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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 54: A City Under Seige

April 11th, 2010

Posted in anti-government, Bangkok, deaths, freaks, gay, lesbian, protests, queer, red shirts, riots, Thailand, tourism, violence

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Welcome to episode 54
Bad news from the Land of Smiles
Red shirt protests turn violent
20 dead and over 800 injured
Tear gas, molotov cocktails, rubber bullets, Bamboo clubs
Extreme violence from anti-government protestors
stolen riot gear and body snatching
They set up shop in my backyard on the 3rd
worst violence in high tourist areas
Khao San Road became a war zone
Tourist caught in the middle
Tom’s experience yesterday afternoon
situation started to look grim
BTS sky train shuts down for 1st time 10 years
Surprised at lack of coverage on CNN and BBC
Leaving the city Tuesday for Hong Kong
Always wanted to visit
Why do we buy Lonely Planet guide books?
Tourist sights i want to see…
Disney here i come….special thanks to Joe!!!
Computer crashed….AGAIN!
Why oh why didn’t I back up my files
shout out to Walter from Austria
How I podcast….
Moving to Pattaya update for Taylor
heart warming encouragement from Facebook
Rambling closing remarks and lurve for Joe!

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T.I.T. Podcast Episode 53: The Red Storm in a Tea Cup…

April 2nd, 2010

Posted in Bangkok, corruption, culture, Easter, education, freaks, gay, lesbian, Politics, queer, red shirts, Thai, Thailand, Thaksin

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Goooooood morning, afternoon, evening and night depending on where and when in the world you happen to stop by and read this. Firstly, I realize that it has been ages and ages since I did a T.I.T. cast and I’m really sorry to have kept you guys waiting for so long. Secondly, I decided to sit down today and try my best to rattle off a podcast without any show notes, so if this episode ends up sucking then big sorrys again. I catch myself rambling on a bit, a few times as i went through the episode but i was trying to cover so much information in a very limited time frame. Anyways, hope you guys enjoy and will try to be more organized with notes and such next week! IN the meantime, i wanna send out much MUCH love from the “Big Mango!” Enjoy!!!! P.S. Ignore the episode number in the artwork….it was a bit of a mistake!