Loved it
Fascinating, informative, great reporting and storytelling, and well-paced, angering at times (humans are very selfish). Loved the host. Binged all episodes in one sitting. One of the best podcasts I’ve listened to in awhile. I hope there’ll be more seasons with different subjects or even follow-ups.
ejhy74 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 04/30/23
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I was at Stanford in the mid ‘70s, and knew a couple of people who worked with Penny Patterson and Koko. The enthusiasm and naive science of all the ape language projects of that era is captured pretty well. Years later, I was struck by how only one person in the myriad of researchers involved...Read full review »
notuncajeff via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/11/21
I listen to ADR on Vice news (and follow them on IG, hi Reggie) so I heard about the show through that, but didn’t listen right away. Happy to rediscovered it because it’s fantastic, as is all the media I consume from them. Always heard about Koko and knew the story, but this was a great deep...Read full review »
Twerkinfast via Apple Podcasts · Canada · 12/21/21
The conclusion that the series makes, that we may never understand the “language” of another species, is kind of unscientific. It seems to me that the role of science is to make clearer what previously had mystified us. A better take on this series might be that psychologists in this field are...Read full review »
Space Magic 5 via Apple Podcasts · United States of America · 12/22/21
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