Urban Exchange Podcast

After a long hiatus, the Urban Exchange Podcast is back! In this week's episode, Vinny, Leloy and Fabian talk about Time's Man of the Year, Pope Francis, and American Hustle, David O. Russell's (Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter) new movie about the ABSCAM operations of the FBI in the 1970s. Some links for our show: The New Yorker's profile of Pope Francis -- http://nyr.kr/Jye9AT TIME's cover story for Pope Francis as their Man of the Year -- http://ti.me/1goGKWV The trailer for American Hustle -- http://bit.ly/II5UBz This week's recommendations: Vinny: Lawrence in Arabia: War, Deceit, Imperial Folly and the Making of the Modern Middle East by Scott Anderson Leloy: Perpetual Euphoria on the Duty to be Happy by Pascal Bruckner Fabian: The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Botton We are currently working on getting our podcast up on iTunes. For the time being, if you want to leave any comment or feedback, you can contact us at urbanexchangeph@gmail.com or visit our facebook page (http://on.fb.me/1d