Flightless Bird
Hosted by David and Rob · David Farrier
4.9from 17,250 ratings
- 220
- Episodes
- 145
- Transcribed
- 17,250
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2022
- First episode
- 231K
- YouTube views
About 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.
- Publisher
- David Farrier
- Category
- comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 17 May 2022
- Latest episode
- 3 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
145 of 220 episodes have a transcript.
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Midterm Election
27 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Scary Clowns
20 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Big Foot Day
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Midterm Election
Published 3 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Yes. Well, and you hear so much. But another thing that like probably you wouldn't know and that a lot of people don't is you have to think about how decentralized our election system is. So elections are run by states and they're run by counties. They're run by your friends and neighbors, truly. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on Flightless Bird
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Erin Geiger Smith
- Guilford Adams
- Marq Evans
- Tamir Ardon
- Yvette Young
Reach and audience
Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.
- YouTube views
- 231,241
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.9 / 5
- 3,242 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 14,008 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 79 / 100
A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.
- Quality
- 85
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 86
- Engagement
- 96
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Questions about Flightless Bird
Who hosts Flightless Bird?
David and Rob host the show. Published by David Farrier.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes weekly, based on its RSS feed.
Does Flightless Bird take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
Where can I read transcripts?
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