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Episode 101, Berlin: Simon Shuster Oct 05, 2020

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Moscow-born foreign correspondent Simon Shuster came to California as a child and returned to Russia as an adult to start his career in journalism. But it was Berlin that gave him a family and became a home base while doing some of his most impactful reporting, from the Trumpworld dealings in Ukraine to the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean. He and host Nathan Thornburgh talk about all that, and about their similar life paths, from the nostalgic center of Berlin.

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Meine Bar Berlin

Simon’s recent investigation into Rick Perry’s oil dealings in Ukraine

The podcast version of that investigation

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Episode 45, Appalachian Roadtrip: Mike Costello Oct 01, 2020

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Writer, podcaster and Appalachian culinary evangelist Mike Costello drinks with host Nathan Thornburgh at the Lost Creek Farm in West Virginia.

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Lost Creek Farm

Pickle Shelf Radio Hour

Hawk Knob Appalachian Hard Cider

Victuals: An Appalachian Journey, with Recipes, by Ronni Lundy

Mike Costello on Twitter

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Episode 44, Appalachian Roadtrip: Jeffery Lindenmuth Sep 24, 2020

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Jeffery Lindenmuth and host Nathan Thornburgh sit down for a before-noon blind bourbon tasting at the Pennsylvania offices of Whisky Advocate. Among the topics of conversation: good value whisky, why "burning hospital" can be a desirable tasting note, and why Billy Joel did Allentown so dirty.

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Whisky Advocate

Jeffery Lindenmuth on IG

Episode excerpt on Roads & Kingdoms

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Episode 100, Berlin: Jennifer Neal Sep 21, 2020

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Chicago native Jennifer Neal, author of the forthcoming novel The Colour of Her Blood, has spent her adult life trying out life overseas. In Berlin, she has found a home. For now.

Jennifer and host Nathan Thornburgh sit in her apartment in Berlin and drink "hut dream" tea and talk about it all.

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Perfect Dish: Singapore

Perfect Dish: Jakarta

Jennifer Neal on Instagram

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Episode 43, London: Nud Dudhia Sep 17, 2020

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Breddo's Tacos in London made a name for itself by combining deep flavors from Mexico with the kind of global inventiveness that London excels at. Nud Dudhia was born for this—born in Zambia, educated in the UK, converted to the joys of al pastor while on a break in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. Nud and host Nathan Thornburgh sipped mezcal in the morning and talked through it all.

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Breddos Tacos

Bill Esparza’s Taqueando

Nic Cage in Leaving Las Vegas

The ‘mad clammer’ Roddy Sloan

Cat & Mutton, the pub where Breddo’s was born

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Episode 42, London: Hilary Whitney Sep 10, 2020

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Hilary Whitney and Ian Hart make some of the best gin in the world. And they did it, until recently, all from a room in their home in leafy Highgate, north London. Hilary talks with host Nathan Thornburgh there about gin, writing, and seizing the means of Negroni production.

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World Gin Awards 2019

In Our Time: The Gin Craze (BBC radio episode)

Flask Fine Wines in Los Angeles (Sacred Spirits US distributor)

Bounty Hunter Wine in Napa (Sacred Spirits US distributor)

The New Gin Craze by Oliver Bullough in Roads & Kingdoms

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Episode 99, Berlin: Billy Wagner Sep 07, 2020

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Drinking unique wines in Kreuzberg at the home of Billy Wagner, sommelier and proprietor of Berlin's Michelin-starred Nobelhart & Schmutzig. Episode two of five Berlin episodes on The Trip!

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Nobelhart & Schmutzig

Weingut Leiner

Eva Fricke Rheingau winemaker profile from Punch

The Carton Magazine shop

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Episode 41, London: Sami Tamimi Sep 03, 2020

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Sami Tamimi’s book Falastin: a Cookbook, co-written with Tara Wigley, is part travelogue, part guidebook for the home cook, it’s the first step into the spotlight for Tamimi’s gifted culinary mind and his own personal story. In this episode, he sat down with The Trip host Nathan Thornburgh over some Waitrose prosecco to talk about his life in cooking, navigating the tensions of the Middle East, and why hummus alone won’t solve our problems.

This episode was previously paywalled on Luminary Podcasts but is being re-released now, free and for the people.

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Sami Tamimi’s books:

Falastin: A Cookbook (with Tara Wigley)

Ottolenghi: the Cookbook (with Yotam Ottolenghi)

Jerusalem (with Yotam Ottolenghi)

Other links:

How we met: Sami Tamimi and Yotam Ottolenghi

Give Chickpeas a Chance

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Episode 40, London: Oliver Bullough Aug 27, 2020

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Oliver Bullough is one of my favorite journalists on earth, most recently the author of Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World. He is an expert at plainly describing the complex ways we’re all being screwed by the shadowy billionaire economy, a skill that is all the more vital during this pandemic which has been so strangely profitable for the elite. Oliver and I met up in London in 2019 and for this vodka-fueled conversation about the wild world of global cash.

This episode was previously paywalled on Luminary Podcasts but is being re-released now, free and for the people.

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Subscribe to Oligarchy: Oliver Bullough’s newsletter for Coda Story

Oliver Bullough’s books:

Moneyland: The Inside Story of the Crooks and Kleptocrats Who Rule the World

The Last Man in Russia: The Struggle to Save a Dying Nation

Let Our Fame Be Great: Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus

Michael Lewis’ books that Oliver mentions:

The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine

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Episode 98, Berlin: Musa Okwonga Aug 24, 2020

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Musa Okwonga's upcoming novella In the End, It Was All About Love is a gorgeous meditation on being a foreigner, and a Black man, in today's Berlin. It's why I wanted to start The Trip's five episodes in Berlin with him: for a relatively recent arrival, he communicates the city on a deep and lyrical level. So we sat together (pre-COVID) in my friend's house in Berlin, drank several Moscow Mules, and talked about schnitzel, football, and what Musa calls the psychogeography—emotion imbued even into the cobblestone—of Germany's capital.

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Stadio: A Ringer football podcast hosted by Musa Okwonga and Ryan Hunn

Musa on Instagram

Rough Trade Books (you can pre-order Musa's novella here in November)

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