The Corrigan Cast

From BBC Radio 5 Live's Drive show, Wednesday 12 April 2023. Listen to the programme in full at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001kw6v (my little voice note is from 1:24:40).

For some background on my extras escapades, see, for starters https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/07/enticing-extras-siren-call-of-our-times.html & https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/agents-of-short-change.html.

#Narcos #SuperExtra #acting #SurrealRoles #Colombia

While it's not marketed as such, Wrong Way wandered across this pleasant three-town "fruit route" in Colombia's Boyacá department. It's set to become The Wrong Way Corrigan Way!

Playing the quiet man, being the silent type, often leads to better results in resolving certain disputes.

https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 (Abandoning the beer standard)

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU [Hooked on the BBC (or CCP if you will)]

https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q (As Bog(otá)-standard as it gets)

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/03/colombias-false-friends.html (Colombia's false friends)

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/03/honouring-honesty.html (Honouring honesty)

https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk (Rewarding the reckless)

#TheQuietMan #SilentTreatment #BewareTheQuietOnes #ActionsNotWords #FalseFriends

It's a theme I've explored many times, the positive and negative aspects of smartphones (see, for example, https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-digital-dystopia.html and https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/10/taking-time-to-think.html).
Here on the Naga Munchetty programme on BBC Radio 5 Live — a station I listen to on my phone! — I accentuate the positives. I'm not always negative, you know!
*Listen to the programme at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001knp1.
#smartphones #BBCRadio5Live #NagaMunchetty  

While most of us dream of earning money from what we truly enjoy doing, the reality is usually quite different. But is the wage-slave age coming to an end?

https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas (Tourism cancer)

The Boyacá town of Zetaquirá has plenty of attractions, including Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall. Just be careful bathing in its waters when the rains come!

There are various reasons why there's a belief that 'tourism's greatest cancer is tourism.' Is the industry environmentally unsustainable? 

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/tourism-cancer.html. 

Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): 

https://youtu.be/ru1tmchxcXI (Living with a destructive parasite) 

https://youtu.be/htr7k8abWPE (The bellicose side to biking in Bogotá, worsened by the snooty "e-scooterers") 

https://youtu.be/s2uz4SAqWzU (The Great Reset) 

https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw (The Hypocrite World Cup: Everyone's a winner) 

https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE (Living with unsettled and unsettling questions) 

https://youtube.com/shorts/KV8qIOOJCvo?feature=share (Gustavo Petro speech snippet) 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/10/saving-ourselves-planet-earth-is-fine.html 

#TourismCancer #SustainableTourism #tourism #CarbonNeutral 

It was only after getting paid that I discovered the hefty percentage the talent agency awarded itself from the payment from the production company for the role I played. 

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/agents-of-short-change.html. 

Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): 

https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck (Focusing on filling the glass) 

https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk (Rewarding the reckless) 

https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8 (Enticing extras, the siren call of our times) 

https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA (https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA)  

#TalentAgencies #FindersFee #UnfairPay #TVExtras #acting #Bogotá

While some people seek loans for their very survival, others seem to do so in order to maintain a relatively costly social life. Attempting to cut back isn't part of their modus operandi. 

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/rewarding-reckless.html. 

Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): 

https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-colombia-caste.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/on-road-again-naturally.html 

https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A 

https://youtu.be/yZyj8EAfeNs 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/07/a-colombian-account-with-interest.html 

https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8  

#MoneyLending #loans #BarrioBanker #reckless #frugal #SavingMoney

For many of today's most contentious issues, the solutions are unlikely to be found by adopting a fundamentalist approach. Some, however, believe their way is the only way. 

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/living-with-unsettled-and-unsettling.html.  

Additional reading/viewing referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): 

https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA ('The just-how-it-is society') 

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-covid-mRNA-vaccine-fauci-387418337013 (Fauci on vaccines) 

https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY ('Death to dissenters. It's for your own good.') 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/10/saving-ourselves-planet-earth-is-fine.html 

https://youtu.be/ru1tmchxcXI ('Living with a destructive parasite') 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Te5al2APrQ&t=11s (Bjorn Lomborg) 

https://youtu.be/J2PnghxjH_M ('Hold tight, the worst is yet to come') 

https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw ('The Hypocrite World Cup: Everyone's a winner') 

https://youtu.be/WB9pv8Xy5bk ('Rocking in the fear world') 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/letter-to-editor-climate-crisis.html 

https://youtu.be/s2uz4SAqWzU ('The Great Reset')  

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #covid19 #BjornLomborg