# Episode 398 – Alpine Swift: Nonstep Nonsense

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Podcast: [Life, Death, and Taxonomy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/life-death-and-taxonomy-228276)
Published: 2025-12-13T18:42:40+00:00
Episode link: http://ldtaxonomy.com/podcast/episode-398-alpine-swift-nonstep-nonsense/
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Duration seconds: 2427

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“…and today we’re talking about a high fly star that’s not Taylor or D’andre… But more on that later. High above the Alps, where even eagles take snack breaks, there’s a bird that laughs in the face of gravity, sleep schedules, and layovers. It’s a feathered jet stream, a sky-soaring insomniac that treats “touching grass” […]

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