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Remembering The Journey from Europe
With only 48 hours remaining before I take my first ever trip to South East Asia, I have a recommendation for all of you. My dear friend and podcasting colleague Richard was travelling around Equador, Peru and Colombia during most of this month. During that journey he visited family who had been displaced, like so... »
bmtv76 Forgotten Portuguese WWII Hero
Aristides de Sousa Mendes ignored the orders of the facist Portuguese government during WWII, by helping people escape to Portugal. A diplomat in Bordeaux, he gave visas to thousands of Jewish and nonJewish refugees trying to escape the Nazi occupation. When it was discovered, he was fired, disgraced, and died poor dishonored... »
Drowning Torture
Waterboarding is one of those words that is pushed on the public in order to distract or mislead people from thinking about the actual crime it involves. On the latest edition of On The Media, they did a fantastic job of exploring the manipulation of this word and what it means. At one point,... »