<p>Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- <strong>A Show About Animals.</strong> This season, we tell the strange and wonderful story of the wildly famous Koko the “talking” Gorilla. </p><br><p>In the early 1970s, a grad student named Penny Patterson set out to investigate a big question: is language unique to humans? So she begins an ambitious experiment -- with the help of a young gorilla named Koko. Pretty soon, Penny says Koko is learning sign language. But, of course, that’s not the whole story. </p><br><p>You can listen to our weekly series, <strong>A Show About Animals</strong>, in all the places you get your podcasts. </p><br><p><strong>A Show About Animals</strong> is hosted and reported by Arielle Duhaime-Ross and produced by Julia Nutter and Pete Lang-Stanton. Our associate producer is Leily Rezvani. Sound design and original score by Pran Bandi, with additional support from Steve Bone. </p><br><p>Annie Aviles is our executive editor. Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn. </p><br><p>Special thanks to Maximo Anderson for fact-checking.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
