Gary Hirshberg was a key early supporter of Barack Obama in New Hampshire, and as chairman of Stonyfield Farm, is an icon of the business of organic food. The Trip met up with him just before the 2020 primary to do shots of probiotics and talk politics.

Stonyfield Farm

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Drinking baijiu with Tom Tillotson, whose family has presided over the midnight vote in Dixville Notch, NH for six decades.

Show notes:

Mitch Moxley's Baijiu piece for California Sunday magazine

Tom Tillotson’s China Ski Tours website

Balsams homepage

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Lebanese wine expert and podcast host Farrah Berrou takes The Trip Into the Beqaa Valley

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L'Orient-Le Jour columnist Gilles Khoury has a keen eye for the lives and aspirations of Beirut's citizens. He took The Trip to The Egg, the heart of Beirut's popular uprising and anti-corruption campaign.

Show notes:

Tripoli Ka’akeh bread--a favorite dish of the revolution

L’Orient Le Jour

The Assassination of Malcom Kerr

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Drinking Aged Negronis with Jade George: Publisher, Gourmand, Revolutionary

Show notes:

The Carton store in Hamra

Bar Ferdinand, Beirut

Kalei Coffee House

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Drinking with Chyno, the MC who brought battle rap to Beirut. Get Mamluk, his latest album, here.

Show notes:

Mamluk, Chyno’s new album from Warner Music Middle East

Chyno Instagram account

The Arena Battle Rap League IG account

Roads & Kingdoms story on the Arena

Battle Rap highlights:

Supernatural versus Juice

Blaze Battle 2000: Eyedeaz v Shells

Scribble Jam: Eminem 1997

Lebanese-American MC Dizaster versus Canibus

More revolution music: Age of the Pimp, Egyptian revolution anthem from Ramy Essam

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Anissa Helou is the author of nine books, and a leading voice of culinary sophistication for the Middle East and beyond. Host Nathan Thornburgh and Anissa shared strong, cloudy Arak in Beirut and talked about Syria, Lebanon, food and feminism.

Show notes:

Anissa’s blog

Anissa’s Instagram account

Feast: Food of the Islamic World

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A conversation, over some very dank weed, with Tijuana- and San Diego-based muralist Panca.

Show notes:

Klover dispensary homepage

Panca homepage

@aypanca on Instagram

Panca's upcoming installation at the New Childrens Museum

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A conversation in Tijuana with Gera Gámez, deportee and coworker at the legal advocacy group Al Otro Lado, before Gera's untimely death. The work he was doing continues, however, and please donate to Al Otro Lado if you can:

Show notes:

Al Otro Lado homepage

How to volunteer for Al Otro Lado

How to donate to Al Otro Lado

Police reporter Margarito 4-4’s Facebook page

Tijuana Esta Alerta, Jesús Aguilar's News Site on FB

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Journalist Jorge Nieto invites The Trip to his home at the Otay Mesa to talk about being a fixer and journalist in one of the world's most dangerous countries.

Show notes: 

Gustavo Solis on Tijuana fixers

Piper French’s interview with Jorge Nieto on Roads & Kingdoms

R&K's Unbylined series featuring Q&As with fixers around the world

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