Flightless Bird

"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David sits down with Rhys Darby - the New Zealander actor and comedian who’s made America his home. They talk about Darby’s breakout role in Flight of the Conchords - a show some Kiwis out of depth in America. From there, Rhys has cemented himself in what seems to be like every part of American TV and film pop culture - appearing in things like The X-Files, Bob’s Burgers and The Simpson’s - not to mention roles alongside the likes of The Rock and Jim Carrey. David and Rob also note they are doing a live show Feb 8 in Seattle at the Neptune Theatre. Links: Tim Batt and Guy Montgomery’s podcast The World Idea of All Time: https://www.worstideaofalltime.com/ Flightless Bird Live in Seattle: https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0F006186C0D63E0E Flightless Bird on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flightlessbirdpodcast Contact David and Rob: [email protected]"

"Today on Flightless Bird: Imagine if you have fulfilled the American dream of buying your dream home… only to find there’s a problem. A big problem. You can’t see it or taste it - but you can hear it. There’s a mysterious sound and it’s out to ruin your life. That’s what this week’s episode is about. Rob and David also look at feedback to the Death Doulas episode from a few weeks back. Links: Flightless Bird on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flightlessbirdpodcast Contact David and Rob: [email protected] Jimmy Fallon and Jon Hamm recreated “With Arms Wide Open”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dku7mCv76cU Susie “I threw my grandma a death part that went viral!” Article: https://torontolife.com/life/threw-grandmother-assisted-suicide-party/ Dr’s Tweets: https://x.com/DavidJuurlink/status/1129811903776198659 UCLA's body donation program: https://www.uclahealth.org/programs/donatedbody How the body of an Arizona great-grandmother ended up as part of a U.S. Army blast test: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodybrokers-industry/ "

In this weeks Flightless Bird, David and Rob discuss their thanksgiving plans, before hearing from indigenous leader Crystal Echo Hawk about the true meaning behind thanksgiving in America. They then use this holiday week to give thanks for two older Flightless Bird episodes, revisiting the Shower Curtains and Porn episodes from many moons ago. David tries to get to the bottom of my America loves shower curtains so much, before visiting the set of a porn film. In the feedback section, David’s mum writes in. Links: Flightless Bird on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flightlessbirdpodcast Crystal Echo Hawk: https://illuminative.org/ Finding out whose land you’re on: www.native-land.ca Peter Singer’s “Consider the Turkey”: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691231686/consider-the-turkey NY TIMES: The Best Shower Curtains: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/the-best-shower-curtain/ Pornhub’s election day stats: https://www.pornhub.com/insights/2024-presidential-election Contact David and Rob: [email protected]

In this week’s episode, David calls his friend Rosabel to see what she thinks about dying, and learns that Rosabel has put him in her will! Rob and David then attempt to face their own fear of death by looking at death doulas in America - a profession born in the USA in 1998, when a foundation in New York sponsored a conference on end of life care, where a Jewish professor talked about the importance of helping the “seriously ill” during the dying process. David meets several doulas, including Alua Arthur and Kathleen Hasay. David also speaks about his experience attending a death workshop, and asks Rob some questions from the Death Deck of cards - which uses humor to talk about death and dying. Flightless Bird on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@flightlessbirdpodcast Flightless Bird t-shirts: https://www.webworm.store/merch/flightless-bird Contact Flightless Bird: [email protected] Alua Arthur’s Death Doula School: https://goingwithgrace.com/about/ Alua’s book Briefly Perfectly Human: https://www.aluaarthur.com/ The Death Workshop David attended: https://onedowndog.com/event/workshop-death-awareness-1024/ CA Advance Healthcare Directive: https://www.courts.ca.gov/documents/Advanced-HealthCare-Directive-Form_031620.pdf The Death Deck: https://thedeathdeck.com/