MisInfoNation

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MisInfoNation - Spain - Flamenco, Sangria, and the Place we Call Home Aug 23, 2024

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Learn how to lisp, grab a classical guitar, pop a flower in your hair, put on your espadrilles, and let's go for a late night dinner and brisk ramble through the humid and historied streets and cities of our home… España.

Me and Andres call Spain home and have done, collectively for more than 38 years… we could have picked a multitude of friends to take on the mammoth task of MisInfoNation but we didn’t… we chose a new friend. An unexpected friend.

The tall, handsome, thoughtful, intelligent, Javier Bardem look alike himself, Karim Diouri Haya. So here we go… is it all flamenco, sangria, paella and siestas?

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MisInfoNation - England - Pints, Poppycock, and a Pack of Corgis Aug 08, 2024

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Don your tweed, grab a parker, make sure you’ve got your bits and bobs, pop your wellies on, and let's go for a stroll through the blustery countryside of this beautiful nation of shopkeepers: Fair olde England.

Today on MisInfoNation, we’re tackling a country with two very special guests: The dry and hilarious, Scottish blooded, English-hearted Andy Young and Cerca’s own, equally dry and hilarious, Northern-souled, Ryan Hammond.

A dead queen, the class system, surreal comedy, bad teeth, terrible food, worse weather… that’s England right?

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MisInfoNation - France - Kissing, Singing and... snooting? Jul 26, 2024

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Today as always on MisInfoNation: We try to clear up some of the outright lies, mistakes, myths and misnomers of an entire country... this time... And with the 2024 Summer Olympics just getting underway, here was one country in particular we wanted to study under the MisInfoNation microscope. That's right, we're headed to France!

So grab a baguette, find your fanciest horizontal stripes, hop on your oversized basketed bicycle, light a cigarette and let's go for a ride through one of the most desired, loved and influential countries in the world with our friends Nina and Clement...

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CLEMENT

On Instagram: @clementbarista & @moltamacafe

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Passport Presents Don't Drink the Milk - Bagels: Coming Full Circle Mar 26, 2024

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Hola Passport faithful! Neil, Dré, and the Passport team are busy cooking up some new episodes of MisInfoNation - and maybe even a few other surprises, too. But in the meantime, we wanted to share a new show that we really love. Because we think you'll love it too.

Don't Drink the Milk mixes history with a good dose of travel, pop culture, and controversy. The show explores the curious backstories of familiar things, and how they've changed as they moved through time and around the world – by force, by chance, or by choice. This episode takes us to Krakow tracing the origins of one of Team Passport's favorite foods. The bagel!

Here's what they say:

The bagel is in its rainbow era, but this beloved bread's journey goes way back. We're rounding off season one with a dense, doughy episode that's both scrumptious and surprising. We trace the humble bagel's roots to medieval Poland and follow its North American makeover (are you team New York or Montreal?). A snack for queens, laborers and trendsetters – here's the real story of the bagel.

We hope you enjoy this episode, and if you do, why not give 'em a follow. You can binge all of Season 1 now and catch up just in time for the Season 2 in June.

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MisInfoNation - Portugal - Fado, Fatima and The Crazy Eyes of Cristiano Ronaldo Aug 08, 2023

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In this episode Neil and Andrés are off to beautiful Portugal for some fado, sweet port, codfish and maybe even a little Ronaldo - to find out if the world has it right about this Iberian treasure trove.

Showing us around the facts and the follies today is the one and only Catarina Araújo; A globe hopping, Lisbon-born marketing specialist and the writer of the excellent travelog aportugueseaffair.com which you can also find now in podcast form in the Cerca app and anywhere you get your podcasts.

Vamos a isto!

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MisInfoNation - Mexico - Taco Eyes, Telenovelas and El Chupacabra May 18, 2023

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Today on MisInfoNation we ready our minds, stomachs and souls to tackle The United States of… Mexico. These 31 federal entities and Mexico City, which is its own thing entirely, is a rich, historied country filled with incredible food, ancient culture, and an iconic identity. Also long fiestas and longer siestas… or is it? We head there with our friend Elena Garcia Beltran. She’s a mother, she’s a lover, she's sometimes a fighter but most importantly… She's the most hilarious corporate lawyer you will ever meet. Viva Mexico!

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MisInfoNation - Sweden - Fika, Eurovision, and The Gentle Art of Death Cleaning Apr 27, 2023

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Drop the Ikea Allen key, put on your warmest, most fashionable outdoorsy threads, and fill up on some delicious meatballs because today on MisInfoNation we’re going to the nordic utopia of Sweden with soon to be TV superstar, set designer, and bonafide Swede, Johan Svenson.

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MisInfoNation - Lebanon - God Mode, Dichotomy, and Curly Fries Mar 21, 2023

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Bordered by Israel and Syria on the East Coast of the Mediterranean sea, Lebanon is something of an unknown quantity in the eyes of the world. Its position in the Middle East has never given it much stability in recent history. The lives of the people who live there, even the young adults, are tarnished with conflict but also an undeniable resilience and perspective.

The Lebanese are impassioned, intelligent and intense personalities and we are lucky enough to call the brilliant Hasan Chaaban a friend. We sat down with him here in Barcelona to get deep into the culture, the conflict, the history, the food and the customs of one of the strangest and most complex countries in the world.

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Hasan Chaaban on the web: kolaps.com

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MisInfoNation - Belgium - Bureaucracy, Beer, and Tintin Jan 17, 2023

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MisInfoNation returns with a trip to Belgium - a place that's often overlooked and mostly defined in popular imagination by bureaucracy, beer, fries, chocolate, Tintin and a statue of a boy peeing.

But Neil and Dré aren't content to just let these easy oversimplifications define a whole country and its people. That's why they've invited their friend and 3D Designer Dennis Vanneste to help set the record straight.

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New MisInfoNation Episodes are Coming Soon! Jan 13, 2023

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There are things we think we know about places. But history, prejudice, stereotypes and the nature of 24 hour news and social media has made common knowledge about far away places even more twisted than ever.

So we’re taking the initiative once more, putting ourselves in the line of fire and asking the dumbest of questions so you never have to ever again. MisInfoNation is coming back!

Come and join Neil Innes and Andrés Bartos as they try their hardest to clear up some of the outright lies and stereotypes from Japan, New Zealand, France, Belgium, South Africa, Spain, Ireland, Germany, Canada, Mexico and more this year… by doing what they do best. Having a chat with someone who actually knows what they’re talking about.

MisInfoNation returns with hilarious guests and all new episodes starting Tuesday January 17th.

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