I once thought each culture had its neuroses, I now think each culture is a neurosis. Neurosis is defined as a particular atrophied behavior, the expression of which results from some sort of malady. Mental conditions that are not caused by org

The Wheels on the Bus in California

29 days ago 19m 37s

Multiple times a day, on a whim or by demand, I sing my son the song The Wheels on the Bus. He's just turned two and loves repetition. He watches my lips as I describe the movements of wheels, wipers, and the driver as the driver says move on b

There are no Places, Only Times (in the USA)

Mar 29th, 2024 25m 28s

Travel writing is always going on about place. And travelers are forever comparing and positioning themselves between home and away. But if you travel long enough, the home you think you know will vanish in time and as you touch down in your ho

Giving Things Away for Free Ain’t Easy (in eastern DR Congo)

Mar 20th, 2024 1h 5m

A blow by blow of a humanitarian aid distribution in eastern DR CongoThe aid industry is selling you a lie but it’s one that’s necessary.The poignant photos on aid organization websites showing beneficiaries in Africa and Asia as grateful recip

Is This What it Means to Be a Foreigner in Palestine?

Jan 14th, 2024 40m 48s

In this episode we have a crash course in clanic values in Palestine when yours truly is robbed and the question of justice—formal justice or informal justice is forced upon me, the wayward traveler. Intro music by Sam Widaman, episode music by

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Jan 12th, 2024 2m 14s

Anyone who has ever had his or her heart shit on, enjoyed needle drugs, or rotted away in Sub-Saharan Africa might have witnessed things and could have things worthwhile to say. Worth what? I haven't the faintest idea. At least not yet.This is

The Lion, the Witch, and the Central African Republic

Jan 12th, 2024 48m 29s

In this episode we have the politics of foreign aid as it relates to the KONY 2012 campaign told through a story about an aid worker kicking painkillers in the Central African Republic. We have crocodile men, a cameo by Celine Dion, and we turn

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Once Upon a Gangbang in Paris

Nov 16th, 2023 29m 41s

Herbert Marcuse's book "Eros and Civilization" proposes a non-repressive society by attempting a synthesis of the theories of Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. He describes a utopia based on aesthetics, sensuality and play, as opposed to our current

Why Being Poor Costs a Lot (in Senegal)

Oct 11th, 2023 25m 10s

When I was living in West Africa, I learned the hard way why people are poor. And why, during the International Year of Microcredit, why the clients of the microfinance institution where I interned failed to reimburse their loans, and why that