Parhaat Current Affairs Podcastit (2024)

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (6.6.2024 16:00)

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In this part of RSI series dedicated to 20 years since Slovakia joined the EU, we present Greece and our mutual connections. A Trencin based art school has been awarded the top prize at the International Children's Exhibition of Fine Arts in Lidice, Czechia. It's manager Jana Michalickova talks about the importance of teaching art. Culture news inv…

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20 years of Slovakia in the European Union: Croatia. Cypriot-Slovak relations. (5.6.2024 16:00) 27:00

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The first half of this edition of the Slovakia Today programme introduces the next part of the "20 years of Slovakia in the European Union" project presenting another member state - Croatia. Next, in the interview with his excellency Michael Karagiorgis, the ambassafor of The Republic of Cyprus to Slovakia, we will have a look at Cypriot-Slovak rel…

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How The Gains of 20th Century Feminism Are Under Threat (w/ Josie Cox) 31:15

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Journalist Josie Cox is the author of the new book Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality, a history of the 20th century women's movement that documents the remarkable courage of the women who gave us suffrage, abortion rights, and greater equality across many dimensions of s…

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Close Encounters of the Colonial Kind: Part 2 (ep 347) 1:18:38

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This week: our return to the realm of IZ, the personification of critical Indigenous studies as imagined by MEDIA INDIGENA regular Kim TallBear (University of Alberta professor of Native Studies), a character she embodied in her keynote at “Of the Land and Water: Indigenous Sexualities, Genders and Ways of Being,” hosted earlier this year in Whiteh…

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The Truman Show 1:13:17

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In Episode 18 of Dystopian Fiction Has Been Moved to Current Affairs, Clare and Masha are discussing the iconic and much-beloved 1998 film, The Truman Show. In this episode we discuss the appeal of reality television and what it says about our society. We look at how The Truman Show posits Seahaven as a 'utopia' and the price that Truman is made to…

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Tory Wets: General Election Announcement Special 57:24

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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: General elections announcement special: military service, quadruple lock for pensioners, who will we vote for, and "symbolism happens". The cosmic insignificance of humans? Atheist musicians in the chur…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (5.6.2024 16:00)

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The first half of this edition of the Slovakia Today programme introduces the next part of the "20 years of Slovakia in the European Union" project presenting another member state - Croatia. Next, in the interview with his excellency Michael Karagiorgis, the ambassafor of The Republic of Cyprus to Slovakia, we will have a look at Cypriot-Slovak rel…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (4.6.2024 16:00)

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Ben Pascoe visits Slovakia's biggest Slow Food event, Degustorium and talks with sponsors, organizers, producers and sellers about what Slow Food is and why it is important.

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Degustorium: About the importance of Slow Food with Ben Pascoe. (4.6.2024 16:00) 31:43

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Ben Pascoe visits Slovakia's biggest Slow Food event, Degustorium and talks with sponsors, organizers, producers and sellers about what Slow Food is and why it is important.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (3.6.2024 16:00)

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As of 2024, there are 5 countries in European Union that allow people younger than 18 years old (i.e. 16-17) to vote in European Parliament Election. The Slovak Republic has discussed this topic only hypothetically, however the surveys by Focus agency show that this right is not going to be made availible to young people in the near future. Patríci…

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European Parliament Election and right to vote under 18. (3.6.2024 16:00) 25:03

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As of 2024, there are 5 countries in European Union that allow people younger than 18 years old (i.e. 16-17) to vote in European Parliament Election. The Slovak Republic has discussed this topic only hypothetically, however the surveys by Focus agency show that this right is not going to be made availible to young people in the near future. Patríci…

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Inside The Chaos at Elon Musk's Twitter (uh, "X") 39:43

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs !Zoë Schiffer is the author of the new book "Extremely Hardcore: Inside Elon Musk's Twitter," which tells the full story of how the richest man in the world took over a major piece of the 21st century "public square." Schiffer does not take a nostalgic view of pre-Musk Twitter, showing that the c…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (2.6.2024 16:00)

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Ben catches up with our old colleague Jake Slegers who worked at RSI 1996-2000. They discuss Slovakia today and back in the day, play some music and read some letters.

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Week in Slovakia. (1.6.2024 16:00) 27:39

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News brief: PM already in home care, developments on the field of journalism – popular political debate programme cancelled and security of journalists threatened and the case of the abduction of Vietnamese citizen closed by the prosecutor. Competition: 80 years since Slovak National Uprising. Modern patriotism.…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (1.6.2024 16:00)

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News brief: PM already in home care, developments on the field of journalism – popular political debate programme cancelled and security of journalists threatened and the case of the abduction of Vietnamese citizen closed by the prosecutor. Competition: 80 years since Slovak National Uprising. Modern patriotism.…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (31.5.2024 16:00)

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Ben and Patka visit the Bratislava city gallery and discuss what is happening in Slovakia this week. They also play some music and read some letters to make your Sunday even more pleasant.

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Ben and Patka visit the Bratislava city gallery. (31.5.2024 16:00) 26:33

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Ben and Patka visit the Bratislava city gallery and discuss what is happening in Slovakia this week. They also play some music and read some letters to make your Sunday even more pleasant.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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The Infamous, Blood-Soaked Legacy of Henry Kissinger (w/ Jonah Walters) 39:17

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! The day Henry Kissinger died, Jacobin magazine released a book, which they had completed years before, called The Good Die Young: The Verdict on Henry Kissinger. In the book, edited by René Rojas, Bhaskar Sunkara, and Jonah Walters, a group of foreign policy experts trace Kissinger's career fro…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (30.5.2024 16:00)

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An invitation to two weekends of rose festivals in Slovakia with a part of popular series presenting the work of prolific 19th century rose breeder who was creating his famous cultivars while living in Krupina, now central Slovakia.

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Discovering slovak roses. (30.5.2024 16:00) 31:31

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An invitation to two weekends of rose festivals in Slovakia with a part of popular series presenting the work of prolific 19th century rose breeder who was creating his famous cultivars while living in Krupina, now central Slovakia.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (29.5.2024 16:00)

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In February 2022, as bombs rained down in Ukraine, photographer and filmmaker Juraj Mravec was awakened by a phone call. At the other end of the line was his father who breathlessly described what was unfolding just across the border. Without hesitation, the documentarian began preparing to embark on another reporting trip to Ukraine. It was only a…

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Photographer and filmmaker Juraj Mravec about his films on the war in Ukraine. (29.5.2024 16:00) 27:21

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In February 2022, as bombs rained down in Ukraine, photographer and filmmaker Juraj Mravec was awakened by a phone call. At the other end of the line was his father who breathlessly described what was unfolding just across the border. Without hesitation, the documentarian began preparing to embark on another reporting trip to Ukraine. It was only a…

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What The Labor Movement Can Do For You (w/ Hamilton Nolan) 43:12

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Hamilton Nolan is a leading labor journalist whose new book The Hammer: Power, Inequality, and the Struggle for the Soul of Labor is both a study of recent labor organizing in our time and a strong case for why unions are vital to the health of the country. Hamilton goes around the country, fro…

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Modern patriotism in Slovakia discussed with identity creator and Hurbanista, Martin Bajanik. (28.5.2024 16:00) 24:31

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Ben Pascoe discusses modern patriotism in Slovakia with identity creator and Hurbanista, Martin Bajanik.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (28.5.2024 16:00)

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Ben Pascoe discusses modern patriotism in Slovakia with identity creator and Hurbanista, Martin Bajanik.

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20 Years of Slovakia in European Union: France. (27.5.2024 16:00) 21:53

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In this Monday show, Paťka is going to talk about the relations between Slovakia and France in connection with the RTVS cycle 20 Years of Slovakia in European Union, how to vote in the European Parliament Election and more...Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (27.5.2024 16:00)

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In this Monday show, Paťka is going to talk about the relations between Slovakia and France in connection with the RTVS cycle 20 Years of Slovakia in European Union, how to vote in the European Parliament Election and more...

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A Leading Philosopher Makes The Case for Degrowth (w/ Kohei Saito) 39:18

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Marxist philosophers do not often write bestsellers, but as the New York Times wrote in a profile of today's guest, Kohei Saito's work has unexpectedly taken Japan by storm: "When Kohei Saito decided to write about “degrowth communism,” his editor was understandably skeptical. Communism is unpo…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (26.5.2024 16:00)

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Ben and Patka find a new, suprising spot in Bratislava for you. They also discuss the week, read some letters and play some music to make your Sunday even more pleasant.

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (25.5.2024 16:00)

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Health condition of Slovak PM stable but still serious. New developments in connection with the investigation. Intelligence service warns against bomb threats aimed at hospitals. SKEU20: Finland. Commemorating singer Stanka Apfelová.

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Week in Slovakia. (25.5.2024 16:00) 26:10

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Health condition of Slovak PM stable but still serious. New developments in connection with the investigation. Intelligence service warns against bomb threats aimed at hospitals. SKEU20: Finland. Commemorating singer Stanka Apfelová.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (24.5.2024 16:00)

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In this part of the Listeners Tribune program, Martina and Kamila have a walk in the campus of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University. The show features songs "Medulienka" by Pavol Hammel and "Mesto v nás" by Komajota.

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Martina and Kamila have a walk in the campus of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University. (24.5.2024 16:00) 24:50

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In this part of the Listeners Tribune program, Martina and Kamila have a walk in the campus of the Faculty of Arts of Prešov University. The show features songs "Medulienka" by Pavol Hammel and "Mesto v nás" by Komajota.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Understanding the Genocide Case Against Israel (w/ Jeremy Scahill) 46:04

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Originally aired January 29, 2024 There is an ongoing case in the International Court of Justice (ICJ) brought by South Africa against Israel, which alleges that Israel's conduct in Gaza constitutes a serious breach of the Genocide Convention. The Court recently issued a preliminary ruling allo…

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Butcher's Mixed Legacy 1:16:32

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Church of Englands revs with a difference Daniel French and Jamie Franklin sit down to talk about the big stories in church and state. This time: Death of the Iranian President - "The Butcher of Tehran" - provokes surprisingly sentimental response from the West. Our take on the new "demonic gore" portrait of King Charles III. Gay blessings opponent…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (23.5.2024 16:00)

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A summary of big stars visiting Slovakia for the very first time. Primatologist Jane Goodall in interview for RTVS as part of her presence at the Starmus festival. And Nobel prize laureat for literature, playwright Wole Soyinka in an exclusive interview for RSI.

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Primatologist Jane Goodall and Nobel prize laureat for literature, playwright Wole Soyinka. (23.5.2024 16:00) 29:04

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A summary of big stars visiting Slovakia for the very first time. Primatologist Jane Goodall in interview for RTVS as part of her presence at the Starmus festival. And Nobel prize laureat for literature, playwright Wole Soyinka in an exclusive interview for RSI.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (22.5.2024 16:00)

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Continuing on with the SK20EU project with the introduction of another Member of the European Union - Estonia. Later on, Luba Kralova from the Musem of Rusyn Culture in Prešov, talks about its current exposition.

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SK20EU - Estonia. Luba Kralova from the Musem of Rusyn Culture in Prešov talks about its current exposition. (22.5.2024 16:00) 27:29

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Continuing on with the SK20EU project with the introduction of another Member of the European Union - Estonia. Later on, Luba Kralova from the Musem of Rusyn Culture in Prešov, talks about its current exposition.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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The Case for Limiting Wealth (w/ Ingrid Robeyns) 44:22

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Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs ! Ingrid Robeyns is a professor at Utrecht University, where she specializes in political philosophy and ethics. She's the author of Limitarianism: The Case Against Extreme Wealth, a new book which argues for rational limits on how much money a single person can amass. Today on the podcast, Dr. R…

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Canadian journalist and Slovak expert Tom Nicholson about attempt on the Prime Minister's life. (21.5.2024 16:00) 24:52

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Ben Pascoe talks about Slovakia after the attempt on the Prime Minister's life with Canadian journalist and Slovak expert Tom Nicholson.Kirjoittanut RTVS

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (21.5.2024 16:00)

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Ben Pascoe talks about Slovakia after the attempt on the Prime Minister's life with Canadian journalist and Slovak expert Tom Nicholson.

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