Episode of the day: "The Man in the Zoo"

Listen to "The Man in the Zoo"

Podcast: Radio Diaries (Episode 47)



"In 1906, New York’s Bronx Zoo was the largest zoo in the world. More than 800 birds, reptiles and beasts of all kinds. But that year, the zoo introduced a new exhibit that would quickly became its most popular attraction. In the monkey house, right next to an orangutan, there was a man… inside a cage."

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Article in The Guardian about Ota Benga's life