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  • Timeshares

    Timeshares
    2026/09/01
    In this week's Flightless Bird, David investigates America's obsession with timeshares - going undercover at a timeshare sales session, where he feels his sanity slowly slipping away as the hours pass by.More on timeshares: https://www.go-koala.com/timeshare/resources/are-timeshares-scams Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: http://patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comWatch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 13 分
  • Wisconsin Dells

    Wisconsin Dells
    2026/08/25
    In this week's Flightless Bird, David heads to Wisconsin Dells, America's "waterpark capital" - discovering a chaotic holiday spot that's like Las Vegas for kids, all high on sugar and waterslides. He then turns his attention to the locals who have lived here all their lives, and the stories they have to tell. What does The Dells mean to them? Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Watch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    54 分
  • Nest Sessions: Armor for Sleep on Youth Invention Competitions

    Nest Sessions: Armor for Sleep on Youth Invention Competitions
    2026/08/20
    Ben Jorgensen of Armor for Sleep joins Rob & David for this month’s Nest Session, where he talks about the themes of their seminal work “What to Do When You Are Dead,” before sharing a truly unhinged American meal with David. Ben also talks about growing up in New Jersey and how involvement with school invention competitions changed his life, before sharing three acoustic cuts live in the studio. You can find Armor for Sleep & Ben Jorgensen here: https://www.instagram.com/benjorg/ https://www.instagram.com/armorforsleep/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/7eSbps3Uha3MMBNWhMYa2H Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: http://patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    52 分
  • Life After ICE

    Life After ICE
    2026/08/18
    In this week’s episode, David travels to Wisconsin to meet up with Everlee Wihongi, the New Zealander kidnapped by ICE at LAX, released after 73 days in prison. She and her mother Betty reflect on what it was like the day she got out, and the people she left behind.Everlee’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-free-and-get-everlee-home Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: http://patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 13 分
  • Chili's

    Chili's
    2026/08/11
    Rob takes David out to the iconic American chain Chilis to eat some baby back baby back baby back ribs. David discovers how the first ever Chilis was a post office on Greenville Avenue in Dallas that closed down in the 70s, reopening as a casual dining restaurant that eventually spread to over 1600 locations around the US. Rob shares the secrets of Chili's menu, and we hear from Flightless Bird listeners with their own Chili's tales.Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comWatch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    57 分
  • YouTube for Kids

    YouTube for Kids
    2026/08/04
    In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob are joined by “Meekah,” AKA Kaitlin Becker - the much loved children educator known for her work with the likes of Blippi and Ms Rachel. She talks about how she got into this unique field, and about her place in the world of kid’s YouTube, entertainment and education in the United States. From screen time to Blippi’s Harlem Shake past - Flightless Bird gets into the weeds. Becker also talks about her exit from the world she had helped create: What went down, and how she views her time in retrospect. Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comWatch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 47 分
  • Live in Dallas: Colossal Labs, Rosabel, & the JFK Assassination

    Live in Dallas: Colossal Labs, Rosabel, & the JFK Assassination
    2026/07/28
    This week’s Flightless Bird comes to you live from Dallas, Texas, where David and Rob explore the city and interview a range of guests to dig deeper into what Dallas is all about! On the couch is Stefano Daza Arango from Colossal, to talk about their quest to bring the wooly mammoth and moa back from extinction, along with JFK researcher Robin Brown (who you may remember from Netflix’s Dark Tourist). There’s also a live music set by Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit, and holy heck we missed the headline: ROSABEL JOINS US LIVE ON STAGE! Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 39 分
  • Kratom & 7-OH

    Kratom & 7-OH
    2026/07/21
    In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look into the proliferation of gas station drugs like kratom and the more powerful 7-OH. What are these drugs, who is using them, and why? And how are these opioid substitutes even allowed? David talks to Pat Aussem from “Partnership To End Addiction" to find out more, before meeting a man who is heavily addicted to 7-OH, who breaks down what it’s like, and how hard it is to get off them.Join us for bonus Flightless Bird episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    1 時間 5 分