Episode 278 Featuring Bienvenue - A Congolese Patriot

There is no place like home... We have for your listening pleasure Episode 278 of "Troubadours and Raconteurs with E.W. Conundrum Demure." Episode 278 features a poignant, truly courageous conversation with Congolese patriot Bienvenue. Bienvenue is a young man who recently emigrated to the United States from the Democratic Republic of Congo. We discuss Growing Up in the Congo, Tribalism, Bad Government, Love of Country, Rebels, Notions of Home, Lost Children, International Exploitation, Emigrating to the United States... Episode 278 also includes an EW Essay titled "To Be A Buddha." We share installment one of Dr. Michael Pavese's Summertime Fantasia Series, titled "Mike Pence Goes West." We have a poem called "Maryland Journalists." Our music this go round is provided by these wonderful artists: Django Reinhardt, Stephan Grapelli, the Jefferson Airplane, Jimi Hendrix, Franklin Boukaka, Bing Crosby & the Andrew Sisters, Clifton Chenier, Branford Marsalis and Terrence Blanchard. Commercial Free, Small Batch Radio Crafted In the Moosic Mountains of Pennsylvania... Heard All Over The World. Tell your Friends and Neighbors...