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Podcast Review: Dead End
Presented by Nancy Solomon of NJ Public radio Available on NPR Apple Podcasts Spotify Audacy Podbay Dead End is one of the most popular podcasts of 2022, lucidly narrated by Nancy Solomon. Solomon, a reporter for NJ Public radio transforms herself from investigative reporter to investigator on grisly deaths of a New Jersey power couple Read more
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Podcast Review: Ultra
Ultra is an 8 episode breathtaking podcast from MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, that tells a long forgotten dark chapter in US History. The epic story, while true and based in its entirety on fact, paradoxically feels like a dystopian Science fiction yarn, Ultra is tale of intrigue, espionage, violence, betrayal, and of heroism that saved a Read more
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Morocco, a Passage to Africa
Where two oceans accost one another, where Africa opens herself to Europe, is situated the kingdom of Morocco a land of blissful beaches, a torrid desert and high mountains. While the population of Morocco is primarily Muslim, the heritage of Morocco is a tapestry of Arabic, African, European ,Berber cultures. There are few places on Read more
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The Cal Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences museum based in beautiful San Francisco, California is the oldest and one of the largest natural history museums in the world. Our family visited its impressive premises a weekend ago. The museum is a family-friendly tourist spot that would inform and broaden the horizons of anyone interested in our origins Read more
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Surviving Boston’s Worst Snow Season
As a child growing up in Chennai, I was often envious of those who had seen snow, played with it, felt its soft texture and built snowmen. Postcards from the west showed a white paradise where children played and frolicked. I longed for that experience so much. Fast-forward some decades, and here I am in Read more
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Austin, TX and Calgary, AB
Sept 30th, 2013 A recent business trip took me to Austin Texas. A few months later, a family wedding brought me to Calgary, Alberta. While both these cities may not have much in common, the states they belong to, do shared some interesting similarities. How could a state in the South-Central United Stetes have similarities Read more
Bay Area Bloke 