This  episode is with Frans De Waal. He is a professor in Emory University's  psychology department and the Director of the Living Links Center at the  Yerkes National Primate Research Center. He is the author of several  popular books like 'Chimpanzee politics', The age of empathy' and 'The  bonobo and the atheist'. His latest book is 'Different: gender through  the eyes of a primatologist'.

More about Frans's work: 

https://www.emory.edu/LIVING_LINKS/people/dewaal.shtml

List of his books:

https://www.amazon.com/Frans-De-Waal/e/B000APOHE0/ref=aufs_dp_mata_dsk

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Timestamps: 

00:00:00 Welcome and introduction  

00:00:35 Journey of Frans De Waal  

00:01:58 Why to study animals?   

00:04:51 Are humans rational?  

00:07:31 Evolution of blind faith?  

00:09:04 What is the foundation of morality? 

00:12:15 What is reciprocity?   

00:14:41 Importance of reciprocity in societies   

00:16:00 Do hierarchies exist? What is their need in the society?  

00:19:48 Where is the power in a hierarchy?  

00:21:28 Bonobos and the matriarchy!   

00:24:34 Unconscious bias  

00:28:07 Luit: an alpha male targeted by a coup in the colony  

00:31:07 Do animals grieve?   

00:33:13 Consciousness and Sentience   

00:36:49 Do we need zoo's?  

00:38:46 Chimp Haven: A project for chimpanzee's released for research labs  

00:40:38 Future of farm animals   

00:42:43 Saving animals from poaching   

00:44:01 International orangutan day   

00:44:57 Questions from Dr.  Kavyashree Manjunath  

00:48:36 Question from Dr.  Devendra Mohan Mathur   

00:50:58 Questions from Dr. Neha Shukla  

00:55:59 Question from Dr. Manu Sharma  

00:57:19 Question from Anna Papageorgiou  

01:00:00 Question from Reema Masey  

01:01:55 Question from Dr. Sara bologna  

01:04:04 Question from Dr.  Sreetama Bhadra  

01:06:12 Upcoming book and farewell 

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