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Flightless Bird

Pro Puzzler

Flightless Bird

David Farrier

Society & Culture, Documentary, Comedy

4.93.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

On this week’s Flightless Bird, David and Rob discover that doing jigsaw puzzles is not just a hobby - it’s a sport! They talk to US speed puzzler Karen Kavett - AKA Karen Puzzles - who’s about to head off to the 2026 USA Jigsaw Nationals. How big is the scene and what does it take to get to the worlds? What is the secret to doing puzzles very, very fast? David also reveals that he’s being sued in America after an article he wrote for Webworm, and Rob and David discuss the recent Flightless Bird tour which featured the one and only Rosabel! Links: Email us your feedback: flightlessbirdchat@gmail.com Karen Puzzles on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/karenpuzzles/ Rosabel on tour & our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-rosabel-155107678 Why is David being sued? https://www.webworm.co/wildingpart9/ Vote for us at the Webbys: Or - https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/features/best-indie-podcast 1. ⁠Go to webbyawards.com 2. ⁠Click “Go Vote” button 3. ⁠Hit SEARCH 4. ⁠Type in “Flightless Bird” and click on “Flightless Bird” when it turns up 5. ⁠Cast your vote Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Just quickly before this week's episode kicks off, Flightless Bird has been nominated for a Webby Award. The Webby's are kind of a big deal for us, and we'd love you to vote. If you like our show and you have a moment, this is a really key way you can help us. Here's what you do. Go to Webbyawards.com. That's W-E-B-B-B-Y Awards.com. Click the go-vote button, hit search and type in Flightless Bird.

0:24.4

Click on Flightless Bird when it turns up and go and vote.

0:27.9

Also, if you're on our Instagram at Flightless Bird Pod, there's a link in our bio as well.

0:33.0

Thanks for listening to this very self-involved monologue.

0:35.8

On to the show.

0:36.7

Now, Rosabel, I'm not calling you today because

0:39.0

you right now are here in the united states because thanks to our patreon members we got to fly you to

0:44.0

america for our live shows so today's topic is pro puzzling it is about the scene of pro puzzling

0:50.3

people that do puzzles very very fast do. Do you, have you ever puzzled, pro or normal?

0:58.3

And what do you think of puzzles? And by pro-puzzling, you're talking specifically about jigsaw puzzles.

1:05.0

Jigsaw puzzles specifically.

1:07.4

I have never pro-puzzled, but I know people who have. And I've seen the set-up

1:13.5

because you get sent the puzzle and then you have to put a camera above it and you are timed

1:18.6

as you're doing it. But that's a remote version. So maybe is this in person like everyone who

1:24.3

attends like mass events where everyone's in the room. Yeah. Pressured doing it all at once. I would love to have a go. I know I would be really bad, but my brain says I'd be really good. I've never seen you do a puzzle. Because I'm so fast. When was the last time you did a puzzle? Look, let's not get into it.

1:46.4

I haven't really done a puzzle in a very long time.

1:49.3

But the instincts are still there, the killer instincts.

1:54.7

Fly this.

2:02.6

Flag this. Fly this. Flyless Flyless Flyless bird touchdown in America

2:07.0

I'm a flightless bird touchdown in America

2:11.8

Hey Rob, how are you?

2:14.4

I'm good. How are you?

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