The Corrigan Cast

The land and fluvial route to Puerto Carreño in Colombia's Vichada department is fairly arduous and expensive. But it's just about worth it. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/10/visiting-vichada-meta-river-way.html . #Vichada #PuertoCarreño #PuertoGaitán #MetaRiver #Orinoco #CerroDeLaBandera #Colombia

Jairo Manuel Avilés Martínez's brutal, fatal stabbing in Bogotá's Santandercito barrio was shocking, even by Colombia's gruesome bloodletting standards. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/santandercitos-senseless-slaughter.html .#Santandercito #Bogotá #stabbing #slaughter #homicide #murder #TrueCrime #vegetarian

The way some of Colombia's language-learning institutes hold exams leaves them open to cheating. It's a system that encourages malpractice. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/colombias-passive-examination-system.html .#englishassecondlanguage #EnglishLearning #EnglishExam #Colombia #ExamFraud #cheating #PlayingTheSystem

A few beers at the local tienda is one of the most affordable socialising activities one can do in Colombia. It's probably not best practice to go there every day, though. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/09/colombias-tienda-trap.html .#TiendaBar #Bogotá #Colombia #beer #CheapBeer #Costeña

Some of the questions on the BBC's Disability Questionnaire require more than a simple 'yes' or 'no' answer, but there's no scope to do so. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/08/i-am-neurodivergent-but-of-course.html .#neurodivergent #disability #JobApplication #DEI #BBC #DisabilityQuestionnaire

Ireland's summer sun sometimes helps to provide bright moments in one's life. The joy is fleeting, though. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/07/little-joy-from-west-of-irelands-summer.html .#Ireland #WestOfIreland #WoodlandsOfLoughglynn #Lisacul #LittleJoy #SummerSun #SummerInIreland #summer

Paramilitaries, known as paracos, conduct their affairs with impunity in the far north of Bogotá, as they do across Colombia. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/06/mingling-with-colombias-killers.html .*AGC, the initials in the thumbnail image, stands for Autodefensas Gaitanistas de Colombia, aka Clan del Golfo. It's Colombia's largest paramilitary group....

Life in Colombia oftentimes feels a little surreal for Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. But this surrealism isn't sustainable. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/06/captivated-by-colombias-magical.html .#Colombia #MagicalRealism #surrealism #independence #acting #blogging

Few of Bogotá's barrios populares can be described as tranquil, but Santandercito in the far north does have a quieter side — at times. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-surprising-side-to-bogotas-boisterous.html .#Santandercito #Bogotá #NoisePollution #QuietSide #sanctuary #Colombia

Part three of our highlights of James Boswell's seminal biography of the eighteenth-century giant of English literature, Dr Samuel Johnson. Part one: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/p3AA29Zql2b Part two: https://spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/pmbrftnRz2b For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life_30.html .#SamuelJohns...

Part two of a taste of the wit and wisdom to be found in Boswell's biography of the legendary 18th-century English writer Dr Samuel Johnson. Part one is at https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lhToOu2qKG5VMbykurfqa?si=RBsH2OW4RUWfHIqIvOuCxA .For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life_23.html .#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBos...

James Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson left such an impression on me that I've felt compelled to share my highlights from this pioneering biography. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/04/quotes-and-notes-on-james-boswells-life.html .#SamuelJohnson #DrJohnson #JamesBoswell #biography #literature

Some people are better at influencing than others. And, despite what some think, not all of these influencers are disingenuous. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/03/market-influencers.html .#influencer #marketers #marketing #MarketInfluencers

A visit to Colombia's Vichada department is more about the journey than the destination. So Brendan 'Wrong Way' Corrigan is telling himself anyway. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/03/vichada-vacillation.html .#Vichada #PuertoCarreño #LaPrimavera #Meta #PuertoGaitán #Manacacías #Orinoco #Colombia

While not completely averse to works of fiction, our narrator finds more comfort in reading works of nonfiction. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/02/a-nonfiction-addiction.html .#nonfiction #fiction #reading #literature

A job with a nice blend of physical and mental work would be close to the Wrong Way Corrigan ideal. They're not that easy to find, though. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/01/lets-get-physical.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/vWz9VN40nCA?si=8pt8SydT4JOMpZus https://you...

I can no longer say I prefer dogs to cats. But that doesn't mean I'm a cat man, either. Other pets are available, after all. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2026/01/reigning-cats-over-dogs.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/KHQGOaRxZAA https://youtu.be/sLCXY1z-muI https:...

Going by an oft-quoted definition of insanity, many of us are thus insane. Few of us are truly that special, though. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/12/misinterpreting-insanity.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://bigthink.com/high-culture/how-viral-misquotes-evolve-and-replicate/ htt...

Our lives are shaped by events and other actions over which we have little control. And there's not much we can do about it. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/12/fatalist-attraction.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/03/the-price-of-independence.html h...

Legendary English writer Samuel Johnson struggled to write a diary, so it's forgivable that some of us lesser folk also find it challenging. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-blank-diaries.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Idler_(1758%E2%80%931760...

While most adult children care about their elderly parents, this doesn't mean they'd be good carers of them. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/10/i-do-care-but-that-doesnt-make-me-great.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4 https://youtu.be/p6tlXXOW-yc https:...

There could be worse places than these towns in Colombia's Meta department for one to have a "lost" year. For the text of this vlog, visit .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/kjGyR74B9NU https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://youtube.com/shorts/GYKwh_fGex8?si=MTA3DWCuhqGQbrOD https://youtu.be/5-c0vrlUKIc?...

Some Colombians are convinced that the ordinary coffee they consume is mixed with cattle blood. It must be a myth, though, mustn't it? For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/06/would-you-like-some-coffee-with-your.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://youtu.be...

Excessive sound from motorbikes and loud music has transformed what were no doubt once tranquil Colombian towns into hubs of noise pollution. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/06/colombias-cacophonies-motos-music-and.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/sLCXY1z-muI https://yout...

All that makes ColOmbia (there's no "u" in this Colombia, remember) great. It's a tasty and wholesome mix! For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/04/colombia-and-few-of-my-favourite-things.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/07/introducing-our-...