Arik Kershenbaum is a zoologist, college lecturer and fellow at Girton College, University of Cambridge. He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what we’re learning about how animals talk to one another, how that understanding also sheds light on human language, and how we might come to better understand animal identities and emotions.
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University of Massachusetts, Amherst professor David Toomey joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why piglets flop, dogs slide and octopuses play, and what that tells us about animal cognition and biology.
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Adjunct professor Justin Gregg talks about the ways human intelligence gets in the way of happiness, why higher thinking has led to destruction and why bees playing soccer (yes!) might be the height of bliss.
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Wildlife expert John Shivik joins us to talk about how animals think.
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Emory University psychology professor Gregory Berns joins us to talk about what he learned from giving a dog an MRI.
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This hour, we’ll talk with the wildlife advocate about her work studying chimpanzees.
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