{"podcast":{"title":"Flightless Bird","slug":"flightless-bird-6992938","podcast_index_feed_id":6992938,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/RGP4217667012","website_url":"https://flightless-bird.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/707b62be-12b2-11f0-b3c1-cf72f62eb71a/image/e02bd2c61ab9cb9a40e291b91230aca8.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"David Farrier","episode_count":203,"summary":"Flightless Bird follows journalist David Farrier as he learns about what makes America special from his unique perspective as a Kiwi accidentally marooned in the Land of the Free. Infinitely curious but never judgmental, each week, David (along with cohost and American Rob) seeks to understand what makes America so unique, strange, and wonderful.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T16:19:12.849931+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938"},"episode":{"title":"ICE Kidnaps A Kiwi","slug":"ice-kidnaps-a-kiwi","published_at":"2026-04-28T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938/ice-kidnaps-a-kiwi","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938","url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/10/arttrk.com/p/ARTS0/traffic.megaphone.fm/RGP9680279336.mp3?updated=1777357097","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/10/arttrk.com/p/ARTS0/traffic.megaphone.fm/RGP9680279336.mp3?updated=1777357097","summary":"In this week’s Flightless Bird we tell the story of Everlee Wihongi, a 36-year-old New Zealander on a green card, snatched by ICE at LAX airport. We talk to her mother Betty, trying to figure out why her daughter got kidnapped, and how to get her out again. Email us your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmal.com LINKS: - GoFundMe for Everlee’s legal fees: https://gofund.me/c9217e4f1 - Original Webworm reporting: http://www.webworm.co/betty Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this week’s Flightless Bird we tell the story of Everlee Wihongi, a 36-year-old New Zealander on a green card, snatched by ICE at LAX airport. We talk…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flightless-bird-6992938/episodes/ice-kidnaps-a-kiwi/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938/ice-kidnaps-a-kiwi.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}