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was late to Georgia. My flight was stuck in Istanbul and we’d had only a small window to shoot in the off season resort city of Batumi, so a last minute substitute was called in. Like John Shaft, he’s a complicated man. Like Wolf Blitzer, he’s got the credentials and experience to tackle any subject. Like Bambi, a Struggling medical student, he WILL pole dance if no other employment options exist. I’m talking, of course, about Zamir. It’s likely and unfortunate that you are probably only dimly aware of Georgia — the country, not the state...

As often happens on Parts Unknown, the show you are going to see Sunday night is not the show we intended to make. I’d been to Cologne, years earlier, for a book fair, and I’d enjoyed myself. The endless torrent of tiny beers, the pig knuckles and schnitzels — my kind of place. Though locals referred to their town as ugly, I found it pretty and cinematic. I knew our old producer, Tracey Gudwin was living in Germany, and looked forward to the opportunity to work with her again. I had every intention...

It was fun while it lasted. Another 8 episodes Dunzo. Or will be Dunzo after sunday's season closer in Buenos Aires. The crack Zero Point Zero Production team and I, however, are deep, deep in post production for our next season...

Samuel Johnson said “patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”, but I consider myself a patriot. The fact that the United States of America is the birthplace of the blues, jazz, rock and roll, and Mohammed Ali is argument enough for me that we are a place worthy of pride. Texas, however, was, for most of my life, a foreign land — a place and a culture far from the one I grew up in in New York City and suburban New Jersey. And I will shamefacedly admit that for most of those years, I entertained...

Nashville is changing fast. About a hundred people a day are moving to the city — for reasons which will become obvious when you watch the show we made there. Chefs and restaurateurs in particular are finding the city attractive — there’s a gold rush of talented operators setting up shop, eager to take advantage of relatively reasonable rents, a good economic climate, and a welcoming public. So far, born and bred Nashvillians have greeted the torrent of carpetbaggers from the North with open arms...