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
Mysterious Sound
"Today on Flightless Bird: Imagine if you have fulfilled the American dream of buying your dream home… only to find there’s a problem. A big problem. You can’t see it or taste it - but you can hear i…
01:18:48 |
Tue 03 Dec 2024
Shower Curtains & Porn Revisited
In this weeks Flightless Bird, David and Rob discuss their thanksgiving plans, before hearing from indigenous leader Crystal Echo Hawk about the true meaning behind thanksgiving in America. They then…
01:14:58 |
Tue 26 Nov 2024
Death Doulas
In this week’s episode, David calls his friend Rosabel to see what she thinks about dying, and learns that Rosabel has put him in her will! Rob and David then attempt to face their own fear of death …
01:15:04 |
Tue 19 Nov 2024
Election Night
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look back at the last week since the election, trying to make sense of what happened. Farrier attends a Trump Watch party in Long Beach, California - tak…
01:06:18 |
Tue 12 Nov 2024
Election Conspiracies
This week on Flightless Bird, David and Rob look at some of the defining conspiracy theories of this election cycle. They’re joined by conspiracy theory experts Mike Rothschild (author of “The Storm …
01:28:14 |
Tue 05 Nov 2024
Catfishing
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob sit down with American documentary maker Erin Lee Carr and the subjects of her new film “Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara.” Erin, Tegan and Sa…
01:13:43 |
Tue 29 Oct 2024
Olive Garden
In this week’s episode, David Farrier goes and dines at the Olive Garden as he tries to figure out what makes this place such an American Institution. Inside he is swept away by the antics of Olive G…
00:52:47 |
Tue 22 Oct 2024
Slime
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David explores the resurgence of interest in slime on Instagram and TikTok - an incredibly American phenomenon that's slimed its way into American culture since the 19…
00:54:17 |
Tue 15 Oct 2024
Capital Punishment
David Farrier heads to Missouri two days out from the execution of Marcellus “Khaliifah” Williams. He embeds with “Missourians To Abolish the Death Penalty” who are desperately trying to petition Mis…
01:16:20 |
Tue 08 Oct 2024
Spaceman Barry
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes a darker, weirder deep dive into America with a story that is very specific, niche, and dangerous. This is a story about two Americans who were str…
01:29:08 |
Tue 01 Oct 2024
Creed
In this week’s episode, David Farrier investigates the rise and fall - and rise again - of American band Creed. Once the highest selling rock band of the late 90s, Creed disappeared for a period befo…
01:07:40 |
Tue 24 Sep 2024
Homelander
In this episode, David and Rob sit down with Ant Starr - the New Zealand actor who plays deranged, narcissistic superhero “Homelander” on Amazon’s The Boys. Seen by many as a caricature of Donald Tru…
00:55:03 |
Tue 17 Sep 2024
7th Day Adventists
In this episode David Farrier sets out to investigate the 7th Day Adventism, a type of Christianity that kicked off in upstate New York in the 1840s. It was a 7th Day Adventist who invented the humbl…
01:04:19 |
Tue 10 Sep 2024
Navy Dolphins
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier dives deep into the US Navy’s Marine Mammal program. He talks with three former trainers for the program, leaning about how both seals and dolphins are tra…
00:57:21 |
Tue 03 Sep 2024
OnlyFans
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand OnlyFans, which while based in the UK boasts a mostly US based audience. David talks to Sara (@pockowokosara) who we first met on Fl…
01:04:55 |
Tue 27 Aug 2024
Rhode Island
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier discovers that Rhode Island is not in fact an island. If not an island - what is it? Farrier talks to linguist Kate who has a true love for Rhode Island - …
00:58:03 |
Tue 20 Aug 2024
Possums
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates why American opossums are so different to New Zealand possums. Speaking of which - why does one have an “O” in front of them? To find answers,…
00:58:35 |
Tue 13 Aug 2024
Chocolate
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates why American chocolate tastes so different to New Zealand chocolate - and more specifically, why Hershey’s chocolate allegedly smells a little…
00:48:41 |
Tue 02 Jul 2024
Monster Trucks
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes to his first Monster Truck Jam to try and understand why Americans love big vehicles so much. There he meets Krysten Anderson, who drives Grave Digg…
00:48:17 |
Tue 25 Jun 2024
Frozen Foods
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets off to understand America's frozen food obsession. Each year Over 80% of American households will eat frozen dinners this year - making the frozen f…
00:45:44 |
Tue 18 Jun 2024
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