About this episode

The episode features an interview with Helen Macdonald discussing her book and the film adaptation.

Welcome to season 3 of The Sporting Chance Podcast. We kick things off with an interview with author of H is for Hawk, Helen Macdonald. Helen is a falconer from England and is the subject of the new film based off of her best selling book. We discuss the making of the film and Helen's falconry like you have never heard before. This episode is sponsored by: North Mountain Goshawks: https://northmountaingoshawks.com/ Mountain State Falconry Supply: https://www.mountainstatefalconrysupply.com/ Midnight Falconry: https://midnightfalconry.com/

People in this episode

Hosts: Casey Everett, Aaron Kincaid

Guest: Helen Macdonald

Topics covered

• falconry
• interview
• film adaptation
• nature
• literature

Keywords

• falconry
• Helen Macdonald
• H is for Hawk
• film
• nature

Sponsors

North Mountain Goshawks, Mountain State Falconry Supply, Midnight Falconry

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: H is for Hawk

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