FULL EPISODE: Speak With Your Dialect, Monkey! - June 26, 2026

What this episode covers

Organizational behavior researcher Dr. Charlie Townsend reveals how women negotiate just as effectively as men but end up leaving people happier. Media psychologist Dr. Don Grant goes over how teenagers whose parents are more distracted by their phones may be more insecure. Professor and monster expert Dr. Emily Zarka – writer and host of Monstrum – discusses the disturbing reasons we invent monsters and gives us a history of zombies. For Vet Talk or Pet Talk, veterinarian Dr. Cliff Redford covers the following animal stories: Your cat may not ease stress the way you think; The subtle physical clue that could indicate your dog has dementia; and Marmoset monkeys adapt their voices to sound more like their social partners. Communication researcher Shawn Patterson outlines how jury service boosts public trust in courts and why fewer people are serving. Neuroscientist and psychiatry professor Robert-Paul Juster explains how cortisol and partner behavior make some couples bounce back from stress so quickly. Segments: (00:00) Introduction (01:26) Dr. Charlie Townsend (10:00) Dr. Don Grant (20:00) Dr. Emily Zarka pt. 1 (30:00) Dr. Emily Zarka pt. 2 (39:50) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 1 (49:50) Dr. Cliff Redford pt. 2 (59:50) Shawn Patterson (1:09:50) Robert-Paul Juster (1:19:14) Sign-off Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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