124: BUCKS Review recent episodes, Cap'n Jim Tells a Sea Story about Sandalwood
The Bucks slow down to a trot [do bucks trot?] to review recent episodes.
#118 with Bridey Thelen-Heidel reading We Owned the Night from her upcoming memoir, Bright Eyes garnered the most listener feedback of any episode and is on the way to being our most downloaded episode ever, as well. You can catch Bridey’s upcoming off-Broadway performance on April 1 in NYC. You can purchase a livestream ticket HERE and watch her from the comfort of your home. Finally, you can listen to Bridey read another story RIGHT HERE.
#121 with Mary Meaney and Annie Tregouet, where they told the story of St-Omer, a small town in France, taking in over 500 Ukrainian refugees. Lots of feedback here also with several people dropping a note to say they donated to Mary’s non-profit.
#122 with Phoenix, a Ukrainian doctor wounded on the frontlines. Joining Phoenix were Roland Bartetzko, a logistics expert supplying medics with needed medical supplies, and Paul Tregouet in France, who maintains the front end of the supply chain. This was our most widely downloaded episode, with listeners in 39 countries.
#123 with Laura Hayes of World Central Kitchen, who helps mobilize chefs around the world to serve hot, healthy meals to victims of disasters around the world. WCK under Chef José Andrés has served over 250 million meals since 2010. Laura also discussed a couple of her award-winning stories she’s written as well as a stint teaching English in Japan.
Looking forward, there is the upcoming episode with Bruce Rettig next week discussing his book Refraction about his college summers in the ‘80s working above the Arctic circle for a maritime company ferrying equipment for the Alaska pipeline. Bring your winter jacket.
We will be interviewing some tough Ukrainian women in St-Omer and two very smart Ukrainian students in France. We are negotiating wit two other folks, a vixen and a buck, to drop in with their occasional stories. You won’t be disappointed.
We close the show today with Cap’n Jim, who tells us about a stop at Vanuatu on his second circumnavigation with his 55-foot catamaran Outremer. Jim provides comfort food for villagers of Unpongar mourning the death of an elder and receives a surprise gift in return.
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