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A podcast about places and buildings, with tales about history and people. From author and publisher Clive Aslet and the architectural editor of Country Life, & John Goodall

I "Mine venner kannibalerne" er journalist og eventyrer Arne Falk-Rønne rejst til øgrupperne Ny Guinea og Ny Hebriderne. Her møder han øens oprindelige befolkning og lærer deres kultur at kende. En kultur, der i høj grad er præget af de interne stridigheder mellem stammerne. En del af disse krige handler om "at stjæle kvinder". Noget, der måske kunne klinge negativt i vestlige ører, men som en ældre kvinde fortæller: "Det var nu en morsom tid," siger hun, "dengang var der unge piger og fyrige elskere til.

This sequel to King Solomon's Mines is filled with the spirit of adventure. Thrilled by rumors of a lost civilization, three Englishmen decide to travel to the heart of Africa with their Zulu guide where they meet with continual peril: an attack by a cruel warrior tribe, the scorch of underground volcanic fires, and an encounter with a huge species of ferocious black crab. Exhausted and depleted of supplies, the men at last arrive at a mysterious city in the highlands of the interior.

Michael Simkins is the ultimate Sunday cricketer - passionate, obsessive, technically inept and hopelessly deluded. When an injury rules him out, he decides to set off on an odyssey across the counties of England. It's a journey that begins at the birthplace of cricket, takes in the burial site of his favourite ground and even stops along the way to flirt with the love child of WG Grace and Kerry Katona that is Twenty20. It ends with the ultimate cricketing zenith - returning to the field of play to bowl an over to Freddie Flintoff in fading light in front of a capacity crowd.

Comedy and Insight from the greatest* minds in Fresno.The only podcast made for those who live in the Central Valley, for those who miss the Central Valley, and for those who long to live in the Central Valley.News, Entertainment, Events, and more.