Madeleine Finlay
speaker
2,527 appearances
37 recordings
2 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 2d ago
Madeleine Finlay’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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recordings per month · last 12 monthsRecordings per month over the last 12 months — 37 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 8.
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Coming up, will we ever really understand what whales are saying?
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And could we ever talk back?
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When we're talking about all of this, it's really hard not to use human words like speech and language.
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But how much can we compare whale vocalisations to human speech?
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Is it fair to say that whales have their own language?
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Emma, there's a famous philosophical proposition put forward by Ludwig Wittgenstein that says, if a lion could speak, we wouldn't understand him.
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The lives of whales couldn't be further from our own.
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So will we ever really be able to decode what whales are saying?
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Emma, I've got one more question for you to put you on the spot.
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If you could speak to a whale, what would you ask it?
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What a magical thing that would be.
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It's been a real pleasure to enter the world of whale song with you, Emma.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much for having me.
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I really enjoyed speaking about it.
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Thank you.
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My thanks again to Emma Bryce.
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You can read her article on theguardian.com as part of the Seascape series, Exploring the State of Our Oceans.
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You can also find a list of the credits for the whale audio played in the episode description.
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