Our Relationship with Animals: Will Abberley, Chris Packham, Helen Pilcher, Alan Hook
Arts & Ideas
BBC
4.2 • 599 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2016
⏱️ 45 minutes
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Summary
Shahidha Bari and guests look at our relationship with animals. Chris Packham discusses his 'animal symphony' composed with musician Nitin Sawhney for a new documentary exploring animal reactions to music. Darwin expert and New Generation Thinker Will Abberley reviews an exhibition considering our relationship with the rest of the living world. Science writer Helen Pilcher explains the new science behind 'De-extinction'. Alan Hook describes his research into playfulness and computer games for cats. Bring Back the King: The New Science of De-extinction by Helen Pilcher is out now. Making Nature at the Wellcome Collection in London runs until the 21st of May. The Animal Symphony is on Sky Arts on the 9th December at 6pm, then on demand. Producer: Craig Templeton Smith
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to the home of the oxymoron. Evil genius. He asked the newspaper to print his obituary early so he'd enjoy it. That's like hiding at your own funeral. Yeah, a big, great gig. I'm Russell Kane. Join me to weigh in on whether the biggest players in history are more evil or genius. Becoming that rich, I'd say that is some level of genius. It also helps that it's a long time ago, right? |
| 0:23.3 | It's like the podcast version of telling your kids the ice cream van plays music when it's out of ice cream. |
| 0:28.8 | Listen to evil genius on BBC sounds. |
| 0:32.1 | Hello, I'm Shahid Abari and welcome to the Arts and Ideas podcast for BBC Radio 3. |
| 0:38.4 | If ours is the age of the Anthropocene with melting ice caps and disappearing rainforests, |
| 0:44.3 | in tonight's program we ask, shouldn't we also spare a thought for these guys? |
| 0:48.4 | Young girl, they call them the diamond dolls. |
| 0:57.8 | Young girl. They call them the Diamond Dogs Younger They call them the Diamond Dogs |
| 1:01.9 | Diamond Dogs |
| 1:01.9 | By David Bowie |
| 1:07.1 | Which happens to be Chris Packam's favourite song about animals |
| 1:10.3 | He's one of Britain's favourite song about animals. |
| 1:13.8 | He's one of Britain's favourite naturalists and our guest this evening. |
| 1:17.4 | He's been collaborating with musician Knit and Swarney to Stage a Symphony, |
| 1:21.9 | specifically designed for the ears of non-human creatures, great and small. |
| 1:26.7 | Our menagerie tonight also includes Helen Pilcher, a rare crossed breed, |
| 1:28.6 | stand-up comic mixed with science writer, |
| 1:33.6 | she'll be bringing to life the theory behind de-extinction. If you thought the Tacopa pupfish, the Tasmanian tiger and other lost species had long been consigned to the far-flung |
| 1:38.5 | corners of Wikipedia, think again. Here's a joke for you, Helen. What does a cat say when |
| 1:43.8 | somebody steps on its tail? |
| 1:45.8 | Don't know. |
| 1:46.7 | Me, ow! |
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