A Tight Wide-open Space
Summary: In 2003, when the shockwaves of 9/11 still echoed through the US and the country was fighting two wars in Muslim countries, Matt Krause met a beautiful Turkish woman on an airplane and decided to follow her to Turkey. This is the story of what happened there. Matt figured adjusting to life in Turkey would entail some challenges, and he certainly wasn’t disappointed. He survived bomb attacks, lost his cool around beggar kids, drove a jewelry business into the ground, and got into fistfights over parking. Along the way, though, he learned how to see the beauty in ruins older than the Roman Empire, tales of Bulgarian freedom fighters, cows in the road, and cans of peach-flavored Lipton iced tea. A Tight Wide-open Space is the story of falling in love not only with a woman, but with a city and a country. The podcasts are unabridged and read by the author.
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- Artist: Matt Krause
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Podcasts:
Starting to make a living in my new country.
The story of how Constantinople became Istanbul.
Playing soccer on Saturday afternoons.
Fleeing one foreign country for momentary solace in the arms of another foreign country.
Blowing up at street urchins.
Picking on hotel managers, receiving standing ovations from large crowds of vacationing Romans.
We revere the same people and celebrate the same stories.
The word jihad doesn't just mean what you might have thought it did.
Going steady, Turkish-style.
Handcrafted copper vases, etched glass, and tea with religious fundamentalists.
Welcome to Istanbul, here are some car bombs.
How I met the girl.
Slaughtering sheep, living in Seattle.