B. F. Skinner: Psychologist, philosopher, pigeon trainer - Episode 35

Of course you might imagine horses or even fierce dogs and wolves… but let’s think a little more creatively.

What about rats? Bats? Elephants? True – those creatures have all been used in warfare.

But what’s an animal NO ONE would ever suspect? Is it possible to effectively surprise your enemy with a common, ordinary creature – and who would be able to pull it off?

From The Stories From History’s Dust Bin, Volume 3 – comes the story of Dr. Burrhus Frederic Skinner, who, during WWII, was able to weaponize the most ordinary of animals… the pigeon.

Stories from History’s Dust Bin is a 3-volume set of historical short stories. These are the nuggets of gold that had fallen by the wayside… the little known and unusual. Many of these gems were destined to be forever lost until they were collected, dusted off and brought back to life by author Wayne Winterton.

Each podcast episode features one of over 450 short stories from either Winterton’s Award-Winning Stories from Dust Bin series* or the companion volume, From Ace to Zamboni: 101 More Dust Bin Stories, as narrated by either the author or his son, William, or daughter, Jana.

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* Winner of the Arizona Book of the Year Award for 2016