Topps Trading Cards
Tue, 20 May 2025
On this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look at the history and current trajectory of Topps ...
Blockbuster
Tue, 13 May 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob visit the last Blockbuster videostore in the world i...
Emo Music
Tue, 06 May 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look at emo music in the United States, from its ori...
Autism Reveal Party
Tue, 29 Apr 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David talks to Lisa Didion, an Assistant Professor of Special Educ...
Live in Portland: Bigfoot, Beavers, and the Oregon Trail
Tue, 22 Apr 2025
This week’s episode is from our live show in beautiful Portland that happened on April 13. David a...
The Cheesecake Factory
Tue, 15 Apr 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob visit one of America’s most iconic restaurant chai...
Flights of Fancy: Cheese, Kony 2012, Hot Air Balloons, Troubled Teens, Ice Machines
Tue, 08 Apr 2025
In this week's episode, David and Rob take calls from Flightless Bird listeners, who pitch the topic...
Deported
Tue, 01 Apr 2025
In this week’s episode, David and Rob look at the recent cases of ICE and other agencies detaining...
Quiverfull
Tue, 25 Mar 2025
In this weeks Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand the Quiverfull movement, which advocates...
Goodyear Blimp
Tue, 18 Mar 2025
In this weeks episode, David goes for a ride on the Goodyear Blimp in an attempt to learn more about...
Prisons
Tue, 11 Mar 2025
In this week’s Flightless bird, David looks at the American prison system, attempting to understan...
Focus on The Family
Tue, 04 Mar 2025
This week on Flightless Bird, David looks at Dr James Dobson and Focus on the Family, a Colorado Spr...
Live in Seattle
Tue, 25 Feb 2025
David and Rob take Flightless Bird to Seattle, doing a live episode to a sold out crowd at the Neptu...
Gallagher
Tue, 18 Feb 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob are joined by Gareth Reynold’s from “The Dollop”...
Kanye's Squatter
Tue, 11 Feb 2025
This week, David meets the man who squatted in Kanye West’s Simi Valley house, sleeping in Kanye’...
Australia: Fake Seizure Guy
Tue, 04 Feb 2025
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David continues his series in Australia. This week, he arrives in...
Inauguration Week
Tue, 28 Jan 2025
In this week’s episode, David and Rob take a pause on regular programming to try and make sense of...
LA Wildfires
Tue, 21 Jan 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob reflect on the California wildfires, talking to a va...
Australia: Shark Attacks
Tue, 14 Jan 2025
In this week’s Flightless Bird David is on the ground in Australia, looking at topics that are dis...
Black Box of Doom
Tue, 07 Jan 2025
In this week’s episode, David talks with author Jason Pargin (John Dies At The End & I'm Starting ...
Lord of the Rings Revisited
Tue, 31 Dec 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David calls his friend Leon Wadham who plays "Kemen" in Amazon's Rings...
Leaf Blowers Revisited
Tue, 24 Dec 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, Rosabel slips on a leaf and David and Rob look back at one of their fa...
American Girl Doll
Tue, 17 Dec 2024
In this week’s episode, David visits the American Girl store in Los Angeles, attempting to learn w...
Kiwis in America with Rhys Darby
Tue, 10 Dec 2024
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David sits down with Rhys Darby - the New Zealander actor and com...
Mysterious Sound
Tue, 03 Dec 2024
"Today on Flightless Bird: Imagine if you have fulfilled the American dream of buying your dream hom...
Shower Curtains & Porn Revisited
Tue, 26 Nov 2024
In this weeks Flightless Bird, David and Rob discuss their thanksgiving plans, before hearing from i...
Death Doulas
Tue, 19 Nov 2024
In this week’s episode, David calls his friend Rosabel to see what she thinks about dying, and lea...
Election Night
Tue, 12 Nov 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look back at the last week since the election, tryin...
Election Conspiracies
Tue, 05 Nov 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David and Rob look at some of the defining conspiracy theories of this...
Catfishing
Tue, 29 Oct 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob sit down with American documentary maker Erin Lee Ca...
Olive Garden
Tue, 22 Oct 2024
In this week’s episode, David Farrier goes and dines at the Olive Garden as he tries to figure out...
Slime
Tue, 15 Oct 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David explores the resurgence of interest in slime on Instagram an...
Capital Punishment
Tue, 08 Oct 2024
David Farrier heads to Missouri two days out from the execution of Marcellus “Khaliifah” William...
Spaceman Barry
Tue, 01 Oct 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes a darker, weirder deep dive into America with ...
Creed
Tue, 24 Sep 2024
In this week’s episode, David Farrier investigates the rise and fall - and rise again - of America...
Homelander
Tue, 17 Sep 2024
In this episode, David and Rob sit down with Ant Starr - the New Zealand actor who plays deranged, n...
7th Day Adventists
Tue, 10 Sep 2024
In this episode David Farrier sets out to investigate the 7th Day Adventism, a type of Christianity ...
Navy Dolphins
Tue, 03 Sep 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier dives deep into the US Navy’s Marine Mammal program. H...
OnlyFans
Tue, 27 Aug 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand OnlyFans, which while based in th...
Rhode Island
Tue, 20 Aug 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier discovers that Rhode Island is not in fact an island. If...
Possums
Tue, 13 Aug 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates why American opossums are so different to N...
Chocolate
Tue, 02 Jul 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates why American chocolate tastes so different ...
Monster Trucks
Tue, 25 Jun 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes to his first Monster Truck Jam to try and under...
Frozen Foods
Tue, 18 Jun 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets off to understand America's frozen food obsessi...
Top TV Episodes
Tue, 11 Jun 2024
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, Monica, David and Rob discuss their favourite (mostly American) T...
Chutes and Ladders
Tue, 04 Jun 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, Farrier sets out to understand why Americans call “Snakes and La...
Bubba Gump
Tue, 28 May 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes to eat at iconic American restaurant chain the ...
Renaissance Fair
Tue, 21 May 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier throws himself back to the reign of Queen Elizabeth ...
Flights of Fancy
Tue, 14 May 2024
We’re trying something a little different today - something we’re calling “Flights of Fancy.”...
Pie
Tue, 07 May 2024
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier talks to the author of 50 Pies 50 States, Stacey Mei Y...
Citizenship
Tue, 30 Apr 2024
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at the process of gaining American Citizenship...
Surveillance
Tue, 23 Apr 2024
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at how America surveils its own citizens and ask...
Loma Linda
Tue, 16 Apr 2024
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier starts to ponder his own mortality and why despite Ame...
Taylor Swift
Tue, 09 Apr 2024
In this week's Flightless Bird, a new format that we will bust out occasionally called "American God...
True Crime
Tue, 02 Apr 2024
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier talks to Terra Newell, who you may well know from the ...
Shoes Indoor
Tue, 26 Mar 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at why so many Americans don’t take their shoes ...
Lord of the Rings
Tue, 19 Mar 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier still finds himself stranded back in New Zealand, waitin...
Feijoas
Tue, 12 Mar 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier finds himself stranded back in New Zealand, waiting for ...
Smokey Bear
Tue, 05 Mar 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the origins of Smokey Bear, an ed...
Costco
Tue, 27 Feb 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Costco, the giant membership ware...
Roswell
Tue, 20 Feb 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to the town of Roswell, New Mexico - home of th...
Donuts
Tue, 13 Feb 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans guzzle down over 10...
Callery Pear Trees
Tue, 06 Feb 2024
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier tries to understand why his entire street smells like se...
Hot Dogs
Tue, 19 Dec 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier dives headfirst into one of America’s favorite foods, ...
Quilts
Tue, 12 Dec 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes Monica’s advice from an earlier episode and inve...
American Accents
Tue, 05 Dec 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier seeks to be better understood by his co-hosts by diving ...
Cereal
Tue, 28 Nov 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier investigates America’s extreme love of cereal. He sets...
Cars
Tue, 21 Nov 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier begins to notice how much America loves cars. Why do 92%...
Pinball
Tue, 14 Nov 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s obsession with pinbal...
Fantasy Football
Tue, 07 Nov 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the mysterious world of fantasy f...
Haunted Houses
Tue, 31 Oct 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes Monica to a haunted house to celebrate Halloween. ...
Bail Bonds
Tue, 17 Oct 2023
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates bail bonds in America, and more specifically...
Laundromats
Tue, 03 Oct 2023
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates whether we have America to thank for the mod...
Healthcare II
Tue, 19 Sep 2023
After two American surgeons told David he needed back surgery, he fled back to his home of New Zeala...
Pizza
Tue, 05 Sep 2023
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates pizza, one of America’s favourite foods. H...
Storm Chasers
Tue, 22 Aug 2023
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates the incredibly American pastime of storm cha...
Ice
Tue, 08 Aug 2023
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates America’s obsession with ice. From excessi...
School Cafeterias
Tue, 25 Jul 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes behind the scenes of the food that’s dished up to...
Health Update
Tue, 11 Jul 2023
An update on Flightless Bird! David explains to Monica and Rob why he’s had to take flight to New ...
Independence Day
Tue, 04 Jul 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to investigate what the heck is going on with I...
Attics & Basements
Tue, 27 Jun 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier realizes that New Zealand doesn’t have attics or basem...
Electric Kettles
Tue, 20 Jun 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace...
DMV - Pt II
Tue, 13 Jun 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace...
Beavers
Tue, 06 Jun 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David becomes fixated on the beaver, the rodent that’s become synony...
Drug Rehab
Tue, 30 May 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to look at drug rehab in the state of Florida. Accordin...
Exotic Pets
Tue, 23 May 2023
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Florida’s obsession with exot...
Villages
Tue, 16 May 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets off for The Villages, America’s biggest retirement commun...
Epcot vs Universal
Tue, 09 May 2023
This week on Flightless Bird, David continues his Florida series by going to EPCOT, Disney’s “Ex...
Alligators
Tue, 02 May 2023
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover Florida’s relationship with its...
Spiritualists
Tue, 25 Apr 2023
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to the “psychic capital of America”, Cass...
Gladesmen
Tue, 18 Apr 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to Florida’s south, deep into the Evergla...
Eggs
Tue, 11 Apr 2023
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans put their eggs in...
Movies
Tue, 04 Apr 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand how Americans interact with m...
Pickleball
Tue, 28 Mar 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s fastest growing s...
Rabies
Tue, 21 Mar 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier gets bitten by a squirrel, forcing him to come face-...
BBQ
Tue, 14 Mar 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier travels to Austin, Texas to investigate America’s ...
Waco
Tue, 07 Mar 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to Waco, Texas - taking a drive to visit th...
Wafflehouse
Tue, 28 Feb 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Waffle House, the much loved ...
DMV - Pt I
Tue, 21 Feb 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out for the DMV in an attempt to get his Americ...
Valentine's Day
Tue, 14 Feb 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s obsession with Va...
Sandwiches
Tue, 07 Feb 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at America’s obsession with sandwiches. Why ...
New Zealand Vacation
Tue, 31 Jan 2023
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier returns to Aotearoa, New Zealand, to investigate why...
Christmas Nativity Scenes
Tue, 20 Dec 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at why Christmas is the OG holiday in America....
Soft Drinks
Tue, 13 Dec 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the vast array of soft drinks...
Leaf Blowers
Tue, 06 Dec 2022
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans love leaf blow...
Bears
Tue, 29 Nov 2022
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand one of America’s grandest ...
Thanksgiving
Tue, 22 Nov 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to find the perfect turkey, and in doing so...
Airports
Tue, 15 Nov 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the American airport, and wha...
News
Tue, 08 Nov 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand American Network News, and the countr...
Maths
Tue, 01 Nov 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans say “math”,...
Halloween
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets to understand where the heck Halloween came fro...
Shower Curtains
Tue, 18 Oct 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why America - despite all its...
Amish
Tue, 11 Oct 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the Amish, a group of Swiss G...
Game Shows
Tue, 04 Oct 2022
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier embraces the American institution of game shows. He ...
Pornography
Tue, 27 Sep 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to explore America’s adult film industry, whi...
RVs
Tue, 20 Sep 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand America's obsession with recreational veh...
Bunkers
Tue, 13 Sep 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David descends underground into the world of preppers and bunkers, lea...
Baseball
Tue, 06 Sep 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David heads to San Francisco to meet the San Francisco Giants. Joined ...
Tipping
Tue, 30 Aug 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David gets out his wallet and dives into the culture and politics of t...
Juggalos
Tue, 23 Aug 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David dives into the insane world of Insane Clown Posse fans, who call...
Amazon
Tue, 16 Aug 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David prepares to hit “Buy Now” as he embarks into the world of Am...
Healthcare
Tue, 09 Aug 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to make sense of the very confusing American healthcare...
Diners
Tue, 02 Aug 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand what makes the American diner experience ...
Circumcision
Tue, 26 Jul 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why America loves circumcision so much, to ...
Football
Tue, 19 Jul 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand a game that simply doesn’t exist in New...
Bottled Water
Tue, 12 Jul 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand America’s obsession with bottled water....
Disney Adults II
Tue, 05 Jul 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David embarks on his first-ever trip to Disneyland with Dax, Monica, a...
Flags
Tue, 28 Jun 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand why Americans love their flag so much, bu...
Burgers
Tue, 21 Jun 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why Americans love burgers so much, eating ...
Dog Shows
Tue, 14 Jun 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand his favorite American mockumentary "Best ...
Suing
Tue, 07 Jun 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why Americans love suing each other so much...
Disney Adults
Tue, 31 May 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover how Disney’s parks and experiences divisi...
Toilets
Tue, 24 May 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why the water level on American toilets is ...
Religion
Tue, 17 May 2022
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand religion in America. Joined by Dax and Mo...