There is this culture of almost entirely women who raise chimpanzees and monkeys as if they're babies.

I'm Wes Larson, one of the hosts of Tooth and Claw.

Over the years we've told some truly wild stories on our

podcast and we're thrilled to announce we're going to be hosting the official

Chimp Crazy Podcast in partnership with HBO. Starting on August 18th, each week we'll be recapping an installment of this insane four-part

documentaries that investigates the world of primates in captivity and the people who will go to any

length to keep them.

There is nothing like holding, loving, being a round of champ.

Especially Tonka, and I'll do anything to protect that, primate, anything.

When you're in love, your brain is out of control.

There's chemicals and hormones and things happening to you

that makes you irrational.

They can throw me in jail for a year, I don't care.

I would give anything that I had possession-wise up for that child.

In addition to recapping every episode, we'll also be talking with the filmmakers to learn some behind the scenes insights insights and we'll be talking to both

primate and human experts that can shed some light on the power and potential danger

of human primate connections. Chim Crazy premieres on August 18th available on HBO and Max and you can listen to the official

Chimp Crazy Podcast on Tooth and Claw wherever you get your podcasts.