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Episode 36: Patrick Symmes
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61 minutes
Released:
Apr 10, 2013
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Podcast episode
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Patrick Symmes, foreign correspondent and contributor to Outside and Harper's.
Show notes:
@patricksymmes
patricksymmes.com
Symmes's Outside archive
Symmes's Harper's archive
[2:30] Chasing Che: A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend (2000)
[7:00] The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile (2008)
[21:45] "Taking the Measure of Castro, Ounce by Ounce" (Harper's • Jan 1996) (subscription required)
[22:00] "Ten Thousand Revolutions" (Harper's • June 1997) (subscription required)
[23:00] "The Generals in Their Labyrinth" (Outside • July 2008)
[24:30] "Miraculous Fishing" (Harper's • Dec 2000) (subscription required)
[35:00] "Sand Storm" (Outside • May 2011)
[39:00] "The Beautiful Game" (Outside • Oct 2012)
[42:00] Among the Thugs (Bill Buford • 1993)
[49:30] "A Wild Country Grows in South Sudan" (Outside • May 2013)
Show notes:
@patricksymmes
patricksymmes.com
Symmes's Outside archive
Symmes's Harper's archive
[2:30] Chasing Che: A Motorcycle Journey in Search of the Guevara Legend (2000)
[7:00] The Boys from Dolores: Fidel Castro's Schoolmates from Revolution to Exile (2008)
[21:45] "Taking the Measure of Castro, Ounce by Ounce" (Harper's • Jan 1996) (subscription required)
[22:00] "Ten Thousand Revolutions" (Harper's • June 1997) (subscription required)
[23:00] "The Generals in Their Labyrinth" (Outside • July 2008)
[24:30] "Miraculous Fishing" (Harper's • Dec 2000) (subscription required)
[35:00] "Sand Storm" (Outside • May 2011)
[39:00] "The Beautiful Game" (Outside • Oct 2012)
[42:00] Among the Thugs (Bill Buford • 1993)
[49:30] "A Wild Country Grows in South Sudan" (Outside • May 2013)
Released:
Apr 10, 2013
Format:
Podcast episode
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