The Political Show and Tell: Recent Episodes
The Political Show and Tell
The Political Show and Tell is a podcast revealing the personalities of people in political thinking. Having met a number of inspiring people in the field, I decided to tell their stories and reveal a side that often stays hidden - the human side.
Isabel Frey is a Yiddish revolutionary singer, political activist and a PhD candidate in Musicology. In the autumn of 2020 she ran for the district elections in Vienna and might soon become an elected official for the district council of the Leopoldstadt neighbourhood. Tune in to hear what motivates her, how she participated in starting a nationwide protest movement in the Netherlands as a student and what how she thinks the immigration crisis in the EU can be handled. Check out her website and latest album.
Iky Salinas is a social activist based in Israel. Growing up in the US and Mexico, after graduating high school Iky moved to Israel where him and I met on our gap year programme by Hashomer Hatzair. Join us and learn more about his take on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, what it is like to be a campaign manager for one of the parliamentary represented parties Meretz and his latest project oriented to Olim Chadashim (new immigrants).
Kadri Liik is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Her research focuses on Russia, Eastern Europe, and the Baltic region. We talk about how she developed a style of writing that transports you at the place of the event. How she keeps calm when in heated discussions between Russia and the West. What are the most important things an aspiring expert on Russia should keep in mind and much more.
*The episode was recorded before the detention of Alexei Navalny
Vessela Tcherneva is Deputy Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations and Head of Sofia office. We talk about what she was doing during the protests of '89, what could the priorities of Bulgaria be when it comes to North Macedonia and what does it mean to be a woman in the public sphere in Bulgaria. The original audio is in Bulgarian, but you can find a translation in English here.
François Lafond, is the Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister for European Affairs in the government of North Macedonia. In this episode we talk about how he decides what advice to give and his ideas on refounding the European Union. You can read more about Lafond's work in his NATO: Rethink, Realign, React and in his op-ed column at the Jean Lacanau Institute website. You can find a transcript of the episode on our Facebook page. A full transcript of the episode can be found here.