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Today we have a special from Cuba. It is a difficult episode for us to make. Emotional in ways. We are on the island for a few weeks, visiting distant family, making friends and exploring remote and beautiful places.
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We will talk about what we see and read from the narrative logs of our journey. Cuba is complex and our trip here is life changing. It flipped many notions upside down.
From the show:
“…the amount of people on the street. They're moving, they're walking all around, and they talk, and they shout at each other, not in an angry way. It's just a way to communicate across the traffic and across other people talking. So this activity was definitely something that I don't know. I imagine this reserved for Middle Eastern bazaars from a previous century. And it was a little like that. I definitely noticed it. …”
“…And the friends we have here, they're not naive. They don't think that their lives are great. They understand that there are easier ways of living and easier ways to procure goods and food and not have your electricity and power cut out every other day. But they just choose to fit fun and enjoyment and joy in between those moments. And that was a powerful reminder that circumstances, whatever they are, do not have to determine your inner state…”