Deadlier Than the Male
Lucy Cooke’s Bitch tells a wildly different story of reproduction, gender and sexual habits in the animal kingdom to those passed down to us by Darwin, Dawkins and other highly influential male scientists. Bitch challenges outdated preconceptions and biases around the female of the species being sexually coy, monogamous and passive and males being sexually dominant and promiscuous. It also challenges broader expectations around male and female roles and why binary ways of looking at the world and ourselves are increasingly being challenged. David meets up with zoologist, broadcaster and author Lucy Cooke in a woodland in Sussex to talk birdsong, bonobos, same sex parenting, sex changing fish, menopausal whales, parthenogenesis and murderous meerkats.
Trigger warning: this episode contains discussions about vomit bubbles and sexual cannibalism.
With guest Lucy Cooke http://www.lucycooke.tv/
Adventures in Nutopia
Welcome to Nutopia, a documentary-style series exploring radical ideas, new myths and social movements for a positive future shaped by community, re-enchantment, sustainability, ecology, creativity, magic and compassion. Don’t worry about poe-faced beard-stroking, there’s plenty of mischief, weirdness and fun to be had.
Written and presented by Sony award-winning broadcaster David Bramwell.
With generous support from the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids and Hawkwood College.
- No. of episodes: 20
- Latest episode: 2024-11-05
- Society & Culture
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