Wrong Way's Colombia Cast: Recent Episodes
Brendan Corrigan
Wrong Way's Colombia Cast, presented by Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan, is the "brother podcast" of The Colombia Cast, https://www.spreaker.com/show/the-colombia-cast, and has been created because of recording restrictions at Semana magazine due to coronavirus, covid-19. These podcasts take a unique, usually lighthearted look at various aspects of life in Colombia and the region in general. They make for fun, interesting listening!
The Putumayo River is said to allure all who see it. This must have been at play in my visit to Puerto Asís, in Colombia's south, close to the border with Ecuador. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/08/pacific-puerto-asis.html.Addition al reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/01/dirty-old-town.htmlhttps://youtu.be/sBBkZLWdm2whttps://telencuestas.com/censos-de-poblacion/colombia/2024/putumayo/puerto-asishttps://www.instagram.com/p/C-dLuG0pNxp/?igsh=dmE2dndoanp5MDNohttps://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZUhttps://x.com/wwaycorrigan/status/1822443382829965686?t=Syg0Sv7jUiS6hCmKNCs43g&s=19https://youtube.com/shorts/5x3LuLyeNYc?si=bPFWQ9qfNgsZXHRGhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/07/remembering-casements-colombian.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-independent-travellers-guide-of.htmlhttps://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE#PuertoAsís #Putumayo #AmazonJungle #Colombia
The discourse in US politics these days rarely rises above the level of schoolyard bullies. Is it a sign that the country's democracy is under threat?For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/us-democracy-drags-on-but-decorum-is.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ikZ42sZR46g https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/flying-flag-for-political-incorrectness.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEsd7esFjbw https://youtube.com/shorts/oRt5IXbYsO0?si=j8ebRciN9sJjvt3W https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/in-god-we-trust-and-little-else.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/trumpism-why-it-wont-go-gentle-into.html#USDemocracy #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris #JoeBiden #decorum #democracy #decline #USA
Struggling for creativity? Lacking concentration? Your local café/coffee shop can see you right.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/apartments-of-pain-cafes-and-panaderias.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/10/end-of-strata-republic.htmlhttps://youtu.be/mvCgSqPZ4EM?si=YgG_oORTfw6tCtt9 https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://youtu.be/Q98ZcRlB7-o https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bogota-nomad.html https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210114-why-youre-more-creative-in-coffee-shops https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts#CoffeeShopEffect #CoffeeShops #café #panaderías #creativity #WorkSpace #coworking
Colombia's media and many of its citizens are often insufferable when it comes to supporting their national football team.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/shunning-la-seleccion-colombia.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/strength-in-belief.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/12/replacing-religions-false-comforts.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/11/tribal-warfare.html https://www.theburkean.ie/articles/2018/08/13/ireland-the-land-of-sin-and-cynicism https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/our-culture-is-saturated-in-negativity-and-cynicism-1.607220 https://youtu.be/oDKkNR4NBoY https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/loving-colombia.html#LaSelecciónColombia #Colombia #football #FootballFans #fanaticism #CopaAmérica #insufferable
Colombian residency has its advantages. One of them is not having to deal with Migración Colombia's buggy online system for a few years!For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/respite-from-uncertainty-and-migracion.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/a-somewhat-pleasant-surprise.htmlhttps://youtu.be/sW-h_IXwhGohttps://youtu.be/6My9_5aqxtUhttps://bogota.gov.co/internacional/extranjeros-residentes-en-bogota-podran-votar-por-el-presidentehttps://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xAhttps://youtu.be/QnOrEBuFa_0#ColombiaResidency #RvisaColombia #CancilleríaColombia #MigraciónColombia #CédulaExtranjería #Colombia
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Little good comes from the practice of buying rounds of alcoholic drinks. Why do some people insist on doing so?For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/round-by-round-we-go-oh-no.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_ghttps://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9Ahttps://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44Mhttps://youtu.be/q614RfofUCohttps://youtu.be/LYJOUMUtcmchttps://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts#BuyingRounds #RoundBuying #rounds #OrderOrder #BoozeBuying #beer #alcohol #PubCulture #JustSayNo
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The head tells me to give up my independent content creation. The heart says to keep going. The latter is getting its way — for now.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/chasing-media-dragon-raison-detre.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/Rt3GfdH1ouo https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/02/google-nosense.html https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-65650822 https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/04/a-matter-of-motivation.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/11/calling-out-illiberal-liberals.html https://youtu.be/ceU203AXOcU https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/01/returning-to-life-more-ordinary.html#ChasingTheDragon #RaisonDêtre #MediaMan #popularity #blogging #podcasting #viral
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A new Spanish TV series, Los 39, is drama-packed. Filming it on location in Palomino also had its drama. And divas.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/05/life-imitating-art-of-los-39-minus.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So https://youtu.be/XFL7ynNLEBE https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q https://youtu.be/ceU203AXOcU https://www.historic-uk.com/CultureUK/Vitai-Lampada-Henry-Newbolt/ https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8 https://youtu.be/2TqSbmpBHdQ?si=UBoKh6SXdk0GGz_8 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-lost-fort-of-columbus-8026921/ https://www.elespectador.com/el-magazin-cultural/sobre-los-39-la-nueva-serie-que-se-esta-rodando-en-la-guajira-noticias-hoy/ https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsYhttps://youtu.be/fZ7AgPIzCk8#LifeImitatingArt #acting #divas #gossip #GroupDynamics #SuperExtras #Los39
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Environmental sustainability and film/TV productions do not sit well together. It makes one wonder how self-styled green movie stars sleep well at night.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-pernicious-pull-of-black-hole-that.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blondi#:~:text=Hitler%2C%20who%20adored%20the%20loyalty,1930%5D%20%E2%80%93%20both%20named%20Blondahttps://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8https://youtu.be/I8Z_c3ofXxYhttps://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTkhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/08/palomino-and-cabo-de-la-vela-lighter.htmlhttps://time.com/collection/time-co2-futures/6767943/sustainable-film-and-tv-production/https://youtu.be/Rt3GfdH1ouohttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/02/all-hail-tv-gods.html#FilmAndTV #showbiz #MovieIndustry #CarbonFootprint #Los39
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American/US English conventions make more sense than their British counterparts. For some things, that is.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-comma-ground-where-us-english-team.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/wake-up-to-pinkers-wonderful-world.htmlhttps://stevenpinker.com/publications/sense-style-thinking-persons-guide-writing-21st-centuryhttps://style.mla.org/the-placement-of-a-comma-or-period-after-a-quotation/#BritishEnglish #AmericanEnglish #OxfordComma #GrammarRules #ItvsThey
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In this new phase in the rise of the machines, we risk becoming little more than pawns of artificial intelligence.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/04/more-artificial-intelligence-less-human.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/2YCuwrHcdp0 https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://youtu.be/oDKkNR4NBoY https://youtu.be/fnGaf0p9x1U?si=57PLYHiJ0wrdZrV8 https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-03-24/can-sam-altman-make-ai-smart-enough-to-answer-these-6-questions https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2024-04-07/deepfakes-energy-china-war-and-elections-ai-politics-is-here#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #ChatGPT #RiseOfTheMachines #Luddite
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Pet owners who double up as radical climate activists would be making a big statement — and no small difference — if they ditched their furry friends.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-pet-hate.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/Q9DblkWqwUghttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001whc9https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/02/horse-it-into-ya.htmlhttps://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcshttps://youtu.be/gByoYGZcxgYhttps://earth.org/environmental-impact-of-pets/https://www.myclimate.org/en/information/faq/faq-detail/what-are-co2-equivalents/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/throw-a-dog-a-bean-how-to-reduce-the-carbon-footprint-of-your-petshttps://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAAhttps://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw#PetHate #pets #PetOwners #CarbonEmissions #ClimateAction #vegan #vegetarian
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At a distance of 100 km, San Juan de Rioseco falls into the quick-getaway-from-Bogotá category. However, the journey can be stop-start so it's best to spend at least a night there. It is worth it.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/san-juan-de-rioseco-only-its-river-runs.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/colombias-plebeian-transport-riveting.html https://youtube.com/shorts/u41wQWa27Yc?si=rdr6F6g4IQTm7N5O https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/an-alcoholic-me-no-way.html https://youtube.com/shorts/bFbQrpc8fKs?si=089HJ1H0WobEZceb https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/tibana-time.html#SanJuanDeRioseco #Cundinamarca #Colombia
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Getting a rather surprising clean bill of dental health has made me reflect on what may have led to this apparent tooth triumph. Can you handle the tooth?For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/boosting-dental-health.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/07/foreign-teething-difficulties.html https://youtu.be/JIGXXSTngG4 https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/seven-ways-your-home-is-damaging-your-health/#DentalHealth #DentalHygiene #OralCare #dentist #IntermittentFasting
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A lack of a clear career path — a particular problem for social studies graduates — can leave one feeling lost. 'I can do many things, but I don't want to do that.'For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/02/merging-life-vacation-with-vocation.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.britannica.com/biography/G-K-Chesterton https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/11/calling-out-illiberal-liberals.htmlhttps://youtu.be/HOkpMgr2DX4 https://youtu.be/Pqf7TIdSznE https://youtu.be/VzgqYOlYDAw https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.html https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q#vacation #vocation #SocialStudiesSyndrome #GKChesterton #WorkToLive #JobForLife
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Some actions that have an appearance of good about them often turn out to be all show but with little go.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/02/an-act-of-good.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/12/replacing-religions-false-comforts.htmlhttps://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0h3ys8w/the-country-with-earliest-wake-up-time-in-the-worldhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/12/work-work-work-work-work.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_kjctTbMHA#ActOfGood #ActOfGod #GoodForGoodnessSake #AllShowNoGo #StyleOverSubstance
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Helping others is easier to do when you feel in a good place yourself. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/01/fly-on-through-turbulence-there-is-no.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/2YCuwrHcdp0https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/04/stop-dont-bin-that-food.html https://youtu.be/p6tlXXOW-yc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/cleanliness-next-to-godliness-ask.htmlhttps://youtu.be/oEZ1R0pKgqg https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/01/born-to-run-or-at-least-wander.html#HelpingOthers #HelpingYourself #OxygenMasks #turbulence #dementia
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Humanity's overall health and well-being have never been better but we need some pain to make us feel alive.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/01/without-pain-pleasures-are-plain-and.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-prostitute-by-any-other-name.html https://youtu.be/B33XRXo6fM0 https://youtu.be/HOkpMgr2DX4 https://youtu.be/TWspGqN8Gnc https://youtu.be/DUjyPrazhD0 https://www.marathondessables.com/en https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/wake-up-to-pinkers-wonderful-world.html https://youtu.be/lt6b5zsj9wE https://youtube.com/shorts/7lniGESZonA?feature=share#NoPainNoPain #PainAndPleasure #FreedomIsPain #minimalist
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Hell yeah or no may sound like good advice when one is uncertain about a decision, yet rarely is that simple.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/12/hell-yeah-or-no-its-no-so.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://sive.rs/ https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q https://twitter.com/ChrisWillx/status/1734257269045436817?t=3LxSXUuQ2Dm_dshuiIf_lA&s=19 https://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts https://youtu.be/oDKkNR4NBoY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice#HellYeahOrNo #ParadoxOfChoice #indecision #indecisiveness
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There is some hope, small as it may be, that today's generations can turn away from the evils of materialism.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/12/dawn-of-downsizers.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE https://fortune.com/europe/2023/11/13/whoopi-goldberg-millennials-work-ethic-financial-problems-research-shows-wealth-gap/ https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-qualified-uneducated-elite.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/05/wrong-way-begins.html https://youtu.be/HOkpMgr2DX4 https://youtu.be/lt6b5zsj9wE https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-road-again-naturally.html https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gt2m1r https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/02/me-myself-and-i.html https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/letters-communities-deserve-recognition-for-their-role-in-nurturing-integration/a343922666.html https://youtu.be/DQd5q3q5haw#downsizers #downsizing #LivingWithout #millennials #ReduceReuseRecycle
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The state and its associates are taking greater control of the everyday lives of its citizens. We should be more concerned about this.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/11/goodbye-nanny-state-hello-overbearing.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/time-to-means-test-child-benefit/26688058.html (my letter) https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/families-already-being-put-to-the-test/26689397.html (Mr Muldowney's reply to my letter) https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/social-welfare/social-welfare-payments/families-and-children/child-benefit/ https://youtu.be/PxtloOywMJshttps://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw https://youtu.be/TWspGqN8Gnc https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/letter-to-editor-china-in-our-hands.html https://theupheaval.substack.com/p/the-china-convergence#NannyState #WelfareState #OverbearingMotherState #benefits #handouts #Ireland #China
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Ireland in winter isn't a great place to be at the best of times. So when one is struggling for direction it can seem particularly bleak.For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/11/a-little-blue-in-green-green-grass-of.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY https://youtu.be/p6tlXXOW-yc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/10/any-which-way-but-lose.html https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g#Ireland #RuralIreland #Lisacul #GreenGreenGrass #WinterBlues
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Here are seven reasons why we feel Colombia is one of the world's best countries to live in for one's health and well-being. Do you agree?For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/10/seventh-heaven-seven-benefits-of-living.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/i6o-dhiPlhAhttps://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZUhttps://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9Ahttps://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGttshttps://youtu.be/0CdttekQPywhttps://youtu.be/-yih2X-2Oawhttps://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.htmlhttps://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44Mhttps://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/12/work-work-work-work-work.htmlhttps://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Qhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.htmlhttps://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsYhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-colombian-account-with-interest.htmlhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4113517/https://youtu.be/4qzFioAX5sshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/four-ways-to-bolster-your-vitamin-d-before-the-cold-season/https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQhttps://youtu.be/fd2CI_C48ZAhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/06/the-extranjero-files-that-is-not.html#LifeInColombia #LivingInColombia #Colombia #SeventhHeaven
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Sexuality may be more fluid than some of us like to think it is.For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/10/free-love-and-sexual-fluidity-queer.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/07/defenders-of-unfaithful.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/11/love-fool.htmlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1474704919843892https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0191886914001299https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/12/colombia-and-ireland-tale-of-two-old.htmlhttps://stellar.ie/real-talk/love-sex/throuples-polyamory-and-open-relationships-irelands-different-ways-of-dating/114126https://unherd.com/2023/07/the-depravity-of-the-roman-peace/https://www.webmd.com/sex/what-is-sexuality-spectrumhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/set-on-singlehood.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/05/lets-talk-reluctantly-about-sex.html#sexuality #LGBTQ #monogamy #polygamy #polyamorous
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The snow-capped peaks near the town of Güicán in Colombia's Boyacá department are fairly easy to reach. The pre-trek bureaucracy can present its own challenge, though. And don't touch the snow! For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/yes-guican-but-you-just-cant-touch-snow.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTashttps://youtu.be/jYeLzzyFNHghttps://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU#Güicán #RitacubaBlanco #ElCocuy #glacier #Colombia
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If he were an alcoholic, our podcaster would be following in the, um, fine tradition of heavy-drinking Irish writers. However, can he even come close to being associated with such esteemed (and steamed!) company?For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/an-alcoholic-me-no-way.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://insightcrime.org/news/tusi-the-pink-drug-cocktail-that-tricked-latin-america/https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-alcohol-problem.htmlhttps://www.dictionary.com/browse/alcoholic%20https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-the-disease-definition-of-addiction-does-far-more-harm-than-good/https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/02/the-fantasy-of-addictionhttps://youtu.be/lt6b5zsj9wEhttps://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPywhttps://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9Ahttps://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZUhttps://youtu.be/XFL7ynNLEBE#alcoholic #alcoholism #addict #addiction #AlcoholicsAnonymous
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Many beer-serving tiendas in Colombia say they don't give credit. In reality, with the payment systems in operation, they often do.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/colombias-credit-contradiction.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://youtu.be/LYJOUMUtcmc https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/10/youve-been-had-bogota-style.html https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE
Colombia #CreditContradiction #credit #TabSystem #PayLater
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It is said that less stress leads to more success. This doesn't mean, however, that we shouldn't push ourselves or look to get outside our comfort zone.For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/less-stress-less-success-in-these-idle.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/diet/eat-your-way-to-better-brain-health-in-six-weeks/https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320839#boosting-endorphinshttps://youtu.be/Q9DblkWqwUghttps://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKkhttps://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44Mhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.htmlhttps://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Qhttps://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9Ahttps://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/10/measuring-success.html'Less Stress, More Success' image used in the thumbnail taken from https://www.moresuccess.ie/leaving-cert/leaving-cert/irish-revision-leaving-cert-higher-level*. #stress #StressRelief #LessStress #IdleTimes
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The fact that Cartagena is one of Colombia's top tourist destinations meant I wasn't keen to return. Yet, my recent visit had more positives than negatives.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/cartagena-costly-colombian-caribbean.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/11/colombia-only-risk-is-becoming-too.html https://youtube.com/shorts/n3ROHwUfWes?feature=share https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://youtu.be/jYeLzzyFNHg
Cartagena #Bocagrande #Getsemani #SunSeaSand #Aguachica
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From roadblocks to unruly passengers and jousting rival drivers, there's rarely a dull moment when travelling by bus in Colombia.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/colombias-plebeian-transport-riveting.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tH1A4erg1Bb https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/07/escaping-with-masses.html https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/how-much-does-air-travel-warm-the-planet-new-study-gives-a-figure/ https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://www.facebook.com/latorteriaartesanalfabricaaguachica https://youtu.be/AUSZ5Ntwy_U https://www.motor.com.co/industria/Es-una-verguenza-usuarios-de-la-Ruta-del-Sol-20230113-0008.html
PlebeianTransport #Colombia #Bogotá #Cartagena #Concorde #Copetran #BusTravel #OvernightBus
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While times have been difficult income-wise for our writer in Bogotá this year, it's not certain an indefinite return to Europe will make things any better.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/tight-times-with-no-respite-in-sight.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://issuu.com/oecd.publishing/docs/colombia-oecd-economic-outlook-june-2023?fr=sY2U1ZTUwNTY2MTA https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/unemployment-rate https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bogota-nomad.html https://youtu.be/i6o-dhiPlhA https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://youtu.be/Q98ZcRlB7-o https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4 https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Qhttps://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-that-happy-place.html https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-unopened-open-letter-to-ireland.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-hackett-job-on-britain.html https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY
TightTimes #unemployment #inflation #EasyStreet #CostOfLiving #Bogotá #Colombia
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It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. In some circumstances, it's best left in the kitchen indefinitely.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/exacting-revenge.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4BlTWHHJGQ&t=8s https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc
ExactingRevenge #revenge #rage #disillusionment #patience #FatherTed #BishopBrennan
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Be it due to ignorance, indifference or negligence, what some parents allow their toddlers to eat is worrying.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/fattening-up-our-future-health-problems.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ngjx https://youtu.be/i6o-dhiPlhA https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/enjoying-fruits-of-colombias-labour.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/seven-ways-your-home-is-damaging-your-health/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13590 https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE
obesity #MorbidObesity #UltraProcessedFoods #ArtificialSweeteners #FakeFood #toddlers
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The small town of Somondoco, in Colombia's Boyacá department, is as quiet and peaceful as they come in these parts.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/in-need-of-some-peace-and-quiet-sleepy.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So
https://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAA
https://youtu.be/6ag3JeUV-1A
https://youtu.be/-w1fdcBDcuQ https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-this-way-to-guateque.html https://youtube.com/shorts/XfgwX4dNM4E https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-flower-line
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-mango
https://boyaca7dias.com.co/2020/06/14/guayata-extiende-su-tapete-records-guinness-de-corpus-christi/
Somondoco #Guayatá #Boyacá #Colombia #hillwalking #travel
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A move away from Bogotá won't solve all of my issues but it may give a boost to both body and mind.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/bogged-down-in-bogota.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/colombian-nanny-scandal-takes-ever-stranger-plot-twists/article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-4-children-survived-40-days-jungle-plane-crash-amazon-colombia-rcna88791 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21907480/
https://youtu.be/p-zG7iHnOi8
https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=COP&view=10Yhttps://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/leaving-behind-bogota-standard.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/loving-colombia.html https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8
https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw
https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q
https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY
Bogotá #BoggedDown #LifeRevaluation #LifeReappraisal #frenemies
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Play this video version of IQuiz LXII. The live event was held at Cervecería Gigante, Bogotá on Thursday 22 June 2023 (important to know this for the on-this-day questions!).
Let us know how you do! The team that won on the night got 36 out of 50.
A YouTube version is available at https://youtu.be/knI_c12BBTQ.
Follow IQuiz on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IQuizBogota. Like IQuiz on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/iquizbogota/.
IQuiz #QuizNight #PubQuiz #TriviaNight #trivia #Bogotá #Colombia
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While keeping your enemies closer than your friends may be prudent advice, studies show it's the frenemies that you need to watch the most.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-fiendish-frenemy.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqoMFLXsyAs https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/opinion/frenemies-relationships-health.html https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk
The sign in Spanish on the thumbnail image reads: 'We only give credit to those over 90 who bring a grandparent as guarantor.' (Or better yet, f*k off!)
frenemies #AmbivalentRelationships #ToxicRelationships #NeitherABorrowerNorALenderBe
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In Colombia, drinking from home is generally more expensive and can incommode housemates and neighbours. Booze in tienda bars instead, guys!
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/drink-from-home-boozers.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/fZ7AgPIzCk8 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/05/clashes-in-kitchen.html https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://youtu.be/FgguOVTjD5o
DrinkFromHomeBoozers #DrinkIn #Colombia #TiendaBars #MoneySavingTips
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What's rung is rung but we should keep ringing while we still can.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/making-bell-toll-for-us-while-we-still.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-future-is-all-black.html
https://youtu.be/Nuzm8OkYMyE
https://youtu.be/ZSb8VnG4nPs https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q
https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck
UnringABell #BellTolls #JobInterview
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Returning to play a contact sport after a long gap was fun. Dealing with the rib injuries sustained has been less fun.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/not-so-gaga-for-physical-footy.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/05/wrong-way-begins.html
https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU
https://www.instagram.com/go_gaelic/?hl=en (Go Gaelic)#AussieRules #GaelicFootball #footy #BruisedRibs #ContactSport
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I have reason to doubt the bona fides of a boy who begs for bread in Bogotá. Am I being too cruel?For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-panaderias-pudgy-pauper.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html
https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/enjoying-fruits-of-colombias-labour.html#PudgyPauper #panadería #bakery #bread #begging #BreadAddiction
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There are worse gigs out there yet Wrong Way is far from enthusiastic for English teaching. If only one could get a few pennies for one's thoughts.For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/little-thirst-to-teach-english-in-these.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-money-tongue.html https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ
https://youtu.be/I8Z_c3ofXxY
https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU
TeachingEnglishAsAForeignLanguage #Tefl #Tesl #EnglishTeaching #ThinkingTime #philosophy #PennyForYourThoughts
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From BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive show, Wednesday 12 April 2023. Listen to the programme in full at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kw6v (my little voice note is from 1:24:40).
For some background on my extras escapades, see, for starters https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/enticing-extras-siren-call-of-our-times.html & https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/agents-of-short-change.html.
Narcos #SuperExtra #acting #SurrealRoles #Colombia
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While it's not marketed as such, Wrong Way wandered across this pleasant three-town "fruit route" in Colombia's Boyacá department. It's set to become The Wrong Way Corrigan Way!
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-boyaca-fruit-route-tierra-negra-nuevo.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas (Tourism cancer)https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/05/four-more-years-least-worst-option.html (for some background on Álvaro Uribe)https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/01/colombia-for-better-and-for-worse.html (on Colombia's rise as a tourist destination)https://youtu.be/OxiLaeNt4t4, https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk & https://youtu.be/LGsERVtexp0 (some previous Boyacá & Cundinamarca destinations visited)https://youtube.com/shorts/-PfqFkEgBuE?feature=share (Nuevo Colón main square)https://youtube.com/shorts/9EFgmyKXoq8?feature=share (El Ojo de Agua)https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejo_(sport) (info on tejo)https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM (why I'm not a "gringo"!)https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU (on the importance of good coffee!)#TierraNegra #NuevoColón #Turmequé #Boyacá #FruitRoute #tejo #ApplesAndPears #Colombia
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Playing the quiet man, being the silent type, often leads to better results in resolving certain disputes.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-quiet-man-conquereth.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 (Abandoning the beer standard)
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU [Hooked on the BBC (or CCP if you will)]
https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q (As Bog(otá)-standard as it gets)
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/03/colombias-false-friends.html (Colombia's false friends)
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/03/honouring-honesty.html (Honouring honesty)
https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk (Rewarding the reckless)
TheQuietMan #SilentTreatment #BewareTheQuietOnes #ActionsNotWords #FalseFriends
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It's a theme I've explored many times, the positive and negative aspects of smartphones (see, for example, https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-digital-dystopia.html and https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/10/taking-time-to-think.html).
Here on the Naga Munchetty programme on BBC Radio 5 Live — a station I listen to on my phone! — I accentuate the positives. I'm not always negative, you know!
Listen to the programme at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001knp1*.
smartphones #BBCRadio5Live #NagaMunchetty
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While most of us dream of earning money from what we truly enjoy doing, the reality is usually quite different. But is the wage-slave age coming to an end?
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/find-way-or-fade-away.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEHEKhwnEo (Sprite ad)https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA (The just-how-it-is society)https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE (Living with unsettled and unsettling questions)https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4 (The price of independence)https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.html https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE (The digital dystopia)https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/a-world-of-three-zeros-the-new-economics-of-zero-poverty-zero-unemployment- (World of Three Zeros book review)https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html
https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas (Tourism cancer)https://youtu.be/irwWd7e0AL8 (Warning! Being true to yourself causes harm)#FindAWay #WageSlave #ZeroUnemployment #UniversalBasicIncome #BeingYourself
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The Boyacá town of Zetaquirá has plenty of attractions, including Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall. Just be careful bathing in its waters when the rains come!For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/chasing-zetaquiras-waterfalls-from-hot.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtube.com/shorts/johJBuQ7ATk?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part I)https://youtube.com/shorts/YsYZRA1lwgY?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part II)https://youtube.com/shorts/NRXAo5D_PUk?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part III)https://youtu.be/J5GeJNsmSDU (A shout-out to Sutamarchán)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengup%C3%A1_Province (Info on Lengupá)https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PMh3Yy4S3Nc (Up in the clouds with Zetaquirá's Virgin Mary!)https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BDrbfM3YjWo (Chasing Zetaquirá's waterfalls: The adventure is in actually finding them!)https://youtu.be/5Cpvk6ccZLs (A Pauna cracker: Somewhat satisfying and not too dry)#Zetaquirá #Boyacá #Colombia #ThermalWaterfall #waterfalls
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There are various reasons why there's a belief that 'tourism's greatest cancer is tourism.' Is the industry environmentally unsustainable?
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/tourism-cancer.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/ru1tmchxcXI (Living with a destructive parasite)
https://youtu.be/htr7k8abWPE (The bellicose side to biking in Bogotá, worsened by the snooty "e-scooterers")
https://youtu.be/s2uz4SAqWzU (The Great Reset)
https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw (The Hypocrite World Cup: Everyone's a winner)
https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE (Living with unsettled and unsettling questions)
https://youtube.com/shorts/KV8qIOOJCvo?feature=share (Gustavo Petro speech snippet)
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/10/saving-ourselves-planet-earth-is-fine.html
TourismCancer #SustainableTourism #tourism #CarbonNeutral
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It was only after getting paid that I discovered the hefty percentage the talent agency awarded itself from the payment from the production company for the role I played.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/agents-of-short-change.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck (Focusing on filling the glass)
https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk (Rewarding the reckless)
https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8 (Enticing extras, the siren call of our times)
https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA (https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA)
TalentAgencies #FindersFee #UnfairPay #TVExtras #acting #Bogotá
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While some people seek loans for their very survival, others seem to do so in order to maintain a relatively costly social life. Attempting to cut back isn't part of their modus operandi.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/rewarding-reckless.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-colombia-caste.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-road-again-naturally.html
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A
https://youtu.be/yZyj8EAfeNs
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-colombian-account-with-interest.html
https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8
MoneyLending #loans #BarrioBanker #reckless #frugal #SavingMoney
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For many of today's most contentious issues, the solutions are unlikely to be found by adopting a fundamentalist approach. Some, however, believe their way is the only way.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/living-with-unsettled-and-unsettling.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA ('The just-how-it-is society')
https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-mRNA-vaccine-fauci-387418337013 (Fauci on vaccines)
https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY ('Death to dissenters. It's for your own good.')
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/10/saving-ourselves-planet-earth-is-fine.html
https://youtu.be/ru1tmchxcXI ('Living with a destructive parasite')
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Te5al2APrQ&t=11s (Bjorn Lomborg)
https://youtu.be/J2PnghxjH_M ('Hold tight, the worst is yet to come')
https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw ('The Hypocrite World Cup: Everyone's a winner')
https://youtu.be/WB9pv8Xy5bk ('Rocking in the fear world')
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/letter-to-editor-climate-crisis.html
https://youtu.be/s2uz4SAqWzU ('The Great Reset')
ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #covid19 #BjornLomborg
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There's much to be said for adopting a more lightweight approach to drinking beer. This can be easier said than done, however.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/abandoning-beer-standard.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A ('Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio')
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/irish-spend-smallest-share-of-any-eu-country-on-food-but-are-in-top-half-on-alcohol-spend-new-report-42323025.html (Irish Independent story)
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country (Alcohol consumption by country)
https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ ('Bogotá's Santandercito, keeping the satiated dullness at bay')
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-alcohol-problem.html ('Our alcohol problem')
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU ('Hooked on the BBC (or CCP if you will)')
https://youtu.be/FgguOVTjD5o ('Never-ending solo searching')
https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ ('Return of the peripatetic preceptor and the languid language learners')
https://youtu.be/SbqKNWfbCJw ('Drunk almost to death on the culture wars')
DrinkingCulture #beer #AlcoholAddiction #ProblemDrinking
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Longing for halcyon days of yore is about as useful as overly focusing on past traumas.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/focusing-on-filling-glass.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/06/things-could-always-be-better.html ('Things could always be better', blog story)
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A ('Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio', audio blog)
https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU ('Making ends meet in Colombia', audio blog)
https://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw ('Growing up and taking responsibility', audio blog)
https://youtu.be/J2PnghxjH_M ('Hold tight, the worst is yet to come', audio blog)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_3t-CHBZs ('The Town I loved So Well', song)
GlassHalfEmpty #GlassHalfFull #LookingForward
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Sutamarchán's claim that it has the best climate in the world is quite debatable. That aside, it's a nice town to visit.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-shout-out-to-sutamarchan.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtube.com/shorts/ovNFcqcKTTc?feature=share (Sutamarchán's main plaza)
https://youtube.com/shorts/aA0ljU-65H4?feature=share ('The polytunnel capital of Colombia?')
https://youtu.be/5Cpvk6ccZLs ('A Pauna cracker')
https://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAA ('A dog's life in Colombia')
Sutamarchán #longaniza #Tinjacá #Boyacá #Colombia
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The mental decline of a loved one is arguably more difficult to come to terms with than seeing him/her physically deteriorate. In terms of prevention, lifestyle choices at a younger age could help to keep dementia at bay.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-care-necessities-dealing-with-old.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/10/indomitable-spirit-indestructible-energy.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/11/an-uncomfortable-undertaking.html
https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mYVtKnbLNk
Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-walking-near-trees-2253911/*
OldAge #ElderlyCare #dementia #MentalHealth #Alzheimer
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The town of Pauna in Colombia's Boyacá department may not top many must-visit lists but it has its plus points all the same.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-pauna-cracker-somewhat-satisfying-and.html.
Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/08/san-gil-taming-suarez.html
https://youtu.be/LGsERVtexp0
https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q
https://youtube.com/shorts/wwNzhwOM8vk?feature=share (Pauna from a high)
https://youtube.com/shorts/jsiSVs2OSEs?feature=share (Cascada la Tunera)
https://youtube.com/shorts/qHBAHh-ujY0?feature=share (golden-brown waterfall)
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A
https://youtube.com/shorts/-u4dJpn_99M?feature=share (Pauna's football fest)
Pauna #Briceño #Boyacá #Colombia #TravelColombia #CascadaLaTunera
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Incorporating intermittent fasting into our lives could work wonders for our overall health. That and cutting out highly processed foods.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/finding-that-savoury-spot-between.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/survival-of-dumbest.html
https://youtu.be/Yg6UhhV_K1s (Dr Pradip Jamnadas)
https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY
https://youtu.be/gX0hh-EMQ3M
https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU
https://youtu.be/F7gDIshc-S0 (Dr Sten Ekberg)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/diet/big-breakfast-myth-why-get-first-meal-day-wrong/
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html
https://youtu.be/Hr1lW83qHCs (another video from Dr Sten Ekberg)
https://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/death-to-dissenters-its-for-your-own.html
IntermittentFasting #EatWell #feasting #fasting #PradipJamnadas #StenEkberg
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It's perhaps a sign of people's declining attention spans that Wrong Way's most-viewed content this year has been on YouTube Shorts. Silliness sells!
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-wrong-way-hits-of-2022.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IaWB8pbrTNo (the shit-show Shorts video!)
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/letter-to-editor-china-in-our-hands.html
https://youtu.be/R8OgH9EfxuM (Munk debate on trusting mainstream media)
https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/lest-we-forget.html
https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2022/01/20/gacheta-if-you-can/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNWMRoeHiU (Making ends meet in Colombia)
https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/cxl25khX7vb
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jpjk5fH1RYo (Police parking par excellence in Bogotá)
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cGmyECU4jK4 (Colombia's Got Talent)
YouTubeShorts #Bogotá #Colombia #ColombiaTieneTalento #WrongWayCorrigan
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My Christmas message to BBC Radio's 5 Live Drive show. The thumbnail photo makes sense when you listen to the audio! Fair play to Mairead Smyth, she knows her plant machinery!
For an idea of Christmas in Bogotá, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/12/simply-having-indifferent-colombian.html.
ChristmasInColombia #Navidad #Bogotá #Colombia #BBCRadio5Live
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Migración Colombia's visa-registration process is fairly smooth. It has one quite significant blind spot, however.
For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/lending-migracion-colombia-helping-hand.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/colombias-tough-love.html
https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/management/curse-of-knowledge
https://youtu.be/AxIikBVyZKA
MigraciónColombia #LaCancilleríaColombia #Colombia #CédulaExtranjería
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In most countries, an unattended bag on a bus would lead to security chaos. Not in Colombia, at least not for Expreso Gómez Villa. 'Carry on regardless.'
For the blog version of this audio visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/unattended-bags-on-buses-not-problem-in.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/09/colombia-decides-imperfect-peace-or.html
https://youtu.be/EU0gRADa1hk
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Controller
https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM
https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA
https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ
Photo of bus in the thumbnail image is from https://www.horariodebuses.com.co/expreso-gomez-villa.html*.
UnattendedBags #TravelColombia #BusesColombia #ExpresoGomezVilla #Supertransporte #terrorism
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There is an abundance of holier-than-thou hypocrites abound these days, many coming from the "freedom"-loving West. 'Do as I say, not as I do.'
For the text of this audio blog, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-hypocrite-world-cup-everyones-winner.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-fallout-virtue-signalling.html
https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0
https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY
https://youtu.be/AAFqCQwo_gA
https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE
https://youtu.be/Sh_MMZYHygo
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-collateral-damage.html
https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA
Thumbnail image from https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/hypocrisy-moral-cleansing*.
HypocriteWorldCup #VirtueSignalling #hypocrites #DoubleStandards
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The many drawbacks of the Digital Age are becoming more apparent. Taking back a modicum of control won't be easy.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-digital-dystopia.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/pgSOBSLVJBc
https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/05/colombias-eps-all-in-its-own-good-time.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html (re Canadian truckers' protests)
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62308528 & https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11065067/PETER-HITCHENS-Freedom-means-freedom-nasty-people.html (re English journalist Graham Philips)
https://youtu.be/LYJOUMUtcmc
https://youtu.be/VzgqYOlYDAw
https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY
DigitalDystopia #dystopia #DigitalAge #BigTech
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Many people have a tendency to just accept certain longstanding rules and regulations, even if they make little sense in today's world.
For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-just-how-it-is-society.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
Savage Eye's 'Filling out a form', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYcZc62Gf6w
https://youtu.be/yZyj8EAfeNs
https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8
https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://youtu.be/gX0hh-EMQ3M
JustHowItIsSociety #bureaucracy #paperwork #NonsensicalRules
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La Palma in Cundinamarca, Colombia is a nice Andean town but it has lots of similar, easier-to-get-to competition in these parts.
For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-calm-of-la-palma-when-musics-not.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A
https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk
https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://youtu.be/r_pzCdsTzhU
LaPalma #Cundinamarca #Colombia #pueblos #AndeanTowns
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Are the concepts of everlasting love and soulmates just pure fantasy? Whatever the case, as the saying goes, 'love don't (sic!) come easy'.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/everlasting-love.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/iJ2iCdHPijM https://youtu.be/Nuzm8OkYMyE
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/08/safety-alert-love-building-with-shoddy.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/03/honouring-honesty.html
EverlastingLove #soulmates #TrueLove #love
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Bogotá's cycle paths, like many things in the city and Colombia in general, are something of a free-for-all. The recent e-scooter invasion isn't helping the situation.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-bellicose-side-to-biking-in-bogota.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://youtu.be/GmR9ZC3smH8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUSZ5Ntwy_U
https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ
https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1676886/driving-law-changes-escooter-ban-driver-warning-driving-laws
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/running-frantically-to-more-troubled.html
Bogotá #biking #escooter #Colombia
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Seeing as how Colombia's network gas provider, Vanti, loves to squeeze money from its customers, it could close its customer service department to save even more cash. Because such a service at the company exists in name only. Who needs thieves when you've got Vanti?
To read the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/grupo-vantis-vanity-customer-is-rarely.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/its-service-stupid.html
https://youtu.be/-yih2X-2Oaw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2W2i_iLdLw
Vanti #Colombia #NaturalGas #GasNatural #CustomerService
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There are some ridiculous rules enforced in some of Colombia's apartment complexes.
For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/colombias-clothes-in-window-bane.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/doing-business-in-sa.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/07/careful-now-that-seat-is-hot.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/its-service-stupid.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/01/que-pena-con-usted-but-at-least-i-got.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/09/bogotas-perpetually-broken-windows.html
https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0
Bogotá #Colombia #ApartmentComplex #ConjuntoResidencial
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San Luis de Gaceno in the hot low-lying lands of Colombia's Boyacá department has much going for it, particularly as a place to unwind.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/san-luis-de-gaceno-going-its-own-way.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v_NToHlkGcQ
https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/tibana-time.html
https://youtube.com/shorts/mOQ6XuNKpjI?feature=share
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-balmier-and-wetter-side-to-boyaca.html
SanLuisDeGaceno #Boyacá #Colombia #PueblosColombianos #travel
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Two of Colombia's lesser-visited spots, the neighbouring towns of El Peñón and Topaipí in Cundinamarca, are appraised here. Is Topaipí tops?
For the text version, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/easygoing-el-penon-but-is-topaipi-tops.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):
https://time.com/5622094/what-is-niksen/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHQGOaRxZAA
https://youtube.com/shorts/v_NToHlkGcQ?feature=share
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/leaving-behind-bogota-standard.html
ElPeñón #Topaipí #Cundinamarca #Colombia #travel
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Even with all of Bogotá's other delights, Wrong Way Corrigan finds it hard to do without his BBC fix.
For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/hooked-on-bbc-or-ccp-if-you-will.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220324104420.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsxe9v72C0 (Dr Pradeep Jamnadas on bread)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEh7kEO8eKk&t=73s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7Ppnhbs7Q
coffee #CoffeeLover #Colombia #BBC #CCP
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BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 90s. A great production! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001bjp8
FearneCotton #SoundsOfThe90s #BBCRadio2
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The actions of many who profess to be liberals suggest they are anything but.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-liberal-illusion.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2W2i_iLdLw&t=16s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DwrBRXecvs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSb8VnG4nPs&t=150s
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/negative-utilitarianism-in-coronavirus.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAFqCQwo_gA
For the Christopher Hitchens interview mentioned, see https://youtu.be/93vTib-WWvs.
LiberalIllusion #liberals #ChristopherHitchens #freedom
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As Colombia tries to widen its tax base, many of its citizens seem to live outside the state's structures. Wrong Way is the same boat somewhat.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/colombia-on-fringes.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://anchor.fm/brendan-corrigan/episodes/Leopoldo-Fergusson-Colombias-tax-code-does-nothing-to-level-wealth-distribution-edekfd
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/colombia-between-rock-and-hard-place.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/conservative-colombia-left-in-cold-for.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-disposable-republic-of-colombia.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNWMRoeHiU
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/waging-sweet-war-for-healths-sake.html
https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2014/01/31/colombias-battle-with-the-bulge/
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/colombias-tough-love.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-colombian-account-with-interest.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-price-of-independence.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/return-of-peripatetic-preceptor-and.html
Colombia #TaxReform #ReformaTributaria #VVisa #LifeOnTheEdge
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Has the rather inauspicious date of Wrong Way's first arrival to Bogotá set the tone for his time in the city?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-bogota-curse.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://anchor.fm/brendan-corrigan/episodes/Economically--were-buggered-for-the-year-ed5cdp
https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EH7wFjh3_lM
https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/04/my-true-bogota-love.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/07/conservative-liberalism-new-cool.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/bogotas-perpetual-corner-bar-barrio.html
*Thanks to Oli Pritchard for the photo used in the thumbnail.
Bogotá #LaCandelaría #AvenidaJiménez #TheCrankyCrocHostel #Colombia
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Wrong Way is back giving in-person English classes to adults. Does it matter, though, that he's not a "real" teacher?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/return-of-peripatetic-preceptor-and.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-new-state-of-play.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/decluttering-discussion-with-nihal.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/11/colombia-universities-english-at-all.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/01/a-qualified-uneducated-elite.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/01/higher-education-superior-disarray.html
Efl #Tefl #EnglishAsAForeignLanguage #EnglishTeaching
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My decluttering discussion with Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5 Live.
For further background, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/decluttering-discussion-with-nihal.html.
Listen to the whole show at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019rps (I come on from 37:30).
Thumbnail image is from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/18br0lZdV7sgQTCK52z5d8Q/about-radio-5-live.
decluttering #minimalist #BBCRadio5Live #NihalArthanayake
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Some people love to communicate using WhatsApp voice messages. Wrong Way doesn't. And he thinks those who use them excessively are selfish.
Read the text of this audio at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-whatsapp-voice-messages-of-wrath.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/swimming-against-big-tech-tide.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/facebook-instagram-killing-us-softly.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/breaking-up-with-whatsapp-groups-aint.html
WhatsApp #VoiceMessages #SocialMedia #MarkZuckerberg
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Being a dissenter isn't always easy but when one sees discrepancies in the mainstream narrative, one has to ask honest questions. Getting honest answers is another issue altogether.
Read the text at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/death-to-dissenters-its-for-your-own.html.
Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/01/covid-19-anti-vaxxers-immunity-my-chat.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/11/colombias-and-irelands-eastern-troubles.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-collateral-damage.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-fallout-virtue-signalling.html
https://brownstone.org/articles/more-than-150-comparative-studies-and-articles-on-mask-ineffectiveness-and-harms/
https://emilyburns.substack.com/p/no-masks-dont-help-keep-kids-in-school https://brownstone.org/articles/are-the-covid-mrna-vaccines-safe/
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/drunk-almost-to-death-on-culture-wars.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/and-your-date-of-death-is.html
dissenters #Brexit #covid19 #VaccineMandates #woke
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While Villanueva may not exactly be one of Colombia's tourism hotspots, it has a nice vibe to it all the same.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/a-pleasant-villanueva-vibe.html.
Additional reading/listening (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/happy-in-jenesano.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/08/untangling-chaparral.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/03/tocaimas-toxic-teens-fair-weather-police.html
Villaneuva #Casanare #LosLlanos #Colombia #RíoUpía
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Some foreigners who come to Colombia seem to think their "mission" is to save the "impoverished" locals. And some Colombians are quite happy to go along with this.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/colombias-foreign-saviours.html.
Additional reading/listening (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/set-on-singlehood.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/making-ends-meet-in-colombia.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/there-are-twochief-ways-man-can-have.html
https://youtu.be/bAJYSF6iEVg
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/medellins-plaza-putaero.html
Colombia #DatingColombia #SexTourism #WhiteSaviour
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Colombia has elected a leftist president for the first time in its history. Does this mean the country is about to go the socialist route, à la Venezuela?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/conservative-colombia-left-in-cold-for.html.
Additional reading (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/12/christening-conservative-colombia.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/colombia-decides-go-with-gutierrez-or.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/12/petrograd-colombias-new-capital.html
https://www.significados.com/salir-de-guatemala-para-entrar-en-guatepeor/#:~:text=Qu%C3%A9%20es%20Salir%20de%20Guatemala,por%20meterse%20en%20otra%20peor.
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-colombian-compromise.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/04/right-you-are-colombia.html
Image used in the video taken from Facebook*.
GustavoPetro #FranciaMarquéz #Colombia #RodolfoHernández
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The idea that many of Colombia's country folk, campesinos, live a life of poverty or close to it really depends on how one views it.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/making-ends-meet-in-colombia.html.
Below are the hyperlinks and further reading from the original text:
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/hoyo-del-aire-la-paz-santander.html
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/poverty-rate-by-country
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/06/colombia-risk-is-seeing-your-paradise.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-road-again-naturally.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/bogotas-perpetual-corner-bar-barrio.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/09/colombias-independent-work-visa-vale-la.html
campesinos #poverty #Colombia #SubsistenceLiving
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Some people seem to view long-term singletons as being lonely and sad. Not all of us feel the need to have a regular partner, though.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/set-on-singlehood.html.
Hyperlinks from the blog text and additional reading/viewing:
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-prostitute-by-any-other-name.html
https://youtu.be/2Sat2ea8Zls
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/bogotas-perpetual-corner-bar-barrio.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/leaving-behind-bogota-standard.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-barrio-banker.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/09/essential-colombian-expressions-to-help.html
singleton #singlehood #single #relationships #romance
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Most Colombian towns, no matter how small, seem to have a hotel or the like. The quaint Saboyá in Boyacá bucks this trend. It's still worth a visit all the same.
Read the text at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/saboya-boyaca-rare-hotel-less-colombian.html.
Saboyá #Boyacá #Chinquinquirá #Colombia #travel
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Bogotá's authorities like to boast about the city's many cycle lanes.
They may look good on paper but, in reality, many are in very poor condition.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/05/bogotas-biking-blues.html.
Hyperlinks from the original text and further reading:
https://bogota.gov.co/mi-ciudad/movilidad/vamos-construir-mas-de-800-kilometros-en-ciclorutas-alcaldesa
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/05/colombias-aggressive-driver-mentality.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7eX8h_MSeY
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/swimming-against-big-tech-tide.html
biking #cycling #Bogotá #Colombia
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The driving style of many Colombians falls into the 'short-term gain, long-term loss' category.
It could be argued this sums up the country's behaviour in many spheres.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/05/colombias-aggressive-driver-mentality.html.
Associated reading and hyperlinks from the original blog text are:
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/11/colombias-and-irelands-eastern-troubles.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-thuggish-thief-growing-problem-for.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/02/me-myself-and-i.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/11/como-conduzco-er-not-very-well.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/its-service-stupid.html
Colombia #RoadRage #AggressiveDriving #SelfishGene
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Trying to change one's ways, especially when addiction is involved, often requires taking rather drastic measures. For many, religion is the answer.
Wrong Way believes in a somewhat different approach.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/paths-to-cleaner-living.html.
For further related relating and hyperlinks in the original text see:
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/never-ending-solo-searching.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/11/bogotas-cocaine-barrios.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/bogotas-perpetual-corner-bar-barrio.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/strength-in-belief.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/12/replacing-religions-false-comforts.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/waging-sweet-war-for-healths-sake.html
addiction #rehab #CleanLiving #alcohol #beer
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Colombia's upcoming presidential election is set to be a head-to-head between the leftist Gustavo Petro and centrist Federico "Fico" Gutiérrez.
Is the country about to elect its first-ever left-leaning president?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/colombia-decides-go-with-gutierrez-or.html.
The following is a list of further blog articles referred to in the piece:
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/04/right-you-are-colombia.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/12/christening-conservative-colombia.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/02/colombia-vote-ve-blanco-for-real-change.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/11/colombias-and-irelands-eastern-troubles.html
https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/12/petrograd-colombias-new-capital.html
https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2014/01/24/ordonez-petro-et-al-fiddle-while-bogota-continues-to-burn/
Colombia #GustavoPetro #FedericoGutiérrez #ColombiaDecides2022
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Colombia's Boyacá department may not be too well known for its tropical treats, but it does have some pleasing hotspots. The small town of Santa María is one of them.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-balmier-and-wetter-side-to-boyaca.html.
SantaMaría #Boyacá #Colombia #tropics #pueblos #trekking #hillwalking
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Dealing with the pernicious actions of those drunk on the culture wars/cancel culture is proving to be a difficult task for the soberer amongst us. We're not without hope, though.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/drunk-almost-to-death-on-culture-wars.html.
CultureWars #CancelCulture #SocialJusticeWarriors #UnionJack
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Many of us would do well to match the tortoise's tempo rather than the hare's when it comes to work and our lives in general.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/running-frantically-to-more-troubled.html.
WorkLifeBalance #RestAndRecuperation #ToxicTechnology #LessIsMore
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Ireland's Deputy Prime Minister, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, talks to me about his plans to make it easier for Colombians to visit the country, why he has been trying to persuade Latin American leaders to impose sanctions on Russia and how Chile's new radical left president, Gabriel Boric, may, optimistically so, represent a new generation of left-wing leaders in South America.
See also https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/we-can-do-better-on-visas-for.html.
LeoVaradkar #Colombia #Ireland #visas #GabrielBoric #Chile #RadicalLeft #SouthAmerica
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While at times I wish I had native-level Spanish, in most scenarios, what I have suffices. The locals don't appear to listen to what one has to say for the most part in any case.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/feigning-understanding-who-cares-anyway.html.
Spanish #Castellano #ColombianSpanish #Colombia
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The strongman leader still appears to appeal to many, whether one looks East or West. Such types may be easier to read than the "gentler" tyrants.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/in-awe-of-strongman.html.
VladimirPutin #VolodymyrZelenskyy #DonaldTrump #JacindaArdern #JustinTrudeau #TonyBlair #strongman
Image from Wikipedia*.
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Tranquil #Tibaná may not be every traveller's "cup of coffee" but, unnecessary sweetened brews aside, it's got enough going for it to warrant a visit.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/tibana-time.html.
Boyacá #Colombia #travel #hillwalking
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While #VladimirPutin may have lost his mind, so has much of #TheWest, where many concern themselves with trivial issues while major problems go unchecked.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-west-woke-to-its-demise.html.
Russia #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
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As society (slowly) realises we have to learn to live with #covid19 rather than stop living, we must not forget the many acts of madness enforced on us throughout the pandemic.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/lest-we-forget.html.
LestWeForget #HoldingTheCentre #coronavirus
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At this moment in time, a life of #solitude sounds rather bliss, if one could make it sustainable that is.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/never-ending-solo-searching.html.
SoloSearching
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Many people seem to get more enjoyment out of denying others their small dose of fun rather than doing anything exciting themselves. The #coronavirus pandemic has given such types more scope to spread their misery.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/01/a-reinvigorated-fun-police.html.
FunPolice #Catholicism #SocialControl #SocialCreditSystem
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Capital of the province of #Guavio in #Cundinamarca, #Colombia, one could do worse than spend a few nights in #Gachetá when looking for a short escape from Bogotá.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/01/gacheta-if-you-can.html.
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Medical science has made some great advancements in recent history. But #BigPharma and the like aren't always the best solution to our health problems.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/01/addicted-to-prescribed-life.html.
medication #pills #vaccines #PharmaceuticalCompanies
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Noel D. Walsh is in the Joe Finnegan Show hot seat on Shannonside Northern Sound and he chats to me about covid-19, vaccines and plans to return to #Ireland for a long-overdue pint!
The piece was recorded on Wednesday 05 January and broadcast on Friday 07 January 2022.
Visit the Shannonside Northern Sound websites at https://www.shannonside.ie/ and https://www.northernsound.ie/.
covid_19 #VaccineMandates #TCellImmunity #AntiVax
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While having a (good) #routine can be beneficial, one also has to be able to accept change.
And, sometimes, one must look to enforce change, especially when life looks to have become rather staid.
Heck, it worked for Melvin Udall in #AsGoodAsItGets, after all!
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/01/as-bogota-standard-as-it-gets.html.
Bogotá #Colombia #panadería
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The #coronavirus pandemic once again dominated the global agenda in 2021.
The most popular Wrong Way Corrigan posts of the year largely reflect this (or it might be simply down to sharing such posts more frequently on social media!).
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/12/wrong-ways-tops-and-flops-of-2021.html.
Covid_19Vaccine #AntiVax #PeterHitchens #JayBhattacharya #DanielCoronell
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Cúcuta may not feature high on the list of must-see cities in Colombia, but it has its charms.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/12/cosying-up-to-cucuta.html.
NorteDeSantander #TravelColombia #Colombia
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On 03 December 2011, Wrong Way Corrigan — The Blog was created. Ten years later, it's still going, perhaps not quite strong, but going nonetheless. To where exactly, who knows?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/12/ten-up-decade-of-wrong-way-corrigan-blog.html.
WrongWayCorriganBlog #blogging #GoogleBlogger #AdSense
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The pandemic has seen many people leave their old jobs in search of more fulfilling employment, a move that has been termed the #GreatResignation. To what, however, are we resigning ourselves?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-great-resignation.html.
Brexit #RatRace
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Governments and public health bodies across the world seem unwilling to accept that #NaturalImmunity alone can combat #covid19, despite growing evidence of its robustness for many people.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-case-for-non-pharmaceutical-covid.html.
coronavirus
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Perception is reality and right now many Colombians believe — whether this is actually the case or not — that the country is experiencing a rise in violent crime. And some blame this on the arrival of more aggressive thieves from #Venezuela.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/11/the-thuggish-thief-growing-problem-for.html.
Colombia #crime #ViolentCrime #homicides
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Bank of Wrong Way's generous loan terms makes it a popular choice with some folk in one North #Bogotá barrio. It's certainly no #Rothschild Bank.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/the-barrio-banker.html.
BarrioBanking #Colombia
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Like many things in #Colombia, shoes on offer here may have plenty of style but they often lack real substance, as I've found out to my cost and frustration.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/these-boots-arent-made-for-walkin.html.
footwear #PaylessShoes #WestlandBoots #BlackMountain #AdidasChile
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Some might say all towns in #Colombia's #Boyacá department are the same, but Wrong Way's time in #Jenesano and its surrounds was memorable all the same.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/happy-in-jenesano.html.
Ramiriquí #PueblosInColombia #travel
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An irrational fear of contracting covid-19 is seeing people risk their lives in other ways in a bid to avoid the infection.
It makes one wonder how some manage to leave their houses at all.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/09/rocking-in-fear-world.html.
FearMentality #coronavirus #covid_19
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An unexpected, largely unwanted change gives Wrong Way the chance to overcome a long-standing #Bogotá addiction. But will the departure of his main dealer lead to a reduction in consumption?
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/09/cry-me-perico-adios-to-bogota-addiction.html.
perico #MogollasChicharrónas #PanaderíaVicky #coffee
Here's the link to the BBC article referenced in the audio https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20180126-the-100-most-nutritious-foods*.
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Some helpful, what may be viewed as working-class Colombian words and sayings that will have you sounding like a local — well, almost. Just lose the accent, gringo marica.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/09/essential-colombian-expressions-to-help.html.
For the Colombian gestures article mentioned in the audio, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-than-words-colombias-useful-to.html.
Colombia #ColombianSpanish #Bogotá #PégueloÑero #PaLasQueSea
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First, it was coronavirus-containment measures that divided us. Now it's the idea of compulsory covid-19 vaccines.
All this pandemic division brings to mind #Raskolnikov's dream in Fyodor Dostoevsky's classic novel, Crime and Punishment.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/09/the-vaccine-vexers.html.
CrimeAndPunishment #FyodorDostoevsky #VaccinePassports #NaturalImmunity #covid_19
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At a time when we could do with more of our leaders being true to themselves, what we seem to be getting is the complete opposite.
Rather than conviction, we're getting vacillation.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/warning-being-true-to-yourself-causes.html.
Image and #FatherTed audio clip taken from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZl_fwuLJpc*.
BeYourself #TrueToYourself #philosophy
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Whether it's letting the guard down or being foolhardy, our writer has experienced plenty of unfortunate events in #Bogotá.
Here we go through some of the more standout incidents.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-series-of-unfortunate-events-when.html.
*Regarding the images used, on top are the indestructible colectivo buses, bottom left is the Transmilenio's Portal Norte station and bottom right are the infamous papaya fruit for sale (don't just give them away!).
BogotáCrime #Colombia #DarPapaya
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A hedonistic paradise of sorts in its day, The Corner Bar, #Ballaghaderreen is no longer with us. For better or for worse, however, there's a similar vibe to be found today in the far north of #Bogotá.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/bogotas-perpetual-corner-bar-barrio.html.
Santandercito #CelticIreland #bolirana #Colombia
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Despite it often being ire-inducing, getting the call for #extras work can, at times, be too tempting to resist.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/enticing-extras-siren-call-of-our-times.html.
TVExtras #LaReinaDelSur #Colombia #Bogotá
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While many have complained about a loss of freedoms of late, the reality is we've never really been truly free. What we're experiencing now is a comedown from peak (relative) freedom.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/our-freedom-isnt-being-taken-away-we.html.
PeakFreedom #FreeWorld #ClimateChange #GreenNewDeal #GreatReset
Graph in the thumbnail is from https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/9/26/16356524/the-population-question*.
The link to Phantom freedom mentioned at the start of the audio is https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/02/phantom-freedom.html**.
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Would you opt to know the date of your death if you had the choice? It would come at a price, however.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/and-your-date-of-death-is.html.
RickyGervais #JordanPeterson #DeathDate #DateOfDeath #Death
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Proof of a #YellowFever #vaccine to enter certain countries is being used as justification for a similar scheme for #covid_19. Wrong Way has issues with this comparison.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/ok-covids-not-flu-but-its-not-yellow.html.
coronavirus #flu #LiamFox
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For some people in certain walks of life, leaving a #WhatsApp group is an emotional moment. Wrong Way, however, can easily live without such groups.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/breaking-up-with-whatsapp-groups-aint.html.
WhatsAppGroups #Groupthink #FrankieBoyle
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Despite decision-makers telling us that we have to learn to live with covid-19, the cautious approach to a full reopening dominates in many places, both publicly and privately.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/scaling-down-survival-mode.html.
SurvivalMode #Reopening #Covid19 #coronavirus #education
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Those looking forward to a 21st-century roaring twenties should dampen down their expectations. While a new age may be dawning, it doesn't look that bright at all.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/hold-tight-worst-is-yet-to-come.html.
RoaringTwenties #NewNormal #NewDawn
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How would the ubiquitous #KeyboardWarriors handle themselves in the real world? Not very well, we wager.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/calling-out-keyboard-warriors.html.
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SocialMedia #trolls #PenIsMightierThanTheSword
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Life in #BarrioSantandercito in the north of #Bogotá is seldom dull. Wrong Way's biggest issue is, as always, the lodgings — the location is fine, for now.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/06/santandercito-keeping-satiated-dullness.html.
Colombia #BarrioLiving #JordanBPeterson #FyodorDostoevsky
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The Colombian ability to find a workable-of-sorts solution when facing significant challenges is being put to the test during these current protests.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-colombian-compromise.html.
Colombia #ColombiaPolitics #ParoNacional #FrenteNacional
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While being stuck in #Bogotá for over 15 months might seem like torture, there are some more relaxed parts of the city to help keep one sane.
To read the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-quieter-side-to-bogota.html.
ElCodito #Colombia #travel #CityLife
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Colombia's under-pressure President Iván Duque could put his unpopularity to the only test that matters by calling an election — if the country had a parliamentary system in place that is.
As things stand, the Colombian electorate won't get to have its say on Duque's presidency until 2022 — and he won't even be on the ballot paper as incumbents are once again prohibited to run for a second term.
That being so, it remains to be seen how much reform he and his administration are willing to contemplate as the country continues to experience disruptive protests.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/colombia-system-failure.html.
ParoNacional #IvánDuque #CentroDemocrático #SocialWelfare #WelfareState
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As violent protests continue in Colombia, meaningfully quelling the unrest is a major challenge for all involved. There is no quick-fix solution.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/colombia-between-rock-and-hard-place.html.
For the podcast interview with Leopoldo Fergusson mentioned in the audio, visit https://anchor.fm/brendan-corrigan/episodes/Leopoldo-Fergusson-Colombias-tax-code-does-nothing-to-level-wealth-distribution-edekfd*.
For background on the killing Javier Ordóñez mentioned in the audio, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/09/will-javier-ordonezs-death-mark-turning.html**.
ParoNacional #ParoNacionalIndefinido #SOSColombia
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Due to the scarcity of #vaccines & the ethical need to inoculate, globally speaking, those more vulnerable to severe covid-19 infection, insisting on compulsory vaccine passports for travel and other activities is simply not fair.
Read the text of this blog story in full at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-case-against-covid-vaccine-passports.html.
covid19 #VaccinePassports #immunity #coronavirus #travel
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Being a dog in Colombia tends to mean you can live a completely unrestricted life, unlike many of the Homo sapiens who call the country home.
Of course, it's stretching it to expect dogs to be responsible for their actions. The humans who own them, however, well let's just say they leave a lot to be desired.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/a-dogs-life-in-colombia.html.
*The image in the video shows the scene of the "attack". There is a dog in the photo, but not the one that lashed out. Can you spot it?!
DogsLife #Colombia #Bogotá #dogs #AgressiveDogs
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Perhaps it's a sign that I've entered the final stage before complete madness, but here's the audio version of a poem — if the three short verses can be classed as such — I've penned expressing my feelings on the coronavirus pandemic.
You can read the text of the poem at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/along-came-virus.html.
coronavirus #covid_19 #pandemic #poetry #poems #virus
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A recent return to work of a more physical nature put a bit of a pep in Wrong Way's step. It certainly helped break the pandemic monotony in any case.
To read the text of this blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/hardening-hands-and-strengthening-mind.html.
PhysicalLabour #trasteos #HouseMoving #exercise #WorkingOut #gyms #SoftHands #HardHands #Colombia #Ireland
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While technology's taking over of practically every aspect of our lives is a positive development for some, I certainly don't fully embrace it.
Read the text of this blog post at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/04/swimming-against-big-tech-tide.html.
BigTech #technology #QRCodes #apps
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Trying to eke out a living as an independent worker is not to everybody's taste and it comes at a price. It might be just worth it all the same.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-price-of-independence.html.
To check out our new podcast, #GetInglés, go to https://caracol.com.co/radio/2021/03/25/podcast/1616671797_630619.html.
independence #IndependentLiving #AlicesAdventuresInWonderland
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A state that controls practically every aspect of our lives is resulting in some people never really having to grow up. They know all their rights but very few of their responsibilities.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/growing-up-and-taking-responsibility.html.
BigNannyState #NannyState #PeterHitchens #responsibility #GrownUp #Colombia
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The #sexualisation of society has ramped up considerably in the social media age. There is a pressing need to tone this down.
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/dealing-with-sexed-up-society.html.
femicides #WomensRights #SexualAbuse
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My connection with #Bogotá's #BarrioSantandercito has never felt closer yet, so it could be argued, at times it's too close for comfort.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/home-is-where-barrio-is.html.
Colombia #LivingAbroad #GoingNative
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Colombia's Vice Minister for Tourism, Julián Guerrero Orozco, discusses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on tourism in the country and the various government measures introduced to help the sector.
Highlighting the supports already in place, the Vice Minister states that 'there has to be a limit at some point because it cannot go on endlessly ... I would dare say that probably no other economic sector in Colombia has received more benefits than the tourism sector.'
In relation to international visitors, he says that while numbers will most likely remain low for the coming months, foreign tourists are still a high priority, with digital nomads being a potentially important group to attract to Colombia.
Outside of the pandemic, Mr Guerrero acknowledges the 'huge problem' of prostitution and sex tourism, particularly underage sex workers in the centre of the country's second city, Medellín. Describing it as 'a cancer', he says that his department and other state and regional authorities 'are trying our best to combat this crime.' (For some background to Medellín's prostitution problem, read https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/medellins-plaza-putaero.html).
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Renowned Colombian journalist Daniel Coronell joins us for a discussion ranging from the Hispanic influence in US politics and an "exclusive" revelation of his love affair with President Iván Duque's sister to the need for a strong centrist candidate to emerge ahead of next year's presidential election in Colombia and his controversial leaving of Semana magazine.
Before delving into Colombian politics, Coronell gives us his reaction to Joe Biden's winning of the White House and why it's wrong to view Latino voters in the US as a homogeneous block.
As for matters in his homeland, the Miami-based Bogotano is less than impressed with President Iván Duque's performance and reveals, somewhat embarrassingly considering his political outlook, that he once dated Duque's sister.
Looking ahead to Colombia's 2022 presidential election, Coronell explains why he hopes it doesn't become a left-right shoot-out as it did in 2018. If it does, he fears that what he calls former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez's 'puppet candidate' will win again.
With that in mind, he stresses the importance of an appealing centrist candidate — not Sergio Farjado, by the way — to emerge in the coming months.
Finally, he talks about his departure from Semana in April 2020 after 15 years as a columnist with the publication and he finishes up with some sound advice for budding journalists.
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Co-author of the controversial Great Barrington Declaration, Dr Jay Bhattacharya, tells us why he still thinks focused protection is the wisest coronavirus-containment strategy and that eradicating covid-19 should not be the primary focus.
The Stanford University professor of medicine explains how we have to prepare to live with the virus for a period of time in what he describes will be a 'half-and-half world' between those vaccinated and those still waiting for their jab.
As director of Stanford's Center for the Demography and Economics of Health and Aging, he tells us that covid was a 'stress test' for how we deal with our ever-growing elderly population and that we have failed this test badly.
Speaking about the man who many in the USA regard as a hero in this pandemic, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and now also President Biden's Chief Medical Advisor, Dr Anthony Fauci, Dr Bhattacharya claims Fauci's neglect of other public health issues has been an 'abdication of responsibility'.
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As the covid-19 vaccine rollout ramps up (unevenly) across the world, here I explain why I won't be in a panic to get jabbed.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/02/why-i-wont-be-rushing-to-get-covid.html.
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It doesn't seem like the Colombian party formerly known as Farc has put a great deal of thought into its new name. Here's our take on it.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/comunes-old-farc-wanna-live-like-common.html.
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In a world full of challenges and risks, we must try to ensure the least harm for the greatest number. We're not faring that well at it, though.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/negative-utilitarianism-in-coronavirus.html.
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Those hoping that the forces that brought Donald Trump to the US presidency will disappear under a Biden administration are not in tune with reality.
Read the text of this audio at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/trumpism-why-it-wont-go-gentle-into.html.
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A supposed 'Great Reset' has occupied many people's thoughts of late. Here are some exact details of what such a measure might actually entail.
Exciting times lie in store!
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-great-reset.html.
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We all know the saying, 'If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.' Sometimes, alas, we can be convinced otherwise.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/wheres-archie-curious-case-of-bogotas.html.
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'The whole of the formerly Christian world is now living in the afterglow of Christianity but it doesn't last forever and what follows it will be, to me, quite alarming.'
This is one of a number of concerns for the future of humanity the outspoken author and journalist Peter Hitchens shares with us.
In a wide-ranging discussion, he also tells us how his rejoining of the Anglican Church was the perfect antidote to his years as a revolutionary socialist.
As regards the imposition of lockdowns to control the spread of coronavirus, he says the evidence simply isn't there that they actually work. What's more, he argues that the costs of such measures are enormous across a whole range of areas.
In relation to the illegal drug trade, he says the issue has to be tackled in the consumer countries but very few developed nations are properly doing this.
Finally, he tells us that Venezuela's current problems are best solved by Venezuelans themselves.
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After a difficult 2020 for many, lots of people are looking to the positives for the year ahead. We can't be too optimistic, though.
To read the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/2021-reasons-to-be-fearful.html.
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Timing is everything and Bogotá Mayor Claudia López's decision to go on holiday to Costa Rica as a strict lockdown returns to parts of her city is misjudged, to say the least.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/bogotas-fraudia-lopez.html.
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Colombians' tendency to be conservative when it comes to naming their offspring could be seen as a representation of the country's all-round conservatism.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/12/christening-conservative-colombia.html.
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Considering the bloody damage the cocaine trade inflicts on Colombia, many locals are loath to talk positively about the plant from which the drug is derived, coca.
However, that might be slowly changing as people learn more about the reputed health benefits of the leaf.
Journalist and writer Ocean Malandra is very much in the coca-as-super-food camp and he joins us to explain why he believes it doesn't deserve its negative image.
We also hear how there's a simple explanation behind Ocean's rather uncommon first name!
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Wrong Way's Loser and Winner of the Year 2020 are revealed. Exciting times ...
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Rather than congratulating themselves for their coronavirus containment efforts, many of our leaders should be in the dock for crimes against humanity.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/12/western-leaders-crimes-against-humanity.html and http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/12/02/western-leaders-crimes-against-humanity/.
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The arrival of low-cost carrier Viva Colombia, now Viva Air, to South America has played a major role in changing the aviation sector in the region.
In this episode, we speak to Rupert Stebbings, author of The Viva Effect, a new book detailing how the airline's original founders overcame many obstacles to finally get their project, um, off the ground (sorry!).
Once in the air, we learn how it was far from an easy ride to keep Viva flying high but — the pandemic notwithstanding — the company now seems to be cruising, with the doyen of low-cost carriers, Ireland's Declan Ryan (see https://anchor.fm/brendan-corrigan/episodes/Declan-Ryan-Viva-Air-is-in-a-good-position--unlike-Avianca-ednc73), playing a major role in that.
Thanks to Viva Air, we have a free flight to give away. As you'll hear, the competition is open for 48 hours from the uploading of this episode and is available to Colombian-based listeners only. In a Facebook post, simply write your answer to the question Brendan asks in the podcast, tag @wrongwaycorriganblog* and include a link to this podcast episode/YouTube video. A winner from all the correct answers will be picked at random when the competition closes. Good luck!
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While Colombia is well down the global list of cocaine consumption per capita, the drug does seem particularly popular for certain groups in the capital Bogotá.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/11/bogotas-cocaine-barrios.html or http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/11/25/bogotas-cocaine-barrios/.
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Should one choose work over the location or the location over the work?
Read the text of this audio at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/11/broadening-horizons-both-mentally-and.html or https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/.
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On a recent holiday to Cartagena, Cali-based Irishman Kevin McCaffrey fell victim to a scopolamine attack (for some background on that drug, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/12/a-criminals-perfect-drug.html)
The incident left him almost 60 million pesos (around 13,900 euros) less well off as his bank account was practically wiped clean.
Here he tells us about his ordeal, including how both his bank and the police have been anything but helpful.
Despite that, he's putting a positive spin on it. Borrowing from Trainspotting, he's choosing life! (This will make sense when you listen to the podcast!)
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While some microorganisms on our speaker's skin are beneficial, this particular one appears to be doing more harm than good. It might be about to disappear, though.
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Some people make a habit out of crying. It's not, however, to my taste.
Read the text of this audio at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/11/cry-me-river-eh-no-thanks.html or https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/.
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Whatever about commercial entities 'selling us' Christmas months in advance, I find it best to wait until at least December to get in the festive spirit. Many Colombian households clearly don't agree.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/christmas-one-thing-that-arrives-early.html or https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/10/28/christmas-the-one-thing-that-arrives-early-in-colombia/.
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Journalist and writer Giovanni Figueroa joins us to talk about his new book, La Casa de Agua, a coming-of-age novel set in a 1960s Boyacá town which touches on domestic violence, sexism and the role of the Catholic church in Colombian life.
He also tells us about the 'life-changing' time he spent in Ireland and his mandatory military service in Colombia, a central theme of the novel he is currently writing.
Watch the YouTube version of this interview at https://youtu.be/uM5OZEk1l1U.
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Wrong Way's "love" for Colombia, while not unconditional, has been obvious these last few years. Colombian officialdom is now severely testing the "relationship".
Read the text of the blog entry at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/colombias-tough-love.html or https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/10/21/colombias-tough-love/.
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Migración Colombia appears to be struggling to deal with a backlog of cases after resuming services that had been suspended due to the pandemic. Extending the grace period seems like the best option, but will the government agency go that route?
Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/colombias-migracion-mess.html.
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While most Colombian media have focused on the high-profile case of influencer Dominic Wolf failing to get residency (see https://youtu.be/AxIikBVyZKA), many foreigners are in similar situations, minus the public outcry. Here visa consultant Camilo Trujillo explains the options available to those who find themselves between visas, have had residency deemed inadmissible or are looking to extend their temporary tourism pass. And while it might all seem chaotic right now, for those from the outside looking in thinking about visiting Colombia, the country is open to tourism, as long as you follow certain biosecurity protocols.
For the YouTube version of this interview visit https://youtu.be/pldl7Xe11cg.
*If you have further queries in relation to the topics discussed in this podcast, you can contact Camilo at trujilloar.camilo@gmail.com.
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The customer service of rent-a-car company Localiza Colombia left a lot to be desired for one recent client.
Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/caveat-emptor-with-localiza.html.
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Having failed in his bid for residency, influencer Dominic Wolf is now taking on Colombia's La Cancillería, the country's Foreign Affairs office. With the apparent backing of the masses, he'll probably win.
Read the text of this audio blog here https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/beware-of-dominic-wolf-warrior.html.
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Adventure travel operator and ray of positivity, Laura Vega, joins us to tell us how she's been getting through the pandemic as her business, like practically all others in the industry, remains on hold indefinitely.
True to her character, we learn how Laura's been anything but inactive. The only real difference now in these coronavirus times is that her active lifestyle is taking place indoors more so than outdoors.
For the video version of this podcast, go to https://youtu.be/C-SQ7-9w0lI.
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The ability to say 'no' when needs be is very useful. Alas, not everybody can actually say it, especially in Colombia.
To read the text of this audio blog, visit https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/09/30/no-and-behold/.
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Getting an independent work visa in Colombia used to be a rather straightforward affair. It's not quite as simple these days. Wrong Way does his best to point out the pitfalls so other applicants can avoid them.
Read the text of this audio blog at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/09/23/colombias-independent-work-visa-vale-la-pena/.
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When we're too focused on the short term, what might seem like helpful practices today could actually be doing more harm than good.
Read the text of this audio blog at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/09/15/helpful-today-harmful-tomorrow/.
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Javier Ordóñez's death due to police brutality in Bogotá has sparked widespread protests in the Colombian capital. Is what many consider as long-overdue and much-needed police reform now on the cards? One wouldn't want to put much faith into that happening, however.
Click on the following link to read the text of this audio blog: https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/09/will-javier-ordonezs-death-mark-turning.html.
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Just a few months ago it seemed highly unlikely that Donald Trump could win re-election. Now the momentum appears behind his campaign. Here's our take on it.
The text of this audio blog is available at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/.
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Café Plus owner Simon Ford joins us to tell us what makes his brand different to the rest.
One of those differences is the company's commitment to give 50 per cent of its profits to community projects for vulnerable people in Colombia and elsewhere.
Another hat Simon wears is that of UK Honorary Consul for Cali. Through that role, he has met with some of those most affected by Colombia's conflict. Here he shares with us their concerns, issues which the work of Café Plus aims to address.
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Do religious believers find it easier to end their own lives compared to atheists? In some ways, you would think so ...
Read the text of this blog story at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/09/02/god-may-be-dead-but-i-want-to-live-for-now/.
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There's a risk that some of the biosecurity protocols currently in place to control the spread of coronavirus will be here to stay. So are we sanitising ourselves to death? Read the text of this blog story at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/08/26/sanitising-to-death-our-future-generations/.
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As it is for many businesses in the tourism and hospitality sector, the coronavirus pandemic has put an end — if only temporarily — to Laura Márquez Botero's travel company.
However, rather than sit tight and wait for the restrictions to pass, Laura used her first-hand experience of Japanese culture to exploit a gap in the Bogotá market.
Here she talks about her new start-up aimed at brightening up the homes of the capital's residents.
A true entrepreneur, she also tells us about her other ventures and her passion for travel — she has visited over 70 countries — that led her to set up Travel Round.
Find Laura's businesses on Instagram @okaeri.co and @inkitpapel*.
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Colombians have plenty of reasons to be annoyed at the country's state of affairs. However, they don't seem too bothered to do anything about it. Read the text of this blog story at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/08/19/carry-on-regardless-colombia/.
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It's fair to assume that for women from developed countries, Colombia wouldn't be top of the list as regards places they'd choose when having their first child.
However, for California native Melissa Fábregas, Bogotá is where her newborn Millie entered the world.
Here she shares her experiences of pregnancy and giving birth in a foreign country, one in which she has no family ties, imparting some helpful advice to those facing a similar situation.
Not quite a spoiler alert, but be sure to pick a doctor you can trust and hope he/she is around when you're actually giving birth!
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Has today's cyberwar shown us the limits of liberal, open societies and given authoritarian regimes a shot in the arm?
Read the text of this blog story at http://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2020/08/11/its-war-alright-but-not-as-we-know-it/.
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Through his volunteer work at Casa Taller, a community project in the impoverished San Luis area of Bogotá, the late Sam Ling Gibson helped to improve the lives of dozens of vulnerable children.
Here, one of his good friends, Harry Tittensor, talks about the indelible mark Sam has left on that part of the city, his incredible devotion towards the project and the steps being taken to ensure his legacy lives on.
For those interested in finding out more about the Sam Ling Gibson Trust and the various ways to help, visit samlinggibsontrust.org.
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In normal times, applying for or renewing a Colombian visa can be a bit of a headache.
In these coronavirus pandemic days, it's potentially even more tedious as the relevant offices are closed, meaning no in-person applications can take place — it's online only.
Joining us to clear up a few common queries is independent visa consultant, Camilo Trujillo. He also gives us a general overview of the types of visa available and the documents required.
If you have any further questions that this podcast didn't answer, feel free to contact Camilo at ctrujillo@pygbox.com.
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Historian, author and political activist Daniel Raisbeck joins us to chat about Colombian independence, why the state needs to do more to recognise individual property rights, how its current policies create oligopolies and monopolies and why he still has faith in free-market capitalism.
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Get Up and Go Colombia is an NGO that promotes tourism in some of the regions that have been most affected by the country's armed conflict.
Its co-founder Luisa Romero joins us to chat about the organisation's various projects, how it has adapted to the challenges posed by coronavirus and her concerns that the ongoing crisis may undo some of the progress made in remote areas in recent years.
She also tells us about her experience meeting the Dalai Lama last year and how she had to practically re-learn her English while doing a master's degree in Northern Ireland! How about ya?!
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Renowned historian and author Professor Niall Ferguson joins us to talk about the 'dithering' approach of some countries in tackling coronavirus, Colombia's limitations in implementing an effective response and why there's no real reason the country couldn't make much better use of contact tracing and testing in the future.
In a wide-ranging interview, he highlights the importance of Colombia ensuring that its range of political options is kept narrow as it deals with the severe economic fallout from the pandemic crisis in the months and years ahead.
He also gives his thoughts on the prospect of military intervention in Venezuela, the problems with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and 'cancel culture', counterfactual history in relation to the colonisation of Latin America by the Spanish and why the Irish are to blame for the mispronunciation of his first name. 49 minutes of your time well spent!
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As Colombia tentatively eases coronavirus-imposed restrictions, Medellín-based hostel owner Spyros Mitrakos hits out at what he sees as the government's failure to help small businesses such as his to survive.
He also questions the wisdom behind prolonged lockdown measures that he believes are putting the lives of millions in jeopardy in order to save a relatively small number of people.
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Bogotá-based football journalist Carl Worswick chats to us about the prospects of a return to Colombian league games in the coming months, the unlikelihood of South American World Cup qualifiers this year and the many problems facing the women's game in Colombia.
He also gives us the background to the "Bogotá bracelet" incident involving England World Cup-winning captain Bobby Moore, an unsolved mystery he wrote about for The Guardian recently.
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Sebastian Hofman Laursen, CEO of secretos.com.co, a Colombian-based retailer of adult products, joins us to chat about what he describes as a growing sector in the country.
Outside of selling sex toys, secretos.com.co also aims to educate the wider Colombian population about sex, including a rather ignorant Wrong Way in this episode!
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A recent Financial Times ranking saw Bogotá lead the way amongst Latin American cities in terms of fast-growing companies.
In this episode, Executive Director of Connect Bogotá, Diana Gaviria, tells us why the Colombian capital is now seen as one of the region's leading lights when it comes to doing business.
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From observing Ramadan in Colombia during the coronavirus lockdown to dealing with the country's 'mild racism' towards non-Caucasians and being diagnosed with depression, Second Secretary at the Indonesian Embassy in Bogotá, Adilah Ciannas, has had quite an experience here.
As her three-year mission draws to a close, she tells us about the highs and lows of her bittersweet time in Colombia.
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Viva Air Executive Chairman, Declan Ryan, gives us his considered thoughts on what the aviation industry might look like post coronavirus.
Considering the many problems at Avianca and the relatively healthy position of Viva Air, he tells us his airline could add to its route network in the region.
For our previous interview with Declan on our brother podcast, The Colombia Cast, check out Viva Air, ¿la revolución? On Avianca pre the coronavirus crisis, listen to our interview with its CEO, Anko van der Werff*.
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These — wait for it — unprecedented times call for unprecedented measures, so here it is, a podcast version of Bogotá's favourite trivia night, IQuiz "The Bogotá Pub Quiz". It's purely for fun, but why not add a competitive nature to it by playing with family members and/or friends, be it virtually or in-person, depending on the coronavirus restrictions where you are. Let us know how you get on and please feel free to give feedback. Enjoy!
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Associate Professor of Economics at Bogotá's Los Andes University, Leopoldo Fergusson, joins us to talk about the many issues that make Colombia such an unequal country.
He also as provides us with some potential solutions, if the political and societal will exists to implement them that is.
And while Leopoldo is very much Colombian, he tells us about the story behind his Scottish surname.
For a related episode, check out our interview with Leopoldo's mentor and co-author of the influential Why Nations Fail, James Robinson, here*.
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Of all the industries suffering from the coronavirus crisis, the hospitality sector is, in particular, under strain.
Here, Andy Farrington, owner of one of Bogotá's most popular hostels, Cranky Croc, gives us an insight into the challenges his business is facing and the measures he's taking in a bid to stay afloat.
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Douglas Lyon is co-founder of Todo Somos, an NGO set up to record first-hand accounts of Venezuelan refugees entering Colombia.
He joins us from the border city of Cúcuta to tell us how the organisation came into being and how it works. He also gives us an insight into the current problems for thousands of Venezuelans as the world focuses on tackling the coronavirus crisis.
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London-born actress and singer-songwriter, Kate Nash, joins us to talk about her love for Colombian vegan food, especially its cheese and patacones.
She also tells us why she really liked the vibe in Bogotá as well as giving us her thoughts on the vain way many people use social media, what she describes as a 'content-shitting contest'.
Kate's new single, Bad Lieutenant*, is out now. She plays the part of Rhonda "Britannica" Richardson in the acclaimed Netflix series GLOW.
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During these unprecedented times, Wrong Way's Colombia Cast has an unprecedented interview. We hear from coronavirus, Covid-19 itself, getting its side of the story as it continues to wreak havoc on humans across the globe. (Please note, content may not be for those easily offended.)
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Des McAleenan's career as a football goalkeeping coach has taken him all over the world, working with some of the most respected names in the game.
His current role with the Colombian men's team under Carlos Queiroz is perhaps his most glamorous to date — "every day is exciting and stimulating" he says — yet he's had quite the journey getting there.
Here he tells us how it was returning to the game's simpler pleasures that helped him overcome what he describes as a "horrific bout of depression".
As for the year ahead, while Colombia's co-hosting of this year's Copa America means the team will be looking to win it, Des tells us the priority is World Cup qualification.
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