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
Quilts
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes Monica’s advice from an earlier episode and investigates America’s obsession with quilts. He begins his journey by interviewing quilting podcaster As…
00:52:15 |
Tue 12 Dec 2023
American Accents
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier seeks to be better understood by his co-hosts by diving headfirst into the American accent. He meets with dialect coach Joel Goldes, who’s helped coach act…
00:57:29 |
Tue 05 Dec 2023
Cereal
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates America’s extreme love of cereal. He sets out to answer why America needs over 5000 different types of cereal, and why some of the most popula…
00:50:35 |
Tue 28 Nov 2023
Cars
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier begins to notice how much America loves cars. Why do 92% of American households have at least one vehicle? That is so many cars! The country's love of cars…
01:01:53 |
Tue 21 Nov 2023
Pinball
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s obsession with pinball. He heads to Long Beach California for a meeting of the Long Beach Pinball League, headed by passio…
00:50:49 |
Tue 14 Nov 2023
Fantasy Football
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the mysterious world of fantasy football. He joins a group of manly men as they do a fantasy football draft in a Buffalo Wild Wings …
00:48:53 |
Tue 07 Nov 2023
Haunted Houses
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes Monica to a haunted house to celebrate Halloween. And not just any haunted house! Each year Universal Studios puts on its Halloween Horror Nights, us…
00:56:21 |
Tue 31 Oct 2023
Bail Bonds
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates bail bonds in America, and more specifically - the bail bondsman. With 15,000 bail bonds agents in America, it seems to be a thriving private e…
01:04:36 |
Tue 17 Oct 2023
Laundromats
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates whether we have America to thank for the modern laundromat. After all, there are over 30,000 laundromats in the US - employing 39,000 people, m…
00:47:29 |
Tue 03 Oct 2023
Healthcare II
After two American surgeons told David he needed back surgery, he fled back to his home of New Zealand where healthcare was less scary! What he discovered in New Zealand surprised him. David calls up…
00:52:41 |
Tue 19 Sep 2023
Pizza
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates pizza, one of America’s favourite foods. He discovers that around 76,000 pizza joints bring in $44 billion dollars each year in the US - where …
00:47:48 |
Tue 05 Sep 2023
Storm Chasers
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates the incredibly American pastime of storm chasing. There are about 1200 tornados in America each year - for some, they are a source of fear and …
00:43:25 |
Tue 22 Aug 2023
Ice
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates America’s obsession with ice. From excessive ice in drinks to the joy of frozen food, Farrier finds that ice is deeply American. Meeting with R…
00:47:35 |
Tue 08 Aug 2023
School Cafeterias
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes behind the scenes of the food that’s dished up to 30 million American kids at the school cafeteria. Back in New Zealand, they don't have school cafete…
01:00:44 |
Tue 25 Jul 2023
Health Update
An update on Flightless Bird! David explains to Monica and Rob why he’s had to take flight to New Zealand. Defeated by the US healthcare system and his bad health insurance plan, David has temporaril…
00:33:53 |
Tue 11 Jul 2023
Independence Day
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to investigate what the heck is going on with Independence Day, one of America’s 11 officially mandated holidays. What makes this day so American,…
00:30:50 |
Tue 04 Jul 2023
Attics & Basements
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier realizes that New Zealand doesn’t have attics or basements, so sets out to discover why so many of America’s 333 million homes do. David talks to Stephen F…
00:58:13 |
Tue 27 Jun 2023
Electric Kettles
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace the electric kettle. Why does America insist on the stovetop kettle when it could be boiling its w…
00:44:56 |
Tue 20 Jun 2023
DMV - Pt II
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace the electric kettle. Why does America insist on the stovetop kettle when it could be boiling its w…
00:42:35 |
Tue 13 Jun 2023
Beavers
This week on Flightless Bird, David becomes fixated on the beaver, the rodent that’s become synonymous with Buc-ees, the giant American gas station. But David quickly learns there is so much to the b…
00:39:20 |
Tue 06 Jun 2023
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