The podcast explored the unusual story of an animal research lab in the 1960s. It was theorized that dolphins could potentially learn English and perhaps even vocalize with their blowholes. A young dolphin who had not yet reached maturity, Peter, was selected for the experiment. An apartment style arrangement was made so that he could live with a female researcher (who was interviewed in the podcast). The apartment was partially flooded, and the two lived together for nine months. The research showed promise. Audio recordings seem to suggest that the dolphin was doing more than just trying to mimic sounds (such as what a parrot would do). When given prompts to say words, he would attempt to say only the words while omitting the prompt. The research began to run into trouble when it was revealed that the head researcher had been giving psychadelic drugs to several of the dolphins in the lab (though not Peter). More notably, a tabloid had gotten wind of certain unorthodox training methods being used with Peter. As he was beginning to reach sexual maturity, he began developing strong sexual urges, and Margaret (the female researcher) started pleasuring him in order to keep him focused. She did not think very much of this, but the bad publicity ultimately doomed the project.
Thesis: my project is meant to take the idea of a dolphin roommate to its anthropomorphic extreme, constructing a messy, horny, aquatic college student, passed out on a beanbag chair and surrounded by open pizza boxes.