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Dani Rabaiotti joins me from London to discuss her research on climate change impacts in African wild dogs, as well as her interests in science policy, and writing popular science books. This episode's Paper in Focus is from Erin Kane, getting into her research on oral processing in Diana monkeys. Then, Dani and I are joined by Sam Helle and Ashwini Mohan to share our experiences of starting a PhD - in Sam's case, during a pandemic! Plus - some more of your "Elevator Pitches"!

Hosted, as always, by Kirsty MacLeod. Drop me a line anytime: hello[at]theweepodcast.org

Paper in Focus
Oral Processing Behavior of Diana Monkeys (Cercopithecus diana) in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire

Elevator pitches: Jen Moss, Aparna Lajmi, Ellen Brandell, Catherine Young, Leila Fouda

Links

• New kids version of "True or Poo" co-authored by Dani is out now! Get it here.
• Conservation NGO co-founded by Sam Helle, Project Conservation.
• Ashwini's website.
• The American Society of Primatologists' fund to help field sites and habitat-country researchers to maintain safe operating conditions during the COVID crisis - donate here: https://asp.org/conservation/donations/index.cfm
• Carrie Cizauskas's excellent project management spreadsheet - note that in the episode we refer to this as Kevin Burgio's creation - this is an error, as he publicised it on Twitter but did not create it. Thanks to Carrie for making it, and Kevin for drawing our attention to it!