by David Sasaki | Apr 23, 2008 | English, Podcast (English), Video
Inspired by Nathan Gibbs who was inspired by Ross Ching: Featured in order are Steven Mansour, Catalina Restrepo, Yuliana Paniagua, Dnabier Xady, Juliana Rincón, Jorge Montoya, and Diana Grajales (still no blog?!).
by David Sasaki | Feb 10, 2008 | English
This week’s video is of the protest against the FARC. For more information about the massive protest, check out Juliana’s post on Global Voices and Sibylla Brodzinsky’s article in the Christian Science Monitor. Despite what it says at the end of the...
by David Sasaki | Feb 4, 2008 | Español, Podcast (Spanish)
Los muchachos (y la muchacha) del famoso podcast Blogtemático me invitaron a su estudio para hacerles unas preguntas en el primer episodio del año. Fue una experiencia bastante divertida y espero que lo podamos hacer otra vez en junio cuando...
by David Sasaki | Feb 1, 2008 | Español, Podcast (Spanish), Video
El domingo pasado Gabriel me llevó a La Sierra, una comunidad aquí en Medellín con vistas hermosas del valle y con una historia triste de violencia. Un amigo cafetero de Gabriel nos enseño como hacer el cafe. Espero que lo disfruten. Yo voy a buscar un espresso...
by David Sasaki | Jan 30, 2008 | Español
Mis queridos Colombianos, Tengo ocho preguntas. 1.) Que dicen las madres cuando sus hijas salen de la casa llevando pantalones blancas y transparentes con tangas rojas y sin brassiere? No pregunto por criticar – de hecho, yo apoyo el estilo – solo pregunto...
by David Sasaki | Jan 29, 2008 | Economics, English
I just got back from Centro Comercial Monterrey where I had to pick up a DV Firewire cable in order to transfer some digital video from casette to hard drive. At the store I noticed they were selling iPhones so, out of curiosity, I asked the price. “1,800,000...
by David Sasaki | Jan 28, 2008 | English, Español, Podcast (English), Podcast (Spanish)
I tend to not speak much on the podcasts I publish here, but this time my good buddy Jorge and I talk a little bit about why we like the songs we chose. (And Jorge teaches us how to yodel). The podcast is in Spanish and English. Normalmente no hablo mucho en los...
by David Sasaki | Jan 25, 2008 | English, Español, Music, Rising Voices, Video
All this blah-blah-blah about citizen media and the democratization of participatory communication … all the traveling and the workshops and the guides and conference panels … the true end-goal of it all … the dream … the mecca … was to...
by David Sasaki | Jan 17, 2008 | Español, Podcast (Spanish), Video
Cuando subes a un autobus aquí en Medellin puede ser mucho más que transporte público. Dependiendo de tu gusto musical, a veces te toca el placer (o la mala suerte) de un concierto de rap. Aunque la cultura de hip hop ya es algo fuerte, pocas son...
by David Sasaki | Jan 12, 2008 | English, Rising Voices
Below is this week’s newsletter to the Rising Voices mailing list. I’m so happy with the progress that Rising Voices has made, however, that I want to share it here as well. I’ll be publishing photos from last night’s event soon. I write...