• 77: The Feather Thief Part 2: Walter Rothschild, Feather Fever, and the start of the Audubon Society

  • Jan 27 2025
  • Length: 34 mins
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77: The Feather Thief Part 2: Walter Rothschild, Feather Fever, and the start of the Audubon Society

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  • Part two of our Feather Thief mini-series! This week we cover chapters on Walter Rothschild’s infamous museum, the fashion madness known as "feather fever," which drove people to decimate millions of rare and exotic birds. Then we’ll explore the aftermath—how a group of determined women, appalled by the devastation, sparked a movement to protect birds, culminating in the founding of the Audubon Society.

    We are doing a mini-series that will break down parts of the book, and to sum it all up will be talking with the author Kirk Wallace Johnson.

    Join John Bates, Shannon Hackett, RJ Pole, and Amanda Marquart for Birds of a Feather Talk Together.

    Please send us your questions for us to answer as well! You can send them to podcast.birdsofafeather@gmail.com

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