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- 513: In Colombia, things are seldom just black or white and one can never take anything for granted, except for the unexpected"Get the most from your time in Colombia by adjusting your expectations with regard to what you probably take for granted: Punctuality [never], Predictability [rarely], Promiscuity [frequently], … Read more
- 512: There is no such thing as SpanishJournalist Emily Hart sat with Frank Wynne, tracing his incredible career from the start of his linguistic journey (a breakup and a bookshop in Paris) to his award-winning translation of writers acros … Read more
- 511: Adventures on the Pacific Coast with Linsey RankinImagine starting your first business venture from a huge wooden treehouse, nestled on a wild island off the coast of the Colombian Pacific. Linsey Rankin left Australia to travel, arrived in Colombia … Read more
- 510: Cryptolombia? Digital currencies in Colombia and Latin AmericaThis week, Emily Hart is setting out into the Wild West of cryptocurrencies here in Colombia and beyond. Is cryptocurrency the future of finance in Latin America? Is it safe? Is it just another way fo … Read more
- 509: Colombia: A Wound that Never HealsOn this week's Colombia Calling podcast we speak to Sara Tufano, the author of "Colombia: unaherida que no cierra," (Planeta, 2023) and a former member of the Clandestine Colombian Comm … Read more
- 508: My Neighbourhood, My Dream – boxing and women’s empowerment in the barrios of MedellínThis week, Emily Hart speaks to Andrea González Duarte about Mi Barrio, Mi Sueño – the women’s empowerment project she founded in La Honda, a neighbourhood in the hills of Medellín. Andrea was born he … Read more
- 507: Explaining Nearshoring in Medellin, ColombiaOn this week's Colombia Calling podcast, Ohio native and now resident of Medellin, Zach Meese, joins us to discuss Nearshoring in his adopted homeland. Now, I am pretty unfamiliar with Nearshorin … Read more
- 506: The Amazon Blackwater ExpeditionAdventurer Daniel Eggington is back! After completing the crossing of the Darien jungle along the Pacific side from Colombia to Panama in 2022, Eggington has decided to return to Colombia to embark on … Read more
- 505: Photographing the Arahuacas of the Sierra NevadaOn this week's Colombia Calling podcast we hear about British photographer Natasha Johl's work in photographing the Arahuacas in Colombia's Sierra Nevada. Descendents of the Tairona, an … Read more
- 504: Colombia's violence from two perspectivesPaula Delgado-Kling takes us to her homeland, Colombia, where she finds answers to the country’s drug wars by examining the life of Leonor, a former child soldier in the FARC, a rural guerrilla group. … Read more
