Episode 2
What I Don't Know About Animals. Jenny Diski uses her own life as a framework to offer an entertaining and rigorous examination of our relationship to the animal world.
Written by Jenny Diski. Can we ever really hope to communicate with non-human animals? And what on earth would we discuss? French philosopher Jacques Derrida and fictional character Dr Dolittle are both roped into the debate.
Read by Lesley Manville
Abridged and Produced by Jill Waters
A Waters Company production for 麻豆社 Radio 4.
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- Tue 16 Nov 2010 09:45麻豆社 Radio 4 FM
- Wed 17 Nov 2010 00:30麻豆社 Radio 4
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