The Corrigan Cast

The snow-capped peaks near the town of Güicán in Colombia's Boyacá department are fairly easy to reach. The pre-trek bureaucracy can present its own challenge, though. And don't touch the snow! For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/yes-guican-but-you-just-cant-touch-snow.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas https://youtu.be/jYeLzzyFNHg https://www.parquesnacionales.gov.co/ https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU #Güicán #RitacubaBlanco #ElCocuy #glacier #Colombia

If he were an alcoholic, our podcaster would be following in the, um, fine tradition of heavy-drinking Irish writers. However, can he even come close to being associated with such esteemed (and steamed!) company? For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/an-alcoholic-me-no-way.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://insightcrime.org/news/tusi-the-pink-drug-cocktail-that-tricked-latin-america/ https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-alcohol-problem.html https://www.dictionary.com/browse/alcoholic%20 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-the-disease-definition-of-addiction-does-far-more-harm-than-good/ https://www.firstthings.com/article/2017/02/the-fantasy-of-addiction https://youtu.be/lt6b5zsj9wE https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://youtu.be/XFL7ynNLEBE #alcoholic #alcoholism #addict #addiction #AlcoholicsAnonymous

Many beer-serving tiendas in Colombia say they don't give credit. In reality, with the payment systems in operation, they often do. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/09/colombias-credit-contradiction.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://youtu.be/LYJOUMUtcmc https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/10/youve-been-had-bogota-style.html https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE #Colombia #CreditContradiction #credit #TabSystem #PayLater

It is said that less stress leads to more success. This doesn't mean, however, that we shouldn't push ourselves or look to get outside our comfort zone. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/less-stress-less-success-in-these-idle.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/diet/eat-your-way-to-better-brain-health-in-six-weeks/ https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320839#boosting-endorphins https://youtu.be/Q9DblkWqwUg https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.html https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/10/measuring-success.html *'Less Stress, More Success' image used in the thumbnail taken from https://www.moresuccess.ie/leaving-cert/leaving-cert/irish-revision-leaving-cert-higher-level. #stress #StressRelief #LessStress #IdleTimes

The fact that Cartagena is one of Colombia's top tourist destinations meant I wasn't keen to return. Yet, my recent visit had more positives than negatives. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/cartagena-costly-colombian-caribbean.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/11/colombia-only-risk-is-becoming-too.html https://youtube.com/shorts/n3ROHwUfWes?feature=share https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://youtu.be/jYeLzzyFNHg #Cartagena #Bocagrande #Getsemani #SunSeaSand #Aguachica

From roadblocks to unruly passengers and jousting rival drivers, there's rarely a dull moment when travelling by bus in Colombia. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/08/colombias-plebeian-transport-riveting.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/tH1A4erg1Bb https://youtu.be/hRKOBtmn_x0 https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/07/escaping-with-masses.html https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/how-much-does-air-travel-warm-the-planet-new-study-gives-a-figure/ https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://www.facebook.com/latorteriaartesanalfabricaaguachica https://youtu.be/AUSZ5Ntwy_U https://www.motor.com.co/industria/Es-una-verguenza-usuarios-de-la-Ruta-del-Sol-20230113-0008.html #PlebeianTransport #Colombia #Bogotá #Cartagena #Concorde #Copetran #BusTravel #OvernightBus

While times have been difficult income-wise for our writer in Bogotá this year, it's not certain an indefinite return to Europe will make things any better. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/tight-times-with-no-respite-in-sight.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://issuu.com/oecd.publishing/docs/colombia-oecd-economic-outlook-june-2023?fr=sY2U1ZTUwNTY2MTA https://tradingeconomics.com/colombia/unemployment-rate https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bogota-nomad.html https://youtu.be/i6o-dhiPlhA https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://youtu.be/Q98ZcRlB7-o https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4 https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Qhttps://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/06/finding-that-happy-place.html https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/08/my-unopened-open-letter-to-ireland.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/a-hackett-job-on-britain.html https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY #TightTimes #unemployment #inflation #EasyStreet #CostOfLiving #Bogotá #Colombia

It is said that revenge is a dish best served cold. In some circumstances, it's best left in the kitchen indefinitely. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/exacting-revenge.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4BlTWHHJGQ&t=8s https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://youtu.be/XoJm5EUi3Jc #ExactingRevenge #revenge #rage #disillusionment #patience #FatherTed #BishopBrennan

Be it due to ignorance, indifference or negligence, what some parents allow their toddlers to eat is worrying. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/fattening-up-our-future-health-problems.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001ngjx https://youtu.be/i6o-dhiPlhA https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/enjoying-fruits-of-colombias-labour.html https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/body/seven-ways-your-home-is-damaging-your-health/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/obr.13590 https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://youtu.be/8DwrBRXecvs https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE #obesity #MorbidObesity #UltraProcessedFoods #ArtificialSweeteners #FakeFood #toddlers

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/07/in-need-of-some-peace-and-quiet-sleepy.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):

https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So

https://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAA

https://youtu.be/6ag3JeUV-1A

https://youtu.be/-w1fdcBDcuQ https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/is-this-way-to-guateque.html https://youtube.com/shorts/XfgwX4dNM4E https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/longest-flower-line

https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/heaviest-mango

https://boyaca7dias.com.co/2020/06/14/guayata-extiende-su-tapete-records-guinness-de-corpus-christi/ #Somondoco #Guayatá #Boyacá #Colombia #hillwalking #travel

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/bogged-down-in-bogota.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):

https://www.digitaljournal.com/world/colombian-nanny-scandal-takes-ever-stranger-plot-twists/article https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/how-4-children-survived-40-days-jungle-plane-crash-amazon-colombia-rcna88791 https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21907480/

https://youtu.be/p-zG7iHnOi8

https://www.xe.com/currencycharts/?from=EUR&to=COP&view=10Yhttps://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/leaving-behind-bogota-standard.html

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/loving-colombia.html https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8

https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPyw

https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q

https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY #Bogotá #BoggedDown #LifeRevaluation #LifeReappraisal #frenemies

Play this video version of IQuiz LXII. The live event was held at Cervecería Gigante, Bogotá on Thursday 22 June 2023 (important to know this for the on-this-day questions!). Let us know how you do! The team that won on the night got 36 out of 50. A YouTube version is available at https://youtu.be/knI_c12BBTQ. Follow IQuiz on Twitter at https://twitter.com/IQuizBogota. Like IQuiz on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/iquizbogota/. #IQuiz #QuizNight #PubQuiz #TriviaNight #trivia #Bogotá #Colombia

While keeping your enemies closer than your friends may be prudent advice, studies show it's the frenemies that you need to watch the most. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-fiendish-frenemy.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqoMFLXsyAs https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/28/opinion/frenemies-relationships-health.html https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk *The sign in Spanish on the thumbnail image reads: 'We only give credit to those over 90 who bring a grandparent as guarantor.' (Or better yet, f**k off!) #frenemies #AmbivalentRelationships #ToxicRelationships #NeitherABorrowerNorALenderBe

In Colombia, drinking from home is generally more expensive and can incommode housemates and neighbours. Booze in tienda bars instead, guys! For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/06/drink-from-home-boozers.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/fZ7AgPIzCk8 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/05/clashes-in-kitchen.html https://youtu.be/9zy12C_HsX8 https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://youtu.be/FgguOVTjD5o #DrinkFromHomeBoozers #DrinkIn #Colombia #TiendaBars #MoneySavingTips

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/making-bell-toll-for-us-while-we-still.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-future-is-all-black.html

https://youtu.be/Nuzm8OkYMyE

https://youtu.be/ZSb8VnG4nPs https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q

https://youtu.be/SDuKQz9lSck #UnringABell #BellTolls #JobInterview

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/not-so-gaga-for-physical-footy.html.

Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/05/wrong-way-begins.html

https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU

https://www.instagram.com/go_gaelic/?hl=en (Go Gaelic) #AussieRules #GaelicFootball #footy #BruisedRibs #ContactSport

I have reason to doubt the bona fides of a boy who begs for bread in Bogotá. Am I being too cruel? For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-panaderias-pudgy-pauper.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html

https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/enjoying-fruits-of-colombias-labour.html #PudgyPauper #panadería #bakery #bread #begging #BreadAddiction

There are worse gigs out there yet Wrong Way is far from enthusiastic for English teaching. If only one could get a few pennies for one's thoughts. For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/05/little-thirst-to-teach-english-in-these.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-money-tongue.html https://youtu.be/XZ2GdkJ-tsY https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ

https://youtu.be/I8Z_c3ofXxY

https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU

#TeachingEnglishAsAForeignLanguage #Tefl #Tesl #EnglishTeaching #ThinkingTime #philosophy #PennyForYourThoughts

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

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/04/a-boyaca-fruit-route-tierra-negra-nuevo.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas (Tourism cancer) https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/05/four-more-years-least-worst-option.html (for some background on Álvaro Uribe) https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/01/colombia-for-better-and-for-worse.html (on Colombia's rise as a tourist destination) https://youtu.be/OxiLaeNt4t4, https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk & https://youtu.be/LGsERVtexp0 (some previous Boyacá & Cundinamarca destinations visited) https://youtube.com/shorts/-PfqFkEgBuE?feature=share (Nuevo Colón main square) https://youtube.com/shorts/9EFgmyKXoq8?feature=share (El Ojo de Agua) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tejo_(sport) (info on tejo) https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM (why I'm not a "gringo"!) https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU (on the importance of good coffee!) #TierraNegra #NuevoColón #Turmequé #Boyacá #FruitRoute #tejo #ApplesAndPears #Colombia

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-quiet-man-conquereth.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):

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  

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/find-way-or-fade-away.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjEHEKhwnEo (Sprite ad) https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA (The just-how-it-is society) https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE (Living with unsettled and unsettling questions) https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4 (The price of independence) https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.html https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE (The digital dystopia) https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/a-world-of-three-zeros-the-new-economics-of-zero-poverty-zero-unemployment- (World of Three Zeros book review) https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html

https://youtu.be/OkJU35IWTas (Tourism cancer) https://youtu.be/irwWd7e0AL8 (Warning! Being true to yourself causes harm) #FindAWay #WageSlave #ZeroUnemployment #UniversalBasicIncome #BeingYourself

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! For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/03/chasing-zetaquiras-waterfalls-from-hot.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtube.com/shorts/johJBuQ7ATk?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part I) https://youtube.com/shorts/YsYZRA1lwgY?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part II) https://youtube.com/shorts/NRXAo5D_PUk?feature=share (Colombia's tallest thermal waterfall, part III) https://youtu.be/J5GeJNsmSDU (A shout-out to Sutamarchán) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lengup%C3%A1_Province (Info on Lengupá) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/PMh3Yy4S3Nc (Up in the clouds with Zetaquirá's Virgin Mary!) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BDrbfM3YjWo (Chasing Zetaquirá's waterfalls: The adventure is in actually finding them!) https://youtu.be/5Cpvk6ccZLs (A Pauna cracker: Somewhat satisfying and not too dry) #Zetaquirá #Boyacá #Colombia #ThermalWaterfall #waterfalls

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 

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

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 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

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

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

https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A ('Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio') 

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/irish-spend-smallest-share-of-any-eu-country-on-food-but-are-in-top-half-on-alcohol-spend-new-report-42323025.html (Irish Independent story) 

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/alcohol-consumption-by-country (Alcohol consumption by country) 

https://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQ ('Bogotá's Santandercito, keeping the satiated dullness at bay') 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/our-alcohol-problem.html ('Our alcohol problem') 

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

https://youtu.be/FgguOVTjD5o ('Never-ending solo searching') 

https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ ('Return of the peripatetic preceptor and the languid language learners') 

https://youtu.be/SbqKNWfbCJw ('Drunk almost to death on the culture wars')  

#DrinkingCulture #beer #AlcoholAddiction #ProblemDrinking

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/02/focusing-on-filling-glass.html. 

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/06/things-could-always-be-better.html ('Things could always be better', blog story) 

https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A ('Bogotá's perpetual Corner Bar barrio', audio blog) 

https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU ('Making ends meet in Colombia', audio blog) 

https://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw ('Growing up and taking responsibility', audio blog) 

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg_3t-CHBZs ('The Town I loved So Well', song)  

#GlassHalfEmpty #GlassHalfFull #LookingForward

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-shout-out-to-sutamarchan.html.   

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

https://youtube.com/shorts/ovNFcqcKTTc?feature=share (Sutamarchán's main plaza) 

https://youtube.com/shorts/aA0ljU-65H4?feature=share ('The polytunnel capital of Colombia?') 

https://youtu.be/5Cpvk6ccZLs ('A Pauna cracker') 

https://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAA ('A dog's life in Colombia')  

#Sutamarchán #longaniza #Tinjacá #Boyacá #Colombia

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-care-necessities-dealing-with-old.html.   

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/10/indomitable-spirit-indestructible-energy.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/11/an-uncomfortable-undertaking.html 

https://youtu.be/OHAKs6XPKcs 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mYVtKnbLNk  

*Image credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/people-walking-near-trees-2253911/ 

#OldAge #ElderlyCare #dementia #MentalHealth #Alzheimer

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/a-pauna-cracker-somewhat-satisfying-and.html. 

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/08/san-gil-taming-suarez.html 

https://youtu.be/LGsERVtexp0 

https://youtu.be/Pn7Ppnhbs7Q 

https://youtube.com/shorts/wwNzhwOM8vk?feature=share (Pauna from a high) 

https://youtube.com/shorts/jsiSVs2OSEs?feature=share (Cascada la Tunera) 

https://youtube.com/shorts/qHBAHh-ujY0?feature=share (golden-brown waterfall) 

https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A 

https://youtube.com/shorts/-u4dJpn_99M?feature=share (Pauna's football fest) 

#Pauna #Briceño #Boyacá #Colombia #TravelColombia #CascadaLaTunera

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2023/01/finding-that-savoury-spot-between.html.   

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/survival-of-dumbest.html 

https://youtu.be/Yg6UhhV_K1s (Dr Pradip Jamnadas) 

https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY 

https://youtu.be/gX0hh-EMQ3M 

https://youtu.be/WxNWMRoeHiU 

https://youtu.be/F7gDIshc-S0 (Dr Sten Ekberg) 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/health-fitness/nutrition/diet/big-breakfast-myth-why-get-first-meal-day-wrong/ 

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html 

https://youtu.be/Hr1lW83qHCs (another video from Dr Sten Ekberg) 

https://youtu.be/y2W2i_iLdLw 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/death-to-dissenters-its-for-your-own.html  

#IntermittentFasting #EatWell #feasting #fasting #PradipJamnadas #StenEkberg

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-wrong-way-hits-of-2022.html. 

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

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/IaWB8pbrTNo (the shit-show Shorts video!) 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/letter-to-editor-china-in-our-hands.html 

https://youtu.be/R8OgH9EfxuM (Munk debate on trusting mainstream media) 

https://youtu.be/a2ag1BT7tkw 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/02/lest-we-forget.html 

https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2022/01/20/gacheta-if-you-can/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxNWMRoeHiU (Making ends meet in Colombia) 

https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/cxl25khX7vb 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Jpjk5fH1RYo (Police parking par excellence in Bogotá) 

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/cGmyECU4jK4 (Colombia's Got Talent)  

#YouTubeShorts #Bogotá #Colombia #ColombiaTieneTalento #WrongWayCorrigan

For an idea of Christmas in Bogotá, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/12/simply-having-indifferent-colombian.html.

#ChristmasInColombia #Navidad #Bogotá #Colombia #BBCRadio5Live 

For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/lending-migracion-colombia-helping-hand.html. 

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

https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/10/colombias-tough-love.html 

https://thedecisionlab.com/reference-guide/management/curse-of-knowledge 

https://youtu.be/AxIikBVyZKA 

#MigraciónColombia #LaCancilleríaColombia #Colombia #CédulaExtranjería

For the blog version of this audio visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/unattended-bags-on-buses-not-problem-in.html. 

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/09/colombia-decides-imperfect-peace-or.html

https://youtu.be/EU0gRADa1hk 

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fat_Controller 

https://youtu.be/EH7wFjh3_lM 

https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA 

https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ 

*Photo of bus in the thumbnail image is from https://www.horariodebuses.com.co/expreso-gomez-villa.html. 

#UnattendedBags #TravelColombia #BusesColombia #ExpresoGomezVilla #Supertransporte #terrorism

For the text of this audio blog, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/12/the-hypocrite-world-cup-everyones-winner.html.   

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-fallout-virtue-signalling.html 

https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0 

https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY 

https://youtu.be/AAFqCQwo_gA 

https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE 

https://youtu.be/Sh_MMZYHygo 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/coronavirus-collateral-damage.html 

https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA  

*Thumbnail image from https://www.behaviorist.biz/oh-behave-a-blog/hypocrisy-moral-cleansing.

#HypocriteWorldCup #VirtueSignalling #hypocrites #DoubleStandards

Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-digital-dystopia.html. 

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

https://youtu.be/pgSOBSLVJBc 

https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/05/colombias-eps-all-in-its-own-good-time.html 

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/22/world/americas/canada-protest-finances.html (re Canadian truckers' protests) 

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-62308528 & https://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-11065067/PETER-HITCHENS-Freedom-means-freedom-nasty-people.html (re English journalist Graham Philips) 

https://youtu.be/LYJOUMUtcmc 

https://youtu.be/VzgqYOlYDAw 

https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY 

#DigitalDystopia #dystopia #DigitalAge #BigTech

For the text of this audio blog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-just-how-it-is-society.html. 

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

Savage Eye's 'Filling out a form', https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYcZc62Gf6w 

https://youtu.be/yZyj8EAfeNs 

https://youtu.be/e9UFOrv5dr8 

https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ 

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU 

https://youtu.be/gX0hh-EMQ3M  

#JustHowItIsSociety #bureaucracy #paperwork #NonsensicalRules

For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-calm-of-la-palma-when-musics-not.html. 

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

https://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09So 

https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A 

https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk 

https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU 

https://youtu.be/r_pzCdsTzhU 

#LaPalma #Cundinamarca #Colombia #pueblos #AndeanTowns

Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/everlasting-love.html.  

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

https://youtu.be/iJ2iCdHPijM https://youtu.be/Nuzm8OkYMyE 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/08/safety-alert-love-building-with-shoddy.html 

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

#EverlastingLove #soulmates #TrueLove #love

Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/the-bellicose-side-to-biking-in-bogota.html.  

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

https://youtu.be/GmR9ZC3smH8 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUSZ5Ntwy_U 

https://youtu.be/IrZgsbzStIQ 

https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/cars/1676886/driving-law-changes-escooter-ban-driver-warning-driving-laws 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/running-frantically-to-more-troubled.html  

#Bogotá #biking #escooter #Colombia

To read the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/grupo-vantis-vanity-customer-is-rarely.html. 

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/its-service-stupid.html 

https://youtu.be/-yih2X-2Oaw 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2W2i_iLdLw  

#Vanti #Colombia #NaturalGas #GasNatural #CustomerService

For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/colombias-clothes-in-window-bane.html. 

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

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/doing-business-in-sa.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/07/careful-now-that-seat-is-hot.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/its-service-stupid.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/01/que-pena-con-usted-but-at-least-i-got.html 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/09/bogotas-perpetually-broken-windows.html 

https://youtu.be/Qe2Bx0gA-e0  

#Bogotá #Colombia #ApartmentComplex #ConjuntoResidencial

Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/san-luis-de-gaceno-going-its-own-way.html. 

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

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/v_NToHlkGcQ 

https://youtu.be/MijmR6GYSMk https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/tibana-time.html 

https://youtube.com/shorts/mOQ6XuNKpjI?feature=share 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-balmier-and-wetter-side-to-boyaca.html 

#SanLuisDeGaceno #Boyacá #Colombia #PueblosColombianos #travel

For the text version, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/easygoing-el-penon-but-is-topaipi-tops.html. 

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

https://time.com/5622094/what-is-niksen/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHQGOaRxZAA 

https://youtube.com/shorts/v_NToHlkGcQ?feature=share 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/leaving-behind-bogota-standard.html 

#ElPeñón #Topaipí #Cundinamarca #Colombia #travel

For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/hooked-on-bbc-or-ccp-if-you-will.html. 

Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post): 

https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-colombian-addiction.html 

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/03/220324104420.htm 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVsxe9v72C0 (Dr Pradeep Jamnadas on bread) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEh7kEO8eKk&t=73s 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pn7Ppnhbs7Q  

#coffee #CoffeeLover #Colombia #BBC #CCP

BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 90s. A great production! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001bjp8

#FearneCotton #SoundsOfThe90s #BBCRadio2