{"id":6815,"date":"2022-08-25T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/best-podcasts-of-the-week-inside-the-tragic-life-story-of-koko-the-celebrity-gorilla\/"},"modified":"2022-08-25T09:37:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-25T07:37:49","slug":"best-podcasts-of-the-week-inside-the-tragic-life-story-of-koko-the-celebrity-gorilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/best-podcasts-of-the-week-inside-the-tragic-life-story-of-koko-the-celebrity-gorilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Best podcasts of the week: Inside the tragic life story of Koko the celebrity gorilla"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: How did a beloved ape end her life a sad \u201cshell of herself\u201d? Find out in Fine Gorilla Person. Plus: five of the best podcasts on the British Asian experience<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/2017\/may\/10\/hear-here-podcast-recommendations-sign-up-for-unexpected-audio-pleasures\">Don\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audible.co.uk\/pd\/Fine-Gorilla-Person-Podcast\/B0B4F3RNZ1\">Fine Gorilla Person<\/a><br \/>Audible, all episodes available now<br \/><\/strong>Koko was the superstar gorilla of the 80s and 90s who counted William Shatner and Peter Gabriel among her celebrity friends. But how did the famous \u201ctalking ape\u201d end her life overweight, depressed and \u201ca shell of a gorilla\u201d? Lauren Ober asks how being stuck with one foot in the human world affected Koko, from being given laxatives to being accused of sexual harassment because of her fascination with nipples.<em> <br \/>Hannah Verdier<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Colonial artefacts come to life in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/p0ckffkw\/episodes\/player\">The Museum of Bad Vibes<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>K-drama and telenovela make for an irresistibly frothy combo in <a href=\"https:\/\/loveandnoraebang.com\/\">Love and Noraebang<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Surreal schoolyard comedy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stitcher.com\/show\/the-rubber-room-723255\">The Rubber Room<\/a>, featuring famous faces including Arrested Development\u2019s David Cross and Tony Hale.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tv-and-radio\/2022\/aug\/25\/hear-here-koko-gorilla-podcast\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/e167f63caf57ea1e29a1f0be39adcef4c84a7118\/0_0_1920_1152\/master\/1920.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=1e8ce413cfd0043adc5fe6ac8d7da123\" title=\"Best podcasts of the week: Inside the tragic life story of Koko the celebrity gorilla\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: How did a beloved ape end her life a sad \u201cshell of herself\u201d? Find out in Fine Gorilla Person. Plus: five of the best podcasts on the British Asian experience<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up for the full article here<br \/>\nFine Gorilla PersonAudible, all episodes available nowKoko was the superstar gorilla of the 80s and 90s who counted William Shatner and Peter Gabriel among her celebrity friends. But how did the famous \u201ctalking ape\u201d end her life overweight, depressed and \u201ca shell of a gorilla\u201d? Lauren Ober asks how being stuck with one foot in the human world affected Koko, from being given laxatives to being accused of sexual harassment because of her fascination with nipples. Hannah Verdier<br \/>\nColonial artefacts come to life in The Museum of Bad Vibes.<br \/>\nK-drama and telenovela make for an irresistibly frothy combo in Love and Noraebang.<br \/>\nSurreal schoolyard comedy The Rubber Room, featuring famous faces including Arrested Development\u2019s David Cross and Tony Hale. 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Sign up for the full article here Fine Gorilla PersonAudible, all episodes available &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/25\/best-podcasts-of-the-week-inside-the-tragic-life-story-of-koko-the-celebrity-gorilla\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Best podcasts of the week: Inside the tragic life story of Koko the celebrity gorilla<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":6816,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}