Searching for America with Robyn Curnow
By Robyn Curnow, Bleav
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From global correspondent to local observer.
Understanding America from the inside, as an outsider.
Short, sharp dispatches on power, culture, and politics from a South African living in the American South.
Sign up for Robyn’s take on sororities, Southern manners and insults, Costco, Dolly Parton, Elvis and much more at robyncurnow.substack.com
More on Robyn Curnow and her unique perspective on the USA at www.robyncurnow.net.
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What Willie Nelson, at 93, Still Teaches Us
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May 19, 2026 |
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Remembering Ted Turner: Bathrobes, Lions and Pirate Journalism
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May 11, 2026 |
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Korean Pop and America's Biggest Fans
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May 04, 2026 |
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What Baseball Taught Me About Power
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Apr 27, 2026 |
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The Masters Golf, Gnomes and the America's Open Tab
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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America's Drinking Laws Make No Sense
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Where's the White House Dog?
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Apr 06, 2026 |
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Trump's America: The Mess is the Point
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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What To Teach Our Kids In An Age of AI?
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Trump Has An AI Problem Ahead of the Midterms
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Mar 16, 2026 |
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The Polite Way Southerners Call You An Idiot
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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Trump's Power Play in Iran
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Death Doesn't Stop Americans Writing Their Own Life Stories
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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In Odds We Trust: The Poker Presidency
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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What Buzz Aldrin Told Me About Mars
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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How Sororities Dominate American Colleges
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Why do Americans love to hate BIG weather?
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Jan 25, 2026 |
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"I miss Ronald Reagan:" The Politics of Nostalgia
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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America's China Problem in the Arctic
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Trump's Venezuela Gamble
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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When Machines Can Write the News
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Dolly for President
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Angertainment: When News Stops Informing and Starts Recruiting
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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The Halloween Industrial Complex
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Happiest Place in the World
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Politically Homeless in the U.S.A | Robyn Curnow
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Jun 17, 2025 |
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How Biden gave Trump the White House | Robyn Curnow
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Jun 10, 2025 |
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Leadership lessons from the CIA | Marc Polymeropoulos and Robyn Curnow
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May 27, 2025 |
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Why has Trump zero-ed in on South Africa? | Robyn Curnow
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May 22, 2025 |
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An MBA from the Vatican | Robyn Curnow
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May 20, 2025 |
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FOR SALE: Everything but the House! | Robyn Curnow
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May 13, 2025 |
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Why is Graduation super-sized in America? | Robyn Curnow
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May 06, 2025 |
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Dead Popes Society | Robyn Curnow
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Apr 29, 2025 |
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Strip Malls and the Cheers Bar | Robyn Curnow
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Apr 22, 2025 |
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The 101 year perspective of politics | Robyn Curnow
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Apr 15, 2025 |
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Why Elvis is a great American | Robyn Curnow
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Apr 08, 2025 |
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Fishin' with Jesus, Hell and losing religion | Drew McCoy and Robyn Curnow
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Mar 25, 2025 |
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Standup comedy, politics, and being Reasonably Happy | Paul Ollinger and Robyn Curnow
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Mar 18, 2025 |
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Hamas tunnels, Ukraine and city warfare | John Spencer and Robyn Curnow
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Mar 11, 2025 |
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No Diggity, Michael Jackson and I | Teddy Riley and Robyn Curnow
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Mar 04, 2025 |
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The USA Chaos Myth and Second Acts | Justin Farmer and Robyn Curnow
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Feb 25, 2025 |
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Deviants and true crime | Andrew Iden
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Sick care, Dr America? | Dr LaSonya Lopez
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Dive bars, happy places and bad dudes with a CIA legend (1) | Marc Polymeropoulos
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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A Russian attack and the CIA cover-up (2) | Marc Polymeropoulos
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Feb 04, 2025 |
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Use and abuse of the words Nazi and Hitler | Robyn Curnow
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Jan 28, 2025 |
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Buckle up, Buttercup | Robyn Curnow
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Goat rodeos and space nukes | Jeffrey Lewis and Robyn Curnow
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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China, baby, it's all about China | Jim Sciutto and Robyn Curnow
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Jan 07, 2025 |
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New Year, New World | Jim Sciutto and Robyn Curnow
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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Xmas cheer for the New Year | Robyn Curnow
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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But You Don't Look Arab | Hala Gorani and Robyn Curnow
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Dec 17, 2024 |
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Trump's Road to Damascus | Robyn Curnow
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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Biden's nothing-burger Africa trip | Robyn Curnow
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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War and Peace | Lynsey Addario
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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Not Havana a good time | Robyn Curnow and Patrick Oppmann
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Nov 19, 2024 |
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What next, 'Merica? | Robyn Curnow
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Duh, Why Trump won | Robyn Curnow
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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The Here Be Dragons Election | Robyn Curnow and guests
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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An election scarier than Halloween | Ben Jealous
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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That's when we knew something was off with Bill Cosby | Ben Jealous
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Oct 29, 2024 |
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Please, no, American politics are not 'unprecedented' | Julian Zelizer
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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The Son of a Rabbi, LBJ and the Grateful Dead | Julian Zelizer
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Ex-CIA Station Chiefs | John Sipher and Jerry O'Shea
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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CIA, Hemmingway and a Nazi-KGB spy | Jerry O'Shea and John Sipher
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Oct 15, 2024 |
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Farmers and Latinos for Trump | Leyla Santiago
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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Army Brat, Dolly Parton and Puerto Rico | Leyla Santiago
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Oct 08, 2024 |
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The Hundred Year Old President | Kevin Sullivan
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Wizard of Oz and Singing Angels | Kevin Sullivan
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Oct 01, 2024 |
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Why is Jesus on the ballot? | Doug Heye
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Three-day weekend in NYC in 1951 | Doug Heye
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Sep 24, 2024 |
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Poor teeth, rural voters | Sarah Smarsh
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Texas two-step and Bourbon | Sarah Smarsh
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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Back-to-school battles over ideas | Josh Clark
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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Dazed and Confused, U.S.A. | Josh Clark
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Sep 17, 2024 |
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An American Soldier | Lt. Gen Mark Hertling (1)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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The Sounds of Battle | Lt. Gen Mark Hertling (2)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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Who is Kamala Harris? | Jason Kander (Part 1)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Walking into a military psych ward | Jason Kander (Part 2)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Time Travel and baseball | Jason Kander (Part 3)
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Sep 10, 2024 |
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Searching for America trailer. NEW! A podcast from Robyn Curnow
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Sep 09, 2024 |