754: Spark Bird

Update: 2024-08-25

Description

Stories about birds and the hearts they sway, the havoc they wreak, the lives they change.

Prologue: Ira goes out birding with birder extraordinaire Noah Strycker, who tells the dramatic story of the bird that changed his life: the turkey vulture. (13 minutes)
Act One: Carmen Milito tells Ira the story of a date she went on as a teenager, and the bird her mom brought to the occasion. (14 minutes)
Act 2: Ira tromps around the woods some more with Noah Strycker, who explains, among other things, his problem with the movie Spencer.
Act Two: Producer Bim Adewunmi on a decades-long political battle in Florida — between the incumbent state bird and the challenger that threatens to knock it off its perch. (7 minutes)
Act Three: There are the birds who exist, and then there are the birds who may as well exist. Producer Sean Cole explains. (18 minutes)

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Comments (30)

The True President.

it's pretty amazing that Democrats are trying to keep RFK on the ballot after they tried to keep him off the ballot. They will literally try anything. Their desperation reeks to high heaven.

Sep 1st

The True President.

Sources say the CNN interview of Harris and Walz was originally 41 minutes long. The Harris Campaign objected to over HALF of the interview being shown. Release the transcripts!!

Aug 31st

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The True President.

Question: why are they trying so hard to throw President Trump in jail? Answer: because they don't want you to ask how an administration that supposedly got "the most votes ever in history" lost to the guy who they supposedly got "the most votes ever in history" against.

Aug 28th

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder

For years, Kackala has been against a border wall, blocking funding for one, calling President Trump a fool for wanting one, and calling a wall in general a "waste of taxpayer money". Now 30 days before early voting starts, she wants to fund a border wall to the tune of 650 million dollars. Folks, don't let these demons gaslight and flip flop you.

Aug 28th

Liberalism is a Mental Disorder

Hi, just your daily reminder that there are still Americans being held hostage in Gaza under the Harris "last person in the room"/Biden joke of an administration.

Aug 27th