'The Feather Detective' with Chris Sweeney

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Author and award-winning journalist, Chris Sweeney, brings us the fascinating and remarkable true story of the world's first forensic ornithologist, Roxie Laybourne, who broke down barriers for women, solved murders, and investigated deadly airplane crashes- with nothing more than a microscope and a few fragments of feathers.

 

Roxie pioneered this field in the backrooms of the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History, investigating a range of crimes for the FBI, US Air Force, and NASA. When she wasn't prosecuting murderers or poachers, she was helping aerospace engineers and Air Force crews bird-proof their planes to avoid disaster.

 

Hear the story of this one-of-a-kind woman who shattered stereotypes and pushed boundaries, one feather at a time.