Eric Czuleger is currently banned from entering Turkey due to an accusation that he is a PKK spy. He is not a PKK spy. He is however, the author of books and plays as well as long form nonfiction and journalism. Most recently he spent a year living and working in countries that don’t exist. His travel book,
Another example of where you can really observe the agendas around provision of public transport is when you look at a transport map of Berlin. 100 years ago there were trams running round the whole city, but when the Wall went up they got rid of the trams in West Berlin in favour of private car ownership. East Berlin had (and still has) an incredible network of trams connecting all the suburbs, but the western part of the city relies heavily (now) on buses.
DAMN!!! A 2 hour plus episode long time since you have had one of these. And I love the topic, especially since I live in Turkey and am trying to get a VISA for my Turkish wife.
This was a really fun episode. Heck, I wish it was longer tbh; hombre sounded like he had at least another hour of stories to share!
Another example of where you can really observe the agendas around provision of public transport is when you look at a transport map of Berlin. 100 years ago there were trams running round the whole city, but when the Wall went up they got rid of the trams in West Berlin in favour of private car ownership. East Berlin had (and still has) an incredible network of trams connecting all the suburbs, but the western part of the city relies heavily (now) on buses.
The moment Eric mentioned Who Framed Roger Rabbit, I knew I was gonna like him immensely ;)
Eric was hilarious! I felt like I was stoned.
The comedian you couldn’t remember is Doug Stanhope.
I love the in person convo! What a great storyteller!
Looking forward to listening to this one! And thanks for the Shandling piece too — I love and often recommend his bio-doc The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zen_Diaries_of_Garry_Shandling
DAMN!!! A 2 hour plus episode long time since you have had one of these. And I love the topic, especially since I live in Turkey and am trying to get a VISA for my Turkish wife.