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The Good Whale covers the real fight to free Willy

Posted on November 14, 2024 By Andrew Thaler
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Serial is out with a new podcast, and this time, it’s about whales. Return to the early 1990s, when scientists and conservationists fought to save Keiko, the Killer Whale made famous by the movie Free Willy, from his captivity in a small aquatic park.

The first two episodes are up on Spotify.

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