{"podcast":{"title":"Nature Podcast","slug":"nature-podcast-836788","podcast_index_feed_id":836788,"rss_url":"https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/0185cea5-9e3b-4b82-a887-26f91f92765f","website_url":"http://www.nature.com/nature/podcast","image_url":"https://assets.pippa.io/shows/61b9f3b71a8cbe675f3cedcb/1768403592746-2c5f9e78-ae15-499a-9d0a-ae6ca82bb9ca.jpeg","author":"podcast@nature.com","episode_count":904,"summary":"The Nature Podcast brings you the best stories from the world of science each week. We cover everything from astronomy to zoology, highlighting the most exciting research from each issue of the Nature journal. We meet the scientists behind the results and provide in-depth analysis from Nature 's journalists and editors. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-27T04:18:06.312931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788"},"episode":{"title":"Briefing Chat: What tickling a chimpanzee can tell us about the evolution of speech","slug":"briefing-chat-what-tickling-a-chimpanzee-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-speech","published_at":"2026-06-26T15:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/briefing-chat-what-tickling-a-chimpanzee-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-speech","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788","url":"https://shows.acast.com/nature/episodes/briefing-chat-what-tickling-a-chimpanzee-can-tell-us-about-t","audio_url":"https://sphinx.acast.com/p/acast/s/nature/e/6a3e58100ad3211686e8a738/media.mp3","summary":"Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use may degrade skills in medicine and computer science. 00:32 Early evidence suggests that AI use causes skills to atrophy Nature: Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good 06:42 Humans and chimps share a laugh Nature: Oo oo, ha ha: why humans and great apes giggle alike when tickled Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.","meta_description":"Nature staff discuss how apes share a rhythm of laughter, and how AI use may degrade skills in medicine and computer science. 00:32 Early evidence suggest…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":690,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/nature-podcast-836788/episodes/briefing-chat-what-tickling-a-chimpanzee-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-speech/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/nature-podcast-836788/briefing-chat-what-tickling-a-chimpanzee-can-tell-us-about-the-evolution-of-speech.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}