samar Nasrullah Khan Produced by Katie Revell
Curated by Axel Kacoutié, Eleanor McDowall and Andrea Rangecroft Series Producer: Eleanor McDowall A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, welcome to the podcast of Shortcuts. |
| 0:07.7 | I'm Josie Long, speaking to you live |
| 0:09.6 | from underneath a bat colony in Melbourne, Australia. |
| 0:14.3 | I hope you enjoy the show. |
| 0:25.6 | I'm on the bank of the Yarra River in Melbourne. This is shortcuts and occasionally I see gigantic bats |
| 0:31.6 | flying overhead like the stuff of nightmares but beautiful and not the slightest bit frightening. |
| 0:38.3 | Brief encounters, true stories, radio adventures and found sound. |
| 0:45.3 | Today, creatures. |
| 0:49.3 | I always whistle to them and try to mimic the whistle. |
| 0:55.0 | I'll whistle and call his name a few times and then he'll appear. |
| 1:05.0 | And just as I was allowed to simply be, I heard the ground hum. |
| 1:18.2 | Listen to this. |
| 1:33.3 | Today's episode is all creature features Short documentaries and audio adventures with animals |
| 1:37.3 | Whoa |
| 1:39.3 | I'm seeing bats |
| 1:42.3 | Which are at least half a meter in wingspan maybe more |
| 1:45.6 | jumping out of the jumping flying and swooping out of the trees over the river |
| 1:52.1 | circling over it and coming back oh wow we're about to travel from 2023 to 1910. |
| 2:02.6 | This is the first published recording of an animal. The I'm a |
| 2:18.3 | I'm |
| 2:20.3 | The |
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