Flightless Bird
Episodes
Pinball
14 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s obsession with pinball. He heads to Long Beach California for a meeting...
Fantasy Football
07 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the mysterious world of fantasy football. He joins a group of manly men as they do ...
Haunted Houses
31 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier takes Monica to a haunted house to celebrate Halloween. And not just any haunted house! Each year Universa...
Bail Bonds
17 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates bail bonds in America, and more specifically - the bail bondsman. With 15,000 bail bonds agent...
Laundromats
03 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates whether we have America to thank for the modern laundromat. After all, there are over 30,000 l...
Healthcare II
19 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
After two American surgeons told David he needed back surgery, he fled back to his home of New Zealand where healthcare was less scary! What he discov...
Pizza
05 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates pizza, one of America’s favourite foods. He discovers that around 76,000 pizza joints bring ...
Storm Chasers
22 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates the incredibly American pastime of storm chasing. There are about 1200 tornados in America eac...
Ice
08 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird David Farrier investigates America’s obsession with ice. From excessive ice in drinks to the joy of frozen food, Farrie...
School Cafeterias
25 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier goes behind the scenes of the food that’s dished up to 30 million American kids at the school cafeteria....
Health Update
11 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
An update on Flightless Bird! David explains to Monica and Rob why he’s had to take flight to New Zealand. Defeated by the US healthcare system and ...
Independence Day
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to investigate what the heck is going on with Independence Day, one of America’s 11 officially ...
Attics & Basements
27 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier realizes that New Zealand doesn’t have attics or basements, so sets out to discover why so many of Ameri...
Electric Kettles
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace the electric kettle. Why does America insist on t...
DMV - Pt II
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover why America is yet to fully embrace the electric kettle. Why does America insist on t...
Beavers
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David becomes fixated on the beaver, the rodent that’s become synonymous with Buc-ees, the giant American gas station....
Drug Rehab
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to look at drug rehab in the state of Florida. According to the CDC, since 1999 over 932,000 people have ...
Exotic Pets
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Florida’s obsession with exotic pets. Why does the sunshine state have more exo...
Villages
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets off for The Villages, America’s biggest retirement community - home to over 100 thousand people over the ag...
Epcot vs Universal
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David continues his Florida series by going to EPCOT, Disney’s “Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow.” Joi...
Alligators
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to discover Florida’s relationship with its 2000 crocodiles and whopping 1.25 million alligat...
Spiritualists
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to the “psychic capital of America”, Cassadaga. On the way he comes across his first Big Te...
Gladesmen
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to Florida’s south, deep into the Everglades, in search of the men who live in the glades: ...
Eggs
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans put their eggs in the fridge. Why the fridge, when the rest of the ...
Movies
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand how Americans interact with movies. Motivated by watching Nicole Kidman’s hea...
Pickleball
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s fastest growing sport, pickleball. Why did five million Americans t...
Rabies
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier gets bitten by a squirrel, forcing him to come face-to-face with his greatest nightmare: Rabies. Why d...
BBQ
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier travels to Austin, Texas to investigate America’s love of BBQ. Why do 7 out of 10 adults in America ...
Waco
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to Waco, Texas - taking a drive to visit the Branch Davidians compound, the old home of David...
Wafflehouse
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand Waffle House, the much loved diner found scattered throughout the American sout...
DMV - Pt I
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out for the DMV in an attempt to get his American driver’s license. By his side (and scared in ...
Valentine's Day
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand America’s obsession with Valentine's Day. Why do Americans fork out $20 billi...
Sandwiches
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at America’s obsession with sandwiches. Why is Subway the United State’s biggest fast food c...
New Zealand Vacation
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier returns to Aotearoa, New Zealand, to investigate why so many of New Zealand's native birds are flightl...
Christmas Nativity Scenes
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier looks at why Christmas is the OG holiday in America. He brings back Mike McHargue from the very first ...
Soft Drinks
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the vast array of soft drinks on offer in the United States of America. He ends...
Leaf Blowers
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans love leaf blowers so much. Plagued by leaf blowers around his ti...
Bears
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand one of America’s grandest animals, the Grizzly Bear. Emblazoned on the Calif...
Thanksgiving
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to find the perfect turkey, and in doing so discovers what Thanksgiving is all about. Somehow...
Airports
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the American airport, and what makes it tick. Why are the top seven busiest air...
News
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand American Network News, and the country’s obsession with rolling 24/7 news coverage. W...
Maths
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why Americans say “math”, while New Zealand - and most of the rest of the w...
Halloween
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets to understand where the heck Halloween came from, a holiday which generates over $10 billion in r...
Shower Curtains
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand why America - despite all its advancements in innovation and technology - has d...
Amish
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to understand the Amish, a group of Swiss Germans slash Alsatians that chose America as their...
Game Shows
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Flightless Bird, David Farrier embraces the American institution of game shows. He sets out to understand how in this time of high-ca...
Pornography
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David Farrier sets out to explore America’s adult film industry, which has its heart in California’s San Fernando Va...
RVs
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand America's obsession with recreational vehicles, also known as RVs. Joined by Monica and Dax...
Bunkers
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David descends underground into the world of preppers and bunkers, learning that 40% of Americans believe that stocking ...
Baseball
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David heads to San Francisco to meet the San Francisco Giants. Joined by Wobby Wob, David attempts to learn how to catch...
Tipping
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David gets out his wallet and dives into the culture and politics of tipping. Joined by Monica Padman, he sets out to di...
Juggalos
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David dives into the insane world of Insane Clown Posse fans, who called themselves “Juggalos”. David is shocked to ...
Amazon
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David prepares to hit “Buy Now” as he embarks into the world of Amazon, the company that notched up 116 billion doll...
Healthcare
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to make sense of the very confusing American healthcare system. Joined by Monica, he tries to figure out ...
Diners
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand what makes the American diner experience so special, by travelling to Reno, Nevada. There h...
Circumcision
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why America loves circumcision so much, to the point where 115 million American men now find ...
Football
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand a game that simply doesn’t exist in New Zealand: American Football. He tries to figure ou...
Bottled Water
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand America’s obsession with bottled water. Joined by Monica, he tries to figure out why tap ...
Disney Adults II
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David embarks on his first-ever trip to Disneyland with Dax, Monica, and Wobby Wob to see if the magic of the place rubs...
Flags
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand why Americans love their flag so much, buying nearly 150 million of them every year. Joined...
Burgers
21 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why Americans love burgers so much, eating 50 million of them a year. Joined by Monica, he tr...
Dog Shows
14 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand his favorite American mockumentary "Best in Show" by attempting to immerse himself in the w...
Suing
07 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why Americans love suing each other so much - filing over 40 million lawsuits a year. Joined ...
Disney Adults
31 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover how Disney’s parks and experiences division made 17 billion dollars last year - seeing 77 m...
Toilets
24 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to discover why the water level on American toilets is terrifyingly high, almost filling up the entire to...
Religion
17 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This week on Flightless Bird, David sets out to understand religion in America. Joined by Dax and Monica, he tries to figure out why over 200 million ...