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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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,...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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...
View ArticleS4 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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