The Corrigan Cast

Seeing as how Colombia's network gas provider, Vanti, loves to squeeze money from its customers, it could close its customer service department to save even more cash. Because such a service at the company exists in name only. Who needs thieves when you've got Vanti?   To read the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/10/grupo-vantis-vanity-customer-is-rarely.htm...

There are some ridiculous rules enforced in some of Colombia's apartment complexes.   For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/colombias-clothes-in-window-bane.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/doing-business-in-sa.html &n...

San Luis de Gaceno in the hot low-lying lands of Colombia's Boyacá department has much going for it, particularly as a place to unwind.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/san-luis-de-gaceno-going-its-own-way.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):  https://www.youtube.c...

Two of Colombia's lesser-visited spots, the neighbouring towns of El Peñón and Topaipí in Cundinamarca, are appraised here. Is Topaipí tops?  For the text version, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/easygoing-el-penon-but-is-topaipi-tops.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):  https://time.com/56220...

Even with all of Bogotá's other delights, Wrong Way Corrigan finds it hard to do without his BBC fix.  For the text of this audio blog, go to https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/hooked-on-bbc-or-ccp-if-you-will.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/coming-clean-on-my-...

BBC Radio 2's Sounds of the 90s. A great production! https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001bjp8 #FearneCotton #SoundsOfThe90s #BBCRadio2 

The actions of many who profess to be liberals suggest they are anything but.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-liberal-illusion.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Grand_Inquisitor   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2W2i_...

As Colombia tries to widen its tax base, many of its citizens seem to live outside the state's structures. Wrong Way is the same boat somewhat.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/colombia-on-fringes.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://anchor.fm/brendan-corriga...

Has the rather inauspicious date of Wrong Way's first arrival to Bogotá set the tone for his time in the city?  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-bogota-curse.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):   https://anchor.fm/brendan-corrigan/episodes/Economically--were-bugge...

Wrong Way is back giving in-person English classes to adults. Does it matter, though, that he's not a "real" teacher?  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/return-of-peripatetic-preceptor-and.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/12/a-n...

My decluttering discussion with Nihal Arthanayake on BBC Radio 5 Live.  For further background, see https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/08/decluttering-discussion-with-nihal.html .  Listen to the whole show at https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0019rps (I come on from 37:30).  Thumbnail image is from https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/18br0lZdV7sgQTCK52z5d8Q/about-radio-5-li...

Some people love to communicate using WhatsApp voice messages. Wrong Way doesn't. And he thinks those who use them excessively are selfish.  Read the text of this audio at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/the-whatsapp-voice-messages-of-wrath.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com...

Being a dissenter isn't always easy but when one sees discrepancies in the mainstream narrative, one has to ask honest questions. Getting honest answers is another issue altogether.  Read the text at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/death-to-dissenters-its-for-your-own.html .  Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (also inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post): htt...

While Villanueva may not exactly be one of Colombia's tourism hotspots, it has a nice vibe to it all the same.    Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/a-pleasant-villanueva-vibe.html .  Additional reading/listening (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/10/happy-in-jenesano.html   https://wwco...

Some foreigners who come to Colombia seem to think their "mission" is to save the "impoverished" locals. And some Colombians are quite happy to go along with this.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/07/colombias-foreign-saviours.html .    Additional reading/listening (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.c...

Colombia has elected a leftist president for the first time in its history. Does this mean the country is about to go the socialist route, à la Venezuela?  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/conservative-colombia-left-in-cold-for.html .  Additional reading (inserted as hyperlinks in the blog post):  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/12/chr...

The idea that many of Colombia's country folk, campesinos, live a life of poverty or close to it really depends on how one views it.  Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/making-ends-meet-in-colombia.html .  Below are the hyperlinks and further reading from the original text:  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/hoyo-del-aire-la-paz-santander.htm...

Some people seem to view long-term singletons as being lonely and sad. Not all of us feel the need to have a regular partner, though.  Read the text of this blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/set-on-singlehood.html .    Hyperlinks from the blog text and additional reading/viewing:  https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/05/a-prostitute-by-any-other-name.html   h...

Most Colombian towns, no matter how small, seem to have a hotel or the like. The quaint Saboyá in Boyacá bucks this trend. It's still worth a visit all the same.  Read the text at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/06/saboya-boyaca-rare-hotel-less-colombian.html .  #Saboyá #Boyacá #Chinquinquirá #Colombia #travel

Bogotá's authorities like to boast about the city's many cycle lanes.  They may look good on paper but, in reality, many are in very poor condition.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/05/bogotas-biking-blues.html .  Hyperlinks from the original text and further reading:  https://bogota.gov.co/mi-ciudad/movilidad/vamos-construir-mas-de-800-...

The driving style of many Colombians falls into the 'short-term gain, long-term loss' category.  It could be argued this sums up the country's behaviour in many spheres.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/05/colombias-aggressive-driver-mentality.html .  Associated reading and hyperlinks from the original blog text are:   https://wwcorrigan...

Trying to change one's ways, especially when addiction is involved, often requires taking rather drastic measures. For many, religion is the answer.   Wrong Way believes in a somewhat different approach.   Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/paths-to-cleaner-living.html .  For further related relating and hyperlinks in the original text see:&n...

Colombia's upcoming presidential election is set to be a head-to-head between the leftist Gustavo Petro and centrist Federico "Fico"  Gutiérrez.  Is the country about to elect its first-ever left-leaning president?  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/colombia-decides-go-with-gutierrez-or.html .  The following is a list of further blog ar...

Colombia's Boyacá department may not be too well known for its tropical treats, but it does have some pleasing hotspots. The small town of Santa María is one of them.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/04/a-balmier-and-wetter-side-to-boyaca.html .  #SantaMaría #Boyacá #Colombia #tropics #pueblos #trekking #hillwalking

Dealing with the pernicious actions of those drunk on the culture  wars/cancel culture is proving to be a difficult task for the soberer amongst us. We're not without hope, though.  Read the text of this audio blog at https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2022/03/drunk-almost-to-death-on-culture-wars.html .  #CultureWars #CancelCulture #SocialJusticeWarriors #UnionJack