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…and now, Presidential runner up in the last elections, Gustavo Petro has made the declaration that he no longer recognises the legitimacy of Ivan Duque as president of Colombia. Buckle yourselves in folks as […]

Cartagena, image courtesy of the Culture Trip It’s June 2020, and I can hardly believe it. We seem to have moved forwards as if stumbling blindly into the sixth month of the year. Of course, scholars will look […]

For the first time, the Colombia Calling podcast will be running a three-part series as we explore the intricacies, horrors and realities of the physical and mental strain endured by migrants crossing the Darien […]

As I write this, Interstate Love Song by the Stone Temple Pilots sounds in the background, and loudly. Perhaps I am drowning out other thoughts and thinking of more positive times but, what thoughts are there […]

We’ve all been under lockdown and of course we have it better than so many others and so it seems remiss to complain, but it’s in our nature to do so. This message goes out to you all to reaffirm and reassure tha […]

Corona Virus in ColombiaIt has been a tough few weeks and I fear that things are only going to worsen for the forseeable future here in Colombia. Perhaps President Duque acted in time (and if so, he is to be […]

An empty capital city Wherever you are, whatever you are doing, please, all of you heed the warnings, self isolate, social distance, do whatever it takes to remain healthy and to not become another number in the […]

Well, I think that Ep315 was a roaring success, in fact the podcast must have been shared on Reddit or some such forum as Episodes 314, 314 and 313 went viral on Soundcloud. Matt Rendell provided us with a very […]

With your generous support we have improved and grown as has been the aim of this Patreon campaign. Colombia Calling now has its own website, the idea has always been to have something clean, clear and official. I […]

Whilst I was trawling through all of the Colombia Calling podcast episodes researching for my interview with Joey Czikk (Ep309, Reflecting on former episodes), dating back to 2013, I found myself wondering about […]

Newsletter for Colombia Calling patreon supporters for March 2020What a month it has been! For those of us living here in Colombia, sometimes one feels that it would be more convenient to believe that the social […]

Episode 313Tomorrow’s Colombia Calling podcast Episode 313 is a humourous look at the wedding game here in Colombia. Long-time transplant from California/ Texas to Bogotá, Eric Tabone of Beyond Business English, […]

A few questions have arisen of late, and it’s a pleasure to address them, of how the Colombia Calling podcast came into existence back in 2013 when it all began. Now’s as good as a time as any to keep on revealing […]

It is my great pleasure to announce that the Colombia Calling podcast has been nominated for awards by the Latin Podcasts for 2020.This comes on the back of successful nominations in 2018 (Best podcast in English, […]

It didn’t go unnoticed, but my final public speaking engagement of the month fell on 31 January, the day that the land of my birth exited from the European Union, and the subject of my talk for Creative Mornings […]

Some months ago I received a very welcome email message from a long-time listener of the Colombia Calling podcast and self-proclaimed, “Colombia Evangelist,” Joseph “Joey” Czikk of Montreal. It’s always a real […]

Spiderman should be at every demonstration, just seeing him up and hanging from the bough of this tree in front of the Parque Nacional in November 2019 (#N21), during the demonstration which kicked off scores […]

We had a great first week in 2020 for the Colombia Calling podcast, Episode 306 with Gabriel Torres, a tour guide, hiker and amateur historian regaled us with tales from his life from Tunja to Atlanta to Barichara […]

Happy New Year 2020 folks, may this year be a great one for all of you out there. My year has been pretty incredible thus far, my second son – named Francis – was born on 2 January and he is a joy to behold. Life […]

The street cumbia band

“Mompós has some great musicians, are you from Mompós?”

“Look at me,” I say, lifting my facemask, “really?”

His companions laugh at the lead musician. It’s in the costeño nature […]