‘Micronations’: Interviews with the Authors

Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 11.30.06 | 8:23 AM ET

Lonely Planet’s recent book about micronations begs several questions, such as: Are micronations better when they’re founded on comedic or political principles? Also: Is creating your own nation a better alternative to armed revolution? The authors of Micronations answer these and other questions in several interviews they’ve given this month. Co-authors John Ryan, George Dunford and Simon Sellars spoke with Andres Vaccari at Sleepy Brain; Ryan spoke with Alex Chadwick of NPR’s Day to Day and Rolf Potts at Yahoo! Travel; and Sellars talked to Geoff Manaugh at BLDGBLOG.

Related on World Hum:
* Inside the World’s “Micronations”

Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.

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