{"podcast":{"title":"Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard","slug":"armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033","podcast_index_feed_id":229033,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/armchair-expert","website_url":"https://wondery.com/shows/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard/","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/d6/39/3e/7c/d6393e7c-2c94-4bf8-ace5-22c075450625/5462340d2d523ce16f25efbd2b425f6ecdbdaa718e8222c7da564ce73eaaeca491e30d8a10cf99e9d351bdb65daad1681b4e54f264672188be0469655bad9155.jpeg","author":"Armchair Umbrella","episode_count":1071,"summary":"Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate, above all, the challenges and setbacks that ultimately lead to growth and betterment. What qualifies me for such an endeavor? More than a decade of sobriety, a degree in Anthropology and four years of improv training. I will attempt to discover human “truths” without any laboratory work, clinical trials or data collection. I will be, in the great tradition of 16th-century scientists, an Armchair Expert.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-17T16:19:56.634074+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033"},"episode":{"title":"Tara Stoinski Returns (primatologist)","slug":"tara-stoinski-returns-primatologist","published_at":"2026-04-29T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/tara-stoinski-returns-primatologist","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033","url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/039379ac-7d38-452e-8047-02ae1c191858.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://rss.art19.com/episodes/039379ac-7d38-452e-8047-02ae1c191858.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Tara Stoinski (A Gorilla Story) is a primatologist, conservationist, and CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Tara returns to the Armchair Expert to discuss growing up outside Philadelphia, her academic path from Tufts to Oxford to Georgia Tech, and balancing motherhood with a career studying gorillas in Rwanda. Tara and Dax talk about documenting rare gorilla dominance battles, the challenges of filming endangered animals in the wild, and how gorilla social structures differ from chimpanzees. Tara explains the importance of long-term behavioral research, how early life trauma can impact animal behavior, and why strong social bonds are key to survival in both gorillas and humans. Take printer ink off your to-do list with HP Smart Tank | hp.com/SmartTank Check Allstate first for a quote that could save you hundreds: https://www.allstate.com/ See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .","meta_description":"Tara Stoinski (A Gorilla Story) is a primatologist, conservationist, and CEO and Chief Scientific Officer of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund. Tara returns to…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5718,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/episodes/tara-stoinski-returns-primatologist/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/armchair-expert-with-dax-shepard-229033/tara-stoinski-returns-primatologist.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}