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David Bouchier: A Few Well Chosen Words
Mondays 7:45 AM & 9:45 AM (News/Talk), stream the podcast anytime
Hosted by David Bouchier

David Bouchier’s weekly essays are full of unexpected observations and whimsical opinions. Listeners will relish his entertaining, enlightening, and sometimes exasperated commentaries on the routines that carry us through the year, the surreal rituals of politics, the unsettling experience of foreign travel, and the confusions and comedies of everyday suburban life.

You can hear David Bouchier on-air Mondays at 7:45 a.m. on all stations and at 9:45 a.m. on News/Talk or by subscribing to this podcast.

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    Commentator David Bouchier admires the tall tales that we bring back from vacation.
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    Commentator David Bouchier wonders where the masculinist movement is heading.
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    Commentator David Bouchier argues that smartphones should be banned, but selectively.
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    Commentator David Bouchier recalls a different kind of political revolution.
  • A group of schoolboys playing football outside on a large school playground, England, UK.
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    Commentator David Bouchier remembers the way soccer used to be.
  • Independence
    Commentator David Bouchier speculates about the paradox of unity and independence.