Lebanon, USA

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Natural Sciences, History, Documentary, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 21 August 2020

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

This is a story of a road trip. After a particularly traumatic Valentine's Day, Fadi Boukaram was surfing google maps and noticed that there was a town called Lebanon... in Oregon. Being Lebanese himself, he wondered, how many Lebanons exist in the US? The answer: 47. Thus began his journey to visit them all and find an America he'd never expected, and the homeland he'd been searching for all along. This episode was made in collaboration with Kerning Cultures, a podcast that tells stories from the Middle East and North Africa. The original "Lebanon USA" story was reported by Alex Atack with editorial support from Bella Ibrahim, Dana Ballout, Zeina Dowidar, and Hebah Fisher. Original sound design by Alex Atack. Editor's Note: In an earlier version of this episode, we inaccurately described a grain elevator. We have updated the audio to reflect the correction. The new update of the story was produced and reported by Shima Oliaee. We had original music by Thomas Koner and Jad Atoui. Be sure to check out Kerning Cultures at their website kerningcultures.com, instagram @kerningculture, or twitter @kerningcultures. You can read more about Fadi’s trips and see his photographs at lebanonusa.com or on his Instagram at @lebanonusa. Support Radiolab today at Radiolab.org/donate. If you would like to donate to Beirut at this time, please visit our website for a list of organizations.

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0:00.0	Oh, wait, you're listening?
0:03.1	Okay.
0:04.4	All right.
0:05.6	Okay.
0:07.0	All right.
0:08.4	You're listening to Radio Lab.
0:11.4	Radio Lab.
0:11.9	From W. N. Y.
0:13.9	See?
0:14.8	Yeah.
0:19.2	Our reading for today is coming from Psalm 92, from verse 12,
0:24.6	The righteous shall flourish like a palm tree, he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
0:32.2	Those who are planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.
0:42.6	I have a brother called Jad, by the way.
0:45.3	No way.
0:46.7	And he's a stand-up comedian and actually pretty famous in Lebanon.
0:52.1	What's his name?
0:53.3	Jad Bukaram.
0:54.4	Oh, wow. He's his name? Jad Bukaram. Oh, wow.
0:55.4	He has his, like, he's on a TV show.
1:01.6	His handle on all these social media, who's always been, oh, my Jad, because it's all my God, you know.
1:07.5	Yeah, yeah, I get it.
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