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Alan Brown
Raised by a family of wild squirrels in Bournemouth gardens, Alan spent his early years foraging for acorns and avoiding the tourists.
‘Squirrel Boy’, as he became known, was eventually captured by scientists from Bournemouth University and taken to their facility at Talbot Campus, Poole, where he still lives to this day.
His participation in this radio station is part of an attempt to re-integrate him into mainstream society.
Listen to Alan’s audio biography:
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Walls Have Ears
A programme that poses the question – where does sound go?
If sound can make impressions in tin foil or a wax cylinder, then why not in a wall, however infinitesimal that may be? And what would happen if someone made an apparatus that could extract these sounds from say, a wall?
Well the result might sound a bit like this:
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Won 2nd Prize at the BEA Festival of Media Arts, Las Vegas, 2008
Teenage Wasteland: Young People & World War Two
To mark the 70th anniversary next year of the beginning of World War Two, this programme presents the voices, thoughts and fears of the forgotten people of the war, the teenagers.
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Lost in the Machine
A follow-up to the programme that posed the questions – where does sound go? And what would happen if someone made an apparatus that could extract these sounds from say, a wall?
In this programme, the Professor leaves his assistant in charge of the equipment. Bad move Prof!
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With Gary Hayton and Mags Reinig. Recorded in Binaural Stereo.
See also: Walls Have Ears
Pester Power
A bit of a rant I’m afraid. Andy Causton interviews me about the way advertisers target children in an effort to get their parents to shell out their hard earned cash!
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A Hot Day in September
Some reflections on the events leading up to my father’s funeral.
Part of the ‘Letter from the Terminus’ series.
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Knitting – The New Rock ‘n’ Roll?
Hardly a day seems to go by without something or other being described as the new rock ‘n’ roll. With the recent resurgence of knitting as a ‘cool’ hobby, and its apparent popularity amongst celebs, Alan Brown asseses its rock ‘n’ roll credentials!
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Pocillovists on Parade
A playful look at the world of egg cup collecting. With Michelle Farley and Kristin Lindsay.
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What Are You Thinking?
A reflection on the differences in the ways men and women communicate.