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View fullsize In the Nørrebro neighborhood of Copenhagen, there's a small building with a garden and wooden seats. If the weather is nice, you’ll often see people from all walks of life sitting under the shade of some umbrellas, the way you might see
View fullsize When he was growing up in Southern California, Addi Somekh (@inflatableplanet) wasn't quite sure what to do with his life. But he knew from a young age that he wanted to "spread warmth" and make other people happy. On my latest episode of #
View fullsize When he was 26 years old in 1948, Garry Davis did something that would make the rest of his life really complicated. Over the next six decades, he’d be detained and imprisoned 34 times in 9 countries, dragged off the floor of the UN General Ass
View fullsize After cutting billions of dollars that helped with things like Ebola prevention in West Africa, malaria testing in Myanmar, famine relief to war-torn Sudan, and food deliveries to refugees from Western Sahara, Elon Musk tweeted recently that “n
View fullsize Montreal is a city often split between English and French languages and cultures, but one thing that almost all residents can get behind is cheering on their beloved hockey franchise, the Canadiens. This isn't just your run-of-the-mill, sports-crazed
View fullsize The current conflict between Russia and Ukraine is now entering its third year, and it’s been a humanitarian disaster. According to UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency, it’s displaced nearly 7 million Ukrainians globally. And on the
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View fullsize I have faint memories of attending my high school's career day back around 1994 or '95. I think there was a lawyer, an accountant, and probably someone who worked in finance. I remember thinking that none of this was interesting or relevant to the so
View fullsize As I spent time abroad over the past few months in the lead-up to the American presidential election, I was struck by how often news and politics from back home seemed to be on the minds of all the locals I met. It’s like no matter how far away
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

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