The Disappearing Spoon: a science history podcast with Sam Kean

Trickster, Birder, Soldier, Spy

Nov 11, 2025

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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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