Ghost Town - a 5-part series for will soon be in production for broadcast on KNAU
A series of 5 linked radio features on the ghost towns of Northern Arizona will soon be going into production for KNAU Arizona Public Radio. Funded by the Arizona Humanities Council, the programs will be presented by NAU history professor Michael Amundson, recorded and produced by Diane in collaboration with KNAU and will be aired later this year on Norther Arizona's NPR member station.
Prairie Dogs - the first ever recordings of a prairie dog mother & her young underground were featured in a recent BBC Natural World documentary. Click below to hear inside a prairie dog nest - after some rustling of nest material, you'll hear soft clicks & squeaks, then louder squeals, as the young pups squabble with each other...
. . . other recordings used in the programme include those from the middle of a bison herd on the Cimarron Range. . .
Bison herd: D Hope
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Healing Sounds .. recordings of the work of Judith Waidelich, sound healer and Acutonics practioner. To hear the wonderful 'Chiron gong' and other tools in Judith's musical medicine chest, visit:
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Grand Canyon audio travel guide
Photo: Bernie Sanden
A 36-chapter NaturePod audio guide for travellers on the geology, history & natural history of the Grand Canyon National Park. Narrated by Daniel Kraker, recorded and produced by Diane, it is now available from:
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Other projects for websites, museums, & institutions
Diane has supplied audio to Arizona Highways Magazine, the Regents Park Zoo and the Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum in Tucson, Arizona.
Photo by Eyal Shochat http://picasaweb.google.com/eyal.shochat
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute audio archive project - now available online
Location recordings of key species and habitats from STRI's main research stations around Panama, including howler monkeys, an audio tour of the rainforest canopy (Barro Colorado) and hydrophone recordings from the seashore on the Carribean coast (Galeta Marine Station) are now available on the STRI website - follow this link & check 'audio' when you do your search:
http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bioinformatics/dfm/search.php
'City Life' - recreating life in ancient Teotihuacan, a museum project for Arizona State University
Diane worked with composer & sound designer Frank Ekeberg to recreate the experience of daily life in the ancient pre-Hispanic city of Teotihuacan at its zenith. Contact Diane for a podcast about the project which uses location recordings from the site in Mexico, as well as interviews with archaeologists from Arizona State University.