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Podcast Episode 5. Chicken Kyiv, Ukraine
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A few of my mates asked if I had eaten a Chicken Kyiv in Kyiv. Turns out there is less Kyiv in Chicken Kyiv than I thought. I have a table for two – join me, won’t you?
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Podcast Episode 4. Driving in Tunisia
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While preparing to drive from Bizerte to El Djem, my friends told me that out on the roads in Tunisia, you must not, under any circumstances, show any fear. It didn’t help my confidence.
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Podcast Episode 3. Bull Leaping, Greece
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Tired of the gimmicky, Johnny-come-lately sports appearing in the Olympic Games? Support the return of the ancient, spectacular and potentially lethal sport of bull leaping!
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Podcast Episode 2. Evacuation, Ukraine
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Explosions rumbled, boomed and whumped as the Russians shelled the city from their positions just across the river. It was no place for an old lady bed-ridden with a broken leg.
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Playing Soldiers, Ukraine
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When we were kids we played out great World War II battles with our toy guns. Today Ukrainian kids don’t have to imagine there are enemies in their back yards.
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Podcast Episode 1. Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
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New Zealand is pretty much made up of a whole bunch of volcanoes linked together by other volcanoes. Despite the risk of incineration, tourists like me flock to the Taupo Volcanic Zone to experience a little geothermal action.
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Shopping During Wartime, Ukraine
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Having their grocery shopping interrupted by air raid sirens is a daily occurrence for many Ukrainians.
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Counting The Cost, Ukraine
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A tour of a shattered village revealed the cost of Putin’s war for the rural people of Ukraine.
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Phaeton Museum of Technology, Ukraine
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Although the war in no way effects me as acutely as it does the Ukrainians, an afternoon at the Phaeton Museum of Technology, Zaporizhia, was a great way to forget about the war for a while.
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Evacuation, Ukraine
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Explosions rumbled, boomed and whumped as the Russians shelled the city from their positions just across the river. It was no place for an old lady bed-ridden with a broken leg.