This American Life

654: The Feather Heist

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1:05:18 | Aug 12th, 2018

4 recommendations

A flute player breaks into a British museum and makes off with a million dollars worth of dead birds.


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rmmiller364 recommended:Mar 7th, 2020

An absolutely amazing episode. You’ll learn about fly fishing, museum thefts, the value of 19th-century bird specimens and more

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rmmiller364Mar 7th, 2020

@mm!

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mmMar 7th, 2020

@rmmiller364 Yay!!! Looking forward. Thanks a bunch! 🥳

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dannyMar 7th, 2020

@mm audio is available on TALs website fyi (even for archived episodes)

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gmlMar 9th, 2020

@mm @rmmiller364 this is my all-time favorite #1 podcast episode

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rmmiller364Mar 9th, 2020

@gml it’s a really spectacular one!

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epekilis recommended:Mar 30th, 2020

This episode was terrific - but also far more serious than the fun Oceans 11 style caper I thought it was going to be. There’s a lot to think about here around ethics, entitlement, and how far cliques will go to protect their own interests.

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dannyMar 30th, 2020

😁 I loved it too :) I dont remember all the details but I do remember coming away thinking the feather gang was rather complicit.

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