Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford · Episode 19 · July 14, 2023 · 36 min
When Parakeets Plundered New York
Cautionary Conversation: An invasive parakeet species began spreading in New York City - and the government decided to kill every last bird. Tim Harford is joined by Ben Naddaff-Hafrey, host of The Last Archive , to talk about the great parakeet panic of the 1970s and a history of anxieties about population growth. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.