Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World

Update: 2025-07-29

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On today’s episode we talk about a bird that was once so numerous that Americans thought it would be impossible to kill them all. Until, suddenly, they did. What might the world look like if the passenger pigeon hadn’t gone extinct?

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Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World

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Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World

Lance and Josh Geiger

Counterfactuals: The Passenger Pigeon's World