The Thing with Feathers: birds and hope with Courtney Ellis
By Courtney Ellis
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Stories, experts, and special guests on how birds help us keep looking up.
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120: Blessing One Another
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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119: The Blackbird Ballad (poet Liv Ross)
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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118: The State of Ecology
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Mar 23, 2026 |
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117: Birding as a Spiritual Practice (Ragan Sutterfield)
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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116: Feasting on Hope with Hannah Miller King
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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115: Weathering Change Hits the Shelves
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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114: Badgerland Birding with Derek Sallmann
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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113: The Gentleness of Birds (Jennifer Grant)
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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112: Dorothy, Jack, and Cardinals (Gina Dalfonzo)
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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111: Accessibility in Birding
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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110: Bird Talk with Becca Rowland
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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109: The Locust Years (Paul J. Pastor)
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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108: Wild Faith for Kids (Valerie Ellis)
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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107: For the Love of Women (Dorothy Greco)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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106: Robert Francis, Bird Historian
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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105: You Have a Calling with Karen Swallow Prior
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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104: Households of Faith
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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103: Owl’s Nest Publishers
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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102: Birding for Better Health
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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101: Birding with Kids
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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100: Our One Hundredth Episode!
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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99: Undaunted Joy with Shemaiah Gonzalez
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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98: Hope Within Crisis
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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97: The Hope of Conservation (Wayne Klockner)
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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96: Refugia Faith with Deb Rienstra
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May 19, 2025 |
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95: Unpacking Church Camp
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May 05, 2025 |
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94: The Whole Easter Story (Jo Swinney)
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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93: Looking Up's Audiobook Launch!
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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92: The Breeding Birds of Minnesota
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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91: Creation and Conservation with Peter Harris
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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90: Seeing God after Losing Faith (Liz Charlotte Grant)
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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89: Hope in Chronic Illness (Duane Bidwell)
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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88: Winter Birding with Janet Hill
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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87: Simon Stuart on Conservation and Hope
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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86: Roger Hutchison on New Year's Resolutions... for Birds
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Dec 30, 2024 |
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85: A Closer Look with Susanne Swing Thompson
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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84: Ornithography with Jessica Roux
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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83: British Birding with Mark Winter
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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82: A Bird Diva?
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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81: Creation Care with Ben Lowe
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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80: Will Wilson Captures the Birds of Rwanda
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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79: Night Magic with Leigh Ann Henion
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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78: Bearing Witness to Creation (Mark Robertson)
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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77: Birding Toward Hope (Quentin Schultze)
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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76: A Summer with Ospreys (Pamela Lowell)
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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75: The Wonder of the Forest Floor (Lore Ferguson Wilbert)
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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74: Birding to Change the World with Trish O'Kane
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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73: Grief Comes for Us All (Mandy Capehart)
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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72: Julie Zickefoose on Raising Blue Jays, Rehabbing Nestlings, and the Joy of Wild Things
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Gardening for the Birds with Jenn McGuinness
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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70: Fire Ecology, Bird-Friendly Beef, and Woodpeckers (Dale Gentry)
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May 27, 2024 |
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69: The Magic of Migration (Emma Rhodes)
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May 20, 2024 |
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68: Vulture Apologetics (Josina Guess)
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May 13, 2024 |
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67: Ornithology? Theology? How about Ornitheology! (Kevin Burrell)
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May 06, 2024 |
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66: Amy Tan's Backyard Bird Chronicles
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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65: Paying Attention, Being Astonished (Roy Howard)
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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64: What Birds are the Most Metal? (Dan Baldassarre)
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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63: The Wonder of Sandhill Cranes (Mary Gemignani)
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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62: Ted Floyd on Bushtits, eBird, and Birding Magazine
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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61: Courtney's New Bird Book - Looking Up (with Daryl Ellis)
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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60: Kenn Kaufman on the Birds Audubon Missed
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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59: Hope in the Mystery, Children's Books, and Robin Red-Breast (Glenys Nellist)
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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58: Delight, Parenting, and Bald Eagles (Shemaiah Gonzalez)
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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57: Raptor ID, Bird Counts, and Cape May (Adehl Schwaderer)
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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56: Photography, Cardinals, and Cats (Stu McClay Smith)
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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55: Project FeederWatch with Emma Greig
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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54: Birding for Introverts (Kristen Johnson)
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Feb 05, 2024 |
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53: Renaming the birds with Andrew Walsh
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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52: Colorblind birding with Justin Gerhardt
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Jan 22, 2024 |
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51: Sparrows, Prayer, and the Art of Calm (Roger Hutchison)
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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50: Bald Eagles, Working for Justice, and Facing Hard Histories (Sarah L. Sanderson)
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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49: Daryl Ellis is Now a Birder?
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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48: The Ministry of Noticing (Anita Peebles)
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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47: Mining the Bright Birds with Jody Collins
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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46: Puff-puff-puffins with Photographer Carol Pope Gordon
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Nov 27, 2023 |
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45: Birds of India with Mohit Mehta
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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44: Forgotten Female Birds with Laura Fabrycky
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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43: Finding Owls with Anuj Ghimire
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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42: Avian Saints? How Birds Can Point Us Toward the Divine (Caryn Rivadeneira)
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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41: Margaret Renkl on The Comfort of Crows
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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40: Evolutionary Biologist Steve Peck on Science, Faith, and How Things Can Be Known
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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39: Nature Journaling for the Soul (Heather Lefebvre)
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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38: Safety in Birding (Tiffany Kersten)
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Oct 02, 2023 |
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37: Birds of Costa Rica (Eugenio Garcia)
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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36: The History + Science of Bird Migration with Rebecca Heisman, Author & Ornithologist
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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35: Whooooo Knew? The Truth About Owls with Children's Author Annette Whipple
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Sep 11, 2023 |
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34: How to Catch a Hawk (Dave Conrads, Director of UI Wild)
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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33: A Young Birder on Hope and the Birds of New Mexico (Jodhan Fine)
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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32: Debbie Blue Considers the Birds
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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31: Hope for Overthinkers, Great Blue Herons, and the Unique Gifts of Children's Literature (author Jessica Whipple)
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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30: The Inept Birder on the Comedy that Brings Us Together (Karl Mechem)
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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29: Patsy Clairmont on Bluebirds, Grief, and the Power of Words
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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28: A Birdy Playlist from Music Journalist Aarik Danielsen for your Summer Road Trip
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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27: Jocelyn Anderson on Bird Photography, Hand-Feeding, and Sandhill Crane Adoptive Parents
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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26: The Wisdom of Birds + Interfaith Conversations (Aaric Eisenstein, the Avian Rebbe)
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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25: The NYTimes Summer Birding Project (Elaine Chen & Jenna Curtis)
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Jul 03, 2023 |
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24: Living More Gently on the Earth (Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, Author + VP of the Evangelical Environmental Network)
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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23: Rare Bird Alerts, Birding for a Living, and Yellow-Breasted Chats (Nate Swick, host of the ABA's American Birding Podcast)
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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22: The Allure of Birding, Being Kind on Twitter, and Birds of Michigan (author Traci Rhoades)
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Jun 12, 2023 |
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21: The Story of Stella the Stellar's Jay + Finding Hope in the Wild Things (author + editor Paul J. Pastor)
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Jun 05, 2023 |
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20: Birds & Blooms & Tufted Titmice, Oh My! (Molly Jasinski, editor at Birds & Blooms)
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May 29, 2023 |
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19: Birding Book Culture, Field Guides, and the Birds of Social Media (Birding Magazine's Frank Izaguirre)
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May 22, 2023 |
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18: Celebrating Wonder + Cardinals (priest and poet Jason Myers)
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May 15, 2023 |
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17: Birding as Therapy for the Chronically Ill (author + Lyme disease sufferer Bob Bell)
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May 08, 2023 |
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16: Amazing Woodpeckers and the Inclusivity of Birding (avian ecologist Lauren Pharr)
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May 01, 2023 |
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15: Birding for Better Mental Health (Bekah McNeel, author of Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down)
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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14: Practicing Curiosity, Birds of Saskatchewan, + Mary the Blue Jay (microbiologist Dr. Janet Hill)
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Apr 17, 2023 |
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13: Fast Birding, Big Years, and Mississippi Kites (Rev. David Johnston, priest + birder)
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Apr 10, 2023 |
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12: The Poetics of Birds and Holy Week + Sandhill Cranes (Amy Nemecek, author of The Language of the Birds)
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Apr 03, 2023 |
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11: Conservation as Stewardship + Woodpeckers (Dale Gentry, Regional Director of Conservation, Audubon Society + Founder of Disciple Science)
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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10: Why Good Theology Matters for the Planet - and Each of Us (Keith Gregoire)
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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09: Spring Migration, Bird Blinds, and Purple Finches (Christy Hyman, human geography prof + bird photographer)
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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08: No-Drama Nuthatches and the Art of Paying Attention (Susie Finkbeiner, author and birder)
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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07: The Urgency of Birding and the Power of Silence (Fernando Ortega, singer, songwriter, and birding book author)
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Feb 27, 2023 |
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06: Bird Surveys and St. Francis (Paul Foth, birding guide and church historian)
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Feb 20, 2023 |
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05: It's Time for the Great Backyard Bird Count! (Becca Rodomsky-Bish, project leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
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Feb 13, 2023 |
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04: The Delight of Birding Societies and Conservation (Dr. Tim O'Connell, president of the Wilson Ornithological Association)
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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03: The Joy of Backyard Birds (Dr. Joan Strassmann, biologist and author of Slow Birding)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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02: The Friendship Between Faith and Science + Barred Owls (Dr. Paul Wallace, physicist and astronomer)
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Jan 30, 2023 |
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Episode 01: Preview to The Thing With Feathers Podcast, birds and hope with Courtney Ellis and non-birder spouse Daryl
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Jan 19, 2023 |