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A discussion in English of the week in Georgia (the one near Chechnya not the one near Alabama) Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები
Don't know what a podcast is? Don't worry, just click on it and listen. That's it. Nothing scary about it.
კეთილი იყოს თქვენი მობრძანება! თუ ინგლისური იცით, დააჭირეთ ისარს და მოისმინეთ კვირის საინტერესო ამბები.
THE MEME this week is an image of a black cucumber that purports to protect you from the swine flu if you share it. Link: https://bit.ly/2QS2Ohf
THINGS TO READ
**The CRRC’s Social Science in the Caucasus blog this week looks at trust in political institutions in Georgia. Link: https://bit.ly/2VZOpDt
**American conservative magazine The National Interest covered “Georgia’s Budding Libertarian Movement,” the Girchis. Link: https://bit.ly/2LApilR
**OC Media photographed “Ghost apartments and hyperbuilding in Batumi.” Link: https://bit.ly/2M6Ogt4
**The Washington Post wrote about the IX Millennium project, in which Georgian scientists are attempting to find grape varietals fit for growing on Mars. Link: https://wapo.st/2MfnW04
**The New York Times has noted Georgian food as a possible “It Cuisine” for 2019, noting the Instagrammability of the Adjaruli khatchapuri. Link: https://nyti.ms/2syu2j8
**Continuing the theme of Adjaran superiority, the New York TImes also included Batumi on their list of 52 Places to Go in 2019. Link: https://nyti.ms/2Ca5LEm