{"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":"Jehovah's Witnesses","slug":"jehovah-s-witnesses","published_at":"2026-03-10T07:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/flightless-bird-6992938/jehovah-s-witnesses","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/RGP6876878178.mp3?updated=1773097195","audio_url":"https://pscrb.fm/rss/p/clrtpod.com/m/mgln.ai/e/10/arttrk.com/p/ARTS0/traffic.megaphone.fm/RGP6876878178.mp3?updated=1773097195","summary":"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David talks to two former members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion in the USA, to find out what it’s really like inside. Can members really not pledge their allegiance to the American flag? Are they really not allowed to have blood transfusions? Are they not allowed to be gay? Is there anything JW’s *are* allowed to do, besides door knock? David tries to find out. LINKS: Upcoming Flightless Bird live shows: 3/29 in Salt Lake City at the Depot https://bit.ly/flightlessSLC 4/2 in Austin at Emo's https://bit.ly/flightlessATX 4/4 in Dallas at the Texas Theatre https://bit.ly/flightlessDFW Join us for bonus episodes on Patreon: patreon.com/flightlessbird Contact us with your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"In this week’s Flightless Bird, David talks to two former members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses religion in the USA, to find out what it’s really like inside…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3471,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/flightless-bird-6992938/episodes/jehovah-s-witnesses/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/jehovah-s-witnesses.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}