Saturday, October 30, 2010

Zoo Story from Lopate - Underreported by listenerservices@wnyc.org (WNYC, New York Public Radio)

Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Thomas French gives an account of the secret life of a zoo and its inhabitants: both animal and human. Based on six years of research, his book Zoo Story: Life in the Garden of Captives follows a handful of characters at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo: from an alpha chimp, to a ferocious tiger, to a brilliant but tyrannical CEO.

Listen to the full podcast here. Or see the show's webpage for this episode here. Also, check out this Colbert Report interview.

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