The unpleasant experience of visiting Yosemite

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of visiting Yosemite, a far-right lawyer's plans for Colombia, weekend movie reviews, and a unique French dessert.

Plus, a far-right, Trump-loving lawyer who calls himself “El Tigre” promises to eradicate Colombia’s drug cartels. We’ll have your weekend movie reviews, and Evan Kleiman brings us a peculiar French dessert.

People in this episode

Host: Madeleine Brand

Guest: Evan Kleiman

Topics covered

• Yosemite
• Colombia
• drug cartels
• movie reviews
• French dessert

Keywords

• Yosemite
• Colombia
• drug cartels
• movie reviews
• French dessert

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: KCRW

Places: Colombia, Yosemite

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