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Generacion Y: Excellent blog from Havana, by journalist Yoani Sánchez.
Asia Correspondent: News from Bangkok and beyond, by foreign correspondent Richard Ehrlich.
Prague Culture: Weekly guide to what's happening in Prague, from journalist Frank Kuznik.
TSF JAZZ: Best radio station in Paris, hands down.
Marc Maron's WTF: My pal Marc Maron's hilarious and smart podcast, updated way too often.
The Rumpus: Who you going to believe: Google or your lying eyes?
Journalism Archive
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Flight of the Monarch
Posted on September 22, 2009 | No CommentsIt’s one of Mother Nature’s most beautiful and inspiring mysteries: the migration of the monarch butterfly from North America to the Michoacán forest in central Mexico and back. It’s been happening for thousands of years, and it will, no doubt, continue for thousands more. But […] -
Fair-Weather Friend
Posted on July 24, 2009 | No CommentsDown inside a yacht anchored off an island in the Caribbean, skipper Jason White shows off a state-of-the-art computerized control center. He points out a marine single sideband (SSB) radio, somewhat of a sailing-instrument anachronism amid modern technology like satellite phones and weather faxes. And […] -
Combat Rock!
Posted on May 29, 2009 | No CommentsThese days, martial music also means Marshall stacks. That’s right, soldiers rock—officially. In fact, every branch of the armed services maintains “show bands” as part of their music divisions. Not only are these groups of sailors and soldiers battle-trained, they also know how to plug […] -
C.F. Martin Guitars
Posted on April 10, 2009 | 5 CommentsA history of the world’s most famous acoustic guitar, including an interview with company president Chris Martin IV, and a visit to the factory in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. -
Dengue Fever and Cambodian Rocks
Posted on April 8, 2009 | 1 CommentThe amazing true story of how a tourist bumming around Cambodia in the mid-1990s, inadvertently launched the careers of many musicians, including the Cambodian/American hybrid Dengue Fever. -
Whole in One
Posted on July 4, 2008 | No CommentsPlaying nine holes of golf with the mystival Shivas Irons Society, who spice up the game with meditation, classical music, and alternative methods of keeping score. Originally published in San Francisco magazine -
Ireland’s Most Eccentric Castle
Posted on December 27, 2007 | No CommentsWinston Churchill’s baby clothes. A 10-foot-tall toilet. UFO abductions. They’re all part of Ireland’s most eccentric castle. -
Visiting a Glacier — Before They’re All Gone
Posted on December 27, 2007 | No CommentsThe Melting Point Whether or not you believe in global warming, the fact remains that a vast majority of the world’s glaciers are shrinking. -
Live From Abbey Road
Posted on June 6, 2007 | No CommentsAn exclusive inside look at London’s legendary Abbey Road, recording studio for Sir Edward Elgar, Glenn Miller, Beyond the Fringe, Pink Floyd, and some group called The Beatles. The music television show, Live From Abbey Road, was taped at the studio and premiered June 2007 […] -
American Jazz in Paris
Posted on February 6, 2007 | No CommentsAmerica may be the birthplace of jazz — and of such legends as Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, and Louis Armstrong — but it’s the Parisian radio station TSF that’s keeping the passion for it alive.