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The Talamanca Review

by Bruce MacDonald

PayPal donations appreciated and accepted at [email protected] MacDonald’s is one of the most unique voices in the alternative media. The scope of understanding he has about multiple topics is staggering, and his ability to synthesize it all into cohesive narratives that explain the world we live in is equally staggering. Deeply rooted in a life of spiritual practice for more than four decades, MacDonald has not lost the common touch and the ability to communicate in the colloquial and the most direct and vulgar of ways. Listening to him and engaging with him is like a conversation with someone who is a cross between the Dalai Lama and Charles Bukowski. Deeply literate and classically read, MacDonald has published adult literary fiction in Canada to excellent reviews and has had work optioned for film. It wasn’t until he moved to Costa Rica that he started to write nonfiction and more specifically co-writes with unique and

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Episodes

  1. Monday madness

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  2. Sunday w Santo

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  3. Sunday Sermon

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  4. Saturday Night Fever

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  5. Sweet Chaos

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  6. Another Walkabout

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  7. Onward

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  8. Santo Returns

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  9. The Scarecrow

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  10. The Scarecrow

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  11. Talamanca Review Redux

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  12. One Hundred Percent Vacancy

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  13. Hey Bud, You Got the Time?

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  14. Repo Man

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  15. Permission

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  16. The Magik

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  17. The Thought War

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  18. The Catamite Parade

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  19. Emotional Alchemy

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  20. Sex & Politics

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  21. Monday Walkabout

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  22. Materialism is Pornography

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  23. A Perfect World

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  24. The Blood of the Lamb

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  25. Importing the Devil

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  26. Chris and Me

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  27. America

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  28. Pot and Kettle

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  29. The Future Revealed

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  30. Stupid is thew New Smart

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  31. Thursday Walkabout

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  32. Santo and Me

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  33. Gaslight

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  34. The most sacred cow money

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  35. The Ultimate Boolean

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  36. A dialogue with you part two

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  37. The Needed God

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  38. Santo and Me

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  39. Spring Buds Part Three

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  40. Spring Buds Part 2

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  41. Spring Buds

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  42. Blacks and Converted Democrats for Trump

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  43. Late Night in the Jungle

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  44. Santo & Me

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  45. Deglobalization is the Only Way Part 5

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  46. Deglobalization is the Only Way Part 4

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  47. The Vanishing West

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  48. Deglobalization is the Only Way Part 3

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  49. Deglobalization is the Only Way Part Two

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  50. All About Icebergs

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

PayPal donations appreciated and accepted at [email protected]

MacDonald’s is one of the most unique voices in the alternative media. The scope of understanding he has about multiple topics is staggering, and his ability to synthesize it all into cohesive narratives that explain the world we live in is equally staggering.

Deeply rooted in a life of spiritual practice for more than four decades, MacDonald has not lost the common touch and the ability to communicate in the colloquial and the most direct and vulgar of ways.

Listening to him and engaging with him is like a conversation with someone who is a cross between the Dalai Lama and Charles Bukowski.

Deeply literate and classically read, MacDonald has published adult literary fiction in Canada to excellent reviews and has had work optioned for film. It wasn’t until he moved to Costa Rica that he started to write nonfiction and more specifically co-writes with unique and

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Bruce MacDonald

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