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If you grew up in the '80s or '90s, you might be familiar with the story of Koko’s Kitten. It’s the tale of a giant gorilla named Koko who made friends with a tiny baby cat called All Ball. But this gorilla wasn’t just any ape—she spoke sign language. Or at least a gorilla version of it. And when Koko wanted her kitty brought to her, she just signed his name. The story riveted people young and old across America. When the children’s book Koko’s Kitten hit bookstores in 1985, Koko became a bonafide celebrity. She was on the cover of National Geographic magazine…twice. A famous filmmaker made a documentary about her. And she befriended all kinds of famous folks like Robin Williams, Betty White and William Shatner. But behind the celebrity lay a grim reality. All was not well in Koko land. Fine Gorilla Person, a new documentary series hosted by veteran journalist and podcast host Lauren Ober, unpacks the rise and fall of the world’s most famous gorilla. From Koko’s early days as a Stanford University science experiment to the failed schemes to make the captive gorilla a mother to the decades-long boondoggle to build a sanctuary for signing gorillas in Hawaii, Ober takes listeners on a journey to understand what became of Koko’s life. How did this extraordinary creature end up living the last half of her life in a tiny, dirty trailer, depressed, pumped full of pills and party to some weird sexual stuff? And what does it say about a culture that let that happen? An Audible Original produced by Topic Studios. The production company is Rowhome Productions.©2022 Topic Studios, LLC (P)2022 Audible Originals, LLC Américas
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    Aug 25 2022
    Koko the gorilla was the defining animal celebrity of the '80s and '90s. But behind the fame of this sign-language-using ape lay a grim reality. On Fine Gorilla Person, host Lauren Ober unpacks the rise and fall of the world’s most famous gorilla, from her early days as a Stanford University science experiment to the failed schemes to make Koko a mother to the decades-long boondoggle to build a sanctuary for signing gorillas in Hawaii. Oh, and a lot of weird sexual stuff. An Audible Original produced by Topic Studios. The production company is Rowhome Productions.
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  • Episode 1

    Episode 1
    Aug 25 2022
    In the pantheon of famous animals—Rin Tin Tin, Mr. Ed, Grumpy Cat, to name a few—there was none more famous (at least for a time) than Koko the gorilla. She knew sign language, she befriended tiny kittens, she was both science experiment and cultural icon. As her reputation grew, Koko was touted as our missing link, our entreé into the soul of the animal kingdom. And for a strident, stubborn little ape, that was a lot to live up to.
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  • Episode 2

    Episode 2
    Aug 25 2022
    Koko was born in the San Francisco Zoo on the Fourth of July, 1971. And Koko would have remained there with the rest of her gorilla troop if it weren’t for one woman—Francine (Penny) Patterson, a young psychology PhD. student looking for an ape for her doctoral project. Penny wanted to know: “Could gorillas learn sign language?” Koko would soon answer that for her. And in the brief but distressing history of ape language studies, Koko grew to become the most famous speaking ape of them all.
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About the Creator and Performer

Lauren Ober is a journalist and podcast host. She is the host of the forthcoming show The Loudest Girl In The World from Pushkin Industries and iHeart Media. Before that, Lauren hosted Spectacular Failures from APMStudios. The show was one of TIME magazine’s top 10 podcasts of 2019 and has been downloaded more than six million times. Lauren also hosted and produced NPR's The Big Listen, a nationally distributed broadcast about podcasts. A proud Pittsburgh native, Lauren currently lives in the 51st state.

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Energetic presentation. Fascinating topic which totally held my attention. I will be seeing animals with a different perspective.

Just fascinating!

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This was a very intimate and revealing Expose into Koko's life. Ioved it! ya

Very interesting and eye opening

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Very interesting science adjacent story. Very well told by the author. Are animals legitimate study subjects and how might they be studied legitimately. We

Gorilla Musings

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I loved the flow and pace of this story and how much I learned. The author is a clear speaker, although a couple scenes are busy, she apologized and prefaces those scenes whot some humor. she did a great job placing the reader in her own shoes as a writer in several moments.

Exceptional story telling in a casual format

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This is the story of Koko, the gorilla that learned sign language and touched the hearts of people across the world. Unlike the story you think you know, it’s a tale of abuse and isolation and an appalling lack of science. Reading it depressed me. We may never know what was really going on in Koko’s head, but the author, Lauren Ober, appears certain that her owner and caretakers were looking out for their best interests, not hers.

Not the Koko Story You Are Expecting

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