Episode 23: BIE Secretary General Vincente Loscertales

In episode 23 of the World's Fair Podcast, Secretary General Vicente Loscertales is our guest.

Mr. Loscertales has been secretary general of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) through the last several world's fairs. We talk about his tenure, the importance of expos, and United States participation in the organization.

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Bureau International des Expositions

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Episode 9: World's Fair Legacy Sites with Jason Griffing

In Episode 9 of The World's Fair Podcast, hosts Urso Chappell and John McGregor talk with Jason Griffing about the former sites of world's fairs as well as memorabilia collecting.

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 1

[originally posted 29 December 2009]



Urso and John talk about some of their favo(u)rite expo attactions of the last 25 years: The Netherlands at Expo 2000, Japan at Expo 88, Canadian Pacific at Expo 86, and Morocco at Expo 92.
-The audio is better than episode zero... but still not ideal. Hey, we're gettin' better!

Links to items discussed in the podcast:
Photos of the Netherlands at Expo 2000
Rainbow War on DVD

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The World's Fair Podcast, Episode 0

[originally posted 13 December 2009]



Just like in bowling, you get a practice frame that doesn't count. Urso and John talk about how they got interested in world's fairs in the 1980's, world's fair nomenclature, and why expos are still relevant.

The audio quality isn't ideal since we're still in the learning stages.

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