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Primates - Best of Coast to Coast AM - 12/3/24

The Best of Coast to Coast AM

iHeartPodcasts and Coast to Coast AM

Science, Society & Culture, News

3.92.4K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

George Noory and Dr. Mireya Mayor explore her journey from being an NFL cheerleader to becoming an accomplished primatologist and explorer, her work studying apes in the wild, and some of her scariest expeditions like being charged at by a gorilla and surviving a plane crash.

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0:00.0

Once upon a time, Amazon Music met audiobooks and listeners everywhere rejoiced.

0:05.8

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0:06.6

Because now they could listen to one audiobook title a month from an enormous library of popular audiobook titles, including romanticity,

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0:19.3

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0:22.6

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0:28.4

listening. Terms apply. It's hard to read the news these days without asking yourself,

0:33.1

how did we get here? Fiasco is a history podcast for the co-creators of Slow Burn.

0:38.6

In our first season, Bush v. Gore, we examined an unmistakable turning point in American politics, the 2000 election, which resulted in a high-stakes stalemate, ended with one of the most controversial rulings in Supreme Court history.

0:51.5

So if you're trying to make sense at the present moment, check out Fiasco, Bush v. Gore. Listen on the IHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to

0:59.9

podcasts. Now here's a highlight from Coast to Coast AM on IHeart Radio. And welcome back, George

1:07.0

Norrie with you. Let me tell you a little bit about Maria Mayer, Dr. hailed by the New York Times as the female Indiana Jones and referred to as her wildness.

1:18.6

Dr. Maria Mayer is a world-renowned primatologist, author, Pink Books, Boots and a Machete, one of her books, Explorer, television host.

1:30.0

As National Geographic's first female wildlife correspondent, she has hosted dozens of documentaries,

1:36.5

including her own National Geographic Wild Series, Wild Nights with Maria Mayer.

1:43.3

Mark Burnett's Expedition Africa for History Channel,

1:46.8

currently starring in Discovery Channel's hit series Expedition Bigfoot,

1:51.0

a former NFL cheerleader for the Miami Dolphins,

1:54.5

daughter of Cuban immigrants, and mother of six.

1:58.1

She's not your typical scientist.

2:00.3

Maria, welcome to the program. First time for you, right?

2:03.6

Hi, George. Yes, it is. I'm so excited. What a tremendous career you've had. How did you go from

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