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Last year I spoke to a graduate student at York about her PhD project–corn in Mexico. In light of the recent run-ups in food prices, it might be worth another listen.

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This is an interview I did with a businessman who owns several windmills near my hometown, Toronto.

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Jack Kerouac published “On The Road” 50 years ago. I’ve put together a short documentary on hitchhiking to, well, I dunno. Celebrate kind of. Remember my youth, kind of.

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For this episode, I interviewed Elijah Wald. He wrote a fabulous book, “Riding With Strangers” about his hitchhiking experiences and the history of hitching.

Surprisingly, Mr Wald has a “people’s history” view of hitching, quite different from the “beats and hippies” view I had until we talked.

(I’ve buggered this up. I used to have the credits for this wonderful photo, but I’ve lost them. If it should happen to be yours, please let me know.)

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This is one of my favourite documentaries. I ran into a bunch of really neat young people in La Paz, Mexico several years ago. They had a really interesting take on globalization.

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This is the first in a series of podcasts on hitchhiking. For this podcast, I interviewed David Smith, one of the world’s great hitchhikers.

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