Those Are Some Killer Whales
First hand story about being a Killer Whale biologist with some really killer whale sounds. Did you know some people find whales sexy?
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Producer: Ari Daniel Shapiro
Playtime: 8 minutes 57 seconds
First hand story about being a Killer Whale biologist with some really killer whale sounds. Did you know some people find whales sexy?
Producer: Ari Daniel Shapiro
Playtime: 8 minutes 57 seconds
For Valentines Day, this funny take on love. Starts by pondering the (unfair?) disarming effect of those three little words.
Also meet a woman with a very deep love for her parrot. But her kids hate, and are terrified by the menacing bird.
Program: This American Life
Date: January, 2003
Here is the audio of that 911 call to the police in North Stamford Connecticut. A disturbing, profound clip and an historic moment in audio documentary history.
BBC interview with David Attenborough legendary host and voice of British nature programs [er, programmes].
Producer: BBC
Program: The Interview
Playtime: 25 minutes 30 seconds
"Darwin has never had a majority."
At no time has a majority of the American public believed in the theory of evolution. Darwin says we are animals. People don't like that.
This is a fantastic podcast.
Program: Radiolab
Playtime: 27 minutes 28 seconds
How Flipper spured an international obsession with dolphins, swimming with dolphins, and places like Seaworld which, in turn, supports a multi-million dollar industry that slaughters dolphins.
From the Duke Center for Documentary Studies, a cautionary tale about exotic pets.
Fox hunting on horseback, with hounds, is alive in cold, wet Ireland. The Irish Times have produced this engaging audio slideshow on the Waterford Hunt.
- Audio Documentary London Bureau.
Playtime: 2 minutes 59 seconds
Britain's most renowned natural sound recordist, Chris Watson, has been to Antarctica. In this enhanced podcast, he provides just enough details to set the scene – and then lets the sounds bring you there. Some of the most engrossing audio you'll hear.
– Audio Documentary London Bureau
Playtime: 50 minutes 21 seconds
Chicago writer Bill Hillman puts you in the middle of the every-man-for-himself chaos of Pamplona's running of the bulls. A recent winner in the Edward R. Murrow Awards for electronic journalism.
Playtime: 8 minutes 17 seconds
An atmospheric immersion in the land of the midnight sun with the locals who learn to love the darkness.
The artist Marcus Coates recorded the dawn chorus in English woodlands; he then slowed down the recordings, and filmed human singers perform the newly approachable songs in everyday English settings. Then, he speeded the footage back up again. The sound is extraordianary – and in this case, so is the video.
Audio Documentary Europe
Playtime: 5 minutes 40 seconds