The PrimateCast

By Andrew MacIntosh

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The PrimateCast features conversations with renowned primatologists, wildlife scientists, conservationists and other professional animal enthusiasts about the processes and products of their work. The PrimateCast is hosted and produced by Dr. Andrew MacIntosh of Kyoto University's Wildlife Research Center and is brought to you by the Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology (CICASP), based at Kyoto University's Center for the Evolutionary Origins of Human Behavior.


Episode Date
From Cacophony to Symphony: The Harmonious Interplay of Animal Cognition and Communication with Dr. Tecumseh Fitch
Nov 23, 2023
Unraveling the Secrets of Cold Adaptation and Hybridization in Primates with Evolutionary Anthropologist Dr. Laura Buck
Oct 31, 2023
Exploring Human-Primate Coexistence with Dr. Paula Pebsworth: A Journey from the Vineyards of Napa Valley to the Wilds of Africa, Asia and Beyond
Oct 25, 2023
Change: Primate Populations in an Anthropogenic World with Primatologist and Conservation Biologist Dr. Colin Chapman
Sep 27, 2023
Understanding the Ins and Outs of Tool Use in Capuchin Monkeys with Professor Patricia Izar
Sep 15, 2023
Exploring Comparative Primate Cognition with Dr. Reggie Gazes and Dr. Ikuma Adachi
Jul 31, 2023
From Gorillas to Elephants: Dr. Ian Redmond on Wildlife Conservation in Africa
Jul 20, 2023
Journey into the Wild with The Orangutan Conservation Project's Leif Cocks
Jun 29, 2023
Tarzan meets Darwin in conservation and evolution with conservationist and evolutionary biologist Dr. Fred Bercovitch
Jun 16, 2023
Born Free USA's Devan Schowe on animal advocacy, ethics, welfare and conservation in the USA
May 09, 2023
Walking with gorillas and Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian
Apr 21, 2023
What teeth can tell us about the life histories and behavior of extinct species (and cool science communication!) with Dr. Tesla Monson
Mar 28, 2023
Fairness and economic behavior in human and nonhuman primates with distinguished professor and primatologist Dr. Sarah Brosnan
Mar 15, 2023
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
Jan 27, 2023
Why you should care deeply about primate eponyms with Dr. Elaine Guevara
Dec 15, 2022
A half-century journey into primatology and wildlife biology with Professor Mewa Singh
Dec 01, 2022
A conversation about what makes us human, paleontological time machines and bigging up science education with Dr. Briana Pobiner
Nov 15, 2022
A life among the apes with primatologist Dr. John Mitani
Nov 01, 2022
A conversation about what music means to us, and monkeys, with Dr. Charles (Chuck) Snowdon
Oct 18, 2022
Language, anthropomorphism, and metaphor in science, and translating Kinji Imanishi and the flow of Japanese primatology with Dr. Pamela Asquith
Oct 11, 2022
Weaving between theory and practice in behavioral ecology and conservation with Dr. Karen Strier
Aug 20, 2022
Bonobos, Wamba Village in the DRC, and building theories of human behavioral evolution with Dr. Takeshi Furuichi
Jul 26, 2022
Being a Primate, Becoming a Primatologist with Dr. Elisabetta Visalberghi
Jul 01, 2022
Paleontology, the past, present and future of biodiversity, beardogs, and doing and communicating science with CICASP’s Dr. Susumu Tomiya
Jun 17, 2022
How the social brain evolved with Dr. Robin Dunbar
May 08, 2022
Comparative Cognition and Managing a Chimpanzee Research Program with Dr. Ikuma Adachi
Apr 22, 2022
On NOT being a primatologist with Dr. Ramesh "Zimbo" Boonratana
Mar 05, 2022
Zoos, conservation, and empowering Earth's future guardians with Drs. Chia Tan and Fred Bercovitch
Feb 19, 2022
The making of a field station with Dr. Vernon Reynolds
Jan 29, 2022
Social networks, fieldwork fails and open science with Dr. Julie Duboscq
Jan 07, 2022
On Learning to Be a Monkey by Dr. Michael Huffman
Dec 23, 2021
Sayonara, Cécile! A send off interview with former student, now colleague, and Conservation Voices cohost Dr. Cecile Sarabian
Dec 08, 2021
Talking EcoHealth and unexpected chimpanzees with Dr. Anne Laudisoit
Apr 12, 2020
Behind saving the golden lion tamarins with Dr. Valeria Romano and a host of experts protecting an endangered Brasilian primate
Feb 14, 2020
Applied wildlife veterinary medicine and great ape conservation with Dr. Chris Whittier
Sep 19, 2017
Cracking the Case of Emerging Wildlife Diseases with Dr. Fabian Leendertz
Aug 31, 2017
Comparative Evolution, Infectious Disease and ... Sleep with Dr. Charlie Nunn
May 15, 2017
From primate behavioral ecology to the faces in the forest with Dr. Karen Strier
May 13, 2017
Conservation Voices from South Africa: Canned lion hunting with Dr. Andrew Venter
Feb 02, 2017
Conservation Voices from Tokyo: The ivory trade with Airi Yamawaki
Oct 16, 2016
Houseboat Amazon and the search for a long lost South American primate with Dr. Laura Marsh
Oct 10, 2016
Conservation Voices from Hawaii: One view of the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2016
Oct 06, 2016
Voices from Chicago: A fun look back at the 2016 International Primatological Society meeting
Oct 04, 2016
Cold-blooded Cognition and Conservation with Dr. Anna Wilkinson
Aug 30, 2016
Slow Loris Venom and Social Media for Conservation with Dr. Anna Nekaris
Aug 08, 2016
Animal emotions and the social brain with Cal Tech’s Dr. Ralph Adolphs
Jul 17, 2016
On The Valley of the Wild Monkeys with Dr. Lori Sheeran & Dr. Steve Wagner
Jun 10, 2016
Conservation Voices: Empowering Local Conservation Practitioners in the DRC with Great Ape Conservationist Jef Dupain
May 12, 2016
Growing up a Primate with Dr. Michael Huffman
Apr 29, 2016
An Interview about animal behavior with Dr. Jae Chun Choe, the South Korean Scientist with the Mind of a Poet
Apr 06, 2016
Conservation Voices: Fighting for Primates in the DRC with Raymond Lumbuenamo
Mar 29, 2016
26 Years of Primate Research and Conservation in Kibale National Park, Uganda, with Dr. Colin Chapman
Mar 16, 2016
Conservation Voices: Protecting Endangered Species in Gabon with Luc Mathot of Conservation Justice
Mar 16, 2016
Comparative Cognition and Gaming Orangutans with Dr. Chris Martin
Mar 12, 2016
Conservation Voices: Chimpanzee Conservation with Lilly Ajarova & Titus Mukungu of the Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary
Sep 30, 2015
Nina's Passion: an Earth Day 2015 special about finding your passion for nature with high school internship student Nina Negi
Apr 22, 2015
Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science from Cambridge, UK
Apr 21, 2015
Conservation Voices: Wildlife Trafficking and Law Enforcement with Naftali Honig
Mar 03, 2015
Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science from Brisbane, Australia
Feb 18, 2015
Conservation Voices: Our Coverage of the Student Conference on Conservation Science Bangalore
Oct 18, 2014
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)
Oct 07, 2014
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)
Sep 22, 2014
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)
Sep 05, 2014
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)
Sep 04, 2014
Conversations with the Organizing Team at the 25th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Hanoi, Vietnam (Introduction: Bert Covert, Steve Schapiro)
Aug 28, 2014
A conversation about Human-Elephant Conflict with Dr. Raman Sukumar from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
Aug 06, 2014
A conversation about lateralization of the animal brain with Dr. Maciej Trojan from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
Aug 06, 2014
Conversations about communication from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
Aug 06, 2014
Conversations about pro-social behavior from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
Aug 06, 2014
Conversations about mental time travel, metacognition and metaphorical mapping from the 74th Annual Congress of the Japan Society for Animal Psychology
Aug 06, 2014
Applied Behavioral Genetics with Dr. Miho Inoue-Murayama
Jul 16, 2014
Kyoto University graduate students share their picks for top PrimateCast episode Part II - Research
Oct 25, 2013
Kyoto University graduate students share their picks for top PrimateCast episode Part I - Conservation
Oct 23, 2013
GIS for Endangered Species Conservation and Land-Use Planning in the DRC with Dr. Janet Nackoney
Jul 02, 2013
The Role of Primatologists in Understanding Emerging Infectious Diseases with Dr. Lisa Jones-Engel
Jun 08, 2013
On Liberating Laboratory Chimpanzees and other Animal Welfare Issues with Dr. Steve Ross
Jun 01, 2013
Forest Elephant Conservation in Central Africa and Curbing the Japanese Ivory Trade with Dr. Tomoaki Nishihara
May 26, 2013
Chimpanzee Research and Conservation in the Goualogo Triangle, Republic of Congo, with Dr. Crickette Sanz
May 14, 2013
Social Information Use and Collective Decision-Making with Dr. Dora Biro
Mar 27, 2013
Comparative Cognition in Great Apes and Corvids with Dr. Josep Call
Jan 18, 2013
Chasing Chimpanzees with Dr. William McGrew
Dec 21, 2012
The Evolution of Empathy with Dr. Frans de Waal
Dec 13, 2012
“It was a kind of BOOM moment”: A conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall, primatologist turned activist
Nov 19, 2012
Analyzing behavioral and ecological data with Dr. Roger Mundry
Nov 16, 2012
On location at the 24th Congress of the International Primatological Society in Cancun, Mexico
Sep 02, 2012
Multilevel primate societies and understanding our own social worlds with Dr. Cyril Grueter
Aug 30, 2012
On comparative cognition and designing the right experiment with Dr. Heidi Lyn
Jul 03, 2012
A corpus tool to support science writing for non-native language speakers with linguist Dr. Laurence Anthony
Jun 25, 2012
The full cast of CICASP (circa 2012) on opportunities for international students in our graduate program on primatology and wildlife research
Apr 17, 2012
The making of the (chimpanzee) Ai Project and more with former Primate Research Institute Director Dr. Tetsuro Matsuzawa
Apr 16, 2012
The PrimateCast 1.0 IntroductionCast: The original (read: outdated) audio guide to The PrimateCast, its hosts, and its mission (from 2012)
Apr 14, 2012