Latest Easterneurope Podcast Episodes
Sage and Self-Scare
Centered Subject - August 16, 2019 01:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsModerately personal episode in which Yelena and Jenny consider going off the rails. Discussed: smoking, disgrace insurance, Epstein, Kanye’s Tattooine architecture, bystander effect, Trump’s emoji diplomacy, ability to be alone and finding community through your smart fridge. DM/Follow us: htt...
The Innovator’s Guide to Haunted Magma
Centered Subject - August 12, 2019 20:34 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsArtist Robbie Nock joins Jenny and Yelena to ponder the relationship between innovation, hysteria, and the supernatural. We take a short trip to the center of the earth, read from books by John Patrick Leary and Jeffrey Sconce, and debate capitalism ONCE AGAIN. Bonus: Yelena goes rogue and perfo...
The Crystal, the System
Centered Subject - August 02, 2019 01:55 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsArtist Nicolas Grenier joins Jenny and Yelena for a conversation on systems that propel the growth-oriented economy. Broached: Jack Burnham’s “System Esthetics”, Individualism vs Collectivity, Marianne Williamson’s appeal, Boris Johnson’s calculated clown act, contemporary medievalism, propagand...
Pornographie?
Centered Subject - July 25, 2019 03:17 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsZoe Aja Moore joins Yelena and Jenny for rock hard hammering, philately fetish, desire construction, consent and the bohemian, AOL chatrooms, object relations, and a meta review of Quinn and Dipsea audio erotica apps. Moan. Clinging to humanity despite harrowing news from The Internet, Jen...
On Place: In the Dopamine Playground
Centered Subject - July 19, 2019 00:15 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsIntrigued by the Amazon Nomads phenomenon, J and Y discuss the erosion of brick and mortar retail and uncanny nature of networked economy. Jenny talks about the notion of “third place”, and Yelena waxes about Victor Gruen, the socialist father of the shopping malls. Also mentioned: teenage dream...
Press, Released
Centered Subject - July 12, 2019 04:53 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsA cacophonous mini-ep, in which Yelena calls Emily to read a press release for Y's upcoming show at Actual Size LA. The discordant mixture of sounds includes a fan, stifled laughter, and a brief discussion of being in/without nature and hybridization of art and academia.
Melted and Shook
Centered Subject - July 05, 2019 22:07 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsOn the 4th of July, Yelena reports from the scene of a 6.6 earthquake and Jenny returns with ice cubes as she starts her neoliberal penance for America. There is discussion of generational divide among the electorate, aging, and magical thinking. Proposed action items include a collective spell ...
Hide and Speak
Centered Subject - June 27, 2019 06:38 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsAnthropologist Emily Curtin joins Yelena as they travel through the 4th wall in Fleabag, cope with being addressed by inanimate objects, weigh in on the cultural milieu of the American smile and discover emoji porn. Emily reflects on doing fieldwork in Belarus and Yelena reads from "Dreamworld a...
Rhizomes and Radiation
Centered Subject - June 20, 2019 21:58 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsWatching Chernobyl brings out Yelena’s recollections of radioactive Soviet childhood in 1986 Minsk. After considering socialism, climate change and Geiger counters, both J and Y get nervous. Jenny seeks solace in the language of mushrooms.
The Bodyguide (June edition)
Centered Subject - June 13, 2019 18:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsY and J get ready for the summer with a timely discussion of inflatable couture, glass bodies and parties. Jenny reminisces about zen retreat failure and discloses her sweaty Sophia Loren fantasy. Yelena shares an espionage tale involving Lenin, gluten and dairy. Follow us ––> @centeredsubject...
On Love and Port Authority
Centered Subject - June 06, 2019 16:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsDanielle Lessovitz stops by the pod to talk about Port Authority, her new feature film that just premiered at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard). A complex love story set in New York’s Kiki ballroom scene, Port Authority stars Leyna Bloom, the first trans actress of color in a Cannes selec...
#21 EP Elections in the Visegrad Four
In Between Europe - May 28, 2019 09:54 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis episode is the first segment of a two-part series with Talk Eastern Europe (TEE) on the results of the European Parliament elections in Central Europe. We talk to Edit Zgut, a visiting lecturer at the Center for Europe in the University of Warsaw and discuss the V4 and what is next for t...
Muted and Scammed
Centered Subject - May 27, 2019 19:11 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJenny and Yelena consider electoral advertising tactics, lying, and the perils of sharing economy. Bonus! Fake blood and tales of Belarusian forests. Follow: @yezhel Follow: @jwcamps Trump's FB/IG ad library Belovezhskaya Pushcha, where bisons live Travels in Hyperreality : Essays by U...
On Animals
Centered Subject - May 13, 2019 05:05 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsReflecting on recent news of whale espionage, Jenny and Yelena human-shame, discuss sentience and prey fantasies, and cover everything in feathers. Quoted: Martin Buber, Henry Beston, Caitrin Kelper, Werner Herzog. The ghost of Susan Sontag makes a fleeting appearance.
The Lazy Woman’s Guide to Decadent Work Ethic
Centered Subject - May 01, 2019 04:17 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsJust in time for the International Workers' Day, Jenny and Yelena bring you another diligent conversation. Parsed: memories of parades, the Decadent Work Ethic, true leisure through shoes, play and political pyramids.
The Ultimate Guide to Roomba Sadness
Centered Subject - April 23, 2019 02:34 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 20 ratingsEp 1, where we discuss AI therapists, networked objects, object relations, bourgeois philodendron, mass surveillance and furniture
#20 Presidential Elections in Slovakia
In Between Europe - April 03, 2019 07:42 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsProgressive newcomer Zuzana Caputova secured a surprise victory in Slovakia’s presidential elections this past weekend. We talk about what led to her success and what it means for the future of the country with Oľga Gyárfášova, the director of the Institute of European Studies and Internation...
#19 What Future for the Media in Central Europe?
In Between Europe - March 03, 2019 18:27 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe’re back! Here with us today is Marius Dragomir, the director of the Center for Media, Data, and Society at Central European University (CEU) and we discuss the crisis-ridden media environment in the region. Despite the doom and gloom around the failure of the old business model and increas...
#18 Energy and Energy Security in Central Europe
In Between Europe - December 18, 2018 19:20 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn a long-awaited episode we tackle the important question of energy security in the Central European region. For this, we talk to András György Deák, senior fellow at the Institute of World Economy of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and a former consultant to several large energy companies...
#17 Central European Futures
In Between Europe - November 20, 2018 22:44 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode we discuss a new report titled Central European Futures — Five Scenarios for 2025 that maps five possible futures for the region and offers insight as well as recommendations. A true discussion starter! The guests on the show are Joerg Forbrig, a director and senior transatlan...
#16 Slovenia's Politics = Normal?
In Between Europe - September 16, 2018 19:25 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe talk to Aljaž Pengov Bitenc, a Slovenian journalist and fellow podcast host in this episode and navigate the not-so-choppy waters of Slovenian politics together. We talk about the outcome of the recent elections, the failure of Orbanization, the lack of illusions but also extremes, and man...
#15 Slovakia and the Coming post-Fico Era
In Between Europe - August 22, 2018 16:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe’re back! In this episode we are talking to Milan Nič, a senior fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations. We discuss what has happened in Slovakia since the horrific murder of investigative journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancé this spring, how much influence does Russia have in the...
#14 Elections in Hungary: What Next?
In Between Europe - April 14, 2018 16:56 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe talk to Zsuzsanna Szelényi, an independent MP in the outgoing Hungarian parliament to make sense of Fidesz’s third supermajority and explore the future trajectory of Hungary’s politics. History Minute: Gramsci and the Rural Vote in Hungarian History Resources: Can Viktor Orban be D...
#13 Special Episode: Memory Politics
In Between Europe - March 15, 2018 21:03 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this special episode we bring you an extended history minute. Gábor Egry, a historian at the Institute for Political History in Budapest is our guide as we try to construct a more nuanced interpretation of the current Polish memory row and touch on nation building and history building in R...
#12 What Will 2018 Bring for Central Europe?
In Between Europe - January 24, 2018 15:56 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWelcome to 2018! In this episode we look back at the tumultuous events of last year and discuss what 2018 has in store for the region. Our guest is Tsveta Petrova, faculty at the European Institute at Columbia University, where she teaches and advises the MA students in European History, Poli...
#11 Hungary — Illiberal or non-liberal?
In Between Europe - December 11, 2017 14:12 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThis is a special episode that features a discussion and review of two books about contemporary Hungarian politics. In the first half, we tackle veteran journalist Paul Lendvai’s new book about Viktor Orbán, while in the second half, we discuss the system that Orbán has built up since 2010 wi...
#10 When EU Funds Go Awry
In Between Europe - November 06, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode, we talk with Balázs Váradi, an economist and cofounder at the Budapest Institute for Policy Analysis and we discuss the (obscure) funding mechanisms of the European Union and their use and abuse. While corruption has always been an issue with cohesion funds, Brexit and the lo...
#9 Elections in Czechia — A Quick Take
In Between Europe - October 23, 2017 21:15 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsThe Czech elections have brought a number of smaller and bigger surprises over the weekend, including the comfortable victory of a billionaire businessman and the rise of antiestablishment parties. In this episode, we talk to Michael Colborne, a journalist based in Prague, and Sean Hanley, a ...
#8 What's Going on in Visegrad?
In Between Europe - September 28, 2017 10:04 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsWe tackle the Visegrad Four cooperation in this episode, talking about its past, present, and future with Wojciech Przybylski, the editor in chief of Visegrad Insight and chairman of Res Publica Nowa. The V4 group made up of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia has received much ...
#7 Corruption in Romania
In Between Europe - September 01, 2017 15:10 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsIn this episode we talk about corruption trends and the trajectory of the anticorruption fight in Romania with Laura Stefan, an anticorruption expert with the Romanian think tank Expert Forum. Laura tells us about the incentives in Romania’s political system that sustain corruption and the po...
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