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S4 E19: Imperfections of Democracy and Benevolent Dictatorships

Moved by events in Venezuela and Ukraine, and inspired by an essay of The Economist on setbacks for democracy in recent years, we engage in a chamuyo about democracy and dictatorship, with some...

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S4 E23: Biased Botijas Ochentosos

On this episode…we discuss the article “How Politics Makes Us Stupid”, about how our biases affect our understanding. And we tackle the issue of Argentines and music of the 80s:  Rick Astley fills a...

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S4 E26: Robert Cox, great journalist, on reporting the dictatorship

Hey, there. We bring you a special program today… This is  an interview Fer taped at his job with the Public National Radio of Argentina, back in December 2009. British-born Cox ran the Buenos Aires...

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S4 E27: Euthanasia and other light issues such as water fountains in parks

We wanted to talk about euthanasia because it involves moral, legal and religious aspects that are usually part of our conversations. And we go over a list of things that non-Americans find strange,...

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S4 E28: The Asado Tutorial

Our listener Clyde asked us if we could give him some tips on how to do an Argentine asado back in the US, and we brought two experts to talk about the subject: Pietro Sorba, one of Argentina’s top...

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S4 E29: Analyzing The Simpsons

There are few cultural products that are as cross-cultural as The Simpsons, that have been translated to tens of languages…yet, they are at the same time a 100% American expression. We discuss this and...

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S4 E30: Empanadas ArgenCHINAS

BA Cast goes trilingual, tricultural with guest Carlos Lin, Bolivian-born, Argentine broadcaster of Taiwanese/Chinese background. We talk about language, culture, gastronomy, music, family, chino...

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S4 E32: WorldCupeando

Of course, we were absorbed by the Mundialmania!!!!!!!!  And we prepped a dossier on some facts and numbers about it, plus Dan brings us a Top 5 ways to make “soccer” (that’s how he calls Fútbol) more...

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S4 E33: Americanophilia vs. Americanophobia

On this show, we’ll talk about the relationships between Argentina and the US on a diplomatic-government level with a journalist who compiled all of the wikileaks wires that pertain Argentina. We’ll...

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S4 E35: Coming Home (Season Finale)

What is the meaning of “home”? How do you define it? Is it a physical place, a connection? Is it the place where you were raised, where family is, where you found love and happiness? We also hear from...

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