<p>In this episode of Drop A Pin, Donnie and Chaps dive into the incredible story of Lee Abbamonte, one of the world’s most adventurous travelers and among the youngest Americans to have visited every country on Earth. The conversation explores Lee’s background, from his early days of globetrotting to becoming a well-known travel expert and speaker. They dis ... Show More
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Inside The World of Competitive Bird Watching feat. Creators of Viral Documentary "Listers" | Drop A Pin Ep 59
<p>This week on Drop A Pin we are joined by Quinn and Owen Reiser, the creators of the viral bird watching documentary "Listers", which is available for free on Youtube. The brothers sat down with Donnie to tell him all about the world of competitive birdwatching and some of thei ... Show More
1h 55m
Nov 2024
Anatomy of the Great Replacement Panic feat. Steven Monacelli & Dr. Michael Phillips
<p>Around the world, racist influencers have instigated a panic over shadowy global elites who have supposedly conspired to flood white-majority countries with immigrants from Latin America, Africa and Asia in order to destroy Western civilization. This idea, called the Great Re ... Show More
31m 44s
May 2024
5 Surprising Experiences in Africa, How to Transition to a New Career After Travel, and Exploring the African Diaspora With Jay Cameron
How can one trip entirely change your life? Jay Cameron joins me to share about the life-altering trip he took to Ghana when he was 40 years old.
After having this experience, Jay left his career running summer camps for kids and founded Maximum Impact Travel, a tour company conn ... Show More
1h 13m
Dec 2014
389 European New Year's; Spanish Wine; Alexander's Lost World
<p>Hear how people in Sweden, Croatia, Wales, and Scotland welcome in the new year, then learn how Spanish wines are making a splash — and get tips for pairing up its major varietals. And listen in as an Australian photojournalist describes how his expeditions in Central As ... Show More
53m 30s
Sep 8
Festac ’77: Nigeria’s largest festival of African arts and culture
In 1977, Nigeria hosted the largest festival of African arts and culture there had ever been. About half a million visitors attended, as well as 16,000 delegates including Stevie Wonder and Miriam Makeba.Dozens of African nationalities, and people from the African diaspora were r ... Show More
10m 3s
Jan 2019
Farina King, "The Earth Memory Compass: Diné Landscapes and Education in the Twentieth Century" (UP of Kansas, 2018)
When the young Diné boy Hopi-Hopi ran away from the Santa Fe Indian Boarding School in the early years of the twentieth century, he carried with him no paper map to guide his way home. Rather, he used knowledge of the region, of the stars, and of the Southwest’s ecology instilled ... Show More
1h 4m
Mar 2025
Lights, camera, connection: how film shapes our world
How does film shape global narratives and foster understanding? And how can filmmakers navigate the challenges of representation?Whether it’s an iconic sci-fi opening that transports us to a galaxy far, far away or a documentary that reshapes the way we see the world, storytellin ... Show More
33m 28s