Whose Story?

Rutendo and Sebastian are looking at stories and whether it
matters who is telling them. Paula Kahumbu is a renowned
conservationist and film-maker in Kenya who wants to see more
African stories told by Africans for Africans. “It's really
important that Iam empowered to tell my own story. Not just that
it's authentic, which therefore will resonate with the audiences
...but also it boosts my ability to have more impact out there.”
Through her programme: ‘Wildlife Warriors’, Paula is training,
championing and inspiring future generations of Africans to
pursue careers in nature.


Storytelling might feel uniquely human, but it plays an important
role in the animal world too, with animals learning certain
behaviours by copying family members. Just as human language is
passed down through generations, animals learn vocalisations by
listening to individuals around them. So what happens when that
species is dying out? Daniel Appleby, of the Difficult Bird
Research Group atCanberra University, describes how the scarcity
of the Regent Honeyeater means the bird is forgetting its own
song.


And when an artist uses mushrooms to generate music through a
synthesiser, who is the composer – the musician or the fungi?


Credits:


The BBC Earth podcast is presented by Sebastian Echeverri and
Rutendo Shackleton.


This episode was produced by Rachel Byrne and Geoff Marsh.


The researchers were Seb Masters and Dawood Quereshi.


The Production Manager was Catherine Stringer and the Production
Co-ordinator was Gemma Wootton.


Podcast Theme Music was composed by Axel Kacoutié, with mixing
and additional sound design by Peregrine Andrews.


The Associate Producer is Cristen Caine and the Executive
Producer is Deborah Dudgeon.


Special thanks to:


Daniel Appleby from the Difficult Bird Research Centre at the
Australian National University in Canberra.


Paula Kahumbu from WildlifeDirect.


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