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Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy - The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy - The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Update: 2025-11-11
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He was a brilliant ornithologist—and a spy so colorful that James Bond was based on him. Richard Meinertzhagen was also a liar and a thief, and perpetrated the biggest fraud in biology history. Episode below!


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Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy - The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy - The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean