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Citizen ReporterJust and UnJust Wars with Stephen Shalom
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Stephen R. Shalom
This is what AI thinks this episode was about: In this episode of Citizen Reporter, host Bicycle Mark engages in a substantial dialogue with Steve Shalom, an emeritus professor known for his deep understanding of moral philosophy, particularly as it pertains to war. As they convene in January 2025, the conversation revolves around the concept of “just wars” and how society defines what constitutes a just versus an unjust conflict. Mark establishes the context by reflecting on the changing landscape of global conflicts and the need to discern moral justifications for wars.
2025-01-2949 min
Citizen ReporterThe Sanctity of the Vote
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
In this episode, I take you through my mail-in ballot. As people cast their ballots today, I delve into the mechanics of my mail-in ballot, which combines the alleged responsibilities of citizenship with my inconsistent knowledge on who is who on this ballot im filling out. We even look at some ballot initiatives worth big moneys; fun fun fun!
According to AI:The episode serves not just as an exploration of my ballot but as a commentary on broader themes of political engagement and the tension that comes with it. I articulate my...
2024-11-0500 min
Citizen ReporterElection Season and AlgorithmsIn this episode of the podcast Mark takes listeners on an introspective journey from his office nook in Haarlem, Netherlands. He kicks off the show with his self-generated AI theme song, which leads into a discussion about the intersection of technology and creativity. Mark shares his initial intentions behind using AI for music production and tackles the complex feelings he has regarding the implications of such technology — particularly its potential to overshadow human labor. After chuckling over the overt enthusiasm of his AI composition, he reinforces the value of human connection and expression in music creation, while extending an open ca...
2024-10-1832 min
Citizen ReporterMatthew Dons: It's Hard to Not Talk About Your Cancer
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In Haarlem, The Netherlands)
Matthew Dons
(In Tokyo, Japan)
In this episode, the podcast delves into a profound exploration of memory, media, and the intricate tapestry of social issues through the lens of Matthew’s journey with cancer and the evolution of a community-focused initiative in Japan. Mark reflects on an ongoing nostalgic radio trip down memory lane, to a time before the seismic events of September 11, 2001. He highlights the sense of carefree normalcy during that period, contrasting it with the profound reality that would soon envelop the world post-9/11. Mark emphasizes the human tendency to cl...
2024-10-051h 19
Citizen ReporterThe Summer of 2001 Through 2024 Ears
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Im in the kitchen preparing a meal for the family with just enough time to describe a little radio activity I’ve been working on. It involves listening back to talk radio programs from the end of the summer of 2001 and the leadup to 9/11. Hearing how people spoke and thought back then which is, of course, extremely familiar as I was there and these programs are from my home region. All this through the lens of what we are living through in 2024 and the ways we think and function now. Some people may not want to go...
2024-05-1928 min
Citizen ReporterDark Days: A Traditional Monologue Episode
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Instead of the interview style podcasts this program has been about for almost 2 decades, today we’re back to the other great tradition of old school personal publishing — the monologue.
2023-10-2625 min
Citizen ReporterJanelle Ward: The Shifting Sands of Social Media
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Janelle Ward
Janelle Ward and I were once eager grad students at the University of Amsterdam where we dove head first into the world of personal publishing before most of the world had any idea what this was or why it would matter.
20+ years later, we are communications professionals, somehow still sitting in the Netherlands, watching events unfold online and offline.
The past few months, with the growing unrest and major changes taking place at social media companies, we wonder if this is a major moment that will define the next era...
2023-04-1450 min
Citizen ReporterMatthew Dons: Making Cancer History
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In Haarlem, NL)
Matthew Dons
(In Tokyo, JP)
Matthew Dons is back! And after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer over 6 years ago; that’s saying something!
Today on the program we continue to follow his story of life, not after cancer, but with cancer. Including the launch of his new online course to help combat the misinformation that has found its way into every corner of the internet. “Making Cancer History” is the course he is teaching and people around the world are taking notice!
2022-12-0758 min
Citizen ReporterTrui Hanoulle: Women Who Dare To Move
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In the Netherlands)
Trui Hanoulle
(in Belgium)
For Trui Hanoulle it started as an interest in going places and learning about people. Over the past two decades what followed became a life’s work; to gather stories about women who dare to move even in the face of prejudice, stereotypes, and other elements of gender barriers.
Mubaraka Mohammadi, skate boarder, teacher / Afghanistan, photographed in Belgium
Mahnaz Bahrami, trucker, motorbiker, musician / Iran
2022-08-221h 00
Citizen ReporterIuliia Skubytska: War Childhood Museum Ukraine
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In Haarlem, The Netherlands)
Iuliia Skubytska
(In Sarajevo, Bosnia)
Today on the podcast we are joined by the Ukraine director of the War Childhood Museum, to hear about the work they do and how it is being impacted by the ongoing invasion.
I’d like to also inform you that if you appreciate the unique and impactful work they are doing, they could really use your help. Please go to warchildhood.org to find out how to make a monetary donation.
2022-06-2842 min
Citizen ReporterOn Becoming a Father and The Invasion of Ukraine
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(Rambling when he should be sleeping. )
In a time of so much frustration, confusion and despair – a podcast is always appropriate. Especially when you couple that with the backdrop that this month I also became a father! So much joy on the one hand, so much struggle on the other, and then you have the incredibly unjust world taking another horrible turn. This monologue is the story of the rollercoaster month it has been and the mounting questions that obviously I am not equipped to answer but that doesn’t stop me from trying.
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2022-02-2834 min
Citizen ReporterElmine Wijnia: The Big Life Changes Conversation
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Elmine Wijnia
Legendary blogger, writer, crtical thinker and my friend of many years — Elmine Wijnia joins me to talk about the big life changes, be in location, the insane buying of a new home, the having of a kid, and all that stuff that sometimes happens in this life. Listen in and join us as we reflect on the how and why of choices made and journeys taken.
2022-01-2957 min
Citizen ReporterChristopher Lydon: The State of the World 2021
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Christopher Lydon
Once a year I have the great pleasure of spending a few days in Boston with my dear friend and audio legend Christopher Lydon. We listen to Duke Ellington, pour over audio for his next program, and find time to turn on the microphone and have our “state of the world” conversation. Having missed our standing appointment during the pandemic, this year I managed to cautiously get back to Boston, back to my happy place; sitting across from Chris and discussing life.
Today on the podcast, it’s the State of the World...
2021-12-0438 min
Citizen ReporterTara Brown and Sean Bonner: Exploring The World of NFT's
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(Amsterdam, NL)
Tara Brown
(In Vancouver, BC)
Sean Bonner
(In Vancouver, BC)
Tara Brown and Sean Bonner are some of the most creative and curious people I’ve ever known. Among the many things they are fascinated by, there are NFT’s; which coincidentally have also become something of a curiousity over the past years.
Today on the podcast, to better understand NFT’s and what is possible and where the conversations around them have gone and could yet go, Tara and Sean are my guests. Have a listen!
2021-10-2749 min
Citizen ReporterKaustuv Pokhrel: Do Whatever You Can Wherever You Are
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(in The Netherlands)
Kaustuv Pokhrel
(in Nepal)
Kaustuv Pokhrel’s path as an activist and advocate for young people has taken many interesting and unexpected turns. As the most recent lockdown in Nepal grew ever longer, we decided it was a good time to sit down and record these stories of his work as both a radio host and an organizer around youth, identity and self-expression. Listen in and enjoy!
Masterpeace Nepal Dajjuvai
2021-08-0148 min
Citizen ReporterMatthew Dons: Reflections on Remaining Alive
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In Amsterdam)
Matthew Dons
(In Tokyo)
Matthew Dons was told five years ago that he had less than one year to live. 5 years later, he is still living with terminal cancer. The struggle has not gotten easier yet at the same time Matthew has gained a wealth of knowledge about health care costs, cancer treatment options, humanity and I would argue… life itself.Today on the program, recorded some weeks before his major surgery he is struggling to recover from currently, we talk about these past 5 years, and we also discuss the recent loss of th...
2021-07-211h 11
Citizen ReporterBudhaditya Chattopadhyay: Places Sound Takes You
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(in Amsterdam)
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay
(in the Hague)
Picture it: You meet someone new who introduces themselves to you. You proceed to start a conversation, but you notice this person’s voice sounds exactly like that of a childhood friend. In that moment, although you’re supposed to be listening to the conversation, you’re also thinking back to those days and that person. You’re there but you’re somewhere else.
Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is very interested in the “somewhere else” that sound can take us to. As an artist, researcher, writer and theorist, Budhaditya’s work revolves...
2021-05-0853 min
Citizen ReporterMADGE WEINSTEIN: CANCELLED FRIENDSHIPS AND THUS AND SO
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(In Amsterdam)
Madge Weinstein
(Calling from Chicago)
Legendary podcaster and esteemed political commentator Madge Weinstein returns to the program to update the gentle audience on what life is like when there are vaccines for covid but people somehow still manage to make each other sick.
Yeast Radio is my favorite podcast.
Eat This Hot Show may have ended.
Pod Save The Queens in about “The Crown”
538 isn’t really related but Madge mentioned them.
2021-04-111h 04
Citizen ReporterBilal Ghalib: Building Deeper Relationships
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Bilal Ghalib
(Paris, France)
Beyond the loss, the distance, and the isolation brought on by the global pandemic, Bilal Ghalib has found creative and effective ways to keep learning; about himself, his loved ones, and humans in general. He also has never stopped experimenting with ways of connecting with people or tapping into his own talents and fears.Today on the podcast, we spend the hour speaking with Bilal about his reflections over the past year, what he has figured out and what he struggles with. We tackle history and the parts...
2021-04-0400 min
Citizen ReporterDave Brightbill: Floridians Behaving Badly and other Vaccine Stories
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(in Amsterdam)
Dave Brightbill
(in Tallahassee)
When the global pandemic broke out, David Brightbill was struggling to make it home to his cooperative community in Florida. In the months that followed he faced a personal health scare and became aware of the shortages of PPE among first responders in his region and across the country.
Now over a year into the pandemic, he is part of a network of maker spaces that rose to the occasion – providing that much needed equipment. He has also navigated, like so many senior citizens, the new world of va...
2021-03-0955 min
Citizen ReporterMADHAVAN PILLAI: DECOLONIZING PHOTOGRAPHY IN INDIA
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(in Amsterdam)
Madhavan Pillai
(in Ooty)
Back in the winter of 2016, Madhavan Pillai welcomed me with open arms and warm conversations in the mountainous tranquility of Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. He was new to the city and we talked about the kinds of projects in art and photography that he hoped to make a reality for the community.
4 years later, Maddy’s creativity and commitment is as contageous as ever.
Today on the podcast, Madhavan Pillai speaks about his experiences over these past years, and his current project called “People of Indi...
2021-01-2442 min
Citizen ReporterVin from Jersey: The Chaos of Certification Day
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(in Amsterdam)
Vin from Jersey
(In Jersey (obviously))
When you’re conerned about the state of the legislative and executive branch following a horrendous attack on congress – call Vin from Jersey, he’ll straighten us all out.
2021-01-121h 04
Citizen ReporterAlexander Rendeiro: Being a Teenager in Corona Times
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(At home in Amsterdam, NL)
Alexander Rendeiro
(in his room in New Jersey, US)
In the spirit of celebrating the holidays and spending time, virtually, with your loved ones, this holiday edition of CTRP features an interview with my nephew: Alexander Rendeiro. Since we can’t be together in person, he joins me from New Jersey to discuss what his year has been like as a high school student and an avid connoisseur of music, gaming, and all things internet.
But not cereal. Don’t ever ask him about cereal.
Follow his Twit...
2020-12-301h 01
Citizen ReporterMichael Schaap:The Impact of Election 2020
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
(Live in a spacious room in Amsterdam)
Michael Schaap
Michael Schaap is a documentary maker, a voice over artist, and an arm-chair historian who I have had the pleasure of knowing for almost two decades. For the past four years he has been watching in frustration and sadness as the US and the rest of the world, walk down a dangerous path not unlike what we’ve seen before.Today on the podcast, an end of the year, Hanakkuh-Christmas-Kwanzaa-Festivus special looking at the glboal impact of the election in the US. And like every good ho...
2020-12-241h 03
Citizen ReporterShafiur Rahman: Rohingya Refugees in Covid Times
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
Shafiur Rahman
Over the past 4 years documentary film maker Shafiur Rahman has been regularly back and forth from his home in the UK to the Rohingya Refugee camps in Bangladesh. Until the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Now 10 months into this global crisis on top of an already nightmarish situation for millions of Rohingya people, Shafiur has used these months to find new and creative ways of raising awareness and helping improve life for refugees living in the camps. Today on the podcast, we talk about the situation in 2020 for the Rohingya and how Shafiur has approached the...
2020-12-0742 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ093 Lawn and Order
The US election is - kind of - over and we discuss the fallout and the implications
The curse is broken and Trump is defeated. At least that's what the numbers are telling us but everybody knows that this won't be the end of the process and we are looking for some weird and probably even entertaining or scary weeks until the new president of the United States will be sworn in. Tim and Mark discuss what happened, have a good time laughing about the weirdest press conference ever and wonder what the implications of this election...
2020-11-101h 13
Newz of the WorldNEWZ092 He's definitely going for the silver
The Eve of the Election that will define everything
So it's election time and Mark and Tim come together for a last view on what might happen in the coming days in terms of the US presidential and the Senate race and how we and what the aftermath might look like. No predictions because in the end we are just as scared as you and have no clue what will happen.
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2020-10-311h 31
Newz of the WorldNEWZ091 Boring is back
Trump gets COVID-19 — Mark sent his vote — A look at the polls — The Senate Race — Supreme Court Hearings — Kamala Harris — Workers Party of Korea turns 75 — Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict Nagorno-Karabakh
We are getting closer to the the US Presidential and Congress elections and so we are going to look at what Trumps COVID-19 infection might do to the race, what the state of the Senate race is and how the Supreme Court hearings might influence things. We also spend some time on looking at Kamala Harris' role as a vice presidential candidate and if she might be the successor to Joe Biden i...
2020-10-131h 17
Citizen ReporterJohn Aravosis: Things You Never Thought Would Happen in America
John Aravosis has been fighting for a better country and a better world for over 30 years. As a journalist and a commentator, despite all his experience, he says there has never been anything as confounding and threatening as the current president of the United States. Scary times in America. Yet somewhere in the madness, John also talks about where he finds hope, possibility, and humor.
Today on the podcast we hear about what he’s seeing in Washington DC, and talk about the state of the media and his personal experience from legendary blogger to a rising fo...
2020-09-071h 09
Citizen ReporterNoni Shakur: A Time Without Hugs in South Africa
South Africa is not a place where keeping a distance from one another matches the traditions of how communities have survived and thrived for generations. But since March of this year, the nation has lived with restrictions, lockdowns, closures and limits of social activities familiar to many people around the world. Meanwhile, the ongoing struggle with gender based violence rages on, though it is not clear if this is a new chapter with real change on the horizon or just a continuation of injustice as usual.
My guest on today’s podcast is the wonderful Noni Shakur jo...
2020-07-3050 min
Citizen ReporterTim from Radio Clash: The Sounds of a Pandemic
The longest running mashup podcast in the world started in London under the name Radio Clash where to this day Tim sits behind the mic. A member of the original podcasters generation, he has seen trends emerge and disappear, crises, change, the good the bad… the odd.. all of it. And then came Covid19.
Today on the podcast, from Lockdown London, it’s Tim from Radio Clash to talk music, politics, culture, gentrification, London, BLM, and more.
Songs in today’s podcast come from the following episodes of Tim’s program:
Radio Clash #1 from November...
2020-07-021h 04
Citizen ReporterCornelius Kibelka: Politicizing a Virus in Brazil
Cornelius Kibelka somehow got on the last flight from Europe to Brazil before they closed the border earlier this year. Upon arrival he was greeted by a São Paulo under lockdown, and a nation deeply divided about how to deal with a virus along political lines.Today on the podcast he tells us what he is seeing, feeling and hearing in the most populous city in Brazil and what it all might mean for the weeks and months to come.
2020-06-1740 min
Citizen ReporterRuud Elmendorp: East Africa in Corona Times
Before there was youtube, twitter, or any other major platform for sharing video content, Ruud Elmendorp was producing content from the continent of Africa for the internet. His focus, then and now: everyday life.With the onset of the global pandemic, Ruud is where he has been for the past two decades, trying to report on daily life from a region that doesn’t get the global headlines that North America and Europe do. Today on the podcast, Ruud Elmendorp joins us from Tanzania, to talk about life as a journalist in East Africa during corona times.
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2020-06-0841 min
Citizen ReporterLorena de la Parra: Corona Mode in Mexico City
Mexico City is big, heavily populated, exciting, dangerous, and poluted thanks in part to all of the above. Along came a pandemic. Today on the podcast Lorena de la Parra takes us through her daily life and what she sees happening in CDMX, from the price of masks to the phenomenon that is López-Gatel. Listen and enjoy.
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2020-05-2646 min
Citizen ReporterTony Pierce: How LA Handles a Pandemic
Tony Pierce talks to people for a living. They tell him about how life is these days, what jobs they do, what challenges they face, and what they make of the crazy world around them. As a longtime resident of LA and blogger extraordinaire, who better to hear from during a pandemic to learn how life is for Angelinos. We discuss things like how LA feels today, what is good about working from home in this crisis, and how people are coping in different communities. We also look back on our glorious past and how we got here internet-wise...
2020-05-081h 06
Citizen ReporterLeanne Kubicz: The Kansas City Covid Story
During this time of Corona around the world, there are some stories you hear over and over; political manoeuvring, some scientific explanations, the occasional story about a medical worker in a well known metropolitan area. Then there are the stories you will rarely hear: about cities with less than 1 million people, about professions like librarians – who play an essential role in daily American society during non pandemic times. Today on the podcast we hear from my good friend Leanne Kubicz in Kansas City, Missouri; about her work as a librarian and what happens to her city and members of he...
2020-05-011h 08
Citizen ReporterFiona Krakenbürger: Fermenting in Berlin & Corona Concerns
Fiona Krakenbürger knows her home town of Berlin under normal circumstances and now knows it during Covid19 times. Whats the difference? Today on the podcast we get into Berlin over the past weeks as well as uncovering what has been going on in DC over the past months (for her). Along the way we talk about Planet Money, sourdough, serious concerns for at-risk groups, hackerspaces, ultimate frisbee, and home office politics. Very pleased to have this podcast with Fiona to share with all of you. Have a listen!
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2020-04-1547 min
Citizen ReporterDilip D'Souza: Corona Times Mumbai and Other Mathematical Equations
If you told me while I was visiting Mumbai some years ago, that in 2020 a city of 20 million people would have deserted streets and closed restaurants, I would have argued that such a thing is simply not possible. Yet here we are. Mumbai, like the rest of India, is self-isolating and battening down the hatches for what is sure to be a very difficult battle with Covid-19.
The award winning writer and journalist Dilip D’Souza is experiencing this hard-to-believe reality first hand from his living room, and he joins us today to talk about life, math, an...
2020-04-0645 min
Citizen ReporterMaasai Women: Creators of Culture, Keepers of Knowledge
If you want to talk about decolonizing museums and other knowledge institutions in this world then you need to speak with those who preserve, produce, and pass on culture. In the fascinating and complex case of the Maasai and their engagement with museums in the UK, it is women who play an essential role in knowing about what an artifact is, how it is made, and why it is important. Despite this fact, in this growing global conversation, the voices we more often hear are male.
Today on the program we hear from two women of the...
2020-03-2825 min
Citizen ReporterJay Dedman: Rural America in Pandemic Times
Jay Dedman joins me on the podcast today from his home in Western Virginia, where land is plentiful and incomes are on average a bit lower than in the big city. What is happening in rural America during this global emegency, what does he see and what can we decipher when comparing countries, cities, counties, leaders, culture… any and all of it. Also zombies.
Shampoo and BoozeScavenger LifeLuray Modern
Flashback to Jay, Ryanne and I at the biggest flea market in Amsterdam
2020-03-2557 min
Citizen ReporterMatthew Dons: Tracking Corona Virus in Japan
As someone living with terminal cancer, Matthew Dons is not one who would panic in the face of a global pandemic. From his home in Tokyo he joins us on the podcast today to talk about what is happening in Japan, but also what it is like to be a person with a compromised immune system in the midst of the international corona virus crisis. Listen and enjoy and then go support his GoFundMe to help him continue to live.
2020-03-1856 min
Citizen ReporterDecolonizing Museums: The Maasai & OxfordAlmost three years ago Samwel Nangiria paid a visit the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. While there he was presented with objects gathered from his culture around 100 years ago. To his shock the collection included items that would normally never have made it into a museum or out of the hands of specific members of the Maasai community. He would eventually express his feelings to the museum, and what follows has become a fascinating and at times emotional engagement to de-colonize museums and empower the Maasai to tell their own story of who they are as a living culture today.
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2020-03-0335 min
Citizen ReporterDriving the Garden State Parkway South
Still retracing my audio steps from the recent United States visit, this time on the Garden State Parkway, looking out at all the cars and development and whathaveyou. Listen in as I simultaneously dodge dead deer while giving a socio-political analysis on the state of the states.
2020-01-1620 min
Citizen ReporterThe Maasai people: A Struggle for Land and Justice
The Maasai people of Kenya and Tanzania have a long tradition of living in harmony with nature. However, for the past century they have also seen their land and way of life targetted by encroaching intiatives related to nation-building, development, tourism, mining, etc. As a new decade begins the Maasai are once again being pushed off their lands and told their way of life must end in the name of “progress” or “development”. Today on the podcast, we hear from three members of that community who explain their way of life and the reality they face on the ground today. I...
2020-01-0940 min
Citizen ReporterChristopher Lydon: What 2019 Tells Us About 2020
Somehow the end of a year (and a decade this time) doesn’t feel right if I don’t find myself at the dinner table in Boston sitting across from Christopher Lydon. The voice of the world’s first podcast, he’s been my north star ever since I started this thing long before itunes had podcasts or NPR knew what to do with the internet. As luck- or perhaps fate– would have it, Chris and I have become close friends over the years and the annual “where are we, what happened, where are we going” podcast conversation are among my most...
2020-01-061h 03
Citizen ReporterIdentity in South Africa: A Roundtable Discussion
Identity. Land. Displacement. Trauma. History. Struggle. Fear. Anger. Future. Environment. Income. Danger. Knowledge. Loss. Curiousity. Safety.
These are a few of the words that came to mind listening back to this very special round table discussion recorded in South Africa with 3 South African friends. The major topic was identity in this age of information. From the city to the rural areas. From the past to the present and beyond, we discuss what is happening for many people around the topic of identity. This was a spontaneous, beautiful conversation recorded a few weeks ago at the V4C...
2019-11-1152 min
Citizen ReporterJillo Katelo: Empowering Indigenous Communities in Northern Kenya
There is a force referred to as development that has arrived in Northern Kenya. It brings highways, wind farms, pipelines, cables, standardized education, and new towns where the government wants people to live and work. What it also brings is pollution, inequality, disappearing cultures and languages, an end to nomadic lifestyles that have existed for hundreds of years. While all this is happening, extreme weather has also arrived, taking people who have long known how to live in balance with the environment and thrusting them into the uncertainty and destruction climate change leaves in its wake.
Amidst all...
2019-10-3036 min
Citizen ReporterVoices 4 Change: Indigenous Activists and Friends in Africa
This month I had the great honor of being present at the Video 4 Change gathering in South Africa. This meeting brought together indigenous activists from different parts of the continent, as well as allies and friends from the rest of the world. The topic: the struggle for indigenous rights in a globalized world where in the name of profit and development, people who have long lived in harmony with their environment are being forced to discard their identity and physically pulled from their ancestral land. How is this happening in an era of sustainable development goals and human rights...
2019-10-2316 min
Citizen ReporterMadge Weinstein: There Aren't Enough True Crime Podcasts
My esteemed colleague and media icon Madge Weinstein returns to the podcast today to dissect the podcast hype. As one of the first podcasts ever to exist in the history of the world, you will rarely hear from a visionary with the extensive experience and self-loathing that Madge brings. We also discuss impeachment, social media narcissism, and eventually things that we actually like. So amazing. Weew. It’s Madge!
2019-09-2747 min
Citizen ReporterJoana Ponder: Empowering, Reconnecting, and other Passion Projects
Joana Ponder has an approach to life that I greatly admire. She’s also a fun person to speak with. For these reasons and more I invited her to the kitchen table for a conversation about what she’s busy with when it comes to how we see ourselves and approach life through good times and bad.
Her Website. Her Podcast: The Pondercast
2019-07-3156 min
Citizen ReporterWim Kruiswijk: Finding Messages in Bottles
For decades Wim Kruiswijk has lived on the Dutch coast walking the beach before people arrive and after they have left. His treasure: messages in bottles. Over the years he has collected thousands, and turned beach combing into meaninful friendships. He’s also become extremely knowledgeable about why people write messages and bottles, as well as what else is happenning to the environment along the coast. Today on the podcast, in assocation with the For Keeps podcast, we pay a visit to Wim Kruiswijk to learn about his incredible experiences with messages in bottles.
2019-06-1842 min
Citizen ReporterReflections in Rwanda
A podcast episode recorded from eastern Rwanda on a fine March evening in 2019. Special thanks to my Mikme recorder and the good people at Mikme for their creation and support.
2019-03-2926 min
Citizen ReporterWhile You Cycle To Makerspaces Around the World
Somewhere in the year 2005, as podcast slowly sprang up around the world, I began listening to and communicating with the great David Brightbill. Over the years we have kept in touch, followed each others projects, and above all kept our love of audio, creativity, and community. Also riding bikes, we both like that. Listen as David and I sit at my kitchen table for our first recording since 2007 and examine just what is going on in this online audio space of ours, as well as many things in the offline space too.
2019-02-1845 min
Citizen ReporterNotes and Noise from Nairobi
On our first ever podcast from Kenya, I bring you along as we walk the calm roads of Karen, while observing nature and society along the way. It’s a brief Nairobi adventure… come along!
2018-12-1900 min
Citizen ReporterOutbursts, Setting Things on Fire and other Non-Japanese Behavior
Phone booth being used as a toilet? Bicycles being thrown into rivers? Vending machines being driven into by cars? Today on the podcast, the great Matthew Dons riffs on the many things that just could not happen in Japan. Yet, actually happen in this world. Get those ears ready for a treat!
2018-12-0549 min
Citizen ReporterMatthew Dons: A Walk Around His Tokyo
In the eyes of Matthew Dons, whomever you are in this world, if you could make it over to Japan, you absolutely should be here. Why? Because Japan.
Today on the podcast, we take a long walk past the houses and trains, the fields and shrines, while looking at how things work here compared to anywhere else. There is learning but there is also a lot of laughing, mostly my own. Listen and enjoy.
Reminder also, Matthew is fighting to live longer, in a relentless battle against cancer; you can help his family afford this struggle by...
2018-11-1450 min
Citizen ReporterOn Giving and Balance: The Story of the Hottarakashi Onsen
High above the Kofu and within view of the all mighty Mt. Fuji, my friend Mieko joins me to tell the story of her family and this magical place they created. What starts as a conversation about a natural spring, quickly becomes the story of a family that believes very strongly in giving to those who are in need. As day turns to night and the sun goes behind the mountain, Mieko also reflects on her happy years living in the Netherlands and how she see’s her home country of Japan changing. (special thanks to Mieko and her fa...
2018-10-1734 min
Citizen ReporterSean Bonner: On Safecast and Japan
One of the most interesting and innovative global projects based in Tokyo is Safecast and who better to explain it than one of the most interesting and innovative people I know: Sean Bonner! I visited him at Safecast HQ in Tokyo and he explained not only what the project is, but also how it impacted his life as a new resident of Japan.
2018-09-1800 min
Citizen ReporterFrom Crickets to Baseball, Back in Japan
It’s another wonderful Japan visit! This time we start with crickets in the Tokyo suburbs and then move on to the top of the 5th inning, standing upper deck on a friday night, at an exciting Swallows (Tokyo)- Baystars (Yokohama) baseball game. People are getting really drunk all around me and boy oh boy do they love Lopez.
2018-09-0823 min
Citizen ReporterMonday's with Marky
We begin today with my ode to Berlin and what remains a city with real heart despite all the speculators and grifters doing their best to co-opt that beautiful soul. Then its over to a modern classic that I finally read/listened to: Tuesdays with Morrie. There is something so profound and very relevant to our current status as people on this planet, Morrie’s words are still well worth hearing. And even more fun we can hear them in his own voice. This leads to an examination of the power of the mind to create so much in ou...
2018-08-2028 min
Citizen ReporterThe Portugal Uganda Connection
From somewhere in Portugal to somewhere in Uganda. Today’s podcast takes a few turns and comes with a bold declaration to take it back to the old school. Weekly podcasts are back? Can it be? Listen to all if it and subscribe in your podcast app. CTRP is in there somewhere.
2018-07-1833 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ082 Beyond The Ring
Reporting from Moscow — Action in Ukraine — Kurdish Army Advances — Israel Gaza Violence — MSF Report — Juncker Becomes Commissioner
This week Mark reports from beyond the ring of Moscow. We look at that state of the city, infrastructure, and more. In Eastern Ukraine clashes and an air strike have left governments pointing fingers at each other. Over in Iraq the Kurdish Army has taken several key oil fields. More death and destruction surrounding the Israel-Gaza conflict. Doctors Without Borders, meanwhile, have released a rare critical report about global relief organizations. Lastly today, the EU Commission says goodbye to Barroso an...
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Newz of the WorldNEWZ072 Curling The Newz
Olympic Addiction — Venezuelan Protests — Korean Talks — Italian JFK — Indian Election — The545
This week Mark confesses a love affair with the Winter Olympics, especially curling. Mass protests in Venezuela leave several dead and another cable station is taken off the air. North and South Korea hold rare talks. A young new PM is about to be appointed in Italy. The Indian general election campaign has begun. This week's NEWZ Source: The 545, for all your Indian election information.
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2014-02-1544 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ070 You Can't Win Against the Putino
Dubai Update – Egypt Constitution – Ukraine Protests – Argentina Tariff – Georgia Border – 7 Days
This week kicks off with a big update and discussion about Dubai as Mark approaches the end of the Dubai Taxi Project journey. Some Egyptian voters turned out and voted yes to a constitution. Protests continue in the Ukraine. Argentina has adopted new policies for online shopping in an effort to save their economy. Georgia claims that Russia has expanded their border by 11 KM as the Olympics approach. In honor of the Dubai journey, this week we feature 7 Days Dubai as our Newz Source.
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2014-01-2249 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ065 The First Fix Is Always Free
Typhoon Haiyan – Hijras in Bangladesh – Bedouin Town Demolished – Oakland Gunshot Detection – Ozone Treaty – ClimateCentral – The Dubai Taxi Driver
A super typhoon destroys parts of the Philippines as the world scrambles to help with rescue and recovery. While the outgoing government in Bangladesh formally recognizes Hijras as a separate gender. The Israeli cabinet approves the destruction of a Bedouin town ahead of a supreme court decision. Over in California, an Oakland school will be the first of its kind to have a gunshot detection system. And new research shows that the Montreal protocol accidentally helped slow global warming. This week's...
2013-11-1252 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ061 Dope on the Table
UN and Syria — Rwanda Elections — US Military Aid in Colombia — Rubber Farmes in Thailand — Health Care in Greece — Norway
This week we review the Syria situation once more now that the UN has published its report on the use of chemical weapons. In our ongoing series on elections we talk about the impressive outcome for the current leader of Rwanda. Mark discusses aspects of a longer article about the effects of US military aid on Colombia. We look at the situation of Thai rubber farmers with dwindling rubber prices on the worlds markets and on the effects the spendi...
2013-09-1849 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ060 Political Pub Quiz
Elections in Australia, Norway, Moscow — Syria Crisis — Journalists rescued — New news channels in South Africa, US — Moscow Times
The mostly human team of Newz of the World has intrepidly clicked and filed the most exciting pieces of journalism and is ready to present it to you, dear listener. We are starting of with the always popular reporting on the popular vote which has been cast in Australia, Norway and Moscow (among others) and we of course also share our views, insights and questions about the most recent diplomatic turns in the crisis around the war in Syria.
After po...
2013-09-1051 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ058 Fire the Consultants
Intervention in Syria — CAR in Trouble — Education Liberia — Putin Painting — internet.org — Bangladesh Beggars
This week it is a question of if and what kind of intervention will take place in Syria. The French president warns of big trouble in the Central African Republic. Every student in Liberia fails the University entrance exam. Putin in ladies underwear painting is confiscated by police. Zuckerberg unveils internet.org. And Shafiur Rahman's breathtaking Beggars of Bangladesh photos. NEWZ Source for this week is an internet classic, slate.com.
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2013-08-2844 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ053 You Can't Grow Gold
Snowden — Turkey — Latvia & Croatia — Colombia — Syria & Lebanon — Gay Marriage in the US — Bruegel blog
After an unexpectedly long pause of four weeks we are back! Did we miss anything? Oh yeah, a hell of a lot. And so begins the long road of playing catch up with the NEWZ.
So we talk about the whistleblower case of Edward Snowden and the newly erupting diplomatic war between the US and Ecuador. We also cover (in review) the events at Gezi Park in Istanbul where the turkish society is shouting for freedom from a repressive culture put out by prime minist...
2013-06-2851 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ051 Second in the Terrorist Olympics
Saudi Nuclear Plans; Undersea Mining; Boko Haram Nigeria; Candidates Rejected in Iran; Pension Plans American Prisons; Motherboard
This week we look at Saudi Arabia's big plunge into nuclear energy. UN releases first undersea mining guidelines for licenses to be issued in 2016. Nigerian president declares operations against Boko Haram a success. Motherboard story reveals who makes money on private prisons in the US and how they are tied to pension funds. This week's NEWZ source: Motherboard by Vice Magazine.
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2013-05-2243 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ050 The Berlusconi Effect
Bangladesh Factory Accident; Libyan Unrest; US-Syria Debate; Pakistan Elections; Iceland Elections; Peter Sunde Announcement; Nature Magazine
After a few weeks off Tim and Mark are reviewing some of the major stories that we missed recently starting with the factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1100 people. In Libya there have been various protests against the government and militias related to a new law regarding former Qaddafi government workers. The US continues to debate getting involved in Syria and what their involvement should be. Over in Pakistan the latest elections have brought back the once ousted Nawaz Sharif as...
2013-05-1556 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ049 These Are Not The Tuaregs You Are Looking For
Syria War Crimes; Turkish Power Ship in Lebanon; Mali To Hold Elections This Year; Generic Drugs Win in India; US Supreme Court on Human Gene Patens; Zuckerberg Starts A Political Action Group; NEWZ Sources: Opensecrets.org.
This week Mark and Tim are looking at various newz around the world: Human Rights Watch has published a report accusing the Syrian government of war crimes. Close by in Lebanon a "power ship" is extending daily power supply of the country by two hours a day. The Malian government announces elections to be held this year. Novartis loses a drug...
2013-04-1243 min
Citizen ReporterTahrir Square, The Encore
At this point you may think to yourself “Is Mark still talking about Egypt more than 2 months since returning home?” The answer is yes. Proudly.
As I have now published all the interviews I have to share with you from the journey, I realized there was still audio that I had never put together and released to the public – the audio from Tahrir Square, as Chris and I, together with inspiring friends and people who just came right up to us, speak about what was going on around us. It was, and remains, a unique moment in my life...
2013-03-0126 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ038 Porn Stars and Comedians
Rebels in Congo, Chavez' health problems, Italian president steps down, US Drone Pilots, 29C3 in Hamburg
After a long hiatus over the holidays we return to the stage with the first real NEWZ show after we covered Marks trip to Tunesia, Egypt and Lebanon in detail in the last two shows. This time we look at the rebel situation in Congo that still dominates the news from this central African state. Then we turn our eyes on Hugo Chavez who is supposed to begin his next term as president but is unable to do so because he...
2013-01-0838 minCitizen ReporterThe Freedom of Baladi Dance with Alexandre Paulikevitch
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It was one of those beautiful nights in Beirut were I found myself sitting at a table with new friends sharing stories, teaching each other about the world, and finding humor in unexpected places. And even after a long day of teaching and rehearsing, Alexandre Paulikevitch is a natural at all these things. As we sat around the table of the outdoor cafe he talked about projects he’s working on and the challenges that keep coming his way, and after several minutes of conversation he looked at me and my portable reco...
2012-12-1345 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ037 A Tub Of Hummus
Mark shares more insights from his trip to Egypt and the Lebanon
This week we feature another update from Mark's journey through Tunisia, Egypt, and Lebanon, this time with a special focus on the latest developments in Cairo and observations from Beirut. Since our last program things in the Egyptian capital have continued to stay interesting as protestors have been regularly surrounding the Presidential palace demanding he resign, while pro-government supporters and police have also converged on the site resulting in street battles that caused over 400 injuries and 6 deaths. What will happen next?
Meanwhile after a visit...
2012-12-0948 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ036 We Need To Stay Mad
Special edition of the program with Mark covering his experiences from his current trip to Egypt
We haven't been able to kick out a new episode for a while because Mark has been super busy on his trip to Tunesia, Egypt and Lebanon interviewing people and generally enjoying the strange atmosphere in the Mother of all cities: Cairo, the capitol of Egypt.
We talk about the city, Egypt, the remains of the revolution and the current events regarding president Mursi trying to claim new power and the people's reaction to it. We also talk about the implications...
2012-11-2646 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ035 This Is What Adults Do
Columbia, Hurricane Sandy, Vote Stealing in the US, Antarctica, Chile
This week's Newz has the added bonus of Tim reporting from Bogota, with an update about things he has seen and things going on in Colombia. Then its time for Hurricane Sandy aftermath stories courtesy of Mark's family and friends in NJ. Vote stealing is explored and UN observers will be back in the US next week. No agreement reached on protecting a chunk of the Antarctic, while a NYTimes piece tells the story of China's largest professional exodus in a decade. The Arab Artists trip begins...
2012-11-0342 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ033 I Want a Computer Pen
Elections in Venezuela; first black supreme court member in Brazil; student massacre in Nigeria; Syria crisis; mining strikes continue in South Africa; Nobel peaze price coming up
This week the Newz team begins back in Venezuela to discuss what happened with the elections over the weekend.
From there we go over to Brazil where the first Black Supreme Court President has been appointed. Some terrible news from Nigeria where students were massacred last week.
While up near the Syrian border, the US Military is concerned about chemical weapons and has deployed a force to Jordan.
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2012-10-1233 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ032 Terrorists consist of 60% water
Turkey Responds to Syrian Attacks with Force; Serbia Bans Gay Pride; Capriles Takes on Chavez in Venezuelan Election; Ivanishvili beats Saakashvili in Georgian Elections; Japanese Firm Has a Bomb Detecting Gate
This week Mark reports in from Stockholm as we start off with the escalating Turkey-Syria conflict. Over in the Balkans, Serbia bans another gay pride celebration. A man named Capriles is challenging Chavez in the Venezuelan presidential election this weekend. While this past week the world watched as the Georgian Dream party beat President Saakashvili's party. Finally today we look at a new bomb detecting gate...
2012-10-0537 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ029 React or Don't React
Film Sparks Attacks in Libya and Egypt; Dutch Election Results; Bulgaria Cancels Building of Russian Nuclear Powerplant; New Peace Talks to Begin with FARC; Voyager Mission Almost out of our Solar System; Mark and Chris Kickstarter Campaign to Egypt and T
This week the Boyz of Newz get into the infamous so-called film that has sparked violence in the Middle East.
Then come the results of the latest elections in the Netherlands where the far-right in no longer trending.
Looking east it looks like Bulgaria will not be building a new nuclear power plant, much to Russia's...
2012-09-1448 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ028 Drill Baby Drill
Massacre in the Amazon; Portuguese Gov Announces Extreme Austerity; Obama Approves Arctic Drilling; Youth Unemployment in Morrocco Worrying International Organizations; Philip Roth vs Wikipedia
This week Tim is on the road with Indiana Jones so we start off with trouble in the amazon where conflicting reports say illegal miners have committed some terrible crimes.
Over in Portugal another round of big austerity measures are announced including a proposal to shut down public broadcasting.
The White House meanwhile has opened the door to drilling in the Arctic as the Democrat Party convention comes to a close.
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2012-09-0938 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ025 We Have Failed As A Nation
Olympics Rundown; Iran Earthquakes; First Deep-sea Mining Operation; Romney appoints Paul Ryan; German Bank Steps out of Food Speculation; South African Mining Strikes; Uruguay Proposes Legalizing Marijuana
The program was almost back to normal, but then Mark messed up his audio settings and this week we get newz plus some shaky sound on his side.
Despite these setbacks this week we start with Olympics talk. From there its bad news from Iran with the latest twin earthquakes. This month also marks the beginning of deep sea mining around the world, starting in Papua New Guinea.
In the...
2012-08-1551 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ023 Not Remembered As A Visionary
Japan Restarts Nuclear Reactor; EU patents; The Plunder of Timbuktu; Exxon Boss Speaks Out Against Climate Change; France to Legalize Same-Sex Marriages; Lula Da Silva; Peter Sunde's plea for pardon
As the high point of the summer draws near, Tim and Mark get into the restarting of a nuclear reactor in Japan. While Europe gets closer to a continent-wide patent system, down in Timbuktu an extremist militia has decided that ancient treasures must be destroyed. The CEO of Exxon pleads poverty. Same-sex marriage will be legalized in France next year. Former Brazilian president Lula da Silva appears...
2012-07-1056 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ022 Bring Your Own Science
Syria shoots down Turkish plane; Paraguayan President ousted; Alternative energy in Brazil; North Carolina an Climate Change; President Mursi finally officially elected in Egypt; Endangered Languages
After a slightly larger interval we continue our newz discussion program with Tim still in Berlin and Mark having moved to Portugal to help out with things.
Today we discuss Syria shooting down turkish planes, Paraguay toppling its president due to failure to maintain social harmony, Brazil's impressive track record with renewable energy, North Carolina going nuts and Egypt having a new president.
We finish off by looking at a nice...
2012-06-2650 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ021 Chase a Banker
Swiss-Portuguese Money Laundering; US-Pakistan Supply Deal Fails; Dilma's Amazon Speech and the State of the Forests; 2012, Year of the Co-Ops; Storify as a Tool for Future Journalism; OECD's Better Life Index
As more banks get bailed out and football madness rages across Europe, Tim and Mark are back to pick through the news of the week.
We start with the massively under reported financial scandal involving Swiss financial firms in Portugal. Over in Pakistan negotiators have left the table as they can't seem to make an agreement on re-opening NATO supply routes to Afghanistan.
Dilma is proud...
2012-06-1552 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ020 Extraordinary Rendition
Greece faces energy meltdown; Canada found guilty for supporting torture; South Sudan leaders stole USD 4 Billion; Ikea furniture and ancient Russian forests; PEW Twitter Use 2012 Survey
This week's newz features Mark in a panic room somewhere in Amsterdam. We discuss Greece's inability to pay the power bill as well as Canada's torture policy. Officials in South Sudan have stolen $4bn this year according to the cowboy hatted president. Is IKEA cutting old growth wood in Russia? We round it all off with an American twitter survey fun and a review of the latest comment discussion.
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2012-06-0537 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ018 The Intrepid Reporter
US Pakistan Supply Routes Conflict; Time on Kony; Student Protests in Quebec; Egyptian 'rebound' voting
As Newz marches on, Tim and Mark suffer the effects of a heatwave and a hoarse throat.
In other newz: The US Senate won't give Pakistan part of its $1 Billion. The perplexing math of the Lord's Resistance Army. A breakdown of the student protests in Quebec. Juan Cole's Egyptian election analysis. And a France update about presidents, partners, cyclists and journalists.
We end by shamelessly plugging our recent talks at re:publica 12.
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2012-05-2342 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ017 It's A Spire!
re:publica 12; Sea Shepherd Captain Arrested in Germany; Libyan Victims of NATO Bombings in 2011 Want Answers; Netherlands Net Neutrality Law; Kony's #3 Arrested in the Central African Republic; One World Trade Center
So it us again after Mark's trip to Berlin to see and speak at re:publica 12 we are finally where we belong: in front of our screen reading the Newz to you.
Among those this week: the arrest of Sea Shepherd mastermind Captain Paul Watson in Germany; victims of NATO attacks on Libya speaking up; the Netherlands being the first to bring net neutrality to law...
2012-05-1542 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ016 Royal Family of Fascism
Occupy movement makes May 1st their reawakening day; Second round of French election coming up; US signs post 2014 deal for cooperation in Afghanistan; The World Of Tomorrow with Julian Assange
It's our 1st of May Newz of the World so Tim and Mark are setting fire to the latest headlines and throwing around world events.
We start with the re-awakening of the occupy movement that is being called for in 125 cities around the world.
Over in France we are days away from the second round of presidential elections, which reminds us of LePen stories from previous French...
2012-05-0237 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ015 We Could Really Use A Government Now
Charles Taylor is found guilty; BP destroyed evidence of deepwater horizon problems; Dutch governing coalition collapses; The carbon footprint of cloud computing; One World Trade Center; Submarine cable maps
This week Charles Taylor goes down for aiding war crimes in Sierra Leone while back in Liberia a nation gets confirmation on what it already knew.
Greg Palast has evidence that BP execs destroyed evidence showing they knew the Deepwater Horizon could blow.
The ruling coalition of the Netherlands has fallen, now we can enjoy some temporary government action.
Sending your data to the cloud? - Greenpeace has...
2012-04-2844 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ012 Kissing International Ass
Malian Coup Rejected by International Community; The Syria-Kofi Annan Peace Deal; Suu Kyi succeeds in Burmese elections; Paypal Swipe System Introduced; Worst Company in America Award
We kick off this week's newz with an attempt at understanding the different parties and elements involved in the recent coup in Mali.
From there its back to Syria where the former UN Secretary General has struck a peace deal that has yet to be respected by either side.
Meanwhile its a new day in Burma, thats what many are thinking as Aung San Suu Kyi's party makes significant gains in...
2012-04-0736 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ011 May Contain Traces of Ethics
Pope visits Cuba; Lithuania goes deeper into nuclear power; Iran's 'halal' Internet and new national spying program; Fault Lines documentary about Occupy; Mike Daisey and Foxconn blowback; Samsung cooperating with FairPhone
This week Tim and Mark poke around the internet to try and understand what is happening with religion and Cuba following the Pope's visit. While back in Europa, Lithuania has made a new deal with a Hitachi to build a "next generation" nuclear plant - oddly inspiring an idea to visit Stendal.
The Chinese company ZTE recently made big sale to Iran for some internet surveillance...
2012-04-0144 min
Newz of the WorldNEWZ010 Ding Dong The Pope Is Dead
Georgia; North Korea Invites Inspectors; Mining company tax in Australia; Mike Daisey's Apple Story Discredited; Coptic Pope died; Megaupload / Kim Schmitz Update; Kony 2012 Update
To kick off another hair-raising week of news we start off with Mark reporting this week from Tbilisi, Georgia about what the latest newz is from the old republic.
In the latest dispatches from North Korea, nuclear inspectors are invited to visit, but the young leader also plans to launch a satellite to celebrate his father.
The Australian government, meanwhile, makes a bold move introducing a big new tax on all mining companies.
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2012-03-2135 min