Podcast Showcase: LinkedIn with Louise
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to LinkedIn With Louise. Sum up your podcast in...
Podcast Showcase: Like I’m a Six-Year-Old
Welcome to the next in the Podcast Showcase series, where we share podcasts with you in the words of the podcasters themselves. This time, we talk to Like I'm a Six-Year-Old Sum up your podcast in...
Bryan Bertino, Texas and American anxiety
As I write this, many of my friends are suffering in Texas and other parts of the States. An epic storm has left them with no electricity. Pipes are bursting. Warming centers are scarce. Some people...
Belarus without Lukashenko? No, not yet
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been ruling the Eastern European country since 1994, is trying to find a way to stay in charge for as long as possible. By the end of the year, the...
Social media heroes part forty nine: images, videos and stories of unity and fun
There has been so much great content on social media this week and we are so happy to share the best of the best with you. Read on and share with your friends. As we're talking about social media, I...
The children of the golden ribbon: childhood cancer in Venezuela
The toy box has a lot of plastic dinosaurs in it. Jesús Daniel plays on the floor and looks at us shyly. Later, he gives us a master class on dinosaurs. If you ask him about each one, he immediately...
Dating While Distancing: Pacho Velez’s Sundance-premiering Searchers
“New York is a dysfunctional relationship itself,” a woman laments in Pacho Velez’s Searchers, a cinematic sociological study of online dating via the POV of a wide range of New Yorkers during...
Biodiversity and indigenous communities in Peru facing climate change
Latin America traditionally has had a very close relationship with the earth, but the progress of the big cities and modernity has taken most of the population away from its origins. Products from...
Book review: And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
“From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.” This is one of many mysterious quotes found in...
The role of public figures in combatting vaccine hesitancy
Entering the second year of the pandemic, many countries are now busy rationing and administering vaccines to their citizens. At last, there's a slight hope for fighting this virus. The US Government...