I turn on CNN and, instead of Anderson Cooper, I see: Eye On Mongolia! A word from our sponsor, via the CNN site, at right.
Actually it's a very interesting show. The segment on Mongolian "throat singing" is especially enlightening.
This is part of the surprising joy of life on the road.
That is all.
[No it's not! Update: thanks to reader N.L. for a tip about Genghis Blues, a film about a blind San Francisco blues singer who decides to become a master of Mongolian "throat singing." I will check it out.]
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James Fallows is a staff writer for The Atlantic and has written for the magazine since the late 1970s. He has reported extensively from outside the United States and once worked as President Carter's chief speechwriter. He and his wife, Deborah Fallows, are the authors of the 2018 book Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey Into the Heart of America, which was a national best seller and is the basis of a forthcoming HBO documentary.