Miles Arthur Burke

Stories from a Warming World

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THE CHOCOLATE DREAM - Cacao Farming, Sustainability, Entrepreneurship, and Community in Necoclí, Colombia

Don't forget, join us tonight (Dec. 18 2021 @ 5pm PST) for the special live premiere of our new documentary on cacao farming and how chocolate is helping communities to transform their futures for the better.

Join us for the live premiere on YouTube tonight, December 18 2021, at 5:00 PM PST! Available from then and onward in perpetuity, or at least as long as YouTube is around… Every December, on the coast of the Gulf of Urabá in Colombia, the communities of Necoclí and Caribia host the Festival of Cacao, a celebration of the biannual cacao harvest and all the benefits it brings. In 2019, I traveled…

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Sneak preview of The Chocolate Dream - cacao & sustainability free documentary coming soon!

Sneak preview of The Chocolate Dream – cacao & sustainability free documentary coming soon!

Check out this trailer for an upcoming 1-hour documentary about how one chocolate company in Colombia is partnering with rural communities to create sustainable jobs and development, all while harvesting “Fino de Aroma” cacao, one of the finest native varieties of cacao in South America. I visited the communities of Necoclí, Caribia, and San Sebastián de Urabá in northwestern Colombia for the…

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Morning run to work up the appetite for Thanksgiving, god rays everywhere through the mist...behold! #gonenative #humboldtcounty (at Humboldt County, CA) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIEMMGRBFCh/?igshid=ytjays97xjw6

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Bookends & Broomsticks [Gone Native Podcast #14]

oday I'm talking about what it means to try and be creative during the pandemic lockdown, starting & finishing projects, and trying to make sense of creating with so many things up in the air.

Today I’m talking about what it means to try and be creative during the pandemic lockdown, starting & finishing projects, and trying to make sense of creating with so many things up in the air. If you’re an artist of any kind, writer, musician, painter, whatever, now is the time to hunker down and create, try things out, experiment, come up with the next thing, whatever it is.

I’ll be shutting…

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Airports in Colombia vs airports in the U.S. right now...who's doing pandemic better?? #expat #travelphotography #gonenative (at Bogotá, Colombia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEaE2QcniNP/?igshid=1ooe8gra7ih1n

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Alvaro Uribe's Colombia, Before & After [Podcast #12]

Lina gives me the lowdown on Alvaro Uribe, on what happened during his presidency, and why he was recently placed under house arrest. #gonenative #colombia #expatlife #livingabroad #travelabroad #milesburke #linayucuma #alvarouribe #uribismo #bogota

Lina gives me the lowdown on Alvaro Uribe, on what happened during his presidency, and why he was recently placed under house arrest. We also wax philosophical about life under the STILL ONGOING quarantine here in Bogotá and Colombia at large, and how I’ll be attempting internation travel (as safely as possible!) in September.

Check out all our videos, documentaries, podcasts, essays and more…

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Lina and I talk comic books, role-playing games, and how she was influenced by American culture as a kid, growing up in a small town in Colombia during the wild 1990s, then moving to Bogotá with her family. It’s amazing how much American music, movies, TV, even music videos, comic books, and tabletop games infiltrated the rest of the world, and how it shapes evolving popular culture around the world today. Remember to check out all our videos, documentaries, podcasts, essays and more on milesburke.net, or find us on social media @GoneNativeShow Support the show on Patreon! Just a dollar (U.S. dollar that is, at least until the U.S. economy collapses) a month! We don’t have any exclusive content up yet, but you can look forward to a lot more in coming months. I’ll be doing history podcasts and posting commentary and outtakes from the videos and other stuff on Patreon eventually, but for now everything is on the main feed. Links to the show: Gone Native website Patreon YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter #gonenative #colombia #expatlife #livingabroad #travelabroad #milesburke #linayucuma #comics #dnd #graphicnovels #vertigo #dccomics #batman #frankmiller #thedarkknight Gone Native Podcast – Episode #11 Expat Update #2 – Bogotá, Gotham City, Metropolis (at Bogotá, Colombia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDgqH7JnqJg/?igshid=edvreh6m1x00

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Expat Weekly Update #1 - Bogotá, Colombia

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Starting this week, I'll be giving you a weekly podcast update from wherever I am in the world, which since the pandemic started has been in lockdown in and around Bogotá. #GoneNative #expatlife #livingabroad #Colombia #quarantine

BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Starting this week, I’ll be giving you a weekly update from wherever I am in the world, which since the pandemic started has been in lockdown in and around Bogotá, Colombia.

In this first update I’ll talk about the quarantine measures here in Bogotá and throughout Colombia, humanitarian flights, the culture of wearing masks here and around Latin America, and the vast human…

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Only in Colombia do they have tire promotions for the day of the Virgen del Carmen, patroness of all good Catholic drivers... Check out the latest documentary we just posted (link in my bio) to see some more of what living in Colombia is/was like, but before the pandemic! #gonenative #expatliving #travel #livingabroad #Bogota #Colombia #milesburke #linayucuma (at Bogotá, Colombia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCpO8DHgmWE/?igshid=um7ced9a53fn

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Lina Yucumá: Latin America Update (The Quarantine Sessions – Part 6)

How should you think about information and truth in a “post-trust” world? Lina Yucumá, my beloved wife, joins me again on the podcast to talk about what’s going on in these crazy …

Lina Yucumá and I sit down to talk about the situation in Latin America, the kind of news and information we consume here in Colombia, what's coming out of the U.S., and how to think about truth in a world where it's hard to know what to believe.

Also check out Avvinue, an awesome expat relocation platform whose podcast I was interviewed for this week (but hasn't gone up yet).

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Hidden History (The Quarantine Sessions - Part 5)

Today I'll talk about some of the hidden stories from history that exist all around us, like the massive genocide of native Americans in California, and how it relates to the #BlackLivesMatter protests. #GoneNative #California #history #Colombia

Today I’ll talk about some of the hidden stories from history that exist all around us, like the massive genocide of native Americans in California that I was more or less unaware of growing up there. I’ll discuss how these and other stories relate to what’s going on with the Black Lives Matter protests that are erupting around the United States right now, and what it’s like to be watching all…

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M-O-O-N, that spells toolbox! #strawberrymoon #colombia (at Refugio Campestre Quintas de la Montaña) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBHC3fDAIrD/?igshid=p4qm0pbts6ru

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June 5, 2020, what my quarantine is looking like in the countryside of Colombia. U.S. cities might be burning down, perhaps righteously so, but life goes on in the campo. Still under lockdown here, now until June 30. Not so bad with these views! #gonenative #colombia #campolife #quarantinelife (at Subachoque) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEcfJEgkW-/?igshid=6lyko2qe41vy

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June 5, 2020, what my quarantine is looking like in the countryside of Colombia. U.S. cities might be burning down, perhaps righteously so, but life goes on in the campo. Still under lockdown here, now until June 30. Not so bad with these views! #gonenative #colombia #campolife #quarantinelife (at Subachoque) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBEcHsKHKfn/?igshid=6uakx8jdxber

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The Quarantine Sessions - Part 4: Cabin Fever

Today I'll talk about maintaining routines and being creative even if your life is falling apart. I'll also talk a little bit about history, and some of the hidden history that happened all around us, and how we can go looking for it.

Colombia is still under quarantine, now extended until June 30th, but I’ve changed locations! Thanks to a jeweler friend of Lina and I (she made our wedding rings), I’ve got this sweet cabin all to myself for as long as the quarantine lasts.

Today I talk about maintaining routines and some suggestions for creativity, even if your life or finances are falling apart. If you need a distraction,…

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The Quarantine Sessions #3: The New Normal

In this podcast, Lina and I talk about how to think about this coronavirus of COVID-19 quarantine situation as "the new normal", and all the new trends like baking bread. #gonenative #coronavirus #quarantine #milesburke #linayucuma #colombia #expatlife

Lina and I talk about how to think about this coronavirus of COVID-19 quarantine situation as “the new normal”, and recent trends we’re seeing online like baking bread, recipes for Ikea Swedish meatballs, Disney churros and more. As the situation drags on here in Colombia, the U.S. and everywhere around the world, we all have to come up with different ways of coping with a long-term lockdown.…

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The Quarantine Sessions - Part 2: FREAKING OUT & How to Deal

Things have taken a turn for the surreal here at the finca, so Lina and I talk about FREAKING OUT and how to handle some of the psychological stress of being locked in with people that you might not ordinarily spend this much time with.

Things have taken a turn for the surreal here at the finca, so Lina and I talk about FREAKING OUT and how to handle some of the psychological stress of being locked in with people that you might not ordinarily spend this much time with. This is not a unique situation and many people are dealing with the same thing right now, so hopefully listening to our discussion can help you get some ideas…

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