Sex, Lyres and Audiotape
Episode One: Repeat after me
Chainsaws, drills, car alarms. We've heard it all before Chook. It's time to tell the REAL story of the lyrebird.
In a three part series titled 'Sex, lyres and audiotape' Ann Jones takes you where no podcast has ever gone before, discovering that with superb lyrebirds, there's more than meets the ear.
Across all episodes and podcast extras,
Sex, Lyres and Audiotape features:
Dr Ann Jones, Presenter / Producer, Off Track
Alex Maisey, PhD Candidate, La Trobe University
Dr Anastasia Dalzeill, University of Wollongong, and
also affiliated with the Hawkesbury institute for the Environment at the University of Western Sydney and Cornell University in the US.
Victoria Austin, PhD Student, University of Western
Sydney
Carol Probets, Bird Guide, independent scholar. [Read more at the
Flute Lyrebird Project site.]
In Archive Material:
Matthew Doyle, Radio Eye, 1997
Anne Dryer in Kindergarten of the Air, 1949
Vincent Serventy in The Lyrebird, 1953
Robert Peach and Mike Crewdson and the first edition, ever, of AM 4.9.67
Alex Chisholm on AM, 5.9.67
Dr Paul White on City Extra, 1981
David Attenborough, The Life of Birds, 1998
Charlie Romer, Mike Ladd, Chook in Memorium, 360 Documentaries, 2014
Dr Norman Robinson, Robyn Williams, The Science Show, 1984.
With Sounds From:
Zoos SA, Carol Probets, Anastasia Dalziell, Victoria Austin, Deakin University Library, Neville Hayes Video Production.
And sounds sent in from the audience from:
Jonathan Rihan, Izzy Taylor, Robyn Russel, Fiona, Luke Nuttall, Lisa Stewart, Di McKenzie, Nick Bowen and Ben O’Neill, Ian Hill, Tina Bromhead, Neil Duggan, Ed Bristow, Fiona from Lake Macquarie, Natalie White, Ed Bristow, Rebecca
Smart, Lisa Stewart, Mary Ridgetop.
Music:
Matthew Doyle – Lyrebird [Album], ‘Tongue Talk’ and ‘Wiridjiribin; The First Lyrebird’ [Episode one]
The Lyrebird Duo with ‘The Keel Row.’ [Episode one and two]
Tina Turner with ‘Nutbush City Limits.’ [Episode one]
Other music made from lyrebird sounds and archival material by Ann Jones.
