{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/bde4ba03-94fd-432c-bd5f-800ae606cb91/f9e03559-d61b-45d2-be02-c3ba56ef5e88?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Introducing: A Show About Animals","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61b7a1df1695624af6e952bb/61b7a1e6661025001bf53613.png?height=200","description":"<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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>You can listen to our weekly series, <strong>A Show About Animals</strong>, in all the places you get your podcasts.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><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.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Annie Aviles is our executive editor. Our executive producer and VP of Vice Audio is Kate Osborn.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Special thanks to Maximo Anderson for fact-checking.</p>","author_name":"VICE"}