Podcast: Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford (LS 70 · TOP 0.05% what is this?)
Episode: When Parakeets Plundered New York
Pub date: 2023-07-14

Cautionary Conversation: An invasive parakeet species began spreading in New York City - and the government decided to kill every last bird. Tim Harford is joined by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of The Last Archive, to talk about the great parakeet panic of the 1970s and a history of anxieties about population growth.

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