Oscar Porter
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first heard Nov 2024
last heard Jan 2025
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Director of the Mexican amusement park Reino Aventura during Keiko’s captivity
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentDaniel AlarcónSerial · The Good Whale - Ep. 1 · 9:59 · Jan 2025
…He was busy overseeing all the details of the park's upgrades, the installation of new rides, new contracts with vendors, more than 600 employees. He told me he didn't even read the script. But that script is why we're telling this story.…
Daniel AlarcónSerial · The Good Whale - Ep. 1 · 9:46 · Jan 2025
…So when a production company proposed to film a movie with Keiko, the park's director, Oscar Porter, thought, what the hell? Why not? It wasn't much money, but it might keep Keiko entertained. Once he said yes to the movie, Porter didn't give it much more thought.…
NarratorThis American Life · 847: The Truly Incredible Story of Keiko the Killer Whale · 34:38 · Nov 2024
…Porter told me he was spending three hours a day dealing with Keiko-related nonsense. Which is a lot, sure, but most worrying of all was what some of the outside veterinarians were saying. That Keiko might die soon. Porter really didn't want that to happen at Reino Aventura. So over the course of several months, Dave and Oscar Porter made a deal.…
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