Dec
31

Dirtbag Playlist Vol. 3

Dirtbag Playlist Vol. 3 [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/177544612″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]”Give the people what they want,” my little brother told me. For the last couple weeks there have been calls for another edition of the Year of Big Ideas. Little brother had a point. They grow up so fast. In the next week I’ll be […]

Dec
22

Bedtime Stories for Wanderers

Bedtime Stories for Wanderers [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/99569286″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]If stories are the currency of travel, then writer Ryan Nickum is a very wealthy man. By the time he turned 30, Nickum’s passport was chock full of the brightly colored patchwork of entry and exit stamps from dozens of distant countries. He was consumed […]

Dec
13

O Tannenbaum

O Tannenbaum [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/99569007″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”300″ height=”300″ iframe=”true” /]Warning: This episode contains radio nudity and Christmas carols. Christmas trees are a massive business. Americans spent $2.5 billion on Christmas trees in 2007. For the last five years, I have been stingier than Scrooge when it comes to a Yule Tree. In 2008, I’m a changed […]