Dr Jane Goodall
The Travel Diaries
Holly Rubenstein
4.5 • 813 Ratings
🗓️ 18 August 2020
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Today, I’m joined by legendary ethologist and conservationist Dame Dr Jane Goodall, known best for her groundbreaking research of wild chimpanzees.
When Jane moved from England to Gombe in Tanzania, at the age of just 26, virtually nothing was known about chimpanzees in the wild. Her findings, in particular observing them using tools to get food, changed our understanding of animal behaviour and the natural world, and propelled Jane to international fame. What makes this even more astounding is that at the time, she had no formal scientific qualifications. Still running today, the study is the world’s longest running continuous wildlife research project.
Jane has since been named a United Nations Messenger of Peace and was invested as a dame of the British Empire. Now at the age of 86 she remains a dedicated activist, travelling 300 days of every year (before covid), becoming equally well known as a conservationist and a champion of human rights.
Destination Recap:
- Bournemouth
- Serengeti
- Gombe
- Germany
- Cape Town
- Tanzania
- Nebraska
- Malaysia
- Tendaguru, Tanzania
- Lubbock ,Texas
- Auschwitz
- Haiti
- Death
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If you want to get involved or find out more about Jane’s work, visit www.janegoodall.org.uk and www.rootsnshoots.org.uk
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Travel Diaries podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm Holly Rubinstein. |
| 0:10.9 | I'm a travel and entertainment journalist. |
| 0:13.3 | And here each week I'll be speaking to a very special guest about their adventures around the world and the travel experiences and destinations |
| 0:22.9 | that have shaped their lives. Recording today's episode was a real pinch myself moment. |
| 0:29.7 | The podcast's first dame, I'm joined today by Dame Dr. Jane Goodall, the legendary primatologist and anthropologist known for her groundbreaking research of wild chimpanzees. |
| 0:43.5 | When Jane moved from England to Gombe in Tanzania at the age of just 24, virtually nothing was known about chimpanzees in the wild. |
| 0:51.7 | Her findings, in particular observing them using tools to get food, |
| 0:56.0 | changed our understanding of animal behaviour and the natural world, and propelled Jane to international fame. |
| 1:03.0 | And what makes us even more astounding is that at the time she had no formal scientific qualifications. |
| 1:08.0 | And it's still running today. The study is the world's longest |
| 1:11.0 | running continuous wildlife research project. Jane has since been named a United Nations |
| 1:16.4 | messenger of peace and was invested as a dame of the British Empire. I spoke to Jane via Zoom a couple |
| 1:22.3 | of weeks ago. So as with all these virtual chats, I do apologise for any sound glitches you hear |
| 1:27.2 | along the way. |
| 1:28.2 | I must say I'm really looking forward to interviewing my guests in person again. |
| 1:31.4 | But I'm very grateful to have been able to connect with so many great people during these unprecedented times. |
| 1:39.0 | Anyway, let's get started and dive deep into the wilds of Africa. |
| 1:43.0 | Here are the travel diaries of Dr. Jane Goodall. |
| 1:52.5 | Dr Jane Goodall, welcome to the Travel Diaries. |
| 1:56.6 | Thank you so much for joining me today. |
| 1:58.8 | How are you? |
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