Why Ed Yong thinks birding is ‘quietly radical’
May 12, 2025•15 min
Episode description
Ed Yong has “birder derangement syndrome,” a condition that’s entirely made up but may be familiar to other birding enthusiasts. In a conversation from last spring, the science writer tells Matt Galloway how the joy of birding saved him from pandemic burnout and radically changed how he interacts with nature.
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