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All Episodes

Talking Apes — 85 episodes

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1

GIBBONS: The Forgotten Apes with Dr. Susan Cheyne | Episode 82

2

Why Do We Kiss? The Evolution of Sex and Bonding in Apes with Dr Matilda Brindle | Episode 81

3

Can Technology Save Chimpanzees? with Dr. Lilian Pintea | Episode 80

4

Can Stories Change the Way We Care About the Earth? with Mongabay's Mike DiGirolamo | Episode 79

5

What Are Chimpanzees Saying? Chimp Communication and the Origins of Language with Dr. Katie Slocombe | Episode 78

6

Painting Primates in the Heart of Africa with Robin Huffman | Episode 77

7

BONOBOS: More Than Just Sex - with Ariel Rogers & Dr. Brian Hare | Episode 76

8

Why Humans Walk Upright with Dr. Carol Ward | Episode 75

9

The Truth About Female Evolution with EVE Author Cat Bohannon | Episode 74

10

Uncovering the Hobbit Mystery: What Homo floresiensis Reveals About Us with Dr Matt Tocheri | Episode 73

11

Inside the Society of Gorillas: World Gorilla Day 2025 with Dr. Robin Morrison | Episode 72

12

World Chimpanzee Day with Dr Rachna Reddy | Episode 71

13

What BaYaka Children Can Teach About Being Human with Dr Deniz Salali | Episode 70

14

Talking Apes, Yes, All Apes! with Dr. Adriano Lameira | Episode 69

15

The Climbing Secret Behind Monkey Bars with Luke Fannin | Episode 68

16

Happy EARTH DAY! With Jane Goodall Institute's Anna Rathmann | Episode 67

17

IUCN’s Role in Saving Our Planet with Sean Southey | Episode 66

18

Southeast Asia’s Secret Monkeys with Dr. Andie Ang | Episode 65

19

Tracing Our Footsteps Through Time with Jeremy DeSilva | Episode 64

20

Celebrating Three Decades of Roots & Shoots with Mary Ford | Episode 63

21

Yikes! Chimps Eating Bat Poop? With Disease Detective Dr. Tony Goldberg | Episode 62

22

Voices from the Ape House with Beth Armstrong | Episode 61

23

Growing Up Chimp with Dr. Kris Sabbi | Episode 60

24

Orangutans Using Wild Medicines with Dr Isabelle Laumer | Episode 59

25

The Chimps of Gombe with Dr. Elizabeth Lonsdorf | Episode 58

26

Gorilla Doctors! World Gorilla Day Special with Kirsten Gilardi | Episode 57

27

Chimps of the Fiery Savanna with Dr Jill Pruetz - World Chimpanzee Day 2024 | Episode 56

28

30 Years Living with Chimps, with John Mitani | Episode 55

29

Teasing Tactics: Ape Play and Pranks with Dr Isabelle Laumer | Episode 54

30

Stories of Survival and Struggle with Journalist Jeremy Hance | Episode 53

31

Make Travel Meaningful: Earth Day Special with NatHab's Ben Bressler | Episode 52

32

Empathy and Sympathy in Conservation with Dr Kathayoon Khalil | Episode 51

33

Ancient Us: The Evolutionary Journey of Apes with Dr Sergio Almécija | Episode 50

34

'Sincerely, a Black Primatologist' with Thomas Wilson | Episode 49

35

The Mystery of the Leopard-Eating Bili-Apes with Cleve Hicks & Toni Romani | Episode 48

36

What Does It Mean To Be A Human Ape? With Dr Briana Pobiner | Episode 47

37

Saving the Congo's Last Giants with GRACE's Dr Katie Fawcett | Episode 46

38

CHIMP EMPIRE: The Making of, with Diana Kanweri Behind the Scenes | Episode 45

39

CHIMP EMPIRE: The Making of, with Primatologist John Mitani Behind the Scenes | Episode 44

40

CHIMP EMPIRE: The Making of, with Director of Photography Ben Sadd Behind The Scenes | Episode 43

41

CHIMP EMPIRE: The Making of, with Director James Reed Behind the Scenes | Episode 42

42

Primates, Parasites, and Podcasting with PrimateCast Host Andrew MacIntosh | Episode 41

43

Apes and Monkeys Are Being Tortured on Social Media - Let’s End This, with SMACC's Nicola O'Brien | Episode 40

44

How Human Apes Learned to Talk with Dr Gillian Forrester | Episode 39

45

Your Phone is Killing Great Apes, with Eco-Cell's Eric Ronay | Episode 38

46

Gorilla Ecotourism with Praveen Moman | Episode 37

47

The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus with David Quammen - Part 2 | Episode 35

48

Walking with Gorillas, with Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka | Episode 36

49

ZOONOSIS IN THE SPOTLIGHT with Disease Detective Dr Tony Goldberg | Episode 35

50

Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic with David Quammen - Part 1 | Episode 34

51

All Creatures Great and Small with Pangolin Podcast Host Jack Baker | Episode 33

52

Saving Half the Planet with Carl Safina | Episode 32

53

Illuminating the Dark World of Animal Exploitation with Jo-Anne McArthur | Episode 31

54

Behind the Mic of Talking Apes with Host Gerry Ellis | Episode 30

55

The Tiny Gorilla Who Changed My Life Forever, With Rachel Hogan | Episode 29

56

Primate Portraits with Photographer Anne Berry | Episode 28

57

ORANGUTANS IN THE SPOTLIGHT with Veterinarian Nigel Hicks

58

Into the Dja with Conservation Scientist Nikki Tagg | Episode 27

59

Rockstars of the Rainforest with Dr Cat Hobaiter | Episode 26

60

Saving Great Apes Beyond Sanctuary Walls with PASA Director Kelly O'Meara | Episode 25

61

Stopping Illegal Chimp Trafficking with PASA's Iris Ho | Episode 24

62

Gorillas and Forest Elephants with Conservationist Ian Redmond Part 2 | Episode 23

63

Gorillas and Forest Elephants with Conservationist Ian Redmond Part 1 | Episode 23

64

Baby Animals & Big Impact with Wildlife Photographer Suzi Eszterhas | Episode 22

65

Cheetahs and Chimps with Wildlife Vet Dr Karina Flores | Episode 21

66

Talking Chimps in Sierra Leone with Tacugama's Bala Amarasekaran | Episode 20

67

Conservation Drones and AI with Serge Wich | Episode 19

68

World Gorilla Day with Dr Tara Stoinski of the Dian Fossey Fund | Episode 18

69

Monkeys in America: Pet Primates with Dr Liz Tyson of Born Free USA | Episode 17

70

Orangutan Veterinary Care with OVAID's Nigel Hicks | Episode 16

71

Great Ape Hearts - Ours and Theirs with Dr Rob Shave | Episode 15

72

A Search for Orangutan Survival with Leif Cocks | Episode 14

73

Cooking and our Closest Cousins with Dr Richard Wrangham | Episode 13

74

Apes are 'Just Like Us' with Dr Rick Quinn | Episode 12

75

Saving the Last Great Apes with Ofir Drori | Episode 11

76

The Conservation Story with Michelle Nijhuis | Episode 10

77

A Future for African Apes with Gregg Tully | Episode 9

78

Orangutan Care with Ape Specialist Colleen Reed | Episode 8

79

Risk & Reward: Conservation Psychology with Dr Aleah Bowie | Episode 7

80

No Grumpy Old Men in the World of Chimps with Dr Alexandra Rosati | Episode 6

81

Emerging Infectious Diseases with Disease Detective Dr Tony Goldberg | Episode 5

82

Gorillas in the Greenery with Dr. Martha Robbins | Episode 4

83

Orangutan Outreach with Richard Zimmerman | Episode 3

84

Conservation and Ape Migration with Ian Redmond OBE | Episode 2

85

Bonobos and Survival of the Friendliest with Dr Brian Hare | Episode 1