Best podcasts of the week: Inside the tragic life story of Koko the celebrity gorilla

In this week's newsletter: How did a beloved ape end her life a sad shell of herself"? Find out in Fine Gorilla Person. Plus: five of the best podcasts on the British Asian experience

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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 talking ape" end her life overweight, depressed and a shell of a gorilla"? 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.
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