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