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Interview: Talking Dogs, Grumpy Cats, and Animal Communication with Federico Rossano

1hr 19m 51s

Federico Rossano is an Associate Professor of Cognitive Science at UC San Diego and director of the Comparative Cognition Lab. He joins Hakeem to discuss his record-setting study of talking dogs, what primate research reveals about the roots of communication, and how AI could help scientists finally decode what animals are trying to say.

Aired: 09/23/26
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