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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MICHAEL YON? Return of the Darien Gap Patrol, Michael Yon in Buenos Aires in Springtime with tales of Okinawa and Argentina -- and reflections on his months in the Darien Province of Panama. More next week.

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 17 November 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MICHAEL YON? Return of the Darien Gap Patrol, Michael Yon in Buenos Aires in Springtime with tales of Okinawa and Argentina -- and reflections on his months in the Darien Province of Panama. More next week.

1936 Buenos Aires

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0:00.0

This is the Friends of History Debating Society. I am John Batchelor. Where in the world is Michael

0:05.6

Yahn? When last we spoke with Michael, he was in the Japan Archipelago, I believe in the Okinawa chain,

0:13.4

searching out answers to questions that haven't been asked yet. And I've missed him these many

0:18.8

months, hardly any news except for the national election.

0:23.3

However, you might remember that the national election turned on two stories.

0:29.0

Inflation, which has been pretty much out of control since the exaggerated government spending

0:35.3

of the late Trump administration and the whole of the Biden administration.

0:40.1

But the other one, the selling point, the thing that now President Elect Trump talked about at every rally, was migration.

0:48.2

Michael spent years identifying the problem, a Darien Gap.

0:53.2

It's still a problem.

0:54.8

It's going to be solved.

0:56.5

However, Michael, a very good day to you.

0:59.6

Thank you.

1:00.0

Where in the world is Michael Yard?

1:01.6

Good evening to you.

1:03.2

I'm at Buenos Aires, Argentina, at latitude minus 34, which is like North Carolina,

1:09.5

or very south, totally southern SoCal, northern Africa.

1:16.9

So it's actually, it feels like, like, you know, it's the evening here, but it feels like it's

1:22.0

totally springtime. It's nice and cool, beautiful weather. It is Buenos Aires. It's a very beautiful air here in Argentina.

1:30.3

And you've gone to Argentina from, you were in the Far East. I believe you were last in

1:35.7

Thailand. So let us proceed from the conversation we had in Okinawa. Where did you go after that,

1:42.7

Michael? Do you remember? Yeah, I was in, I was in Okinawa. Where did you go after that, Michael? Do you remember?

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