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Moving is difficult under the best of circumstances. Moving to another country? That’s another level of difficult. There is a lot to consider. From employment and immigration laws to finding a place to live and figuring out how to bring over the dog. In this podcast Jenn and Tom discuss how they made the insane choice to pack up their lives and move across the Atlantic from Virginia to Scotland. They’ll share a sample of what it’s like as Americans living in Scotland and the misconceptions they face.

'My Mate Went on Holiday to North Korea' tells the story of exactly what its like to visit the so-called Hermit Kingdom - everything from booking your trip in the first place, through getting on the train in Beijing, to creaking across the boarder, an Alcatraz-like hotel and seeing the embalmed corpses of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il - as seen through the eyes of Luke Pearce, who travelled there on vacation in 2016. The interviewer is @Dave___Smith

"Muslim Holiday on Sept. 11? Coincidence Stirs Fears" is from the August 28, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Samantha Schmidt and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A New York Holiday Tradition to Count On? Big Crowds" is from the December 22, 2016 US section of The New York Times. It was written by Winnie Hu and narrated by Kristi Burns.

During its heyday, the Chelsea Hotel in New York City was a home and safe haven for Bohemian artists, poets, and musicians such as Bob Dylan, Gregory Corso, Allen Ginsberg, Janis Joplin, and Dee Dee Ramone. This oral history of the famed hotel peers behind the iconic facade and delves into the mayhem, madness, and brilliance that stemmed from the hotel in the 1980s and 1990s.

America's Favorite Holidays explores how five of America's culturally important holidays - Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgiving - came to be what they are today, seasonal and religious celebrations heavily influenced by modern popular culture.

A lively philosophical exploration of what it means to be awesome and not suck, and a plea for more awesomeness in our personal, social, and public lives In this engaging, fun, and astute investigation of a thoroughly contemporary condition, philosopher and former pro skater Nick Riggle argues...