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by David Farrier
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Today: #149 in Society & Culture, Canada on our combined chart.
Today: #193 in Society & Culture, Australia on our combined chart.
Today: #31 in Society & Culture, New Zealand on our combined chart.
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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.