Revisited: The birdwatcher fighting racism in public spaces podcast

This week we are revisiting some of our favourite episodes from 2024. This one was first broadcast on 01 April. In May 2020, Christian Cooper was in an area called the Ramble in Central Park in New York. It’s a beautiful place, he says, and vital to the local bird population. So when he saw a dog off its leash, which is not permitted in the Ramble to protect the birds, he confronted the owner. The woman, angry that Cooper was filming, said she would call the police and say ‘an African American’ man was threatening her if he did

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