49 LA PETANQUE - BOCCE BALL AMERICAN STYLE - BERNARD MARTIN

S2019E49
28:36
September 29th 2019

Bernard Martin was born in 1952 in Rabat, Morocco. He has French and American citizenship and is married with two children. Retired from the French government, he has lived in Bradenton, Florida since 2001. He loves film, travel and reading, but his real passion is sports: he loves all sports but especially soccer, tennis and of course Pétanque (Bocce Ball American Style) that we will discuss today. He has been practicing pétanque since the age of five. A few more statistics? His favorite color is blue, his favorite number is 10, his favorite dishes are duck’s breast and couscous; and his favorite cities are Paris and London.

CURMUDGEONLY YOURS -- Richard Bonte

Monday 11:30 am + Wed 5:30 pm

“Curmudgeonly Yours” is a show on ‘comparative modern Western life. The title comes from Richard Bonte’s humorous book of the same name, “Curmudgeonly Yours.” In his sometimes-multilingual show, host and author Richard Bonte interviews guests from different countries to get their take on ideas and problems facing the Western world.

Host Richard Bonte is a Bradenton resident and a native-born New Yorker. He has lived much of his life in Canada, California and Western Europe. He has worn many hats in his life including playwright, bi-coastal actor, teacher, writer, linguist and phonetician. He has advanced degrees from Berkeley, UCLA and the Sorbonne. Richard has written ten novels (including ‘Curmudgeonly Yours’ (2017), been given the FAPA (Florida Authors and Publishers Association) 2018 Silver Award for Humor), several plays and screenplays. He is right now co-writing a new novel set in 1930’s Los Angeles.