LanguaTalk

Stories, experts, and special guests on how birds help us keep looking up. courtneyellis.substack.com

18: Celebrating Wonder + Cardinals (priest and poet Jason Myers)

47 mins; May 15, 2023

17: Birding as Therapy for the Chronically Ill (author + Lyme disease sufferer Bob Bell)

42 mins; May 08, 2023

16: Amazing Woodpeckers and the Inclusivity of Birding (avian ecologist Lauren Pharr)

51 mins; May 01, 2023

15: Birding for Better Mental Health (Bekah McNeel, author of Bringing Up Kids When Church Lets You Down)

55 mins; April 24, 2023

14: Practicing Curiosity, Birds of Saskatchewan, + Mary the Blue Jay (microbiologist Dr. Janet Hill)

42 mins; April 17, 2023

13: Fast Birding, Big Years, and Mississippi Kites (Rev. David Johnston, priest + birder)

56 mins; April 10, 2023

12: The Poetics of Birds and Holy Week + Sandhill Cranes (Amy Nemecek, author of The Language of the Birds)

62 hours 49 mins; April 03, 2023

11: Conservation as Stewardship + Woodpeckers (Dale Gentry, Regional Director of Conservation, Audubon Society + Founder of Disciple Science)

50 mins; March 27, 2023

10: Why Good Theology Matters for the Planet - and Each of Us (Keith Gregoire)

54 mins; March 20, 2023

09: Spring Migration, Bird Blinds, and Purple Finches (Christy Hyman, human geography prof + bird photographer)

47 mins; March 13, 2023

08: No-Drama Nuthatches and the Art of Paying Attention (Susie Finkbeiner, author and birder)

51 mins; March 06, 2023

07: The Urgency of Birding and the Power of Silence (Fernando Ortega, singer, songwriter, and birding book author)

57 mins; February 27, 2023

06: Bird Surveys and St. Francis (Paul Foth, birding guide and church historian)

35 mins; February 20, 2023

05: It's Time for the Great Backyard Bird Count! (Becca Rodomsky-Bish, project leader at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology)

37 mins; February 13, 2023

04: The Delight of Birding Societies and Conservation (Dr. Tim O'Connell, president of the Wilson Ornithological Association)

63 hours 47 mins; February 06, 2023

03: The Joy of Backyard Birds (Dr. Joan Strassmann, biologist and author of Slow Birding)

51 mins; February 01, 2023

02: The Friendship Between Faith and Science + Barred Owls (Dr. Paul Wallace, physicist and astronomer)

59 mins; January 30, 2023

Episode 01: Preview to The Thing With Feathers Podcast, birds and hope with Courtney Ellis and non-birder spouse Daryl

40 mins; January 18, 2023