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1869, Ep. 175 with Michael McColly, author of Walking Chicago's Coast
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Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Walking Chicago's Coast: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783142/walking-chicagos-coast/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Dl0aINXKuWDkNJ85vVULu65ZQbM?utm_source=copy_url Michael McColly's essays have appeared in The New York Times, the Boston Review, and The Sun magazine. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award–winning memoir The After-Death Room, chronicling his journey reporting on AIDS activism in Africa, Asia, and the United States. We spoke to Michael about how your perception radically changes when you move through the world with intention, how his 63-mile journey through Chicago forever changed how he views the city, and concrete steps listeners can take to see their own neighborhoods and cities in a brand new light.
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Use promo code 09POD to save 30% on Walking Chicago's Coast: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501783142/walking-chicagos-coast/ Transcript: https://otter.ai/u/Dl0aINXKuWDkNJ85vVULu65ZQbM?utm_source=copy_url Michael McColly's essays have appeared in The New York Times, the Boston Review, and The Sun magazine. He is the author of the Lambda Literary Award–winning memoir The After-Death Room, chronicling his journey reporting on AIDS activism in Africa, Asia, and the United States. We spoke to Michael about how your perception radically changes when you move through the world with intention, how his 63-mile journey through Chicago forever changed how he views the city, and concrete steps listeners can take to see their own neighborhoods and cities in a brand new light.
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