From Turtle King to "Tiger King" with Eric Goode

Ojai: Talk of the Town · Jul 3, 2020 · 51m

Eric Goode knew that he had an amazing show on his hands with "Tiger King," the seven-episode documentary series about Joe Exotic, the gay polygamist zookeeper in Oklahoma who is now serving a 22-year sentence in federal prison for a murder-for-hire plot against his chief critic, animal activist Carole Baskin. The Netflix show's colorful cast of eccentrics helped the show capture the cultural moment. "We had a captive audience for a show about captive tigers," he said.

Goode has his own colorful past, which we explore in our wide-ranging talk. But it's his deep love for Ojai which informs…