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WP: OUR RECAP OF THE 2010s

December 17, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 119 MB

2019 is about to end, and a new decade awaits us in less than 2 weeks! In todays World Politics Anne, Julia and Antonella will look back at the 2010s and all the events that shaped this last decade. Political and cultural leaders, wars and protests, movements and the rise of the Gen Z. We probably forgot something, so we apologize in advance, but this past decade has been so full of events that it's almost impossible to fit them in a 1 hour program. Which were the evets that shaped the last...

Christmas is coming!

December 13, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 114 MB

Dear listeners Christmas is coming and everyone is excited about that. Lights, markets, the Christmas Tree: everything reminds us that Santa Claus is coming to give us some presents (or maybe no?!) Anyway, dear listeners, we are pretty sure that you are not into the Christmas mood enough, that's why Carmelo, Sofya and Federica are going to talk about it just to be sure that you are not escaping from this feast. Don't miss this Cultural program because Federica will make a Trivial to Sonya....

POINT OF VIEW: Journalism in today's society

December 12, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 122 MB

In this episode of Point of View Antonella and Sofya are trying to find the answer to the question: Who is the journalist and what is journalism in today's world? When we all have access to information, and it seems that anyone can spread any knowledge so easily, how do we define the duties and responsibilities of journalists? And do we want to call ourselves journalists?

Experience the World: Welcome to the Land of Horses!

December 11, 2019 14:39 - 32 minutes - 58.9 MB

So if you haven't kept track of our Instagram "mustarfm" you might have missed that Antonella, Anne, Alexandra and Julia travelled to Ada, Serbia. You might think vacation, but then you would be wrong. It was a 10-day Youth Exchange and the topic was "Let's create our own democracy". So we might have gone to Ada as simple citizens, but we left as ministers of The Land of Horses. Want to know how? Well, then tune in for this week's Experience the World!

YouthExchange Special: Independence of the Media

December 10, 2019 09:35 - 27 minutes - 50.5 MB

Hey everyone, this in Antonella and today we have a special episode for you! MustarHaz hosted a youth exchange on youth and media on November, and some of the participant joined us in the studio! With me were Sotiris, from Greece, and Mantas, from Lithuania, and together we discussed about independence of the media today. Ad we discovered some differeces between our countries.  Listen to us to know more about the topic, and thanks again to Mantas and Sotiris for joining me in the studio! 

Cultural: Classical music for everyone!

November 29, 2019 16:06 - 54 minutes - 99.8 MB

What about some classical music in this episode of Cultural? Serena, Antonella and Sonya gathered together to discuss classical music. Do you think it's too serious? Do you consider it too high-brow and elitist? You will change your mind while listening to us! Or maybe you just want to hear some suggestions on what to listen? In any case -- tune in!

About the International Day for the elimination of violence against women

November 28, 2019 17:00 - 31 minutes - 58.4 MB

Two women (Serena and Federica) are going to talk about the International Day for the elimination of violence against women which has just passed. We are referring to the 25th of November, a day when people usually rembember all the victims of violence and try to spread awareness about this topic. Is it time to quit talking about this? Absolutely no. Listen to our Free Topic program to know why.

Experience The World: Italians about Russia

November 27, 2019 14:00 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MB

In this episode: Comeback of Anto and Sonya with their short (yet very informative) series "Italy and Russia are friends forever". This time, Anto shares some stereotypes that Italians have about Russia, when Sonya debunks some myths and reveals some truths about her home country and Russian people. Tune in (cause we also have some culinary suggestions for you)! 

Manga, what a passion!

November 15, 2019 11:00 - 54 minutes - 99.3 MB

Hello and good morning dear listeners! Today as usual is Cultural Program day, so prepare yourself for a very mainstream topic: MANGA. In nowaday society they are considered to be not anymore part of a subculture, on the contrary is plenty of conventions about manga, anime and cosplayers (we'll explain the difference between them during the program) and everyone claims to read manga and to be a nerd because it's cool. Antonella, Miguel and Federica are skeptical about the real passion of th...

Point of View: THE DISTURBING TRUTH ABOUT TIK TOK

November 13, 2019 13:38 - 1 hour - 115 MB

The disturbing truth about TIKTOK! In Point of View today we are entering into the world of TikTok and all its E-boys, VSCO-girls (sksksks and I oop), country boys (yeeyee) and lip-syncing twins! Anne, Carmelo and Julia might be beginners and still have a lot to learn before becoming real TikTok stars, but they do have things to say. Can it be that TikTok is saving our subcultures? Allowing young people to explore their creativity and become internet celebrities? Or, is their a darker more di...

AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: the work and controversies of the world biggest Human Rights organization

November 12, 2019 11:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

New month, new World Politics Program! Today in the studio Alexandra and Antonella will discuss about the biggest organization on human rights, Amnesty International. They will talk about its origin, aims, projects and campaigns, and each host will share one specific campaign that Amnesty International is promoting in their country. BUT, there's always a but. In recent years, Amnesty has gone through some problems and scandals, which can destroy its reputation.

Point of view: WE ARE NOT LIKE OTHER GIRLS

October 31, 2019 09:00 - 1 hour - 61.7 MB

Anne and Julia are not like other girls, they are natural, read books and dare we say it?.... QUIRKY! Just kidding, obviously (🥴), but we are back and in honor of Halloween digging our own graves as we are digging even deeper into the dilemmas that we face as feminists. Today we discuss the concept of "I'm not like other girls", internalized misogyny, the "other" woman, liking attention from guys and in general how feminism is still messy, but that we are STILL HERE FOR IT. So, if you want ...

EXPERIENCE THE WORLD: Russians about Italy

October 30, 2019 17:00 - 46 minutes - 85.1 MB

Have you known that Russians and Italians have some kind of a special connection? Have we ever told you? No? Sonya asked her friends to share their ideas about Italy and they appeared to be very different and surprising. In this program you're going to hear these opinions and how Antonella comments on them. Tune in!

Gossip: THE KARDASHIANS EXPOSED

October 29, 2019 16:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MB

What is Gossip without the Kardashian/Jenner clan? Join Anne and Julia in the studio today as they share their UNPOPULAR OPINIONS on your favorite celebrities! Is Beyoncé overrated? Why is Demi Lovato a bad role model? And learn the disturbing truth about the controversial Kardashian's. Tune in, 5pm!

Free Topic: We have been at the Vidor Fesztivál interviewing Wesley, an artist from Haiti!

October 24, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 52.2 MB

Welcome to this special edition of Free Topic. Today, Miguel and Sebastién want to share with you their experience in the last edition of Vidor Fesztivál. In the edition of this year a lot of artists arrived in Nyíregyháza from differents countries, and we had the opportunity to interview one of them, Welesy. Enjoy it!

Point of View: What's our take on tourism?

October 24, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 120 MB

Good morning! Thursday, and a new Point of View! Join Anne, Julia and Miguel as they discuss the different aspects of tourism, economical, cultural and our favorite one: sustainable. Do Anne, with experience from Hamburg have a different opinion than Miguel who live in Sevilla? Or Julia who only encounter tourists during summer on the Swedish island Öland?

ETW: where do you want to travel in the future?

October 23, 2019 16:00 - 35 minutes - 64.4 MB

Are Miguel and Federica wanderlusters? Yes, they are! Their desire is to visit and discover as many places as they can, but during this program they will focus on some countries or places they would like to go for specific reasons that involve their lives. But pay attention, because meanwhile they will share their experience in Hungary as people who come from Mediterranean countries, where the daily life is really different! ;) Listen to the program

WORLD POLITICS: Hungary municipal elections and the '56 revolution

October 21, 2019 22:00 - 55 minutes - 101 MB

It's election day! On Oct., 13th, Hungarians voted on the municipal elections and, to everyone's surprise, the opposition has been able to fight hard and defeat the biggest hungarian party, FIDESZ. Budapest's new mayor, Karacsony Gergely, is the first opposition mayor of the capital in more than 10 years. 6 of the biggest hungarian cities are now ruled by opposition parties, to FIDESZ's big disappointment. Alexandra, Antonella and Sofya will give you the results, the scandals and the afterma...

CULTURAL: The Nyiregyhaza Airport Adventure and TRENER KFT

October 17, 2019 22:00 - 58 minutes - 107 MB

Did you know that we have an airport facility in Nyiregyhaza? And that 600+ students have already graduated the Bachelor Degree offered there? Alexandra, Antonella and Sébastien were lucky enough to represent MustarFM during the inauguration of the new Flight Simulator at Tréner KFT: they had the opportunity to participate to the press conference, have a tour around the airport faclity and witness the magnificent air performance of Mr. Veres Zoltan!

Free Topic: New volunteers have just arrived - let's meet them together!

October 17, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes - 56.9 MB

Some time has passed since the previous Centre Youth Association - KÖZ-Pont Ifjúsági Egyesület's volunteers left and it's time to meet the new ones: Anna, Jeanne and Elias came to visit us and we had the opportunity to interview them and you, dear listeners, will have the opportunity to know what a foreigner seek for here in Hungary (and in particular in Nyíregyháza). They are very young, they come from different countries, they have some goals and they are full of dreams and hopes: let's dis...

Point of View: Veleno - The country of lost children

October 17, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

Good morning to everyone from Mustar FM 89.6! During this Point of View program Antonella, Serena and Federica will talk about an Italian court case which main characters are children: 16 children were taken away from their families who were accused of being pedophile satanists. This happened 20 years ago and these parents never met their children again. But where is the truth? Can psychologists, social assistants, lawyers and step families implant some memories into the brain of children? ...

ETW:Finding out Sicily.

October 16, 2019 15:00 - 30 minutes - 56 MB

Hello dear listeners,today Carmelo and Miguel will introduce you the island from where Carmelo is coming from,for him is a love-hate relationship that will try to explain during the program. P.s. if you're wondering to visit sicily(highly reccomended)brace yourself and empty your stomach,there's a lot to eat!

Monthly gossip with Federica and Sonya

October 15, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 44.2 MB

Welcome to the monthly episode of Gossip with Federica and Sonya. As always, nasty Fede makes fun of poor Sonya while they are discussing quite a serious topic this time: why do people like to gossip so much? What is the importance of the gossip and how can we benefit from this social phenomenon? We will try to answer taking in consideration our experiences and some scientific evidences as well. 

Are we "pictures addicted"?

October 11, 2019 10:41 - 1 hour - 111 MB

In a time where a like might define how cool we are Sasha,Carmelo and Sebastien will try to express their point of view on how affected they are about pictures and social media. 

Cultural: Violence in movies that inspires copycat crimes

October 11, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 87.1 MB

Oftentimes, the products of culture don't influence our life in the best way. Have you ever imagined how many crimes are committed due to amount of violence in movies? Miguel, Serena and Sonya are discussing the movies and TV series that inspire real life crimes. What films inspired the most crimes? Who can be influenced by screen villains? And can we somehow prevent future crimes? Tune in!

Free Topic: Questions of life with Adam and Sonya

October 10, 2019 15:00 - 27 minutes - 44.8 MB

Welcome to the first and, unfortunately, the last episode of the special show with Adam and Sonya where they raise the most essential questions of ethics and morality. They try to understand how we should live and treat others discussing controversial questions and thought experiments (one of those is designed by Adam himself!). Are we responsible for other people's feelings? To what extent? What is a betrayal? Can we use people? Maybe at least sometimes?..  Tune in to hear Adam's and Sony...

Experience the World: Hitchiking to the Top of Hungary

October 09, 2019 15:00 - 41 minutes - 76 MB

The story we are going to tell you today is full of mystical coincidences, unexpected events, miracles, wonders and a big achievement. This story is about Alexandra's first experience in hitchhiking. But she was not there alone face-to-face with a completely new way of travelling for her. Luckily, Adam, an experienced hitchhiker and a brave explorer of the wildest places across Hungary, Romania, Poland (and other countries in Europe), guided her into this thrilling world of dust on the road...

World Politics: Ukrainegate, the details of the scandal

October 08, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 119 MB

First World Politics program of October, why not start with something really big?! And, as we know, nothing is bigger than the US political world. Today's program will be all about the recent accusations of abuse of power against the 45th US President, Mr. Donald Trump, who is likely (or is he?) to be impeached right before the 2020 presidential elections. A wistleblower recently filed a complaint explaining Mr. Trump misconducts: he claims that the President pushed his Ukrainian couterpart,...

Cultural: Interview with Adam and Sonya

September 27, 2019 14:48 - 56 minutes - 94.1 MB

In this episode, Miguel and Carmelo decided to interview Adam and Sofya who are giving the piano concert in music school in our lovely Nyiregyhaza this evening. They are telling about their life with music, discuss teacher's roles and reveal some details about the concert. 

Free Topic: It's all about HAPPINESS!

September 26, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 62 MB

Okay guys, today the topic is very important: Alexandra and Federica are going to talk about HAPPINESS! Well, what's interesting of this topic is that for some reason, sometimes for society seems that you should feel guilty to be happy. But our volunteers will describe happiness, what is for them, how they reached, and why sometimes is difficult to enjoy it.

Greta Thunberg: activist or not?

September 26, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 121 MB

What is an activist? Can we call ourselves so, just because we post some heartbreaking pictures on Facebook? We have seen what Greta Thunberg has been able to achieve in a year of friday schoolstrikes, but is her inpact that large as to shape the politics on climate change? Is she any different from Martin Luther King, jr. and Rosa Parks? Some also argue that she is only a puppet for some higher purpose, others truly believe in her cause and commitment. Federica, Julia and Antonella will tr...

ETW 2019.09.25

September 25, 2019 15:00 - 34 minutes - 62.5 MB

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Sonya and Federica: their monthly Gossip program

September 25, 2019 12:57 - 25 minutes - 47.6 MB

Welcome back to your monthly appointment of gossip with Sofya and Federica, who this time will discuss different topics. We are going to start talking about Megan Fox, who recently declared that she had a "psychological breakdown" for being hypersexualized. Well, to tell the complete truth, we would like to be so perfect as she is. But to be beautiful and famous means that you receive a lot of comments that most of the times are not requested. So dear listeners if you wanna know the other ...

World Politic: Let Chine think about your future

September 23, 2019 11:46 - 1 hour - 114 MB

After uncle Sam, the world company limited is really happy to realize the future of your work: China.Let's enjoy talking about the end of privacy, unification of the country & communist globalisation.

Cultural: Oceanography

September 20, 2019 10:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

What could be more in common between than the sea between Italy, Russia & France?  No need to say more & lets see what's in common in the litterature & movie culture of these countrys.

Point of View: Non-sexist language?

September 19, 2019 10:00 - 54 minutes - 83.1 MB

Miguel, Federica and Sonya are talking about their own languages and languages of other European countries in the context of sexism, and are discussing the ways the language reflects gender inequality.  In today's world the perception of women's and men's roles is changing, so should we force the language to change as well? And if we don't change it, can we reach the equality? What is inclusive language and gender-neutral language?  Tune in to get to know! 

Experience the world: backpacking & stuff

September 18, 2019 15:00 - 33 minutes - 62.2 MB

Lets put two persons in a studio for half an hour and see what happen when you give them as a topic: backpacking.

World Politics: Populism's features

September 17, 2019 10:00 - 1 hour - 117 MB

Good morning dear listeners! During this World politics podcast Carmelo, Antonella and Federica will talk about populism. Why did it spread so successfully? How and when was it born and what were the original aims? Let's discover together! 

2015.09.15 Vitamina_effe

September 15, 2019 17:00 - 28 minutes - 52.7 MB

Oggi puntata per spiegare perché street harassment e cat calling sono pericolosi per le vittime che li subiscono. "Hey bella dove vai?" "Vieni a farti un giro con noi?" "Complimenti alla mamma" "Che bel vestito!" Sono solo complimenti? Se non sono richiesti, si chiamano MOLESTIE. Ce ne parla Vitamina_effe

Free Topic: Little BIG in Budapest Park!

September 12, 2019 15:00 - 28 minutes - 51.3 MB

In this podcast Sasha and Sonya are introduce you to the music of Little BIG - a popular rave band which is originally from Russia.

Experience the World: Road Trip

September 11, 2019 15:00 - 32 minutes - 60.4 MB

If you really want to experience the world you should try at least once in your life to make a roadtrip. Today Alexandra and Carmelo are gonna talk about their experiences. They will share memories, stories and offer some good advice for your next roadtrip!

Gossip: Back to the past, aristocracy gossips in Italy and Spain

September 10, 2019 15:00 - 29 minutes - 54 MB

Back to the past in today's Gossip program! Antonella and Miguel prepared an special content for this afternoon: princess and kings, incest and familiar killers... in the last centuries. Don't miss it!

World Politics: Amazonia is burning!

September 10, 2019 08:00 - 54 minutes - 99.3 MB

The Amazon is being burned and it is Brazil's President Bolsonaro's fault! Or is it? Due to the recent wildfires in The Amazon rainforest today's World Politics program is about how the environmental crisis and politics are effected by each other and the very important responsibility that the politicians and leaders of the world carry. We try to understand how they think and why they make the decisions they make regarding the three E's Ecology, Environment and Economy.

2019.09.08 Vitamina_effe

September 08, 2019 17:00 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MB

Le relazioni di coppia sono davvero difficili da mandare avanti nei momenti di difficoltà. E' per questo che molti cadono in tentazione e si lasciano conquistare da una terza persona. Ma quali sono i motivi più ricorrenti del tradimento? Ve lo spiega Vitamina_effe, che si metterà dalla parte del traditore per capire cosa spinge una persona a cadere tra le braccia di un altro/a. Se ha mai tradito anche lei? Scopritelo ascoltando la puntata 😏😏😏

Point of View: PRO-CHOICE vs PRO-LIFE

August 29, 2019 15:00 - 56 minutes - 104 MB

Pro-life vs. Pro-choice. Do you know what these two different views mean? Antonella, Alexandra and Rehana will guide you into this huge and difficult topic, first discussing what these two expressions mean and then exploring how religions, society and moral values shape the way we approach abortion and its consequences. Is the 'my body, my choice' possibility always available, and who holds the final word on abortion? Women or society?

Experience the World: How to NOT get to Ukraine

August 28, 2019 14:00 - 34 minutes - 62.7 MB

Let's go to Ukraine by hitch hiking they said, that will be funny they said ! Well, after 1 day you have to realise that, first you are bad a hitch hiking and second you have to admit that Hungary is not the most hitch hiker friendly countries... So lets improvise 8 days of holidays when what you are looking for is an adventure!

2019.08.26. Le Spritzate - Italian program

August 26, 2019 17:00 - 34 minutes - 63.1 MB

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2019.08.25 Vitamina_effe

August 25, 2019 17:00 - 32 minutes - 59 MB

SOS work addiction: nessuno ne parla, eppure esiste la dipendenza da lavoro. Il workaholic, così è chiamato chi ne è affetto, pensa sempre al lavoro ed è totalmente incapace di rilassarsi. Il vero problema è che, a differenza di qualsiasi altra assuefazione, questa è socialmente accettata e tendenzialmente il workaholic viene stimato e stimolato a dare di più. Durante questa puntata, Vitamina_effe affronta la questione spiegando come nasce questa dipendenza e quali motivi spingono una perso...

Cultural: It's festival-season

August 23, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 118 MB

 Congratulations on making it through another work week! Now, with only a few hours until the weekend Serena, Miguel and Julia will take you through the magical world of music and festivals in CULTURAL this morning! The origin of music festivals, the biggest ones in Europe, but also how they can go from magical dream to nightmare when safety and security don't work as it was supposed to by mentioning festival tragedies that resulted in injuries and deaths. You don't want to miss it!

Free Topic: The Dyatlov's Pass Incident

August 22, 2019 16:00 - 33 minutes - 61.6 MB

It's Thursday, time for another Free Topic! Alexandra and Antonella are going back to the USSR to uncover one of the darkest and spookiest facts of the XX century: the Dyatlov Pass incident. Put on your gloves, furry hats and warm clothes, we're travelling with Igor Dyatlov and his group deep inside the Ural Mountains to discover their journey, their misterious deaths and some of the theories that during the years tried to explain what happened during those freezing days of February 1959. Pl...