# FLAVOR TEXT: Maximum Ride

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Podcast: [Debate This!](https://stenobird.com/podcast/debate-this-66046)
Published: 2026-06-09T13:23:00+00:00
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## Resource

Did you know that human beings share 90% of their DNA with chimpanzees? What would happen if you grafted a human with 2% avian DNA? The Maximum Rides series would imply that those people would have functional wings. And psychic powers. Maximum Ride is NYTs bestselling-est author James Patterson's entry into the YA market (or one of his co-authors' entry). We explore the series and it's hero,human/bird hybrid Max Ride. She and her five siblings are escapees of The School, a top secret research lab that specializes in whatever field produces human/bird hybrids. This week's FT! was commissioned by our patron @squirrelmancer! You can commission your own Flavor Text right now at patreon.com/debatethiscast . We'll record an audio book report on whatever you want. Do you yearn for a dissertation on the Void Mother, or even something from a different and obscure IP? You can have that! Get all the details at patreon.com/debatethiscast . Have you seen our Instagram? instagram.com/debatethiscast Have you seen our YouTube? https://www.youtube.com/@debatethiscast Want to send us an email? debatethiscast@gmail.com Music for Debate This! is provided by composer Ozzed under a creative commons license. Check out more of their 8-bit bops at www.ozzed.net !

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