Lucy

Radiolab

WNYC Studios

Science, Natural Sciences, History, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.6 • 43.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes, but that doesn’t mean we’re one happy family. This episode, a mashup of content stretching all the way back to 2010, asks the question, is cross-species co-habitation an utterly stupid idea? Or might it be our one last hope as more and more humans fill up the planet? A chimp named Lucy teaches us the ups and downs of growing up human, and a visit to The Great Ape Trust in Des Moines, Iowa highlights some of the basics of bonobo culture (be careful, they bite). EPISODE CITATIONS: Photos: Photo of Lucy and Janis hugging. (https://zpr.io/U7qRdYDqxbGj) Videos: Lucy throughout the years (https://vimeo.com/9377513)Slideshow produced by Sharon Shattuck. Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab’s science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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0:00.0	Hey, it's Lulu, this is Radio Lab.
0:03.0	We have a story with feelings today.
0:07.0	We've got a, we've got an emotional one, a good one,
0:09.5	a great one from the archives.
0:18.8	That explores the line between humans and chimps and then blurs it right out. It's sort of a trio of stories and it actually starts with a tiny little story I did when I was a baby producer.
0:28.0	You will hear my voice at the tippy top.
0:30.0	It involves a researcher who was working with the great Jane Goodall and did something she wasn't supposed to do and kept it a secret for a long time but finally spills it on the air.
0:39.2	So anyway, without further ado, here comes the episode which is called Lucy from our archives kicking it
0:48.0	off to Jad and Robert.
0:49.8	Yeah, wait, wait, you're listening.
0:51.1	Okay. Okay.
0:53.0	All right.
0:54.0	Okay.
0:55.0	All right.
0:57.0	You are listening to Radio Lab.
0:59.0	Radio.
1:00.0	From WNYS.
1:02.0	Y. C. Yeah. S. C. Y. Y. Y.
1:09.0	All right.
1:10.0	Let's start with an encounter.
1:11.0	Yes.
1:12.0	Hello. with an encounter. Yes. Hello?
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