The Observer Effect

Jo may not have been as prepared as she needed to be when she visited the U.S. I asked her to describe the shipwreck where we met ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musicians, Dana Boulé.

"The more people I meet, the happier I become."

Samuel Beckett

William makes props for the new Star Wars films at Pinewood Studios in London. We met on the Inca Trail in Peru. I asked how places like Machu Picchu and Sayaqmarka shape his work ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musicians, Dana Boulé and Grupo Sonkoy.

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"On est seul aussi chez les hommes."

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Henry tried three times to cross the border into the U.S., a long journey from his home in Honduras. He has been a translator for Mission Lazarus since coming back. I asked why ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Visit Missionlazarus.org.

"Blessed are those in whose hearts are roads."

—Psalm 84:5

Meghan had an epiphany in Mexico. I asked whether it’s possible to bring her insight back into settled life ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Consider donating to Westin's Fund, a charity that covers the costs for grieving parents related to miscarriages and stillbirths:

http://www.westinsfund.org/

"Les soins accordés au malade, l’accueil offert au proscrit, le pardon même ne valent que grâce au sourire qui éclaire la fête. Nous nous rejoignons dans le sourire au-dessus des langages, des castes, des partis. Nous sommes les fidèles d’une même Église, tel et ses coutumes, moi et les miennes."

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Wade Goddard established a museum for war photography that you must visit in Dubrovnik, Croatia, War Photo Limited. He came to Yugoslavia in the 90s. I asked what it was like to travel in a country that no longer exists ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Visit War Photo Limited: www.warphotoltd.com.

"Is there a time for keeping your distance?"

—U2

Z spent some time traveling in a band, so naturally, I asked whether that changed him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Consider donating to Westin's Fund, a charity that covers the costs for grieving parents related to miscarriages and stillbirths.

www.westinsfund.org

"Are you not moved, when the sway of earth shakes like a thing unfirm?"

—Shakespeare

Martin Luther King, Jr. moved to Chicago in 1966 to try to end slums. I did not know until a few years ago, so I went to the spot where he lived and asked Trevor Riley, the community organizer in charge of the MLK Fair Housing Exhibit Center at the MLK Legacy Apartments in North Lawndale to tell the story of that campaign ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Visit the MLK Fair Housing Exhibit Center: https://www.facebook.com/LawndaleCDC/posts/mlk-fair-housing-exhibit-center/710955915594964/

"The human spirit does not move without great difficulty."

—Martin Luther King, Jr.

President Obama visited his ancestral village to learn about where his family came from. I asked a local there to tell me what that day was like ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.

Thanks to the musician Dana Boulé.

The Keats-Shelley House in Rome overlooks the Spanish Steps where the great English poet John Keats lived his final days. I asked its director, Dr. Giuseppe Albano, what moved Keats  ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Visit www.keats-shelley-house.org.

Listen to Eltaj's story of visiting there in Episode 92: The Wave and Sea.

"Who reads into distances reads beyond us."

—Seamus Heaney

Ernest Hemingway lived in Chicago, Italy, Kansas City, Paris, Toronto, Arkansas, Spain, Cuba, Florida, and finally, Idaho. I asked Nancy Sindelar, whose recent book Influencing Hemingway traces how these places and other factors might have shaped his writing, what moved him to travel so much ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.

You can find Nancy Sindelar's Influencing Hemingway: People and Places that Shaped His Life and Work on Amazon.

Or you can visit her site: nancysindelar.com.

Special thanks to the musician Dana Boule.

"Se vuelve de la inspiración como se vuelve de un país extranjero. El poema es la narración del viaje."

—Federico García Lorca