It seems like everyone has his or her own “small world” story – I’ve run into friends at random airports in foreign countries numerous times, so of course it’s no longer a surprise when I run into someone I know in the middle of Taipei. Globalization and the internet are shrinking our world. We even have a theme song for this phenomenon, which has arguably become the most performed and translated song in the world.

I’m Andrew Ryan, and in today’s Ear to the Ground, we take a closer look at how it’s a small, small world.