Flightless Bird
Flightless Bird follows journalist David Farrier as he learns about what makes America special from his unique perspective as a Kiwi accidentally marooned in the Land of the Free. Infinitely curious but never judgmental, each week, David (along with cohost and American Rob) seeks to understand what makes America so unique, strange, and wonderful.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 61 minutes
- Episodes
- 150
- Years Active
- 2022 - 2025
Live in Portland: Bigfoot, Beavers, and the Oregon Trail
This week’s episode is from our live show in beautiful Portland that happened on April 13. David and Rob share stories from their time in Portland, before turning their attention to Bigfoot - talking…
01:46:13 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
The Cheesecake Factory
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob visit one of America’s most iconic restaurant chains: The Cheesecake Factory. They discover its humble origins as a small cheesecake shop in 1940’s Detro…
00:59:15 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Flights of Fancy: Cheese, Kony 2012, Hot Air Balloons, Troubled Teens, Ice Machines
In this week's episode, David and Rob take calls from Flightless Bird listeners, who pitch the topics they want them to investigate! From a man who tells of being woken up at age 13 to two men in his…
01:11:16 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Deported
In this week’s episode, David and Rob look at the recent cases of ICE and other agencies detaining and/or deporting various US residents who are in the US 100% legally. David interviews Canadian Jasm…
01:16:20 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
Quiverfull
In this weeks Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand the Quiverfull movement, which advocates for having lots and lots of children. He talks to a Zach, a man raised in this environment, before…
01:05:45 |
Tue 25 Mar 2025
Goodyear Blimp
In this weeks episode, David goes for a ride on the Goodyear Blimp in an attempt to learn more about this iconic piece of America, celebrating its 100th birthday this year. He is shocked to find out …
01:22:41 |
Tue 18 Mar 2025
Prisons
In this week’s Flightless bird, David looks at the American prison system, attempting to understand why the US has the largest prison population in the world - with around 1.9 million people incarcer…
01:06:00 |
Tue 11 Mar 2025
Focus on The Family
This week on Flightless Bird, David looks at Dr James Dobson and Focus on the Family, a Colorado Springs based fundamentalist Christian group formed in the 70s. Using his status as a child psychologi…
01:23:20 |
Tue 04 Mar 2025
Live in Seattle
David and Rob take Flightless Bird to Seattle, doing a live episode to a sold out crowd at the Neptune Theatre. They interview a former homicide detective who penned a book on Seattle’s forgotten ser…
01:31:45 |
Tue 25 Feb 2025
Gallagher
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob are joined by Gareth Reynold’s from “The Dollop” and “We’re Here To Help” podcasts. Gareth tells them about the story of Gallagher, an American comedian…
01:10:19 |
Tue 18 Feb 2025
Kanye's Squatter
This week, David meets the man who squatted in Kanye West’s Simi Valley house, sleeping in Kanye’s bed, eating Kanye’s pasta, and shitting in Kanye’s backyard. While there, John wrote a book called “…
01:02:09 |
Tue 11 Feb 2025
Australia: Fake Seizure Guy
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David continues his series in Australia. This week, he arrives in Melbourne to try and solve the mystery of “Fake Seizure Guy”, a local man who appears to fake having…
01:16:44 |
Tue 04 Feb 2025
Inauguration Week
In this week’s episode, David and Rob take a pause on regular programming to try and make sense of what’s happened since the inauguration of Donald Trump. From social media chaos, Elon Musk’s “hand g…
01:21:39 |
Tue 28 Jan 2025
LA Wildfires
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob reflect on the California wildfires, talking to a variety of people affected both directly and indirectly. We hear from one of the team from Watch Duty (…
01:39:44 |
Tue 21 Jan 2025
Australia: Shark Attacks
In this week’s Flightless Bird David is on the ground in Australia, looking at topics that are distinctly… Australian. Australia has, relatively speaking, a lot of shark attacks. So many there’s a wh…
01:18:10 |
Tue 14 Jan 2025
Black Box of Doom
In this week’s episode, David talks with author Jason Pargin (John Dies At The End & I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom) about what TikTok and the modern internet is doing to our brai…
01:11:57 |
Tue 07 Jan 2025
Lord of the Rings Revisited
This week on Flightless Bird, David calls his friend Leon Wadham who plays "Kemen" in Amazon's Rings of Power series. Rob and David then look back at one of their favourite Flightless Bird episodes, …
00:58:36 |
Tue 31 Dec 2024
Leaf Blowers Revisited
This week on Flightless Bird, Rosabel slips on a leaf and David and Rob look back at one of their favourite episodes and what’s changed since it first aired: Leaf Blowers. They also read feedback on …
01:03:38 |
Tue 24 Dec 2024
American Girl Doll
In this week’s episode, David visits the American Girl store in Los Angeles, attempting to learn what is so American about the American Girl doll. There he meets Alyson Campbell, the Senior Events an…
01:10:07 |
Tue 17 Dec 2024
Kiwis in America with Rhys Darby
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David sits down with Rhys Darby - the New Zealander actor and comedian who’s made America his home. They talk about Darby’s breakout role in Flight of the Conchords -…
00:51:59 |
Tue 10 Dec 2024
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