The Mystery of the Empty Nest: Journalist Joshua Hammer on Wildlife Crime
By LARB Radio HourMarch 15, 2020
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The Mystery of the Empty Nest: Journalist Joshua Hammer on Wildlife Crime
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Kate and Medaya talk to longtime journalist Joshua Hammer about his most recent book, The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird. Joshua discusses the strange story of notorious egg smuggler, Jeffery Lendrum, and the wildlife detective who pursued him, as well as the larger repercussions of wildlife poaching, climate change and the global animal trade.
Also, writer and producer Samantha Culp drops by to recommend a timely book, A Journal of the Plague Year, a catalogue from an exhibition of the same name, looking back on the SARS outbreak of 2003.
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