TWiP 245: Flying purple people eater with Ben LaBrot

Founder of Floating Doctors Ben LaBrot joins TWiP to solve the case of the 1 year old in northeastern Panama with a fatal leg infection, followed by a discussion of the history and mission of Floating Doctors.
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[@homynacuriel9453]

The "Flying Purple People Eater". Happily in Alaska we only have regular People Eaters.

[@dorothycharginghawk1244]

Great program !! I have been in the rivers where there are little towns along the rivers. Hope you are able to set up in Equitos where we ended up. ( we had hitchhiked on what was ( back then ) the road to the river ‘ from the west side of the Cordillera Blanco in Peru. ). Enjoyed the people and the jungle- though I somehow don’t think they believed me when I told them in my very broken Spanish that where I lived it was so cold that our river that was the same size froze so hard that you could walk to the other side (( sometimes )) !!

[@dorothycharginghawk1244]

Oh - I should mention - they only spoke very broken Spanish, too !!