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The PrimateCast — 95 episodes

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Nature's Apothecary: Monarchs, Milkweed, and the Art of Self-Medication with Dr. Jaap de Roode

2

Transforming Science Engagement: Amanda Mathieson on the Power of Escape Rooms and Playful Learning

3

Evolving Zoo Animal Welfare Science with Dr. Lance J. Miller of Brookfield Zoo Chicago

4

From Conventions to Culture: Social Cognition in Techno-Baboons with Dr. Nicolas Claidiere

5

A Primatologist's Journey from Japan to the Wilder West (And a call to action!)

6

From Cacophony to Symphony: The Harmonious Interplay of Animal Cognition and Communication with Dr. Tecumseh Fitch

7

Unraveling the Secrets of Cold Adaptation and Hybridization in Primates with Evolutionary Anthropologist Dr. Laura Buck

8

Exploring Human-Primate Coexistence with Dr. Paula Pebsworth: A Journey from the Vineyards of Napa Valley to the Wilds of Africa, Asia and Beyond

9

Change: Primate Populations in an Anthropogenic World with Primatologist and Conservation Biologist Dr. Colin Chapman

10

Understanding the Ins and Outs of Tool Use in Capuchin Monkeys with Professor Patricia Izar

11

Exploring Comparative Primate Cognition with Dr. Reggie Gazes and Dr. Ikuma Adachi

12

From Gorillas to Elephants: Dr. Ian Redmond on Wildlife Conservation in Africa

13

Journey into the Wild with The Orangutan Conservation Project's Leif Cocks

14

Tarzan meets Darwin in conservation and evolution with conservationist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Fred Bercovitch

15

Born Free USA's Devan Schowe on animal advocacy, ethics, welfare and conservation in the USA

16

Walking with gorillas and Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian

17

What teeth can tell us about the life histories and behavior of extinct species (and cool science communication!) with Dr. Tesla Monson

18

Fairness and economic behavior in human and nonhuman primates with distinguished professor and primatologist Dr. Sarah Brosnan

19

A Conversation about animal cognition and emotions, anthropomorphism versus anthropodenial, and the power of storytelling in science with distinguished Professor Emeritus Dr. Frans de Waal

20

Why you should care deeply about primate eponyms with Dr. Elaine Guevara

21

A half-century journey into primatology and wildlife biology with Professor Mewa Singh

22

A conversation about what makes us human, paleontological time machines and bigging up science education with Dr. Briana Pobiner

23

A life among the apes with primatologist Dr. John Mitani

24

A conversation about what music means to us, and monkeys, with Dr. Charles (Chuck) Snowdon

25

Language, anthropomorphism, and metaphor in science, and translating Kinji Imanishi and the flow of Japanese primatology with Dr. Pamela Asquith

26

Weaving between theory and practice in behavioral ecology and conservation with Dr. Karen Strier

27

Bonobos, Wamba Village in the DRC, and building theories of human behavioral evolution with Dr. Takeshi Furuichi

28

Being a Primate, Becoming a Primatologist with Dr. Elisabetta Visalberghi

29

Paleontology, the past, present and future of biodiversity, beardogs, and doing and communicating science with CICASP’s Dr. Susumu Tomiya

30

How the social brain evolved with Dr. Robin Dunbar

31

Comparative Cognition and Managing a Chimpanzee Research Program with Dr. Ikuma Adachi

32

On NOT being a primatologist with Dr. Ramesh "Zimbo" Boonratana

33

Zoos, conservation, and empowering Earth's future guardians with Drs. Chia Tan and Fred Bercovitch

34

The making of a field station with Dr. Vernon Reynolds

35

Social networks, fieldwork fails and open science with Dr. Julie Duboscq

36

On Learning to Be a Monkey by Dr. Michael Huffman

37

Sayonara, Cécile! A send off interview with former student, now colleague, and Conservation Voices cohost Dr. Cecile Sarabian

38

Talking EcoHealth and unexpected chimpanzees with Dr. Anne Laudisoit

39

Behind saving the golden lion tamarins with Dr. Valeria Romano and a host of experts protecting an endangered Brasilian primate

40

Applied wildlife veterinary medicine and great ape conservation with Dr. Chris Whittier

41

Cracking the Case of Emerging Wildlife Diseases with Dr. Fabian Leendertz

42

Comparative Evolution, Infectious Disease and ... Sleep with Dr. Charlie Nunn

43

From primate behavioral ecology to the faces in the forest with Dr. Karen Strier

44

Conservation Voices from South Africa: Canned lion hunting with Dr. Andrew Venter

45

Conservation Voices from Tokyo: The ivory trade with Airi Yamawaki

46

Houseboat Amazon and the search for a long lost South American primate with Dr. Laura Marsh

47

Conservation Voices from Hawaii: One view of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016

48

Voices from Chicago: A fun look back at the 2016 International Primatological Society meeting

49

Cold-blooded Cognition and Conservation with Dr. Anna Wilkinson

50

Slow Loris Venom and Social Media for Conservation with Dr. Anna Nekaris

51

Animal emotions and the social brain with Cal Tech’s Dr. Ralph Adolphs

52

On The Valley of the Wild Monkeys with Dr. Lori Sheeran & Dr. Steve Wagner

53

Conservation Voices: Empowering Local Conservation Practitioners in the DRC with Great Ape Conservationist Jef Dupain

54

Growing up a Primate with Dr. Michael Huffman

55

An Interview about animal behavior with Dr. Jae Chun Choe, the South Korean Scientist with the Mind of a Poet

56

Conservation Voices: Fighting for Primates in the DRC with Raymond Lumbuenamo

57

26 Years of Primate Research and Conservation in Kibale National Park, Uganda, with Dr. Colin Chapman

58

Conservation Voices: Protecting Endangered Species in Gabon with Luc Mathot of Conservation Justice

59

Comparative Cognition and Gaming Orangutans with Dr. Chris Martin

60

Conservation Voices: Chimpanzee Conservation with Lilly Ajarova & Titus Mukungu of the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary

61

Nina's Passion: an Earth Day 2015 special about finding your passion for nature with high school internship student Nina Negi

62

Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science from Cambridge, UK

63

Conservation Voices: Wildlife Trafficking and Law Enforcement with Naftali Honig

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Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science from Brisbane, Australia

65

Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science Bangalore

66

Conversations about Cognition and Information from the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Social behavior and cognition theme: Cedric Sueur, Odile Petit, Nicolas Claidiere, Jorg Massen, Joshua Plotnik)

67

Conversations about all things primates from the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Agustin Fuentes, Cheryl Knott, Elisabetta Visalberghi, James Higham, Joanna Setchell)

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Conversations about Primate Conservation from the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Conservation: Tatyana Humle, Miles Woodruff, Debbie Cox, Noel Rowe, Augustin Basabose)

69

Conversations about Health and Conservation from the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Disease and Conservation: Tom Gillespie, Julio-Cesar Bicca-Marques, Joe Bilietzki)

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Conversations with the Organizing Team at the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Introduction: Bert Covert, Steve Schapiro)

71

A conversation about Human-Elephant Conflict with Dr. Raman Sukumar from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology

72

A conversation about lateralization of the animal brain with Dr. Maciej Trojan from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology

73

Conversations about communication from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology

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Conversations about pro-social behavior from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology

75

Conversations about mental time travel, metacognition and metaphorical mapping from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology

76

Applied Behavioral Genetics with Dr. Miho Inoue-Murayama

77

Kyoto University graduate students share their picks for top PrimateCast episode Part II - Research

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Kyoto University graduate students share their picks for top PrimateCast episode Part I - Conservation

79

GIS for Endangered Species Conservation and Land-Use Planning in the DRC with Dr. Janet Nackoney

80

The Role of Primatologists in Understanding Emerging Infectious Diseases with Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel

81

On Liberating Laboratory Chimpanzees and other Animal Welfare Issues with Dr. Steve Ross

82

Forest Elephant Conservation in Central Africa and Curbing the Japanese Ivory Trade with Dr. Tomoaki Nishihara

83

Chimpanzee Research and Conservation in the Goualogo Triangle, Republic of Congo, with Dr. Crickette Sanz

84

Social Information Use and Collective Decision-Making with Dr. Dora Biro

85

Comparative Cognition in Great Apes and Corvids with Dr. Josep Call

86

Chasing Chimpanzees with Dr. William McGrew

87

The Evolution of Empathy with Dr. Frans de Waal

88

“It was a kind of BOOM moment”: A conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist turned activist

89

Analyzing behavioral and ecological data with Dr. Roger Mundry

90

On location at the 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Cancun, Mexico

91

Multilevel primate societies and understanding our own social worlds with Dr. Cyril Grueter

92

On comparative cognition and designing the right experiment with Dr. Heidi Lyn

93

A corpus tool to support science writing for non-native language speakers with linguist Dr. Laurence Anthony

94

The full cast of CICASP (circa 2012) on opportunities for international students in our graduate program on primatology and wildlife research

95

The making of the (chimpanzee) Ai Project and more with former Primate Research Institute Director Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa