The Observer Effect

Carina hosts Easy German on Youtube, but that's actually only a small part of her and her husband Janusz's larger story. I asked whether the majority of Germans felt remorse after World War II ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders. Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Visit Easy German on Youtube→  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbxb2fqe9oNgglAoYqsYOtQ

Visit The Global Experience→ http://www.theglobalexperience.org/

Life Back Home→ https://www.facebook.com/lifebackhome/

"The pathway leading to their homes was not clear."

—The Popol Vuh

Travis told a story at the foot of Machu Picchu that has stayed with me ever since.  I had asked whether being a soldier in Iraq changed him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube by clicking.

Visit Preemptive Love→ preemptivelove.org

This is an organization that does relief work in Iraq.

"We are edged with mist. We make insubstantial territories."

—Virginia Woolf

Larry's life changed when he took his very first hike into the paradise at the bottom of the Grand Canyon in his fifties. I asked what prompted that fateful trip ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube.

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"Hope is like a path in the countryside. At first there is nothing, but as people walk that way, a path appears."

—Lu Xun

Gloria longed to visit Peru and climb Machu Picchu, like so many of us.  I asked what happened when she got to Cusco ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Also, a very special thanks to Carlos Molina Rojas for providing the opening music. You can hear more of his band, Grupo Sonkoy, on Youtube.

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"One is drawn irresistibly onward by ever-recurring surprises through a deep, winding gorge, turning and twisting past overhanging cliffs of incredible heights."

—Hiram Bingham

Tony rode freight trains for nine years, picking up a wife, a son, and a dog along the way.  I met him and his dog, Pig, on a Greyhound bus ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

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"Wisdom listens."

—Jimi Hendrix

Kathy oversees the English Language Academy at DePaul University, where international students transition into a new culture and a second or third or fourth language.  I asked her to come tell us how their stories have changed her at our very first live show at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

Special thanks to the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum too.

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"Medicine is the meaningful work found in the mutual exchange between people."

—Terri Kapsalis

Anne moved from Indonesia to South Korea to Chicago, where we sat down with her in front a live audience at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum to discuss a very visible change that travel caused in her ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

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"Distilling is beautiful."

—Primo Levi

Mike left the U.S. with his wife and kids to learn Spanish and build a church in Spain.  I asked which beliefs survived the journey and which didn't ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

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“One of you spoke words of warm consolation for my traveling thousands of miles of sea over such a long period to come to your country.”

—Shusaku Endo

Jay has so many stories I didn't know where to begin.  A pilgrimage in Japan.  A pilgrimage in Spain.  A cathedral in France.  A temple in Korea.  I asked how these discoveries have changed him ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

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"Walked all day and the next day. The road straight, grey, dusty, and trafficless."

—Bruce Chatwin

Daniel took me to the cafe in Buenos Aires where Borges used to read stories to his mother.  I asked what it was like to immigrate to the US and then back to Argentina again, and how he ended up in Sicily along the way ... and hope listening like this evaporates borders.  Special thanks to the musician, Dana Boulé.

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"The fox makes more tracks than necessary, some in the wrong direction."

—Wendell Berry