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702 Lucy

Series: Radiolab
From: WNYC
Length: 00:59:00

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes. This hour we take a look at what happens when we all try to live together. Our main story is the haunting tale of a chimp named Lucy. When Lucy was only two days old she was adopted by a psychologist and his wife who wondered: if given the right environment, how human could Lucy become? This story and other tales of radical sharing between humans and the creatures on earth most like us. Read the full description.
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Piece Description

Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes. This hour we take a look at what happens when we all try to live together. Our main story is the haunting tale of a chimp named Lucy. When Lucy was only two days old she was adopted by a psychologist and his wife who wondered: if given the right environment, how human could Lucy become? This story and other tales of radical sharing between humans and the creatures on earth most like us.

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Timing and Cues

Radiolab Show 702 - Lucy
TRT 59:00

LANGUAGE ADVISORY:

This episode does contain some explicit and sexual language regarding a chimpanzee masturbating. Both WNYC and NPR have listened to the passages listed below and feel they fall within the boundaries of NPR's editorial policies regarding profanity and explicit language. However, we want to share the specific example with you below

16:41: . . . she takes her gin goes back to living room, sits on the couch and there is no other way to say this, she starts to masturbate. But even that is not the important part, its actually, in the very next moment that a boundary that took 6 million years to establish dissolves (music).

17:10 This is a perfect experimental moment, so he runs off to the mall, buys a copy of playgirl magazine, and bring it back to her, this is full of naked guys, and Lucy would masturbate to these centerfolds.

*Breaks: Two 1:00 minute Station ID Breaks. There is music under the break. *

Seg A: 00:00 - 19:15
Incue: Wait Wait
Outcue: NPR Bye, Bye (click)

Break One: 19:15 - 20:15

Seg B: 20:15 - 40:04
Incue: Hey, I'm Jad Abumrad. And I'm Robert Krulwich.
Outcue: End of Message (click)

Break Two: 40:04 - 41:04

Seg C: 41:04 - 59:00
Incue: A 3, a 2, a 1.
Outcue: Bye Bye, (click)