The Corrigan Cast

Mainstream media has lost much credibility. They can regain it by dipping their collective heads in the bullshit of the masses they abhor. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-mainstream-medias-bullshit-problem.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/mCTH1t_3JDc?si=XfLWNT0A9e...

Far from being a dull backwater, San José del Guaviare is one of Colombia's best department capitals in which to live. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/11/san-jose-del-guaviare-colombias-best.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.larepublica.co/economia/estos-son-los-municipios-que...

The idea that our writer is a wild rover is wide of the mark. He has been more of a mild rover. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-mild-rover.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4KboYi40I https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bogota-nomad.html htt...

Many Colombians are proud of their country's rich biodiversity. But expressing pride about this is easy. Taking measures to maintain it is far more difficult. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/10/cop-on-colombia-for-biodiversitys-sake.html . *'Cop on' is a mostly Irish expression. Definition available at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cop+(oneself)+on . Ad...

Artificial intelligence looks set to create a class of largely irrelevant humans. Some of us are already at that stage, it seems. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/fending-off-irrelevance-in-artificial.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts https://www.nbcnews.com...

The native-knows-best belief loses some credence in La Chorrera indigenous reserve deep in Colombia's Amazon. It's autonomous in name but not in nature. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/la-chorrera-in-colombias-amazon-bloody.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://en.m.wikiped...

Google Blogger's recent deletion of two of my covid-19 pandemic-era posts is a strange, senseless, and worrying development. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/googlegulag-bloggers-faceless.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/cOnUpPoUkjo https://youtu.be/Z8hRwiHfrTs #Go...

The Putumayo River is said to allure all who see it. This must have been at play in my visit to Puerto Asís, in Colombia's south, close to the border with Ecuador. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/08/pacific-puerto-asis.html . Addition al reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com...

The discourse in US politics these days rarely rises above the level of schoolyard bullies. Is it a sign that the country's democracy is under threat? For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/us-democracy-drags-on-but-decorum-is.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ikZ42sZR46g...

Struggling for creativity? Lacking concentration? Your local café/coffee shop can see you right. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/apartments-of-pain-cafes-and-panaderias.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2014/10/end-of-strata-republic.html https://youtu.b...

Colombia's media and many of its citizens are often insufferable when it comes to supporting their national football team. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/shunning-la-seleccion-colombia.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/04/strength-in-belief.htm...

Colombian residency has its advantages. One of them is not having to deal with Migración Colombia's buggy online system for a few years! For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/respite-from-uncertainty-and-migracion.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/11/...

Little good comes from the practice of buying rounds of alcoholic drinks. Why do some people insist on doing so? For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/round-by-round-we-go-oh-no.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/NY_Zf...

The head tells me to give up my independent content creation. The heart says to keep going. The latter is getting its way — for now. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/06/chasing-media-dragon-raison-detre.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/Rt3GfdH1ouo https://wwcorrigan.blogs...

A new Spanish TV series, Los 39, is drama-packed. Filming it on location in Palomino also had its drama. And divas. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/05/life-imitating-art-of-los-39-minus.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://you...

Environmental sustainability and film/TV productions do not sit well together. It makes one wonder how self-styled green movie stars sleep well at night. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/05/the-pernicious-pull-of-black-hole-that.html .Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

American/US English conventions make more sense than their British counterparts. For some things, that is. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/04/on-comma-ground-where-us-english-team.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/10/wake-up-to-pinkers-wonderful-world....

In this new phase in the rise of the machines, we risk becoming little more than pawns of artificial intelligence. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/04/more-artificial-intelligence-less-human.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/2YCuwrHcdp0 https://youtu.be/DIlX_bmi9NE https:/...

Pet owners who double up as radical climate activists would be making a big statement — and no small difference — if they ditched their furry friends. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/a-pet-hate.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/Q9DblkWqwUg https://www.bbc.co.uk/program...

At a distance of 100 km, San Juan de Rioseco falls into the quick-getaway-from-Bogotá category. However, the journey can be stop-start so it's best to spend at least a night there. It is worth it. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/san-juan-de-rioseco-only-its-river-runs.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks i...

Getting a rather surprising clean bill of dental health has made me reflect on what may have led to this apparent tooth triumph. Can you handle the tooth? For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/03/boosting-dental-health.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2015/07/fo...

A lack of a clear career path — a particular problem for social studies graduates — can leave one feeling lost. 'I can do many things, but I don't want to do that.' For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/02/merging-life-vacation-with-vocation.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https:/...

Some actions that have an appearance of good about them often turn out to be all show but with little go. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/02/an-act-of-good.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/12/replacing-religions-false-comforts.html https://www.bbc.com...

Helping others is easier to do when you feel in a good place yourself. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/01/fly-on-through-turbulence-there-is-no.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/2YCuwrHcdp0 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/04/stop-dont-bin-that-food.html https://youtu...

Humanity's overall health and well-being have never been better but we need some pain to make us feel alive. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/01/without-pain-pleasures-are-plain-and.html . Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.html https:/...