Chicago needs the CTA. A big part of what is good about this city has to do with how much of the city is always within reach. Besides the grid and size of the streets there is nothing that has as much to do with that as the public transportation. The city’s economy depends heavily [...]
The second half of our interview with anthropologist and University of Chicago Alum Professor Brian Brazeal. This part of the interview concerns Brian’s own personal experience of the emerald trade and his method for studying the sellers, the buyers, and a place called the Rat Market. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Download Here “Even the [...]
Emerald mining is a business fraught with international intrigue and explosions as professor and anthropologist Brian Brazeal explains. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] “If anybody tries to take my mine I’ll shoot em’.” See part 2 tomorrow
