This article was co-authored by Rahim Kanani and Tyler Moselle.

A few months ago, Tyler parked his Oldsmobile under a tree in Cambridge, MA, prompting countless birds to unleash hell. Soon after, we were driving around Logan Airport and Tyler slowed down at one of the terminals to ask a...

This is part one of a two-part interview. Part two can be found here.

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