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Brian Kevin

Media Travel

This Maine Fish House is an Icon. But of What, Exactly?

The story behind an Instagram sensation is the story of a changing coastal Maine.

Brian Kevin Down East Dec 2019 20min Permalink

Science

The Mystery of Seahorse Key’s Missing Bird Colony Veers Into Strange Territory

After thousands of birds vanished overnight from a Florida refuge, conspiracy theories bloomed.

Brian Kevin Audobon Dec 2016 15min Permalink

Food

The Definitive Oral History of the Lobster Roll

Murky origins. Feuding chefs. How the lobster roll went national.

Brian Kevin Down East Aug 2016 20min Permalink

Science Travel

The Burning Man of Birding

As the birds decline, one Icelandic island keeps throwing a rowdy, boozy puffin festival.

Brian Kevin Audubon Nov 2015 15min Permalink

Crime

The Belfast Operation

Bringing down a cocaine empire in 1980s rural Maine.

Brian Kevin Down East Jan 2015 25min Permalink