If it Flies, It Spies: A Birdwatcher's Guide to our Feathered "Friends"

Grab your binoculars and check your battery levels, because this week we are diving headfirst into the sky’s biggest secrets. What starts as a wholesome look at the world of birding quickly spirals into a web of high-tech paranoia where we untangle the wires of the internet’s favorite conspiracy theory: Birds Aren't Real. We chart the historical flight path of the movement, exploring how a brilliant parody captured the public imagination and exposed a deeper modern crisis of belief, belonging, and misinformation. Are they feathered friends, or are they just factory-resetting on the telephone pole? Pull up a chair and let’s fall down the rabbit hole.