Latest East europe Podcast Episodes
EP 50 70 years IDM - Locating the future
Central Europe Explained - December 21, 2023 07:03 - 17 minutes ★ - 1 ratingEpisode 50: 70 years IDM - Locating the future 🎙️ Celebrate 70 years of history and hard work with us on The Central Europe Explained Podcast! 🌐 In this special episode, host Gloria Becerril takes you through the Platinum Jubilee of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM)....
EP 49 Gender EquiCEEty: Representation, inclusion and intersectionality in Central and Eastern Europe
Central Europe Explained - November 29, 2023 07:00 - 37 minutes ★ - 1 ratingEP 49 Gender EquiCEEty: Representation, inclusion and intersectionality in Central and Eastern Europe Taking a brief look at statistics, it may seem that in many regards women in Central and Eastern Europe enjoy more (economic) equality and independence, especially if we consider the gender-p...
EP 48 Belonging and becoming: Strengthening the EU project
Central Europe Explained - October 25, 2023 06:11 - 29 minutes ★ - 1 ratingBelonging and becoming: strengthening the EU project In this episode Daniel Martínek engages in an exploration of European identity and the challenges it faces. Our guest, Niccolò Milanese, founding director of European Alternatives, sheds light on the need to strengthen the European Union in t...
EP 47 Is Europe still a fortress? Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe
Central Europe Explained - September 13, 2023 06:40 - 38 minutes ★ - 1 ratingIs Europe still a fortress? Refugees in Central and Eastern Europe In CEE (and beyond) migration has become an issue that polarizes and evokes a wide range of emotions. In their conversation, Melanie Jaindl and Malwina Talik discuss three important dates in the recent history of Central and Eas...
EP 46 Timisoara Unveiled: A journey through multiculturality, art, and communism
Central Europe Explained - July 27, 2023 06:25 - 28 minutes ★ - 1 ratingTimișoara Unveiled: A Journey through Multiculturality, Art, and Communism In 2023, the Romanian city of Timișoara holds the title of European Capital of Culture. Tourists are flocking to the city as it is thriving with art exhibitions and cultural events – one can literally find art around e...
EP 45 Thrill or Chill? Dark Tourism in Central Eastern Europe
Central Europe Explained - June 28, 2023 06:00 - 28 minutes ★ - 1 ratingFor most people holidays means a week at the beach, or a visit to picturesque cities. But that’s not the first things coming up in everyone’s mind. Some people seek the thrill, the misery: they visit places of previous genocide, natural and man-made catastrophes and former war zones. Places, of ...
EP 44 - Who’s afraid of the globalist? The trans-nationalisation of right-wing conservatives
Central Europe Explained - May 25, 2023 07:08 - 21 minutes ★ - 1 ratingIn this episode we will dive into the journey of the editor and author Rod Dreher, who recently announced that he is moving to Hungary to work for the think tank Danube Institute. Dreher aims to make Hungary the centre of the American conservative dialogue, as he considers Budapest a hub of a ne...
EP43 - The blind eye of feminist foreign policy
Central Europe Explained - April 26, 2023 06:00 - 15 minutes ★ - 1 ratingWhile feminist foreign policy has been successful in promoting gender equality in some countries, it has also been criticised for imposing Western values onto other cultures and failing to address specific needs. This podcast episode explores the strengths and weaknesses of feminist foreign poli...
EP42 - National Minorities and Governance in the Danube Region
Central Europe Explained - March 29, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe Danube Region, Central and Eastern Europe, in other words everything between Germany and Austria, Moldova and Ukraine, down to the Balkans, is a very diverse region when it comes to national minorities. There are very significant populations of people living in countries neighbouring their s...
EP41 - Two sides of the same coin
Central Europe Explained - March 01, 2023 05:00 - 15 minutes ★ - 1 rating10 years after joining the European Union in 2013, on 1 January 2023, Croatia entered the Eurozone. As it is replaced by the Euro, the Croatian old currency, the Kuna (HRK), will slowly become an object, yet a device full of history. Since 5 September 2021, prices in both currencies have bee...
Introducing: CEE 3.0
Central Europe Explained - February 22, 2023 05:00 - 2 minutes ★ - 1 ratingCentral Europe Explained is back for a third season! CEE 3.0 follows specific events and topics happening over the years in the Danube Region. If you are not familiar with CEE yet, this podcast focuses on several topics of general interest: geopolitics, human rights, economy, culture, democrac...
SP09 - Learning and mobility in the shadow of the war
Central Europe Explained - February 15, 2023 05:00 - 11 minutes ★ - 1 ratingLearning and mobility are different concepts, yet interconnected. One can think about them as a human right, privilege, advantage or opportunity. Access to education and freedom of movement is often taken for granted. However, we are not all equal towards those: living in a warzone is an...
SP08 - University autonomy and academic freedom
Central Europe Explained - February 01, 2023 05:00 - 30 minutes ★ - 1 ratingIs University in Exile the future of Central Europe? In 2018, with the Hungarian government banning CEU from welcoming new students, the university had the relocate its activities from Budapest to Vienna. This direct attack on university autonomy is an example of the current fight for ...
Balkan Leaders: Milorad Dodik
Calling - December 18, 2022 08:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThought by many to be the most openly nationalist politician in the Balkans, Milorad Dodik is a staunch supporter of Bosnian Serb separatism and continues to threaten with seceding the entity of the Republika Srpska, or what amounts to about half of Bosnia’s territory. For years, the president ...
SP07 - Education for a brighter future
Central Europe Explained - December 16, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe structure of our social system is based on an important and tight triumvirate: science and academia, policy-makers, and civil society. However, in recent years we have witnessed a weakening of the relationship between these elements. What is the reason for this fading, and what are the ...
Education for a brighter future
Central Europe Explained - December 16, 2022 05:00 - 38 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe structure of our social system is based on an important and tight triumvirate: science and academia, policy-makers, and civil society. However, in recent years we have witnessed a weakening of the relationship between these elements. What is the reason for this fading, and what are the ...
Balkan Leaders: Albin Kurti
Calling - December 05, 2022 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsKosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti was enthusiastically voted into power two years ago after pushing out entrenched establishment parties, winning by the highest margin in Kosovo's democratic history. Since then, he's become a persistent thorn in the side of Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić ...
Balkan Leaders: Edi Rama
Calling - November 27, 2022 09:00 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWho better to start the new series off with than the Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama? Charming and colorful, sometimes literally, direct yet eloquent, Rama has captured the imagination of those less in the know by telling Brussels like it is, and wearing sneakers while doing it. In the eyes of...
SP06 - Passive listeners or actors for change?
Central Europe Explained - November 03, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes ★ - 1 ratingAs students, engagement is a key driver of one’s personal development. But what does engagement mean? Which place plays youth in academia? Are they passive listeners or actors for change? In July 2022, the DRC Summer School on the Future of Academia in the Danube Region took place in Vienna an...
Passive listeners or actors for change?
Central Europe Explained - November 03, 2022 05:00 - 22 minutes ★ - 1 ratingAs students, engagement is a key driver of one’s personal development. But what does engagement mean? Which place plays youth in academia? Are they passive listeners or actors for change? In July 2022, the DRC Summer School on the Future of Academia in the Danube Region took place in Vienna an...
Where the river flows, science follows
Central Europe Explained - July 27, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe Danube Tech Valley Initiative, Central Europe’s next innovative driver Countries of the Danube Region find common ground with their shared cultures and histories but also their variety of traditional industries. During the past decades, innovative technologies have flooded the region, alth...
EP40 - Where the river flows, science follows
Central Europe Explained - July 27, 2022 04:00 - 18 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe Danube Tech Valley Initiative, Central Europe’s next innovative driver Countries of the Danube Region find common ground with their shared cultures and histories but also their variety of traditional industries. During the past decades, innovative technologies have flooded the region, alth...
European Through Culture
Central Europe Explained - July 13, 2022 08:00 - 20 minutes ★ - 1 ratingNovi Sad as the European Capital of Culture 2022 On the 1st of January 2022, the Serbian city Novi Sad officially became the European Capital of Culture. With one year delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Novi Sad is among the first cities outside the European Union and the first from the Weste...
EP39 - European Through Culture
Central Europe Explained - July 13, 2022 08:00 - 20 minutes ★ - 1 ratingNovi Sad as the European Capital of Culture 2022 On the 1st of January 2022, the Serbian city Novi Sad officially became the European Capital of Culture. With one year delay due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Novi Sad is among the first cities outside the European Union and the first from the Weste...
EP38 - Two-front War
Central Europe Explained - June 29, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe fight for Pride and the nation in Ukraine The war in Ukraine is often framed as a struggle over Ukrainians belonging to either the East or the West. Given this, it becomes clear why especially LGBTQIA+ activists stress Ukraine’s commitment to so-called Western values. They include human rig...
Two-front War
Central Europe Explained - June 29, 2022 07:00 - 27 minutes ★ - 1 ratingThe fight for Pride and the nation in Ukraine The war in Ukraine is often framed as a struggle over Ukrainians belonging to either the East or the West. Given this, it becomes clear why especially LGBTQIA+ activists stress Ukraine’s commitment to so-called Western values. They include human rig...
EP37 - Nationalism in the scope of patriarchy
Central Europe Explained - June 15, 2022 13:26 - 32 minutes ★ - 1 ratingWhile nationalism has mainly been recognized – and researched – as one of the most influential ideologies of modern times, its connection with morality and sexual norms started to receive attention relatively recently. In Europe, this phenomenon has taken root at different paces and scales, mark...
Nationalism in the scope of patriarchy
Central Europe Explained - June 15, 2022 13:26 - 32 minutes ★ - 1 ratingWhile nationalism has mainly been recognized – and researched – as one of the most influential ideologies of modern times, its connection with morality and sexual norms started to receive attention relatively recently. In Europe, this phenomenon has taken root at different paces and scales, mark...
Pride despite Prejudice
Central Europe Explained - June 01, 2022 15:10 - 33 minutes ★ - 1 ratingSarajevo's first rainbow march in 2019 Promoting empowerment, dignity and equality of the LGBTQIA* community, pride honours queer history. In 2019, Sarajevo celebrated its first rainbow march. Bosnia and Herzegovina was the last country in the Western Balkans to organise a parade but it gath...
EP36 - Pride despite Prejudice
Central Europe Explained - June 01, 2022 15:10 - 33 minutes ★ - 1 ratingSarajevo's first rainbow march in 2019 Promoting empowerment, dignity and equality of the LGBTQIA* community, pride honours queer history. In 2019, Sarajevo celebrated its first rainbow march. Bosnia and Herzegovina was the last country in the Western Balkans to organise a parade but it gath...
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