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# Interview: Talking Dogs, Grumpy Cats, and Animal Communication with Federico Rossano
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/specials/interview-talking-dogs-grumpy-cats-and-animal-communication-with-federico-rossano-0frngd/
- Published: 2026-09-25T05:00:42.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-25T09:00:48.000Z
- Description: Cognitive scientist Federico Rossano on talking dogs, primates, and decoding animal communication.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Special_b1bfc71c-0820-4fbe-bbc1-9330a3fffcad, #special

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.