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For centuries, members of the B’doul Bedouin tribe lived in the caves around the ancient city of Petra, Jordan. Then, in the 1980s, the government forced the tribe to move in the name of preserving the geological site for tourists. But if the residents are forced to leave, and if their heritage has been permanently changed, then what exactly is being preserved? SHOW NOTES: Meet The Man Living in The Lost City Carved in Stone Jordan: Petra's tourism authority cracks down on Bedouin cave dwellers The tribes paying the brutal price of conservation “There is no future for Umm Sayhoun” Jordan’s Young Bedouins Are Documenting Their Traditions on TikTok Check out Sami's company Jordan Inspiration Tours Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices…
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Join lifelong friends Laura, Hannah, and Brennan as they seek out the best and worst performances of any given actor's life work via Rotten Tomatoes™ reviews and stew 'em together. Every other week they do their heckin' best to make a movie soup the masses can enjoy. It'll be like a cool, culinary Cronenberg experiment. ...Huh. Maybe we'll do Jeff Goldblum at some point.
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Lonely loveboy or tiny chubby small boy? We're spanning the whole length of Joaquin Phoenix's life stew this week, from baby tiny man to actual man. And can I just say? It gets pretty cute up in here.Fresh Winner: "Her"Rotten Loser: "Rusky"By Rotten Tomato Soup
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Puttering wizard or Russian chief of police? Get yourself a big heaping bowl of absolute-LEE delicious stew. See what I did there? Yeah that joke was a piece of fine fucking art compared to the caliber of humor we got from Mission to Moscow.Fresh Winner: "Lord of the Rings: the Two Towers"Rotten Loser: "Police Academy 7: Mission to Moscow."…
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Irish immigrant or capable cartoon love interest? Get ready to have yourself some of those delicious Irish flavors as we spoon out some Saorise, and don't worry, we had to look up how to pronounce it too.Fresh Winner: "Brooklyn"Rotten Loser: "Justin and the Knights of Valor"By Rotten Tomato Soup
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