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My Youtube Channel Is Going Bananas: The Top 3 Videos
Turns out people dig the open, honest interview with a real person. My trip last summer through the Southern U.S.[…]
Read moreA Tanzanian Asked Me How Americans Feel About Trump. Will You Answer Him?
”Brandon, may you write something about how people of America perceive the ideas of the newly elected president?” This is[…]
Read moreNew Year, New Video: Portraits of Tanzanian Villagers (And How They Reacted to Photography)
Happy New Year! Two-and-a-half years ago, while working at the school in the village of Magulilwa, Tanzania, a few townspeople[…]
Read moreVideo: Talking Travel Adventures on 1180 KCKQ Reno, Nevada
Last Monday I was a guest on the “Peel Off Labels” radio program, on air from Reno, Nevada. Host Paul[…]
Read moreAyla Travels the World, Part 7: Visit to a Tanzanian School
First she traveled parts of Europe, then into the Muslim world in Egypt. Next on her journey Ayla continued south[…]
Read moreFor Father’s Day: Photos of Fatherhood Around the World
In May we looked at mothers. Now we look at the other side of the coin, the yang to the yin,[…]
Read moreMy Birthday at Home Sunday–and Those I’ve Had Abroad
Sunday was my birthday. To Americans, this meant a lit-up face from those who found out and them offering a[…]
Read moreA Norwegian in Tanzania: Ayla Visits a Secondary School
From February 20-28, Ayla–by way of mutual acquaintances (and Minnesota’s connections to Scandinavia)–visited the school in Tanzania where I volunteered in[…]
Read moreFive Ways Cultures Can Learn From Each Other: A Presentation
*This Saturday I’ll be a panelist at Global China Connection’s Midwest Conference taking place at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School[…]
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