{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fanimal-instinct.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Ff73a8d27-f73a8d27","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 96: \"Because They Needed Me\" – A Story of Baboons in South Africa and a Brave Woman Who Came to Their Aid","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/fe985b/fe985b8a-7131-4a7c-8f29-2947e25d0115/7af3eb4e-0bab-4cfd-9f16-46b3cf7184c0/1463439499artwork.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/7af3eb4e-0bab-4cfd-9f16-46b3cf7184c0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 96: &quot;Because They Needed Me&quot; – A Story of Baboons in South Africa and a Brave Woman Who Came to Their Aid\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week on Animal Instinct, host Celia Kutcher speaks with Michael C. Blumenthal, a poet, lawyer, and educator who has also ventured into essays, memoirs, and fiction. His nonfiction works includes Because They Needed Me: The Incredible Life of Rita Miljo and Her Struggle to Save the Baboons of South Africa (2015), a book about a remarkable woman and how she came to play a significant role in baboon conservation in South Africa."}