Today we are sharing an episode from one of our newest series -- A Show About Animals. This season, we tell the strange and wonderful story of the wildly famous Koko the “talking” Gorilla.  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...

Una nueva investigación en Colombia promete nuevas respuestas.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Nuestra investigación revela nuevas versiones sobre cómo ocurrieron los asesinatos. Incluido el relato del hombre que fue a la cárcel por ellos.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

¿Qué tienen en común un exejecutivo de Drummond, una exestrella de la NBA y un pequeño pueblo en las afueras de Birmingham? Un escándalo de sobornos que estremeció al estado de Alabama.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Empieza el juicio. Terry quiere probar que Drummond estuvo implicada en los asesinatos. ¿El jurado de Alabama le dará la razón?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Un abogado norteamericano decide hacerse cargo del caso del sindicato. Pero primero necesita encontrar testigos dispuestos a declarar.     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Una empresa de carbón procedente de Alabama abre una mina en medio de la guerra civil colombiana. Y varios miembros del sindicato empiezan a recibir amenazas de muerte.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

EMPEZAMOS AQUÍ. Dos líderes sindicales asesinados. Y sus muertes revelan una historia mayor sobre combustibles fósiles, poder y conflictos civiles.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A new investigation in Colombia promises answers.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Our reporting turns up other accounts of how the killings went down -- including an interview with the man who went to prison for the murders.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

What do a Drummond executive, an ex-NBA star, and a small town outside of Birmingham have in common? A bribery scandal that rocked the state of Alabama.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The trial is on. Terry’s out to prove that Drummond had a hand in the murders. But will an Alabama jury agree?   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

An American lawyer decides to take on the union’s case. But first he needs to find people willing to testify.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A coal company from Alabama opens up a mine in Colombia during a civil war. And members of the miners union start receiving death threats.    See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

START HERE. Two coal miners are murdered setting off a decades-long saga that changes the lives of people in Colombia and the United States forever.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

A coal company from Alabama. Two murdered union leaders in Colombia. A civil war. And a new way of looking at environmental crime.   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.