While most adult children care about their elderly parents, this doesn't mean they'd be good carers of them.For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/10/i-do-care-but-that-doesnt-make-me-great.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/AxriLYYZWh4https://youtu.be/p6tlXXOW-ychttps://youtu.be/4EW1QNJY5_0https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/09/no-country-for-young-men.htmlhttps://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkghttps://youtu.be/PxtloOywMJshttps://youtu.be/C5m79wgKzDMhttps://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKkhttps://youtu.be/2YCuwrHcdp0#OldAge #elderly #carers #Ireland #Alzheimers #dementia

There could be worse places than these towns in Colombia's Meta department for one to have a "lost" year.For the text of this vlog, visit

.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/kjGyR74B9NU https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://youtube.com/shorts/GYKwh_fGex8?si=MTA3DWCuhqGQbrOD https://youtu.be/5-c0vrlUKIc?si=eYXg5G6ZeSbYtqZ2https://youtu.be/JdnmiC_nnJY https://youtube.com/shorts/3LDh4nO-kLA?si=eJxvve07uKtWI8zW https://youtu.be/V5uQ1a09j_Y https://youtube.com/shorts/grSSV25sxOg?si=hJLxIaQDFxsudD5y https://www.facebook.com/brendan.corrigan.965/videos/1627481017920465/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6v https://youtube.com/shorts/epCTeSzRGvY?si=-v_vadED0PRqKTHm https://youtu.be/kVMqYZFIJ74 https://youtu.be/7DgKnru1ChM#LosLlanos #Meta #SanMartín #Granada #Lejanías #SanJuanDeArama #Colombia

Some Colombians are convinced that the ordinary coffee they consume is mixed with cattle blood. It must be a myth, though, mustn't it?For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/06/would-you-like-some-coffee-with-your.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/there-are-twochief-ways-man-can-have.html https://youtu.be/5-c0vrlUKIc https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://youtu.be/qxochuwc-Ks https://youtu.be/rJSFd2SPe9I#Colombia #coffee #ColombianCoffee #CowsBlood

Excessive sound from motorbikes and loud music has transformed what were no doubt once tranquil Colombian towns into hubs of noise pollution. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/06/colombias-cacophonies-motos-music-and.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/sLCXY1z-muIhttps://youtu.be/-yih2X-2Oawhttps://www.britannica.com/science/noise-pollutionhttps://www.cornellhealthcarereview.org/post/the-hidden-dangers-of-earbuds-and-headphoneshttps://youtu.be/kVMqYZFIJ74#Colombia #NoisePollution #sound #cacophony #motorbike #speakers #salespeople

All that makes ColOmbia (there's no "u" in this Colombia, remember) great. It's a tasty and wholesome mix!For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/04/colombia-and-few-of-my-favourite-things.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/07/introducing-our-colombia.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2017/04/colombia-decides-2018-whatll-yours-be.htmlhttps://youtu.be/JdnmiC_nnJYhttps://youtu.be/kjGyR74B9NUhttps://youtube.com/shorts/jsqjZvw1ZP0https://youtube.com/shorts/grSSV25sxOghttps://www.facebook.com/brendan.corrigan.965/videos/620568437631415/?mibextid=rS40aB7S9Ucbxw6vhttps://youtube.com/shorts/w6tgDMoBzaI?si=oMAOdLo2ZmRErPkBhttps://youtu.be/hTy2ocU09Sohttps://youtu.be/4qzFioAX5sshttps://youtu.be/JnJTIQh_8IQhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/02/to-marketing-agency-robin.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/07/remembering-casements-colombian.htmlhttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/la-chorrera-in-colombias-amazon-bloody.html#Colombia #CervezaCosteña #cuajada #Llanos #Boyacá #BarriosPopulares #panaderías #menudencias

Getting up to speed on the latest tech advancements is essential for online content creators. It can be a tough game to play, though. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/03/tech-it-or-leave-it.html.Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRpV0GePYeM https://youtu.be/o1NU08GmNyI https://youtu.be/pB-8-1qnshc https://richarddawkins.substack.com/p/sonnets-by-chatgpt https://youtube.com/shorts/grSSV25sxOg?si=HVOOpYOqVXHRcU7j https://youtu.be/kjGyR74B9NU#ContentCreators #tech #ArtificialIntelligence #upskilling

Some older social media users are having a middle-aged-style questioning of their online behaviour. Does Gen Z have the answers to this "crisis"?For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/02/after-interactive-intoxication-comes.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/AMHx56VSVD4https://youtu.be/0CdttekQPywhttps://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGttshttps://www.facebook.com/787745961/posts/10163260952820962/?mibextid=KUEnY6CBM2sLossthttps://youtu.be/iJ2iCdHPijMhttps://time.com/7203140/gen-z-drinking-less-alcohol/https://www.irishtimes.com/health/2024/08/24/falling-out-of-love-with-booze-why-ireland-is-drinking-less/https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/do-people-still-use-facebook/https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0216/1497006-cocaine-use-becoming-a-bigger-problem-on-social-scenes/https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnbbrandon/2022/10/09/mark-cuban-just-explained-why-gen-z-are-still-using-facebook/https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2019/07/facebook-instagram-killing-us-softly.html#SocialMedia #OnlineHate #Facebook #Instagram #Meta #MiddleAged #abstinence #intoxication

If you treat people like apes, many will act in that way. This is the problem with many of today's health and safety regulations. But not in Colombia.

For the text of this vlog, visithttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/02/appreciating-colombias-approach-to.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version):https://youtu.be/p-zG7iHnOi8?si=lYukBsX7lafvGB42 https://youtu.be/HOkpMgr2DX4?si=I0t_hY7rQmjhSryK https://youtu.be/-yih2X-2Oaw https://youtu.be/htr7k8abWPE https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://www.slb.com/about/who-we-are https://youtu.be/AUSZ5Ntwy_U https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2011/12/survival-of-dumbest.htmlhttps://youtu.be/HOkpMgr2DX4 https://nypost.com/2025/01/24/us-news/gop-basks-in-seismic-vibe-shift-one-week-into-trump-2-0-culturally-uncool-to-be-a-democrat/ https://youtu.be/TWspGqN8Gnc#HealthAndSafety #DEI #AtYourOwnRisk #Colombia

Giving in to the requests of others just to be nice can lead to resentment. Acts of kindness should align with one's morals. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/01/too-much-of-nice-guy-to-wrong-people.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ihhISNo4lTk https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/yZyj8EAfeNs https://youtu.be/Q98ZcRlB7-o https://youtu.be/MEh7kEO8eKk https://youtu.be/JdnmiC_nnJY https://www.pdfdrive.to/book/when-the-body-says-no-3 https://youtu.be/AAFqCQwo_gA #MrNiceGuy #NiceGuy #CruelToBeKind #charitable #leeches<

Asking good questions helps us to become more active learners and more clued-in, well-rounded individuals. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2025/01/asking-good-questions-and-dealing-with.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0j93ry8 https://youtu.be/h5p41xsn3xA https://youtu.be/JdnmiC_nnJY https://www.gutenberg.org/files/3638/3638-h/3638-h.htm https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/08/ignoring-is-bliss.html https://youtu.be/B33XRXo6fM0 #GoodQuestions #UncomfortableAnswers #EngagedLearner #learning #ignorance #indifference

Wrong Way Corrigan and The Corrigan Cast present "Our tops and flops of 2024". Required viewing! For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/12/our-tops-and-flops-of-2024.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/googlegulag-bloggers-faceless.html https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2024/07/02/round-by-round-we-go-oh-no/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/15lsxM57ayjbyzkij2FaNn?si=85ca625f5a054545 https://youtu.be/Pqf7TIdSznE?si=R2mYXNex2eLbfC2e https://youtu.be/8MruneqK_rQ?si=m4qR35k-keyhAn-v https://youtube.com/shorts/3LDh4nO-kLA?si=FMOb0TeglWxh7ui0 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/10/kamala-control-letter-to-editor.html https://blogs.eltiempo.com/wrong-way-corrigan/2024/10/03/cop-on-colombia-for-biodiversitys-sake/ https://open.spotify.com/episode/6pYbzXJ0AsvBofNGebrKua?si=6lupCHqQQUi96xJGn2hZ2g https://youtu.be/ikZ42sZR46g?si=HxMksc1x3hybeduE https://youtube.com/shorts/KZGa2l-Mrnc?si=neHVxajOuG8fGSKa https://youtube.com/shorts/hkPd7aMwbl8?si=SQDhU-8LSJQrw-j4 https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/11/ready-to-do-my-bit-for-ireland-as.html #Tops2024 #Flops2024 #2024Review #Spotify #blogger #podcast

Mainstream media has lost much credibility. They can regain it by dipping their collective heads in the bullshit of the masses they abhor. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/11/the-mainstream-medias-bullshit-problem.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/mCTH1t_3JDc?si=XfLWNT0A9eEoSZFp https://youtu.be/80FuwA3fvQQ https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g https://youtu.be/wuuLFHsxyDY https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://youtu.be/9di0lFn1XIk #MainstreamMedia #LegacyMedia #BullshitProblem #bullshit #BBC #RayDArcy

Far from being a dull backwater, San José del Guaviare is one of Colombia's best department capitals in which to live. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/11/san-jose-del-guaviare-colombias-best.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.larepublica.co/economia/estos-son-los-municipios-que-tienen-la-mayor-proporcion-de-personas-migrantes-2908664= https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-independent-travellers-guide-of.html https://youtube.com/shorts/giBCjBagprM https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/01/dirty-old-town.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2013/01/buenaventuras-dirty-delights.html https://youtu.be/FFCnP-lLJaA https://youtube.com/shorts/fazMBCuZWYQ https://youtu.be/yJ66B6sxl_g #SanJoséDelGuaviare #Guaviare #immigrants #migrants #Colombia

The idea that our writer is a wild rover is wide of the mark. He has been more of a mild rover. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-mild-rover.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_4KboYi40Ihttps://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/06/the-bogota-nomad.html https://youtu.be/THbvrDr-Yno https://youtu.be/NY_ZfkRW44M https://youtu.be/Lzz-VLAoRzghttps://youtube.com/shorts/yRvjs1B01g0https://youtube.com/shorts/FtmmCHaFgQ4https://youtube.com/shorts/AysHUDSspl8 https://youtu.be/FFCnP-lLJaA https://youtu.be/hf02og5Qkt4 https://youtube.com/shorts/giBCjBagprM https://youtu.be/kjGyR74B9NU https://youtu.be/8HtCEMnRl9A https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://youtu.be/DUjyPrazhD0 https://youtu.be/c42jvnGNR9Q #MildRover #WildRover #wanderer #travel #LifeOnTheRoad #Colombia

Many Colombians are proud of their country's rich biodiversity. But expressing pride about this is easy. Taking measures to maintain it is far more difficult. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/10/cop-on-colombia-for-biodiversitys-sake.html. *'Cop on' is a mostly Irish expression. Definition available at https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/cop+(oneself)+on. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/03/loving-colombia.html https://www.wwf.org.co/?390951/Resultados-Encuesta-Biodiversidad-Colombia-2024 https://youtube.com/shorts/ZHGESHxM0no?si=HYB1zibvlqv8FUfo https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/plastic-pollution-by-country https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/03/the-disposable-republic-of-colombia.html https://www.independent.ie/opinion/letters/class-categories-demean-everyone-so-can-we-please-stop-defining-ourselves-by-our-earnings/41361557.html https://www.cop16colombia.com/es/en/ https://greentumble.com/is-recycling-worth-it #Cop16 #biodiversity #WasteManagement #WorldWildlifeFund #Colombia

Artificial intelligence looks set to create a class of largely irrelevant humans. Some of us are already at that stage, it seems. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/fending-off-irrelevance-in-artificial.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/hT6EN_FGtts https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/taking-break-news-can-improve-mental-health-study-finds-rcna51954 https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE https://youtu.be/Rt3GfdH1ouo https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/15/21-lessons-for-the-21st-century-by-yuval-noah-harari-review https://youtu.be/nuxTijzLjkg https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html https://youtu.be/Q9DblkWqwUg #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #irrelevance #BiochemicalBeings #YuvalNoahHarari

The native-knows-best belief loses some credence in La Chorrera indigenous reserve deep in Colombia's Amazon. It's autonomous in name but not in nature. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/la-chorrera-in-colombias-amazon-bloody.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_Noble_savage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncontacted_peoples https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/07/whose-land-is-it-anyway.html https://youtu.be/FFCnP-lLJaA https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-independent-travellers-guide-of.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/07/remembering-casements-colombian.html https://youtube.com/shorts/W8w17o2HIOU?si=G6_vkTZ1bvA6e09K https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2020/05/not-just-food-for-thought.html https://youtube.com/shorts/lgrSZ63P-dI?si=vdURlpwTVfzvct8K #LaChorrera #Amazonas #Amazon #IndigenousReserve #Uitoto #Bora #Colombia

Google Blogger's recent deletion of two of my covid-19 pandemic-era posts is a strange, senseless, and worrying development. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/09/googlegulag-bloggers-faceless.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/cOnUpPoUkjo https://youtu.be/Z8hRwiHfrTs #GoogleBlogger #gulag #censorship #FreeSpeech #blogging #Google

The Putumayo River is said to allure all who see it. This must have been at play in my visit to Puerto Asís, in Colombia's south, close to the border with Ecuador. For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/08/pacific-puerto-asis.html. Addition al reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2012/01/dirty-old-town.html https://youtu.be/sBBkZLWdm2w https://telencuestas.com/censos-de-poblacion/colombia/2024/putumayo/puerto-asis https://www.instagram.com/p/C-dLuG0pNxp/?igsh=dmE2dndoanp5MDNo https://youtu.be/fWg4sMMY8ZU https://x.com/wwaycorrigan/status/1822443382829965686?t=Syg0Sv7jUiS6hCmKNCs43g&s=19 https://youtube.com/shorts/5x3LuLyeNYc?si=bPFWQ9qfNgsZXHRG https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/07/remembering-casements-colombian.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-independent-travellers-guide-of.html https://youtu.be/QdizFwr2uKE #PuertoAsís #Putumayo #AmazonJungle #Colombia

The discourse in US politics these days rarely rises above the level of schoolyard bullies. Is it a sign that the country's democracy is under threat? For the text of this vlog, visit https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2024/07/us-democracy-drags-on-but-decorum-is.html. Additional reading/listening referred to in the audio (inserted as hyperlinks in the text version): https://youtu.be/ikZ42sZR46g https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2018/09/flying-flag-for-political-incorrectness.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEsd7esFjbw https://youtube.com/shorts/oRt5IXbYsO0?si=j8ebRciN9sJjvt3W https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2016/01/in-god-we-trust-and-little-else.html https://wwcorrigan.blogspot.com/2021/01/trumpism-why-it-wont-go-gentle-into.html #USDemocracy #DonaldTrump #KamalaHarris #JoeBiden #decorum #democracy #decline #USA