Rapid Travel Chai

A weekend on the road for many of us in the US for Memorial Day and bank holidays in a number of countries. Here are some podcast gems:

• Life’s A Selfie (BBC A Point of View)
• The Science of Stinky Sweat and Earwax, The Oldest Known Complaint Letter, and Did Arsenic Poisoning Make Gods Limp? (Dr. Karl’s Great Moments in Science)
• Love Your Wife Day (BBC Documentaries)
• Somalia: Back from the Brink (BBC Documentaries)
• Michael Lewis: Flash Boys (ABC Big Ideas)
• Eric Topol on the Power of Patients in a Digital World (EconTalk)
• Money & Happiness (Market Foolery)
• The Sioux Chef (The Splendid Table and his website).
• The Legacy of Reconstruction (The New Yorker Political Scene and the texts of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 and Civil Rights Act of 1875)
• The Road Ahead for Afghanistan: A Conversation With Ashraf Ghani (Council on Foreign Relations)
• Boris Johnson on Influence and Ambition (HBR Ideacast) and pre-election appearance on Pienaar’s Politics
• And for the Americans who refuse to take a break, Why We Pretend to Be Workaholics (HBR Ideacast)