Orphaned Chimpanzees w/ Rebeca Atencia

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2017

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Cara connects across the globe with Dr. Rebeca Atencia, the Executive Director of the Jane Goodall Institute in the Congo and the Manager and Head Veterinarian at the Tchimpounga Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Center. They talk about the joys and sorrows of working with orphaned chimpanzees, including our minor differences and profound similarities as species.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday, September 18th and I'm
0:19.6	your host Kara Santa Maria. Now I'm recording this intro from my hotel room in Madison
0:26.1	Wisconsin underneath a blanket because it's kind of loud and I can't figure out how
0:31.0	to make the AC stop making this weird wind noise.
0:34.0	Hopefully you can't hear it, but I'm really excited to be joining you guys today.
0:39.5	I'm actually in Madison because the Freedom from Religion Foundation gave me an award.
0:45.8	It's so nice.
0:46.7	It's called the Free Thought Heroin Award, Heroin with an E. And I'm just absolutely honored. I'm actually jumping on a plane later
0:56.6	today to fly to Moscow Idaho, other Moscow, yeah, so that I can speak at the university there about genetically modified
1:06.1	organisms tomorrow. It's been a whirlwind. I have a lot of school work do. I don't know if
1:11.7	I've told you guys, but I've gone back to school so I'm working on my
1:14.4	PhD now and wow it's a lot of work so I'm trying to balance everything right now but
1:20.5	talk nerdy will continue.
1:24.0	I promise.
1:25.4	All right, I'm really excited about this week's episode.
1:27.9	We get to talk to Dr. Rebecca Attensia.
1:30.9	And I'll tell you a little bit more about her after I thank those of you who
1:34.5	made talk nerdy possible this week. Remember you can always pledge your
1:38.0	support in multiple ways you can go to the PayPal portal through my website
1:42.0	kerosanta Maria.com, or you can visit the Patreon portal
1:46.8	and that's probably the most popular way.
1:49.2	It's a great community there at Patreon
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