A Tight Wide-open Space show

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
  • Copyright: Copyright 2011 all rights reserved

Podcasts:

 Ch 10: Selling jewelry | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Starting to make a living in my new country.

 Ch 12: Istanbul (not Constantinople) | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The story of how Constantinople became Istanbul.

 Ch 11: Friendships and hematomas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Playing soccer on Saturday afternoons.

 Ch 9: Escape to Bulgaria | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Fleeing one foreign country for momentary solace in the arms of another foreign country.

 Ch 8: Threatening the kids | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Blowing up at street urchins.

 Ch 7: Scandals, Romans, and jacuzzis | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Picking on hotel managers, receiving standing ovations from large crowds of vacationing Romans.

 Ch 6: Abraham's children | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We revere the same people and celebrate the same stories.

 Ch 5: My cousin's name is Jihad | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The word jihad doesn't just mean what you might have thought it did.

 Ch 4: Going steady | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Going steady, Turkish-style.

 Ch 3: Fundamentalist lamp store | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Handcrafted copper vases, etched glass, and tea with religious fundamentalists.

 Ch 2: Bombs away | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Welcome to Istanbul, here are some car bombs.

 Ch 1: No dog, no Turkey | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown
 Introduction | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Slaughtering sheep, living in Seattle.

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