Pseudoscience, Fake News and How to Fight Back
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingFake News is everywhere - but what to do about it?
Leading thinkers on politics and beyond in East-Central Europe discuss how history and science have become weaponized to support illiberal agendas. This is a lively, urgent contribution to the understanding of pseudoscience, and uses / abuses of history. In conversation with regional experts, Dr Robert Pyrah and Prof. Marius Turda. Supported by the Royal Institution, Open Society Foundation and Oxford Brookes University. New Episodes monthly.
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Episodes
Timothy Garton Ash: Poland, Hungary and beyond
January 01, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes - 475 MBTimothy Garton Ash, an international authority on Central Europe and renowned 'historian of the present', joins Robert Pyrah in the closing episode of the series. This is a summative and wide-ranging conversation on the challenge of illiberalism in Poland, Hungary and beyond, covering topics such as the uses and abuses of history, media, the rule of law, culture and the role of the European Union. Professor Garton Ash offers listeners a detailed, nuanced and highly accessible view on the key ...
‘Best of’: Lessons Learned
December 02, 2021 23:33 - 49 minutes - 497 MBIn this bonus episode, we look back at the interviews of the series so far, drawing out headline lessons for citizens, governments or other bodies in Europe and beyond. Section 1 defines the shapes and patterns of illiberalism, via case studies on Central Europe from across the episodes. Section 2 pulls together headline 'lessons' on how to fight back, starting at 32 min. These are: 1. Be alert to emotion trumping fact; 2. Make science easier to access; 3. Education as illiberal atta...
Lessons Learned
December 02, 2021 23:33 - 49 minutes - 497 MBIn this bonus episode, we look back at the interviews of the series so far, drawing out headline lessons for citizens, governments or other bodies in Europe and beyond. Section 1 defines the shapes and patterns of illiberalism, via case studies on Central Europe from across the episodes. Section 2 pulls together headline 'lessons' on how to fight back, starting at 32 min. These are: 1. Be alert to emotion trumping fact; 2. Make science easier to access; 3. Education as illiberal atta...
'Fake News', the State and the Media in Hungary (Marius Turda / Mihály Szilágyi-Gál)
November 02, 2021 09:57 - 34 minutes - 348 MBWhy is "fake news" so popular today? What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation in politics? And how can we describe the increased state control of the media in Orbán's Hungary? These are some of the questions explored in this episode by Professor Marius Turda and his guest Dr Mihály Szilágyi-Gál. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Overcoming History? The Growth of Civil Society in Ukraine
September 30, 2021 16:45 - 41 minutes - 420 MBUkraine is often headline news - but remains largely unknown to many in the West. Dr Robert Pyrah is joined by Prof. Jean-Paul Himka (and some insistent birds) in a wide-ranging, sensitive, and highly accessible overview of developments in this large, important young nation on Europe’s eastern border. Late to gain independence (1991), rocked by democratic revolutions, and locked in a 'frozen' conflict with Russia, Ukraine's complex geopolitics belie a dynamic and instructive story. Taking b...
Civic Culture in Romania during the Coronavirus pandemic
September 30, 2021 16:27 - 40 minutes - 406 MBHas the political balance in Romania deteriorated since the outbreak of the Coronavirus pandemic in 2020? Has it favoured the emergence of aggressive forms of politics – chauvinistic, xenophobic, conspiracist, antivaxxer? In this episode, Professor Marius Turda discusses with Dr Ciprian Mihali the role of civil society in influencing politics in Romania today, while focusing on social equity and democratic participation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Historical obsessions and illiberalism in Poland (Robert Pyrah / Jan Grabowski)
August 31, 2021 14:20 - 38 minutes - 385 MBThis episode presents Jan Grabowski: both a leading thinker and actor in Poland’s ‘history wars’. Prof. Grabowski (Uni. of Ottawa) has faced legal action in Poland over his research into Holocaust history, but recently won (August 2021) a court case on appeal. We delve into his personal experience and the wider mechanisms behind Poland’s current illiberal drive in a wide-ranging conversation on history, memory and politics with Dr Robert Pyrah. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
Illiberalism in Hungary (Marius Turda with Ferenc Laczó)
August 30, 2021 14:21 - 37 minutes - 188 MBIn this first episode of the series, Prof Marius Turda (Oxford Brookes University) talks to Dr Ferenc Laczó (Maastricht University) about the many facets of illiberalism in Hungary today, including their historical sources and legitimacy, and current representations of history in the country's public sphere. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.