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Flightless Bird

Anna Konkle on Pen15 & the Sane One

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 May 2026

⏱️ 88 minutes

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Summary

David and Rob are joined in the studio by Anna Konkle, the co-creator and star of PEN15, one of their favourite shows of all time - looking at the trials and tribulations of being a seventh grader in the United States. Anna has a new book out - The Sane One - looking back at her real life, and real parents, that were part of the inspiration for her show.Feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.comAnna’s book, The Sane One: https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-sane-one-a-memoir-anna-konkle/b03f30c6d183b728Watch on Spotify. Spotify subscribers get fewer ads on our episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello David.

0:03.0

Hi Rosabel, it's such a delight to be talking to you.

0:06.0

After all this time, after all these many attempts.

0:09.0

Now, am I right in thinking you're a bit sick at the moment?

0:12.0

I'm a bit thick.

0:14.0

Sick.

0:15.0

I would never call you thick.

0:17.0

No, it's because I'm wearing this retainer.

0:20.0

I'm slurring some words. It's a real

0:22.3

problem. Oh my God. Now look, Rosabel, I've got some great news for you. You and I, I know, are both

0:29.0

big fans of Penn 15. And today on the show, we have Anna Conkel, who was one of the co-creators

0:34.8

and stars of Penn 15, an amazing TV show.

0:37.7

It is amazing.

0:38.8

It's one of the best shows.

0:39.8

What is your favorite thing about Penn 15?

0:44.0

There were just so many incredible details that it felt like, not like a therapy session,

0:49.9

but you know when people unearthed details about being that age and you're like oh my god that's exactly

0:55.8

what it was like or that's exactly that weird thing that i did yeah that you'd never really

1:01.3

thought about since right exactly because it seems so inconsequential or so embarrassing that

1:07.1

you repress it and suddenly all those things are there. And also how strange that they're so

1:12.1

universal. Whether you're in New Zealand, America, we're all the same. And I've got to observe,

1:18.1

whilst we've had this conversation about today's flightless bird episode, I feel you've really

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