Balkan Hotspot Radio: Recent Episodes
Balkan Hotspot Radio
Balkan Hotspot Radio is a weekly podcast about everything from music to politics. The podcasts are created and produced by volunteers from the NGO USB. Stay tuned and subscribe!
All future updates from Balkan Hotspot Radio will be available her: www.balkanhotspot.org
In this episode we are exploring turbofolk. The musical genre in the Balkans that everyone loves to hate. But Turbofolk can also tell us a thing or two about Balkan societies. It's a podcast full of divas, macho men and pop music so make sure to turn up the volume! Guests: Uroš Čvoro and Rory Archer
We celebrate World Poetry Day with poems from all over Europe. Sit back and enjoy the diverse voices and verses.
Today is World Radio Day and we celebrate by visiting the Radio Museum in Thessaloniki.
Check out the museum at www.radiomuseum.gr and continue listening at www.radio.garden for more radio magic.
5 Christmas song and 5 stories to introduce them. Happy holidays from Balkan Hotspot Radio.
In this podcast you'll explore the place where the gods used to live - Mountain Olympus
In Bring Your Child to the Work day, Michael tries to proves that he's awesome, but everything changes when his co-workers get a hold on to a VHS tape of 10-year-old Michael participating in a children's TV show.
Today we mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Hear the historical background for this day and meet people who are fighting violence everyday.
Music credits: Paper Planes - Durden ft. Airtone by DURDEN (c) copyright 2016 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/DURDEN/55041 Ft: Airtone
I dunno by grapes (c) copyright 2008 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/grapes/16626 Ft: J Lang, Morusque
First program of Thess Express will drive us from the times of the pirates until now. Listen to it and discover how active is piracy right now in all its varieties.
In the first episode of Balkan Music Journey we explore Gheg traditional music from Albania. A style of music dating back hundreds of years but still played throughout Albania today.
The music was from www.soundcloud.com/albaniantraditionalmusic/ managed by Spiro J. Shetuni. Check out his book "Albanian Traditional Music"
In this episode we present the new Balkan Hotspot Radio. Meet the contributors, our organisation United Societies of Balkans, and find out what you can hear in the coming weeks.