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View fullsize To the average person, "Canadian cuisine" is kind of a mystery. There are just a few foods that come to mind, like the ones pictured here. Clockwise from upper left: poutine (French fries with cheese curds and gravy), Nanaimo bars (a desse
View fullsize If you travel around Canada, you'll find lots of regional dishes, but there isn't really a strong national culinary identity the way there is in Italy or Mexico, for example. On the latest episode of #farfromhomepodcast, my friends at Canadian Geogra
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View fullsize #Denmark has always had strict anti-drug laws, but for many years, #Copenhagen's anarchist commune of @christiania.freetown operated an open air cannabis marketplace called #PusherStreet, which was basically like a neighborhood farmers market for has
View fullsize In 1971, a group of squatters took over an abandoned military base just across the harbor from downtown Copenhagen, Denmark. They created a politically autonomous anarchist zone -- in other words, a commune -- with its own flag, marching band, and co
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View fullsize Throwback to that time I was in Vancouver on July 1 and joined the Canada Day festivities, pretending to be Canadian 😆
View fullsize After missing the opportunity to see the last total #solareclipse eclipse in the U.S. back in 2017, I decided to add this experience to my bucket list and vowed I would do whatever it takes to see an #eclipse in the future. A few weeks ago, I got my
View fullsize Thor Pedersen always felt like he was born too late. He grew up in a world where other people had already done most of the amazing things, like venturing to the North and South Poles, climbing the highest mountains, following the longest rivers, and
View fullsize Of all the Day of the Dead celebrations in #Oaxaca, the #Muerteada in the small village of San Agustín Etla is probably the craziest! In an annual tradition dating back 80 years, locals dress in all kinds of costumes and spend the night of Nov
View fullsize Longtime listeners might remember the episode I produced several years ago about my visit to that enormous cemetery on the outskirts of Lima, Peru for the "Day of the Departed" celebrations. Tonight I got to experience the Day of the Dead
View fullsize I took a short trip to Oslo and was blown away by the Vigeland Sculpture Park. If you ever make it to Norway, make sure you go here!
View fullsize Enjoying my time in Copenhagen, where I'm working remotely for a few months.
View fullsize After releasing my last episode where I shared stories from my time in #Oklahoma many years ago, I came across one more short radio piece in my archives that I thought some of you might enjoy. It's about another cultural phenomenon unique to Oklahoma
View fullsize While visiting Amsterdam the other day, I went on a bike tour into the countryside and got to meet a guy who lives in and cares for a windmill! He explained to us how it uses something called an Archimedes screw to pump water from low-lying areas, ov
View fullsize While attending a conference in #Amsterdam last week, I got to experience this really cool participatory art installation called A Mile in my Shoes, from a group called the @empathymuseum. It's a traveling exhibit where people like myself are invited
View fullsize The #Atomium was built for the 1958 World's Fair in #Brussels, at a time when everyone was enthralled by the promises of nuclear power. It was originally intended as a temporary structure, but proved so popular that they decided to keep it. You can t
View fullsize Two decades ago, I was just starting out as a #publicradio reporter, applying for literally every radio job opening I saw, and somehow I ended up getting hired by @kgounews, a small station in Norman, #Oklahoma. Given that the culture, politics, and
View fullsize My good friends at @thebittersweetlifepodcast just re-ran an interview they did with me several years ago, where I talked about my experience on the #mongolrally, my love of seeking adventures, and the paradox of wanting to plan everything when I've
View fullsize On the latest #farfromhomepodcast, I share a recent episode from my friends at @thebittersweetlifepodcast, where co-host @tiffanyparksrome looks back at the past 18 years she’s spent in Italy and discusses the milestone she’s reached of h

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