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Part of Nature
Central protagonist in Lisa Eder's forthcoming feature documentary, a poetic journey through Europe and Africa.
05 · Broadcast
On air
Since around 2019, I have been increasingly involved in radio, television, and podcasts.
Radio · podcasts · television
Selected broadcast
8 entriesForthcoming
Part of Nature
Lisa Eder's feature documentary, in which I am the central protagonist – a poetic cinematic journey through Europe and Africa, made with Lisa Eder Film, SWR, arte, Gulfstream TV and mindjazz pictures.
Feature documentary
2021–2026
The Psychosphere
My own series of conversations with leading scientists and philosophers on intelligence, consciousness and agency. The first series, recorded 2021–22, was produced by Lucia Scazzochio of Social Broadcasts. The second series was made with the support of National Geographic.
Podcast
2024
De mens als dier
An episode of the Dutch public television series exploring the human as animal, drawing on my book Het dier in ons, the Dutch edition of How to Be Animal.
VPRO Tegenlicht
2023
Is human intelligence overrated?
A discussion of human and animal intelligence, and whether our distinctive cognitive abilities are as advantageous as we suppose.
CBC Ideas
2021
Nature and Us: A History through Art
Contributor across all three episodes of James Fox's series on how art has recorded our changing relationship with the natural world.
BBC Four
2021
Brainwash Talks: Het Dier de Mens
A filmed talk for Dutch public television on why the human being is an animal.
HUMAN, Dutch television
2021
What if… we could bring extinct animals back to life?
Contributor to WIRED's film on de-extinction, exploring selective breeding, cloning and CRISPR, and the ideas that shape attempts to bring extinct animals back.
WIRED
2012
Beyond Silent Spring: The Creation
A spoken essay for The Essay on E. O. Wilson's The Creation, part of a series marking fifty years since Silent Spring.
BBC Radio 3
Featured broadcast: Part of Nature
Lisa Eder's forthcoming feature documentary follows me across Europe and Africa, asking what it means to live as a creature among creatures. It was filmed over two years in woodland, on coastlines and in the field.
