Flightless Bird

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Canada Pt II with Liz Plank

#45 trending · Society & Culture

In this week's Flightless Bird, David takes a long hard look at himself, and in doing so, takes a long hard look at Canada. To help Farrier on his journey into understand

Sep 22
1 h 13 min

Nest Sessions: Medium Build on Being a Sperm Donor Kid

Rob and David are joined in the studio by Medium Build, AKA US singer songwriter Nicholas Carpenter. Medium Build have been incredibly busy over the last few years, touri

Sep 17
52 min

Canada

In this week's Flightless Bird - still reeling in the fact Donald Trump just renamed Lake Ontario to Lake America, David decides to investigate the wonderful country of C

Sep 15
1 h 14 min

Ranch

In this week's Flightless Bird, David investigates ranch dressing, one of America’s favourite things! Over 40% of Americans list ranch as their favourite dressing - and i

Sep 8
1 h 06 min

Timeshares

In this week's Flightless Bird, David investigates America's obsession with timeshares - going undercover at a timeshare sales session, where he feels his sanity slowly s

Sep 1
1 h 13 min

Wisconsin Dells

In this week's Flightless Bird, David heads to Wisconsin Dells, America's "waterpark capital" - discovering a chaotic holiday spot that's like Las Vegas for kids, all hig

Aug 25
54 min

Nest Sessions: Armor for Sleep on Youth Invention Competitions

Ben Jorgensen of Armor for Sleep joins Rob & David for this month’s Nest Session, where he talks about the themes of their seminal work “What to Do When You Are Dead,” be

Aug 20
51 min

Life After ICE

In this week’s episode, David travels to Wisconsin to meet up with Everlee Wihongi, the New Zealander kidnapped by ICE at LAX, released after 73 days in prison. She and h

Aug 18
1 h 12 min

Chili's

Rob takes David out to the iconic American chain Chilis to eat some baby back baby back baby back ribs. David discovers how the first ever Chilis was a post office on Gre

Aug 11
57 min

YouTube for Kids

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob are joined by “Meekah,” AKA Kaitlin Becker - the much loved children educator known for her work with the likes of Blippi an

Aug 4
1 h 46 min

Live in Dallas: Colossal Labs, Rosabel, & the JFK Assassination

This week’s Flightless Bird comes to you live from Dallas, Texas, where David and Rob explore the city and interview a range of guests to dig deeper into what Dallas is a

Jul 28
1 h 39 min

Kratom & 7-OH

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob look into the proliferation of gas station drugs like kratom and the more powerful 7-OH. What are these drugs, who is using

Jul 21
1 h 04 min

Video Games with Rahul Kohli

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob are joined on the couch by actor Rahul Kohli. Originally from London, Rahul moved to LA where he ended up being cast in some

Jul 14
1 h 41 min

New York Trash

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David looks into the state of trash in the USA, through the eyes of a New Yorker who’s made it her mission to clean up all the trash on th

Jul 7
1 h 02 min

Nest Sessions: Matthew Logan Vasquez on Botched Vasectomies

In this month’s Nest Session, David and Rob sit down with musician Matthew Logan Vasquez, best-known as the co-founder and frontman for Delta Spirit. Vasquez has a rich h

Jul 2
56 min

Live in Austin: Bats, Lizardman, Rosabel, & The Yogurt Shop Murders

This week’s Flightless Bird comes to you live from Austin, where David and Rob explore the city before interviewing a range of guests to dig deeper into what Austin, TX i

Jun 30
1 h 28 min

The OC with Rachel Bilson

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob have the pleasure of being joined on the couch by actor Rachel Bilson, to talk about the American juggernaut of pop-culture:

Jun 23
1 h 13 min

Boy Throb

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David travels to New York to the debut live show of America’s newest boyband, Boy Throb. Formed in October of last year, the three America

Jun 16
1 h 02 min

Titanic Panic

In this week’s Flightless Bird, David looks into a small but dedicated group of Americans who are still obsessed with the (alleged) sinking of the Titanic. They find it t

Jun 9
54 min

Nest Sessions: Tim Kasher on Game Shows

In this month’s Nest Session, David and Rob sit down with Tim Kasher, the frontman of Cursive. Hailing from Omaha, Nebraska, Tim and his wife are borderline obsessed with

Jun 4
1 h 01 min

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Chart positions

Where Flightless Bird ranks today in each Apple Podcasts chart (US, Sep 23, 2026).

#19 ▲ 19 Documentary US

#161 ▲ 37 Society & Culture US

What listeners say

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I adore everything this podcast has become. Thank you for bringing comedy, levity and candor to the crazy world we live in.

ladm1994 · Dec 2025

I look forward to this podcast every week. David & Rob are funny and smart and quirky and honest and I want them to be my friend. I really like having Rob be a co host now. I’ve always wanted to hear more from him and I think he compliments David very well. I love this show and think everyone should listen!!

haglhine · Nov 2025

Thank you for honoring Tom Pfaffle and telling his story in your recent episode. You’ve got a new listener in me! I met Tom at AIS in 2003 when I took his live sound course. He expected the best from his students and I was terrified of him while also being completely in awe. My dad died later that semester and I was really struggling. Out of all my teachers, Tom was the one that really understood. He sat and listened while I cried and offered advice when I really needed it. The music business lost a legend that day and the world lost a truly great man.

CraftyErinn · Nov 2025

I really enjoy the impeccable comedic timing of Rob and David. My favorite quote of this episode: “it’s not karaoke night” -rob speaking of covers 😂🤣 I love this topic and enjoyed the revival of the music of my young adulthood!

Jeninlaswift · Oct 2025

Wow, the 4.9 star average is not representative of the last year of reviews, and I have to agree with almost all of the negative reviews. This show used to be awesome, but the last year or two has just become way too political. There’s plenty of annoying hot topic political podcasts out there if that’s what we want, but those have all gotten so annoying and out of control too…the podcast bubble has burst, and these two aren’t doing themselves any favors by spewing their LA bubble viewpoints to the entire country or world…no matter what side you’re on, it’s just annoying.

BestWrapperAlive · Feb 2026

I typically like this podcast and find it interesting to hear someone’s new perspective on places and topics that we as Americans have always grown up with and known. The Koney 2012 episode starts off by both hosts talking as they normally do and then they both go off topic talking about the “Cracker Barrel Debacle” and then into gun control. They make statements like “AK 47’s are killing machines and Americans love it.” And “How effective outrage can be over a brand change and ineffective it can be about gun control.” That we as Americans can come together so easily over stupid things, but not the important ones. I found these statement to insanely broad and offensive. Much of America’s population hates guns and is terrified to send their children to school and feel hopeless in a country with a government that refuses to do anything about it. These same people couldn’t care less about a gross establishment’s logo and decor. It would be nice for the hosts of this show to think twice about these massively broad statements they are making before airing a show.

HPM89 · Sep 2025

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