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Latest Episodes

56: A Toast To Speaking Across Cultures
March 27, 2025

Clink clink! Dean and Tom would just like to take a moment (actually, several moments across this episode) to toast toasting and public speaking across cultures. After toasting all night long with a t

55: Canada Is Not The 51st State
February 27, 2025

O Canada! With all the recent talk of Canada being the 51st U.S. state - its not, and wont be! - Dean and Tom venture into the vast expanse of cultural differences between Canadians and U.S. America

Say The Magic Word(s)! Special Reissue
January 23, 2025

Hoping a magic carpet ride whisks you away to a magical "far far away" place this week? Well, you're in *luck*, because we're reissuing our August 2019 episode, "Do You Believe In Magic?", for that ve

54: How Not To Be The Ugly (Fill In The Country of Choice) Tourist
December 26, 2024

Its a holiday-filled time of year and a heavy travel time across cultures, dear listeners; as such, weve been receiving your questions about how not to be the ugly American (or fill in your country

53: Rehydration Salt Balls
November 28, 2024

Happy Thanksgiving to our U.S. listeners! In this episode, Dean and Tom thank local caregivers for helping Dean survive sudden maladies across three different continents. They also explore cultures i

52: Myanmar: From A Zat Pwe To Mandalay
October 24, 2024

Are Burma and Myanmar the same place? How long does a zat pwe last? Why are only foreigners allowed into a certain garage in Mandalay? In this episode, Dean and Tom travel along Myanmars central rive

All You Can Eat! Special Reissue
September 26, 2024

Hungry for more food talk after last months "Somebody Feed Dean" episode? Were serving it up to you on a silver platter with this special reissue of our July 2018 episode, Fish Cheeks & Dining Myth

51: Somebody Feed Dean
August 22, 2024

Its a food travel show for your ears! Dean ventures to his favorite worldwide hole-in-the-wall restaurants, street stands, and more in this episode, experiencing the best meals of his life from Sri L

50: 50th Episode Celebration In Italy! From “Jambo Bwana” To “La Bella Figura”
July 25, 2024

Were popping open a bottle of Mirto from Sardinia in celebration of our 50TH EPISODE! First, Dean caps off our prior episode about music and dance with the happiest song hes ever heard,Jambo Bwana,

49: Dancing To The Music (Of James Joyce?)
June 27, 2024

Were groovin to the tunes in this episode! Join Dean and Tom as they explore varying expressions, along with common purposes, of music and dance across cultures: from an indoor wedding in Cairo and