Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode I'

Short Run: 'Essential trust: Episode I'

In the first episode of On Point's series Essential trust, hear all about how the ability to trust strangers may be one of the things that makes us uniquely human.

Jane Goodall formed incredible bonds with chimpanzees in the wild. "First they were afraid. Then they became belligerent. And then when I wouldn't go away, ‘Well, I guess she's okay.’ They came to trust," Goodall said. But were those bonds similar to what we humans experience as trust? In the first episode of On Point's series Essential trust, hear all about how the ability to trust strangers may be one of the things that makes us uniquely human. About: Stare down the barrel of America’s most controversial, protected and lethal industry: guns. Find out how America was forged by the gun industry on this new podcast series from WBUR & The Trace, The Gun Machine. You're listening to The Gun Machine in Short Run — the best long-form audio series from WBUR, Boston's NPR, all in one feed. We’d appreciate your help to better understand The Gun Machine's listeners and get feedback on the podcast — it’ll take you about 10 minutes or less! Take our survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/thegunmachine