"Better Living Through Birding": Christian Cooper on Birding While Black & the Central Park Incident
July 5, 2024
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We continue our July 5 special broadcast by revisiting our recent conversation with Christian Cooper, author of _Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World_ and host of the Emmy Award-winning show _Extraordinary Birder_. We spoke with Cooper after New York City's chapter of the Audubon Society officially changed its name to the New York City Bird Alliance as part of an effort to distance itself from its former namesake John James Audubon, the so-called founding father of American birding. The 19th century naturalist enslaved at least nine people and espoused racist views. Christian Cooper is a Black birder and a longtime board member of the newly minted New York City Bird Alliance. In 2020, he made headlines after a white woman in Central Park called 911 and falsely claimed Cooper was threatening her life. Cooper also shares stories of his life and career, including his longtime LGBTQ activism and how his father's work as a science educator inspired his lifetime passion for birdwatching.
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