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The Curated Commute — An Alpine Murder Mystery

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcasts or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route… * * * It’s been a while since I’ve shared a great podcast here, and I couldn’t wait…

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The Curated Commute — Inside the Hermit Kingdom

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcasts or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route…  *** Get a glimpse into what it’s like to spend about 100 days a year in North Korea as…

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The Curated Commute — A Young Doctor Called to Calcutta

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcast episodes or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route…  *** Today’s podcast features a young doctor who receives a surprising phone call on what seemed to…

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The Curated Commute — Oh, They’re So Cute! Americans in China

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcasts or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route…  *** Today’s featured podcast comes from This American Life. In three parts, Ira Glass and crew follow the…

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The Curated Commute — The Birth of a “San Francisco Treat”

Learn a little about the birth of an iconic American product in 1940s San Francisco… If you suspected from the title that the San Francisco treat was rice-a-roni, well then you’d be right. Today’s featured podcast is a little shorter than normal, but still a lot of fun. It’s from NPR Morning Edition’s series called…

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The Curated Commute – Breaking News from Easter Island

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcasts or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route…  *** You might be surprised to hear that new things are being discovered (and theorized) about the moai…

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The Curated Commute — South Africa After Mandela

The Curated Commute is a series where I pick interesting podcasts or other audio treats to accompany you on your commute. Hopefully they’ll entertain you and maybe even help you learn a little something while you’re en route…  *** Today’s featured podcast is a conversation with Douglas Foster, author of the new book After Mandela: The Struggle…

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