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Ma Vie en RosePhilippe Sers, journaliste sportif, raconte « Loulou et le stade de Football de la Mosson"🎧 Un nouvel épisode de Ma Vie en Rose : une immersion sonore dans la vie de celles et ceux qui nous entourent. Portraits authentiques, récits inspirants, voix singulières. Philippe Sers est une figure majeure du commentaire sportif local à Montpellier. Il est étroitement associé au Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (MHSC) grâce à Louis Nicollin, grand patron et président du Football club de Montpellier jusqu’en 2017.
J’ai suivi Philippe Sers lors de la visite du stade de la Mosson… une occasion de raconter quelques belles anecdotes de certains matchs mythiques, de voyager dans le temps, de p...
2025-11-1728 min
Ma Vie en Rose40 ans de carrière d'un légendaire journaliste sportif - Philippe Sers🎧 Un nouvel épisode de Ma Vie en Rose : une immersion sonore dans la vie de celles et ceux qui nous entourent. Portraits authentiques, récits inspirants, voix singulières. En Occitanie, Philippe Sers est une véritable figure : pendant 34 ans, il a fait vibrer les auditeurs de France Bleu Hérault en commentant les rencontres sportives, avant de poursuivre l´aventure pendant six années supplémentaires sur internet - youtube, twitch et facebook live - au service du Montpellier Hérault Sport Club (MHSC). Pour de nombreux fidèles, il reste tout simplement «...
2025-11-1029 min
Oser la Reconversion#178 - Rose Mariton - De fondatrice de Coquillettes Club (une start-up engagée pour l'alimentation des enfants) à la Politique** Réserve ton coaching gratuit de 30 minutes ici pour faire le point sur ta vie pro : https://oserlareconversion.com/appel/ **Oser la Reconversion, le Podcast, épisode #178Oser La Reconversion est le podcast numéro 1 sur la Reconversion.Aujourd’hui, j’accueille dans Oser la Reconversion, Rose Mariton. J'ai rencontré Rose l'année dernière car elle a été nommée Femme Forbes en 2024 à mes côtés et elle a déjà eu plusieurs vies professionnelles alors que c'est une jeune trentenaire ! Elle a d'abord fait du conseil stratégique pour les entreprises puis a fondé Coquillette...
2025-11-031h 04
At the CoalfaceHoney Al Sayed: Reinvention in exile and owning the past before it owns youWhat does it take to rebuild your life, again and again, when the ground keeps shifting beneath you?In this personal and wide-ranging conversation, Philippe sits down with Honey Al Sayed, a media pioneer turned executive coach, whose life has spanned seven countries, three wars, and countless reinventions. Born in Kuwait to Syrian parents, Honey's path was anything but linear, from escaping war as a teenager, to becoming the voice behind Good Morning Syria, to eventually rebuilding her life in exile.Together, they explore:Honey’s extraordinary journey through conflict, migration, and media under au...
2025-07-301h 17
Ma Vie en RosePhilippe Piard, Le combat de Secrets Toxiques contre les pesticides🎧 Un nouvel épisode de Ma Vie en Rose : une immersion sonore dans la vie de celles et ceux qui nous entourent. Portraits authentiques, récits inspirants, voix singulières. Les pesticides sont des substances chimiques destinées à tuer ou contrôler les organismes jugés nuisibles aux cultures. Cependant, leur usage massif a des conséquences désastreuses sur la biodiversité, les sols, l'eau et sur notre santé.Philippe Piard, paysan-confiturier aveyronnais et fervent défenseur d'une agriculture saine, est une figure majeure dans la lutte contre l'usage des pesticides au sein de la coal...
2025-06-1626 min
Les Experts, Paroles de LeadersQuelle est la VRAIE histoire derrière le Téléphone Rose 🔥👀📠🔥 ?Dans l'enfer de la télématique de la messagerie rose au fantasmes sur la ligne de l'audiotel !Des années 80 ou le fric est légion 👑 et ou les tabous tombent 🧠Reste le visage derrière mon épaule 🤪 Car je te racontes, mon parcours à l'âge de mes 18 ans, Dans l'industrie de la télématique (Le Minitel et Le Téléphone Rose ainsi que le développement en France de l'Audiotel 😛 Un rendez-vous avec un avocat, les statuts rédigés de ma première entreprise e...
2024-11-2831 min
At the CoalfaceZack Peterson - Tackling childhood stunting door to door: a grassroots mission to change the worldIn this episode, I speak with Zack Peterson. Zack founded 1000 Days Fund, an NGO addressing childhood stunting in Indonesia at a grassroots level with specially trained community health workers. Zack was working at the World Bank when he was confronted with the pernicious creep of stunting that was about to affect his daughter - and he decided to jump out and start his NGO. 1000 Days Fund has had incredible results, even with the painstaking work of tackling malnutrition household by household, challenging the conventional model of dumping food aid on people. Being in Zack’s presence to record this co...
2024-10-2346 min
La Loire aujourd'huiOctobre Rose : Jeune et Roseudaf octobre jeune et roseDenis Scaliet admistrateur de l'udaf 42Cécilia Espourteille ambassadrice jeune et rose AURAAlice Sauzedde ambassadrice jeune ert roseAudrey Valey jeune patiente adhérente de jeune et roseHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2024-10-1040 min
At the CoalfaceDana Dumitrascu - How to (re)discover our vocation and fill our inner voidIn this episode, I speak with Dana Dumitrascu. Dana just published a book, How To Discover Your Vocation. In our conversation, we explore Dana’s backstory and how she grew into becoming a vocational coach. Her book helps people, young and experienced in life, shed the conditioning we’ve all inherited about work and jobs, and look at vocation in a new way. Dana’s framework is practical and involves building on our natural inclinations to regain agency over what we choose to do. Her toolkit helps fill a void in meaning that individual pursuits never fully satisfy. Her advice...
2024-09-1144 min
At the CoalfaceBernard Zongo - Shaping Burkina Faso with music and words, an unlikely journey from nothing to miningIn this episode, I speak with Bernard Zongo. Bernard’s story inspires me in so many ways. He grew up in a poor environment where the odds were stacked against him doing much with his life. His relentless determination to pursue education, with a sprinkle of help along the way, led him to blaze a path in local development, urbanism, humanitarian interventions in conflict zones and more recently, in stakeholder management for the mining sector. And this is far from the whole story: Bernard is accomplished in sports, theatre, music and writing, and has used his talents to shape po...
2024-08-281h 18
At the CoalfaceMichael Brasseur - Robotics and AI for a digital ocean: lessons in leadership and innovation from a life at seaIn this episode, I speak with Michael Brasseur. Michael is a man of the seas, who’s made a living sailing the oceans for the US Navy and grappled with some of the most fascinating naval and security challenges of our time. Michael shares his leadership lessons from decades of building winning teams, summed up as having a vision, clear values and a strong culture. He talks about his journey of injecting imagination and creativity in NATO to incorporate robotics and AI as a resource multiplier in the Persian Gulf in record time: this is the story of Task Fo...
2024-08-1457 min
At the CoalfaceDiana Chigas - Understanding corruption dynamics to unlock durable development in conflict areasIn this episode, I speak with Professor Diana Chigas. Diana is one of the foremost experts in international negotiation and conflict resolution. She has worked in El Salvador, South Africa, Ecuador and Peru and in the Georgia/South Ossetia peace process, facilitated inter-ethnic dialogue in Cyprus and in Central and East Africa. She co-directs the Corruption, Justice and Legitimacy Project that aims to improve the effectiveness of anti-corruption programming in fragile and conflict-affected contexts. In our conversation, we reflect on the evolution of the field of negotiation to encompass social factors such as identity and narratives, and the importance...
2024-07-311h 01
At the CoalfaceSteve Viola - The hardest part was surrendering: working through trauma with plant medicineIn this episode, I catch up with Steve Viola. We last spoke on this podcast about 2 1/2 years ago when he shared his fascinating career in the Navy and as special warfare operator. Since that last conversation, I had been following Steve’s work advocating for opening up new treatment protocols for veterans suffering from trauma. We speak about the healing power of plants with psychotropic properties, Steve’s own journey with these modalities, and his work today helping veterans with the hard part - integration. We wrap up by discussing entry pathways for people seeking to improve their mental well...
2024-07-1755 min
At the CoalfaceZsuzsanna Szelényi - On safeguarding democracy from the autocrat's playbook, lessons from HungaryIn this episode, I speak with Zsuzsanna Szelényi. Zsuzsanna shares with me her incredible journey at the heart of Hungary’s political transformation since the fall of the Soviet Union. She talks about the early days of Hungarian democracy and the levers used by Victor Orban to shape the country’s institutions towards a more authoritarian, illiberal form of governance. This was the subject of her acclaimed book, Tainted Democracy, published in 2022. Zsuzsanna talks about her personal trajectory as a lifelong politician and how she dedicated her career to issues of human rights, migration, and development, the bedrock of Eur...
2024-07-0353 min
At the CoalfaceRahul Sharma - On the role of trust in foreign relations: a journalist's global perspective on politics and leadershipIn this episode, I speak with Rahul Sharma. Rahul has had a fascinating international career in journalism, media, corporate and political affairs. He’s worked at the Economic Times, Khaleej Times and Reuters among others, covering business and political stories, while also living in Hong Kong, Singapore and Sri Lanka. He has a unique perspective about China, watching the country rise while his native India was undergoing its own transformation. We talk about his early career, his pivot to the private sector and advising top corporate leaders, India’s elections and conclude with musings about leadership.Recorded on 13...
2024-06-191h 08
At the CoalfacePerry Boyle - On living one's values, scaling the fight on poverty, investing in Ukraine's defence industryIn this episode, I speak with Perry Boyle. Perry shares with me his multiple lives and how he reinvented himself as his life goals evolved and as his values broadened. We talk about his initial career in investment banking and private equity, his pivot to equity research, and then his decision to reframe his purpose towards scaling a successful NGO tackling acute poverty in Africa. Perry shares his outrage at the threats to the liberal rule based order by autocracy, and how he decided to put all his life experience to use in setting up an investment bank focusing...
2024-06-051h 18
At the CoalfaceKamran Balayev - An international lawyer's quest to safeguard human rights and foster individual prosperityIn this episode, I speak with Kamran Balayev. Kam is a lawyer specialised in human rights and international law. He grew up in Azerbaijan but has made London home. He divides his energy between commercial consulting projects and international transactions and his work on human rights. Kam is passionate about improving the political and legal structures that underpin business and enable individual prosperity: he took this to heart when he decided to run for Mayor of London a few years ago. I was delighted to catch up with Kam and record this conversation.Recorded on 29 April 2024.
2024-05-2248 min
At the CoalfaceScott Malcomson - The hard-earned insights of an author, reporter, foreign affairs analyst on why international and local structures never win over one anotherIn this episode, I speak with Scott Malcomson. Scott is an accomplished author, reporter, editor, foreign affairs analyst and investigator, with experience working in government advising leaders that have defined our era, as well as for the private sector. He’s travelled all over the world to dive deep into the local dynamics of far flung places, from Latin America to Central Asia to the Pacific Islands, speaking to rebels and guerrilleros. In our conversation, we reflect on what forces have shaped his life, his early encounter with racial issues and political violence, his fascination with empires and with the...
2024-05-081h 28
At the CoalfaceAlberto Montrond - Lessons in service and diplomacy from Boston to Cape VerdeIn this episode, I speak with Alberto Montrond. Alberto is originally from Cape Verde and moved to the US as a child. In our conversation, we explore what it meant to grow up in an environment with bullying, racial and social challenges. Alberto shares how he turned these negative forces into a source of strength and self-discipline thanks to martial arts, leading him to use this wisdom to serve his community. He shares his journey into electoral politics to drive change to Cape Verde. And how he’s today putting all of his skills to work in science diplomacy as S...
2024-04-2455 min
At the CoalfaceJournel Jospeh - Al Frontiers: The New Wave of Innovation Driving Entrepreneurship and GlobalizationIn this episode, I speak with Journel Jospeh. Journel shares his fascinating story into the world of AI entrepreneurship. He grew up in Haiti and initially pursued a journalistic ambition. In the US, he moved into data science and saw opportunities for digital technologies to improve some of the disparities and inequalities with access to quality healthcare. We talk about the dangers and opportunities of AI, in particular for the global South, and reflect on the raw intensity of life as an entrepreneur with no safety net.Recorded on 8 March 2024.Instagram: @at.the.coalface
2024-04-101h 05
At the CoalfaceJanine di Giovanni - On giving a voice to victims of conflictIn this episode, I speak with Janine Di Giovanni. I first met Janine at a crisis simulation workshop as part of our degree programme at the Fletcher school and remember being struck by her energy, but also the ease with which she navigated the harrowing scenario of an ambassador needing to take immediate action as staff were caught hostage. Janine needs no introduction, she is one of the world’s most experienced and acclaimed war reporter, more than that: a human rights reporter. Janine has dedicated her life to giving a voice to those caught in the middle of ma...
2024-03-2753 min
At the CoalfaceKatarina Kavec - A journey in other people’s minds, as interpreter and psychotherapistIn this episode, I speak with Katarina Kavec. Katarina grew up in the drab setting of former Yugoslavia, where she had a window seat on the colours and choices available right across the border in Italy. She shares with me the opportunities that came her way and those that eluded her... and the philosophy she developed to embrace whatever comes your way, to trust that everything will work out. I’m moved by the fits and starts of Katarina’s life, and how it all seems to have been for a reason: the moment everything came crashing down at 18, the f...
2024-03-1358 min
At the CoalfaceAnabel Bueno Santana-Dolenc - A lifetime of international experience and serving Dominican RepublicIn this episode, I speak with Anabel Bueno Santana-Dolenc. Anabel shares her unusual story growing up in a politically active family in Dominican Republic, who had to find refuge in the US for many years. Her background provided the impetus to seek a path that would lead her to serve her country. Her calling was working in the UN and multilateral agencies, managing lending and donation programmes in agriculture at a very young age, and later in development cooperation. Following an assignment as Ambassador for Dominican Republic at the Organisation of American States, she was recently appointed by her c...
2024-02-281h 04
At the CoalfaceMoges Gebremedhin - On the importance of peace and stability to enable development to take rootsIn this episode, I speak with Moges Gebremedhin. I’d long wanted to have a longer conversation with Moges after meeting him at an event where he was a panelist and we had a Q&A on his thoughts about the trajectory of East Africa where he grew up, between Ethiopia and Kenya, yet originally from Eritrea. Moges shares his story of multiple identities common to many people in the region, connected by similar challenges yet also divided by complex affiliations and loyalties. We talk about what factors matter most in the trajectory of development of these countries, the tra...
2024-02-1455 min
Oser la Reconversion#119 - Philippe, Transitions Pro et Yannick, RH - Annoncer à son employeur sa reconversion (Transitions Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine)Oser la Reconversion, le Podcast, épisode #119  Oser La Reconversion est le podcast numéro 1 sur la Reconversion. Aujourd’hui, j’accueille dans Oser la Reconversion, Philippe, chargé de relations entreprises chez Transitions Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine et Yannick, RH chez Beneteau, groupe de construction navale. Nous vous avons présenté dans l'épisode 70, Transitions Pro Nouvelle-Aquitaine, cette association qui vous aide gratuitement à vous reconvertir grâce à des dispositifs financiers, ateliers, webinaires. Le dispositif PTP permet de faire financer une formation pour changer de métier tout en restant salarié de son entreprise et conti...
2024-02-1256 min
At the CoalfaceLaurie Charlés - Healing trauma in conflict zones: capacity building in family systems therapyIn this episode, I speak with Laurie Charlés. Laurie is a family therapist who has taken her expertise to regions in the throes of conflict, violence and fragility - countries where mental health concerns can be dire - yet the resources available to help are rudimentary. She’s helped coach and train the people who support vulnerable groups and victims of gender-based violence in places like DRC, Burundi, Kosovo, Lebanon for Syrian refugees, among so many others... and our conversation made me realise the staggering amount of trauma left in the wake of conflict. We talk about her jou...
2024-01-3157 min
At the CoalfacePeter Stanbury - Getting things done in difficult places, on the political economy of unintended consequencesIn this episode, I speak with Dr Peter Stanbury. Peter has developed a unique expertise over decades of guiding companies, international agencies, governments and civil society organisations on the politics of economic development in emerging markets. He’s helped these organisations design economic activities that take account of local dynamics, such as what happens to social structures when income levels change, how do communities respond and what spillover effects happen. Peter’s work is about effecting change in the real world, based on understanding how it really is, rather than how we wish it to be. His perspective is inva...
2024-01-1756 min
At the CoalfaceErnesto Gonzalez - From oil painting in a Chilean favela to the UN Security CouncilIn this episode, I speak with Ernesto Gonzalez. Ernesto shares with me his incredible life trajectory, from modest beginnings in Chile to the inner workings of the UN’s Security Council. Ernesto grew up in poverty, where one pair of shoes had to last for an entire year. His story is one that combines focus and grit with openness to chance encounters - such as the offer to help pay for his stay in the US to learn English, a step that changed his life. I was fascinated by how Ernesto found his way from there into a diplomatic ca...
2024-01-031h 02
At the CoalfaceMonica Smith - On navigating a career in the corporate world: have you forgotten the spices?In this episode, I speak with Monica Smith. Monica shares how her upbringing in a family that moved frequently across the US and her experience of travelling and living abroad early on shaped her outlook on the world and softened her philosophical principles. She talks about her career in the corporate world, her approach to succeeding in hierarchies and lessons in global leadership as she helped her organisations tap into talent in India and China. She reflects on the importance of lifelong learning, service and setting boundaries. We talk about her transition into coaching an how she guides her cli...
2023-12-2049 min
At the CoalfaceJosy Joseph - An investigative journalist's fight for the future of Indian democracyIn this episode, I speak with Josy Joseph. Josy is proudly Indian, an acclaimed investigative journalist who uncovered a series of major corruption stories that have exposed systemic issues plaguing the very fabric of India’s democracy. In this conversation, we talk about the origin of the West’s romantic narrative of India, and how this vision is blinding many of us to dangerous faultlines that are appearing. We talk about Josy’s concern with the direction India is taking. We reflect on the challenges facing storytellers in India in reaching a domestic audience. I’m amazed by how Josy’s op...
2023-12-061h 01
3 questions à 3 questions à Rose Marie Ottavy Sarrola, présidente des Républicains 2aLes élections internes chez les Républicains ont eu lieu dimanche et lundi. Sans surprise, François-Xavier Ceccoli a été réélu à la tête de la fédération de Haute Corse avec 210 voix sur 213. Il était le seul candidat à sa succession. En Corse-du-Sud, une seule candidature également celle de Rose Marie Ottavy Sarrola. Elle a été élue avec 71 voix sur 78. Elle est notre invitée aujourd’hui.
2023-11-3003 min
At the CoalfaceJeffrey Fang - What it took to awake and pursue my dream of being happily unemployedIn this episode, I speak with Jeffrey Fang. This is a bit of a different conversation today. Jeff is an accomplished corporate professional from Singapore, who decided to break away from the logical professional path of corporate promotions and step out to follow a path much more aligned to who he wanted to be and what his intuition was telling him. In this rather personal exchange, we explore how our upbringing and culture shaped our vision of what matters in life - chasing validation and achievements that are not always healthy, and then what it took to wake up...
2023-11-2252 min
At the CoalfaceAlexandra Vitard - Meditations on privilege, women and living a purposeful lifeIn this episode, I speak with Alexandra Vitard. Alexandra talks about the influence her multicultural, globetrotting background had on her life, and what happened when she came face to face with the realisation of what living with privilege meant. She shares how she brought the insights and skills honed in her early career in government to women who needed them. She was inspired by Nasim Taleb’s ideas on the power of being anti-fragile (as opposed to being just resilient). Her encounter with stoicism helped cement the rules she aspired to follow in life: helping others, being truthful and sp...
2023-11-0853 min
At the CoalfaceAlicia Pérez-Porro - Swinging between the branches of science from marine research to climate diplomacyIn this episode, I speak with Alicia Pérez-Porro. Alicia is a a scientist working in the space of climate diplomacy. She trained as a marine biologist researching sponges, but her heart wasn’t really in research. A life-changing journey to Antarctica helped her discover her passion in science activism. We speak about her childhood connection with nature and the importance of role models in opening perspectives and helping with self acceptance. We both express our conviction that our connection with nature - and deeply grasping how we humans are part of nature, is central in solving today’s clima...
2023-10-2554 min
Associu di noiOctobre rose, docteur Sauveur MerlinghiÀ l'occasion d'Octobre Rose, nous recevons le docteur Sauveur Merlinghi, président de la Ligue de Corse du Sud contre le cancerHébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2023-10-2514 min
At the CoalfaceAicha Pere - Dreams of my grandfather, on transforming Togo's agricultureIn this episode I speak with Aicha Pere. Aicha shares her story of growing up in Togo as a bookish, introverted girl, but inspired by her grandfather whose passion for agriculture and food set the foundations for her professional direction. Aicha talks about how she overcame her reserved nature to achieve elected leadership positions and become a trusted partner in agricultural projects, both in the field and more recently in policy as part of the Togo President’s Delivery Unit. Aicha gives me a glimpse of a young, dynamic country where everything is to be built but talented people su...
2023-10-1144 min
Actu santéOctobre RoseComme chaque année, le mois d'octobre est consacré au dépistage du cancer du sein, le cancer le plus répandu et le plus mortel chez les femmes, avec la campagne Octobre Rose. Un dépistage qui reste encore insuffisant en France comme l'explique Philippe Baillivet dans Actu Santé.
2023-10-0606 min
Actu santéOctobre RoseComme chaque année, le mois d'octobre est consacré au dépistage du cancer du sein, le cancer le plus répandu et le plus mortel chez les femmes, avec la campagne Octobre Rose. Un dépistage qui reste encore insuffisant en France comme l'explique Philippe Baillivet dans Actu Santé.
2023-10-0606 min
Tout un mondeMartine Pecqueur, fondatrice de l'Association Emeraude (Octobre Rose)Chaque année a lieu Octobre Rose, une campagne de sensibilisation au cancer du sein. L'Association Emeraude redonne confiance aux femmes avec des activités diverses et variées. Martine Pecqueur, fondatrice de l'Association Emeraude, est notre invitée.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2023-10-0415 min
At the CoalfaceHital Muraj - The power of technology to help the disadvantaged dream, a Kenyan story of acceptanceIn this episode, I speak with Hital Muraj. Hital grew up in Kenya as a 4th generation Indian in a well-to-do setting. But hers is a story of riches to rags, as her family suddenly ended up on the street. As a teenager, she had to drop out of school to earn a living. Hital shares how she eventually found her way into an IT career in Cisco, a position she used to bring access to technology to disadvantaged communities.... people like the girl she was when she lost everything. We talk about how technology can make an impact...
2023-09-2754 min
At the CoalfacePaula Fynboh - Overcoming the systems that perpetuate gun violence, homelessness and barriers to educationToday I speak with Paula Fynboh. Paula shares her journey helping people with some of the most intractable social issues of our time, homelessness, gun violence and access to education. She shares how she’s observed our society has systems in place that tend to lock people in negative dynamics where even the most determined face unsurmountable odds to get their lives back on track. A lack of empathy and fear of the other makes it difficult to dismantle these systems and find lasting solutions. This is a real eye opening conversation for me and I hope that those of...
2023-09-1345 min
At the CoalfaceIrene Mbari-Kirika - Creative inclusion: helping Kenya's disabled from the ground upIn this episode, I speak with Irene Mbari-Kirika. Irene shares her story of coming face to face with the challenges of young people with disabilities, and her journey to do something about it. Irene founded InAble over 16 years ago with the mission of helping the visually impaired in schools in Kenya with assistive technology. inAble has reached over 15,000 students, enabling them to learn and to gain the skills today’s world demands. Irene talks about the arduous journey of setting up her organisation from scratch, and incrementally growing it with persistence, consistence, creativity and resilience. And we reflect on wh...
2023-08-3054 min
At the CoalfaceKjell Bergh - How an auto entrepreneur became the confidant of Kings and PresidentsToday, Siri and I speak with Kjell Bergh. Kjell’s life could really be a movie - about the American Dream, the power of seizing opportunities, of following one’s instinct and moral impulse, of being open to random encounters and willing to be helpful without expecting something in return. The story of the humble car salesman turned diplomat, peace broker and confidant of Kings and Presidents is unbelievable and we're excited to uncover some of Kjell’s secrets and lessons learned in the art of selfless networking.(Corrigendum: Kjell clarified that he was given the Mustang for a...
2023-08-161h 15
At the CoalfaceEllen Yount - Building political capacity in fledgling democraciesIn this episode, I speak with Ellen Yount. From a young age, Ellen was drawn to exploring the world beyond the rural Pennsylvania she grew up in. She shares her early start in politics and the inspiration for public service from working with Tom Ridge on his gubernatorial campaign and later as his Communications Director. Ellen made a bold jump moving to Former Yugoslavia where she worked on political capacity building in fledgling democracies. This was the foundation of a global career in governance and international development. We talk about the evolution of political communications in autocratic and democratic s...
2023-08-0245 min
At the CoalfaceBettina Muscheidt - Nudging for peace in the world's most protracted conflictsIn this episode, I speak with Bettina Muscheidt. Bettina was until recently EU Ambassador to Nicaragua and has had a string of postings in some of the most diplomatically challenging locations in the world. She served in a similar capacity in Libya and in Yemen, and worked on Afghanistan as part of the European Action Service. Her career spans policy, development and mediation. Bettina is a true global citizen, not in the meaning of a well travelled jet setter but as someone who is able to belong in the places she finds herself in. It’s my great pleasure to...
2023-07-1957 min
At the CoalfaceAnita Orban - On energy security, leadership and how to shape the worldIn this episode, I speak with Anita Orbán. Anita shares her inspiring story, growing up in Hungary, back then a satellite country of the Soviet Union, and then starting her professional life as an academic researching Russia’s use of energy as a tool of foreign policy. Her work caught the attention of the Hungarian government, asking her to turn her groundbreaking findings into policy in a newly created ambassadorial position. Followed a fascinating career within government and later in the private sector. We revisit her seminal insights from the perspective of the 2022 Russia/Ukraine war, talk about her...
2023-07-0555 min
At the CoalfaceNaqib Noory - From Kabul to New York and on finding a school for peaceIn this episode, I speak with Naqib Noory. Naqib is currently Director of the Office of Security Cooperation at the United Nations Population Fund. He has an inspiring story of resilience and drive to constantly develop himself through education. He grew up in Afghanistan but had to flee to Pakistan during the Soviet invasion. The decision to learn English as a young adult was the first of many educational door openers that would enable Naqib to find his way into the security profession, initially in his home region and later on as international staff of the UN, working in...
2023-06-211h 05
At the CoalfaceArthur Sculley - A story, Bermuda to Fletcher, and global lessons in leadershipIn this episode I speak with Arthur Sculley. Arthur shares his amazing journey, growing up between Long Island and Bermuda, his curiosity about the world inspired by his grandfather’s eclectic life stories. Arthur went to Southeast Asia at the time of the Vietnam war and managed to explore the region in his down time - he got hooked by the people and the energy he encountered. He had an opportunity to work in Hong Kong in the 1970s, and to have front row seat on the astounding economic transformation in the decades that followed. I’m fascinated by Arth...
2023-06-071h 09
At the CoalfaceChristabell Makokha - Design thinking in development interventionsIn this episode, I speak with Christabell Makokha. Christabell shares her a fascinating expertise in designing development interventions that work and that take stakeholders’ needs into account. We explore the limits of development aid and the pitfalls of programmes that use a single-sector approach. We talk about the topic of power and who holds it - an exchange that stretches my worldview and hopefully will yours too.Recorded on 27 January 2023.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceConnect with Christabell on LinkedIn at linkedin.com/in/christabell-makokha-4944a116/.Please subscribe to At the Coalface wh...
2023-05-2459 min
At the CoalfaceAlexander Grif - Civilians in war: the impact of humanitarian advocacyIn this episode, I speak with Alexander Grif. Alexander is a passionate advocate for the protection of civilians - and as a humanitarian, he has dedicated his life to carrying out this advocacy where it matters, on the ground of some of the most protracted conflicts on Earth. It’s a real privilege to be having this conversation with Alexander. We explore the dilemmas of trying to make a difference in conflict zones for individuals, real people, whose lives are torn apart through no fault of their own.Recorded on 24 January 2023.Instagram: @at.the.coalface
2023-05-101h 02
At the CoalfacePam Onyanyo - Building an energy system in sync with the people who need itIn this episode, I speak with Pam Onyanyo. Pam is such an amazing source of inspiration. She had a modest upbringing in rural Kenya but with grit and determination found her way to the US, where she built an amazing life for herself, climbing the career ladder of corporate America. But there was always a purpose behind this drive, to come home and apply what she learned where it could make an impact. She successfully combined her business acumen, her understanding of local livelihoods, her familiarity with project finance and her access to regulators. Her entrepreneurship in solar and of...
2023-04-261h 03
At the CoalfaceSerhat Çubukçuoğlu - On Middle East foreign policy scholarship: making sense and shaping opinionIn this episode, I catch up with Serhat Çubukçuoğlu. Serhat was our first guest on this podcast in September 2021. We spoke about the transition he was embarking on from working in the private sector but with a passion for international affairs, to wanting to turn this passion into a full-time activity. We meet today in Abu Dhabi, where Serhat is starting a new career as a foreign policy expert in a think tank. We talk about his area of research, his professional pivot and some of insights he’s gathered along the way.Serhat contributed to th...
2023-04-1245 min
Ma terre happy | Bien-être & spiritualité26. Décrypter les mystères du langage non verbal - Philippe TurchetJe suis très heureuse de recevoir Philippe Turchet, père de la synergologie, docteur en sciences du langage qui développe depuis plus de 20 ans son expertise sur la lecture du langage corporel.
Ensemble, nous explorons le monde fascinant de la synergologie et comment elle peut être utilisée pour mieux comprendre les messages cachés du corps. Philippe nous parle de son parcours et de la façon dont il a découvert la synergologie.
De comment la synergologie peut être utilisée pour détecter les mensonges et les intentions cachées chez les aut...
2023-04-0452 min
At the CoalfaceSteve Schmida - Partnerships with Purpose: an entrepreneur's story of helping companies navigate sustainabilityIn this episode, Siri and I co-host a conversation with Steve Schmida. Siri is also launching her own podcast called the Corporate Activist. So we thought of releasing this episode on both our podcasts because this conversation has great crossovers. Siri and Steve have known each other for almost 20 years. The three of us share the common link of having graduated from the Fletcher School's GMAP programme in international affairs. I'm excited about this conversation because I want to hear Steve''s perspective on how he's helping companies with their sustainability, climate and ESG commitments through projects in rural communities...
2023-03-291h 05
At the CoalfaceSamer Sobh - On running a growing travel start-up through the pandemic, and being a mindful fatherToday, I speak with Samer Sobh for our second episode. Samer was one of the very first guests on this podcast in September 2021. At the time we spoke about his growing up in Lebanon, his volunteering work, his life in the corporate world, and leaving the safety net to become and entrepreneur - he started Dubz, a company that helps travellers manage the hassle of having to carry around luggage to and from the airport. We catch up in Dubai, my first time back since I left in summer 2018.Recorded on 6 January 2023.The book Samer...
2023-03-1557 min
At the CoalfaceKaddu Sebunya - Conserving Africa's environment: the key to climate changeIn this episode, I speak with Kaddu Sebunya. Kaddu is passionate about nature conservation. In his role as CEO of African Wildlife Foundation, he rallies African elites to lead the fight against the destruction of valuable habitats and wildlife. He believes that conservation by Africans for Africans is at the heart of addressing the continent’s challenges around economic development and equality, it’s the right place to start. I’m delighted to be having this conversation with Kaddu, he has such an important message that he shares with an infectious energy that I hope will inspire you too!
2023-03-011h 08
At the CoalfaceLila Ramos Shahani - Straddling disciplines, straddling worldsIn this episode, Siri and I co-host a conversation with Lila Ramos Shahani. Lila was Siri's classmate at the Fletcher School’s GMAP degree programme in international affairs. I realise I rarely have the chance of speaking with someone so embedded in their country’s history, politics and society, in this case the Philippines, but also someone trying to shape their country’s direction towards greater inclusion and better governance.Lila is an Expert and Associate Member of two International Scientific Committees of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), where she specializes in the Interpretation and Pr...
2023-02-151h 12
At the CoalfaceChrista Case Bryant - 'Just be fair': A journalist's path covering polarising issuesIn this episode, I speak with Christa Case Bryant about her fascinating journalistic career. She’s reported on US politics and domestic heartland issues. She’s also worked as Middle East editor, and been based in Jerusalem as bureau chief. And she’s now Senior Congressional correspondent. Her diverse experience gives her stories both a global lens and a very human perspective. We speak about maintaining fairness and impartiality when covering deeply divisive issues, dealing with our biases and how to cover stories that don’t neatly fit in a polarized set of narratives.Recorded on 2 January 2023.
2023-02-0157 min
Contre-addictions par RoseS1E15 - SPÉCIAL DRY JANUARY - La liberté en douze étapes - Philippe Cavaroz🎙 Pour cette avant-dernière semaine spéciale Dry January, je reçois Philippe Cavaroz, psychologue clinicien, addictologue, auteur
💬 " Quand tu aides un autre à s'en sortir, tu restes clean"
Non, les Alcooliques Anonymes, ou Narcotiques Anonymes ne sont pas des salles de shoot, remplies de gens oisifs, et qui ont perdu tout espoir. C’est même à peu près tout l’inverse. L’espoir fleurit à chaque réunion, l’amitié et la bienveillance circulent à la place des produits psychotropes. L’entraide et l’honnêteté sont les maîtres mots de ce programme en 12 étapes.
Les salles sont pleines de...
2023-01-2641 min
At the CoalfaceRobert McMahon - A life in journalism, covering the world since 1990In this episode, Siri Khalsa and I co-host a conversation with Bob McMahon. Bob and Siri were classmate on the Fletcher School’s GMAP programme in International Relations.Bob has spent more than 3 decades at the intersection of journalism and international affairs, including stints as the Associated Press World Desk Editor in New York, Director of Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty's central new operation in Prague, and the UN correspondent for RFE/RL, and now he is Managing Editor of the award-winning website of the Council on Foreign Relations. In our conversation, Bob mentions Sha...
2023-01-181h 00
At the CoalfaceHarriet Cross - High Commissioner to Trinidad & Tobago, on being true to values and countryIn this episode, I speak with Harriet Cross. Harriet is the British High Commissioner to Trinidad and Tobago. She’s had a fascinating career in diplomacy, with postings in the US, Yemen at a particularly challenging period, in Morocco and the UN. She’s also worked on trade policy and human rights , international cooperation on crime, and had a stint in academia. What fascinates me about Harriet is her authenticity: by that I mean her ability to stay as true to her values as she can whilst still representing her government. She shares her lessons learned on the role dipl...
2023-01-041h 13
At the CoalfaceLily Adhiambo - A life in journalism and peace makingIn this episode, I speak with Lily Adhiambo. It’s a huge joy to be recording this conversation together in Geneva, her home and my home town. Lily is a fascinating person. She’s a seasoned humanitarian with the United Nations. She grew up in Kenya and Uganda and started out in life as a journalist before finding her way into the UN. Her career has been focusing on multiple theatres of conflict in Eastern, Central and Western Africa. She initially worked in Emergency Response, helping direct resources to support IDPs and health emergencies and other crises, and later on in...
2022-12-211h 03
At the CoalfaceAkjemal Magtymova - A Turkmen's perspective on health diplomacy from North Korea to SyriaIn this episode I speak with Akjemal Magtymova. Akjemal recounts her story growing up in the Soviet Socialist Republic of Turkmenistan, her early career as a young medical doctor practicing right as the USSR collapsed and the health system failed. She speaks about her journey into the international health sector (first with UNFPA and then WHO), that led her to postings in Laos, DPR Korea, India, Yemen, Syria and others. She shares lessons learned from her experience in health diplomacy in the field. I’m especially fascinated by how Akjemal’s values shaped her life trajectory, and by her refl...
2022-12-071h 25
At the CoalfaceMarta Ferrari - Go for it! A career in the nuclear industryIn this episode, Siri Khalsa and I co-host a conversation with Marta Ferrari. Marta and Siri were classmate on the Fletcher School’s GMAP programme in International Relations. Marta has an interesting background: advanced degree in physics, Master in international relations at the Fletcher School, management studies at the INSEAD Business School and recently completed the Visionary Leadership Programme at Ashoka. She started her career in an engineering company, worked for many years at the International Atomic Energy Agency in a number of technical and management positions. She was recently working in France, holding a director position in...
2022-11-2355 min
At the CoalfaceAlexis Grabar - I'm a North Face guyIn this episode, I speak with Alexis Grabar. Alexis is an accomplished entrepreneur who had an early career in aviation sales in the 1990s, in the tough frontier markets of Eastern Europe and Russia. But after a successful run, he decided to stop and go back to school to pursue both a MBA at HEC in Paris and a mid-career degree in international affairs from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy in Boston. He used his professional interlude to crystallise entrepreneurial ideas, and then to launch a business, which became a precursor to Uber for point to point...
2022-11-091h 10
At the CoalfaceMandy Birch - We're not Lego blocksToday I speak with Mandy Birch. Mandy is a hugely accomplished person with a background that is impressive in its breadth (Air Force Academy, distinguished military career, experience in the field, brilliant engineering studies, entrepreneur) and also depth (with senior leadership experience of large cohorts under situations of crises, successful complex change management, deep literacy in Quantum Computing). But it’s Mandy’s wisdom that I’m drawn to the most, her composure under stress, her confidence in going against the grain and her ability to think both in the present and a few steps ahead. I hope you’ll enjoy...
2022-10-261h 08
At the CoalfaceAlicia Eastman - I'm doing what I was meant to doIn this episode, Siri and I co-host a conversation with one of Siri's classmates from our GMAP programme in international affairs at the Fletcher School. We speak with Alicia Eastman, who works in an industry close to my heart, hydrogen.Alicia is President of Intercontinental Energy, a green fuels company with a portfolio of renewable hydrogen projects in Australia and the Middle East. In the past, she has raised and managed growth equity funds, and worked primarily in Asia and the Middle East. She currently lives in London after a long time spent in Hong Kong. She...
2022-10-121h 13
At the CoalfaceTom Morris - Keep the camp in orderIn this episode, I speak with Tom Morris. Tom is the first person I reached out to when I was considering pursuing the GMAP degree in International Affairs at the Fletcher School, because we’d worked for the same company. As a fellow energy professional I valued his perspective on whether it made sense for me to pursue such a degree. Tom has worked most of his life in the energy industry, helping countries monetise their hydrocarbon resources, including Norway, Greenland, Senegal, Philippines. He now works in a gas venture in Russia, at a time of unprecedented upheaval that we...
2022-09-281h 34
At the CoalfaceJoyce Aluoch - There were no role modelsIn this episode, I’m excited to be speaking with Lady Justice Joyce Aluoch. Joyce was my graduation speaker when I completed by Global Master of Arts Programme at the Fletcher School, Joyce had completed the same programme a few years beforehand. Joyce has had a distinguished legal career in Kenya, culminating as a judge on the appellate court (the precursor to the Supreme Court). She was elected on the International Criminal Court in The Hague, working on cases involving war crimes - issues close to her heart as she has long focused on bringing light to the impact of...
2022-09-1453 min
At the CoalfaceArjen van den Berg - Why not have differences come out?In this episode, Siri and I co-host a conversation with Arjen van den Berg. Arjen was a member of Siri’s cohort at the Fletcher School’s Global Master of Arts Programme (GMAP). Arjen has had a distinguished career with the Dutch Foreign Service. He has served tours in the US, Trinidad and Tobago and The Hague. Over the last 10 years, he has focused on Asia, working in Beijing, Tokyo and is now the Dutch Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, where he is half way through a 4-year posting. One of the fun things about having Arjen in ou...
2022-08-311h 01
At the CoalfaceTheo R. - Freedom + Forgiveness + Love = LifeIn this episode, I speak with Theo R. A few months ago, I learned about Theo from reading Michela Wrong’s book Do Not Disturb about Rwanda as part of DWN Bookshelf. Theo had been a member of the President's inner circle, from the time of the struggle when RPF sought to take control of the country and then later into government. Theo embarked on the Fletcher School’s GMAP degree around the time he decided to go into exile in 2005. Our conversation covers Theo's life as a refugee and the ways it shaped him, his youthful days animated by po...
2022-08-172h 13
At the CoalfacePaloma Serra - My call to AfricaIn this episode, I speak with Paloma Serra. Paloma is a career diplomat for Spain, but her life could have taken a very different turn, had her parents not enticed her as a child with images about the beauty of African landscapes. Paloma describes the opportunity she had, as a freshly minted diplomat, to be posted to Ivory Coast and start discovering the continent that had so attracted her. Her experiences there - witnessing both highs and lows of deeply conflicted societies, are her inspiration for her photography and the poems that she wrote and eventually published....
2022-08-0345 min
At the CoalfaceNeri Martinez - Our anxiety stems from what we cannot controlToday I speak with Neri Martinez. Neri is the granddaughter of Cubans who moved into the immigrant melting pot of Florida to start a new life after Castro’s revolution. Neri felt an early calling to work on furthering the rights of the homeless, the vulnerable, minorities and women. She recognised her passion for politics and started working on campaigns for the Republican Party and then relocated to DC. In this conversation, we talk about finding our speed, recognising our biases, and how openness to all foods means openness to others.Recorded on 21 January 2022.Instagram: @at...
2022-07-2054 min
At the CoalfaceM. Nawaz Wahla - No matter how hard, you call it as it isToday I speak with Nawaz Wahla. Nawaz shares his remarkable story, growing up in a rural Pakistan, raised by his father with modest means but with a strong belief in the paramount importance of education, a principle that guided Nawaz’s life through extraordinary hardships. By planting educational seeds well before knowing what to do when they would sprout, Nawaz was able to bounce back after bullets put an end to his military career. He went on to a successful life in law, but the itch to pursue the world’s best education still animates him to this day....
2022-07-0651 min
L'heure Aindinoise"Rose des vents Changeons de cap !" l'Assemblée d'orientations du MRJC 2022Le MRJC a choisi le département de l’Ain pour son assemblée générale d'orientations; près de 200 jeunes seront réunis du 29 juin au 3 juillet 2022 à Etrez Bresse Vallons.
Tous les 7 ans le mouvement rural de la jeunesse chrétienne renouvelle ses Orientations, c’est-à -dire son projet politique, son organisation et sa stratégie financière. Les sections départementales ont réfléchi ces deux dernières années et l’aboutissement du processus se traduira par la mise au vote lors de l'événement, nommé “Rose des Vents changeons de cap ! “
Les thématiques abordée...
2022-06-2728 min
At the CoalfaceKhaled Mansour - All of us have multiple livesIn this episode, I speak with Khaled Mansour. Khaled shares the twists and turns of a fascinating life, during which he grabbed chances to change careers multiple times. He worked as an engineer, then as a translator and journalist, then for the United Nations in the US, Sudan and Afghanistan, then for a small human rights organisation in Egypt, before deciding to become a teacher and writer, just publishing 2 books. There are amazing lessons to be drawn about how to grasp opportunities to reinvent yourself, how to effect change in big organisations, the importance of balancing analysis with empathy...
2022-06-2254 min
At the CoalfaceTamás Landesz - In the footsteps of explorersIn this episode, we’re doing something a little different. Siri Khalsa and I will co-host a conversation with Tamás Landesz. Siri and Tamás were classmates on the Fletcher School’s GMAP degree programme. As Siri is also a podcast aficionado , we thought - why not give it a try and vary the format a little!Originally from Hungary, Tamás has lived all over the world, speaks 8 languages, has earned PhD, MBA, MPA, MLD degrees. Much of his career has been spent in the UN system. But his love and fascination with international affairs has giv...
2022-06-0859 min
At the CoalfaceSiri Khalsa - A kaleidoscopic life of business, politics and charityToday I speak with Siri Khalsa. Siri’s life has followed many unconventional paths. She was raised in a spiritual community in New Mexico where she began a life-long practice of yoga and meditation. Her family was in the tea business, where she started her professional life. She moved into politics, as an aide to New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson, campaigning for him. She later worked on Barak Obama’s campaign, providing advice on South Asia, then worked in the Obama administration in Afghanistan. She then started supporting a charity that improves livelihood for crafts workers, in Afghanistan and Saudi A...
2022-05-2553 min
At the CoalfaceBenjamin Lodmell - Poetry saved my lifeToday I speak with Benjamin Lodmell. No description could do justice to Ben’s incredible life. Ben is Norwegian-American, whose curiosity for life and the world took him on a journey that is the stuff of novels - or poetry, of which he is a prolific writer. Ben lives in Portugal with his wife and five children, the place he calls home after a globe-trotting life across continents. Ben is an independent advisor for family offices by trade, after a successful banking career, and a brief run for Congress. He set up his company’s charity activities focusing on educ...
2022-05-111h 09
At the CoalfaceSteve Viola - Taming chaosSteve Viola has had a distinguished career in the United States’s Navy, most of which in Naval Special Warfare (the SEALs) deployed around the world, where he reached the senior position of Command Master Chief. His training as a leader and a medic makes him particularly attuned to how people tick physically and mentally under chaos, something he is devoting his post retirement life to as speaker, coach and friend. He also provides in-the-field safety and security support to a wide range of clients. Steve’s approach to dealing with challenges practically and with positive humour always inspired me...
2022-04-271h 00
At the CoalfaceMohamad Al-Arief - You can start a revolution easier these daysToday I speak with Mohamad Al-Arief. Arief’s life follows the stunning trajectory of Indonesia’s recent history. He was a student as the youth-led push against authoritarianism finally prompted Indonesia’s President Suharto to resign. That's when Arief devoted his full energy to the efforts that helped cement Indonesia’s transition to the vibrant democracy it is today. He shares his mission to nurture today’s youth to continue serving their country. He talks about his work to harness the potential of the Indonesian diaspora that has been a valuable source of creativity for decades. Recorded on 14 Janua...
2022-04-1354 min
At the CoalfaceRachel Kyte - What unites usToday I speak with Rachel Kyte. Rachel is the Dean of the Fletcher School. She has been a lifelong advocate for action on a range of critical issues, coming of age during the Thatcher Era’s relentless drive towards privatisation, away from a collective participatory society and towards individualism. She has experience working in NGOs and in international organisations, including at the IFC, World Bank and the UN, as a champion for energy access and the environment as a way to fight poverty and climate change. She graduated from the school’s Global Master of Arts Programme in one of it...
2022-03-3055 min
At the CoalfaceEnrique Ochoa - Someone's terrorist is another's freedom fighterToday I speak with Enrique Ochoa. Enrique is a seasoned humanitarian professional whose expertise is in conflict emergencies. His career has taken him all over the world, from Latin America to the Middle East to South Asia and South East Asia. He’s also a consummate learner, a principled leader and a really engaging person, it’s a great pleasure to be speaking with him on the difficult subject of war. Recorded on 6 January 2022.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceConnect with Enrique Ochoa on Twitter @EOchoaICRC and on LinkedIn linkedin.com/in/enrique-ochoa-fernandez-lomana....
2022-03-161h 01
At the CoalfaceDeborah Winslow Nutter - What matters is what you do now with your lifeToday I speak with Deborah Winslow Nutter. Deborah was senior associate dean and professor of practice at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. She founded the Global Master of Arts Program (GMAP) over 20 years ago, that all guests on this podcast attended. She is known to us as the heart and soul of the programme, where she also taught what was for me on of the most personally transformative courses, foreign policy leadership, during which we studied and discussed historic world leaders. After leaving the Fletcher School, Deborah wanted to keep her conversations with the...
2022-03-021h 07
At the CoalfacePer-Olof Schroeder - I'm more koala than shark or owlToday I speak with Per Olof Schroeder. Per Olof and I were classmates on Fletcher School’s GMAP programme in international affairs. He is an accomplished senior executive with a career in energy, consultancy and technology, including at Microsoft, and more recently as CEO of StormGeo, a weather service provider. We discuss our career trajectories, the importance of staying curious, how things in life often come to us and are rarely the outcome of careful planning.Recorded on 21 December 2021.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceClubhouse: clubhouse.com/club/at-the-coalfaceConnect with Per-Olof Schroeder on...
2022-02-161h 13
At the CoalfaceRubén Useche - Leaving Colombia's violence to return and build bridgesIn this episode, I speak with Ruben Usesche. Since July, Ruben is the new Director of the Diplomatic Academy at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia. Ruben shares with me his journey of personal development, growing up between Colombia and Ecuador, with a strong sense of mission of building bridges between people, of being open to all perspectives (drawing on his Jesuit education), and working towards improving interregional connections and investing in his and his family’s education in the US to be the best he could be and to serve his country.Recorded on 6 December 2021.
2022-02-021h 06
Croire Aujourd'huiEcole inclusive Montessori Le Renard et la RoseEcole inclusive Montessori Le Renard et la Rose : la solidarité ça s'apprend ! Rencontre avec trois acteurs dont deux parents de l'école qui nous parlent des outils auxquels ils se sont formés pour offrir un maximum de possibilités d'épanouissement aux enfants, porteurs d'handicap ou non : Competent Learner Model (CLM), Discipline positive, Montessori, gouvernance partagée... Information : https://le-renard-et-la-rose.fr06 73 77 26 07Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2022-01-2719 min
At the CoalfaceCeleste Marinelli - The children didn't always come backIn this conversation, I speak with Celeste Marinelli. Celeste and I were classmates on the Global Masters of Arts Programme (or GMAP) at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. Celeste grew up in Guatemala and is part of her country’s diplomatic service. She was first posted to the Netherlands, then went to Thailand to set up and open Guatemala’s embassy, and recently moved to Washington DC. Celeste seems to have a constant bubbly personality, even when she shares the memories of her childhood amid the violence that marred Guatemala in the 1990s.Recorded on 1 Dece...
2022-01-1941 min
At the CoalfaceRobinson Cook - Improving livelihoods in BogotaIn this episode, I speak with Robinson Cook. Robinson and I were classmates on the Fletcher’s School Global Master of Arts Programme in International Affairs. When we met, he was running the Bogota Employment Project that he’d launched, helping Colombian women stay in employment with wage subsidies with painstaking field world, one person at a time. In this conversation, we talk about racial justice, growing up in Minnesota and being on the receiving end of heavy-handed policing targeting African Americans. We talk about how he set up the Bogota Employment project, having to pivot as the regulation made...
2022-01-0554 min
At the CoalfaceVanessa Calva - When private life empowers public serviceToday, I speak with Vanessa Calva. Vanessa is a career diplomat representing Mexico, currently working as Consul in Leamington, Canada. We were classmates during the Global Master of Arts Programme (GMAP) at the Fletcher School and members of the 'Chuchos' group. Vanessa shares her almost accidental journey into foreign affairs, her passion for serving the interests of Mexicans abroad, and in particular as advocate for LGBT+ rights, when her private sphere came to serve her public one.Recorded on 4 November 2021.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceConnect with Vanessa Calva on Twitter @vcalva and on...
2021-12-221h 03
At the CoalfaceAntonio MartÃnez López - You need realism, otherwise you would be shooting flowersToday I speak with Antonio Martinez Lopez. Antonio and I met at an alumni event of the Fletcher School’s Global Master of Arts Programme a few years ago, and kept in touch over the years. Antonio is a diplomat with Venezuela’s Foreign Service. He is currently Head of Political Section at Venezuela’s Embassy in Baghdad. Antonio shares his lifelong aspiration to live the ideals of Simón BolÃvar that moved him as a young student and still do today.Recorded on 22 October 2021.Instagram: @at.the.coalfaceConnect with Antonio MartÃnez...
2021-12-0842 min
At the CoalfaceJason Clarke - Gold for good in CongoToday I speak with Jason Clarke. Jason and I were students in the same class at the Fletcher School’s Global Master of Arts Programme. Jason is one of the most entrepreneurial people I know. His mind is always buzzing with new ideas, and he’s always got business projects cooking in the background. What sets Jason apart is his motivation to place positive social impact at the centre of his ventures’ business models. Not to do charity, but to make a difference on the lives he touches.Recorded on 9 November 2021.Instagram: @at.the.coalface
2021-11-2452 min
At the CoalfaceSunjidmaa Jamba - You’re never far from where you come fromToday I’m speaking with Sunjidmaa Jamba. Sunji is a classmate from the Global Master of Arts Programme at the Fletcher School and we struck up a friendship. Sunji grew up in Mongolia in a family that loved reading and storytelling. As if mirroring the Mongolian nomadic spirit, Sunji’s life weaves her country’s recent history, the simpler times of socialist planning through to the democratic revolution and market opening, and now a time of reflection and giving back that the pandemic spurred. Sunji had a successful career as an entrepreneur, at the World Bank and in the mining s...
2021-11-101h 00
At the CoalfaceNino Kalandadze - Nothing prepared me for warToday I’m speaking with Nino Kalandadze. Nino is a classmate from the Global Master of Arts Programme (GMAP) at the Fletcher School that we both completed. Nino grew up in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic and read law in Germany as the Soviet Union broke apart. She returned to her country to take part in shaping its fledgling institutions and politics through some of its most dramatic moments of recent history. Nino recounts her experience growing up in Communist Georgia; her first impressions living in Germany; her memories as newly appointed to the foreign service and having to re...
2021-10-1057 min
At the CoalfaceSamer Sobh - First aider turned entrepreneurToday I’m speaking with Samer Sobh. We used to be team mates working on a particularly challenging energy project in South Iraq. We used to chat over dinner at the camp’s canteen after long work days, and as I spoke about my experience on the Global Master of Arts Programme (GMAP) at the Fletcher School that I was doing, I think Samer caught the bug as well and joined shortly thereafter. Samer is warm, charismatic and generous, very dedicated to everything he is doing, hugely entrepreneurial (now co-leading a start-up) and also passionate about his country’s future...
2021-09-2950 min
At the CoalfaceSerhat Çubukçuoğlu - Turkish foreign policy, step by stepIn our second episode, I am joined by Serhat Çubukçuoğlu.Serhat and I met in Dubai at our school's Global Master's of Arts Programme (GMAP) alumni event and struck up a friendship. Today, Serhat is well known for his frequent media appearances as an expert of the Eastern Mediterranean maritime, energy and security issues. However, not too long ago, Serhat was a computer programmer and an IT salesman. In our conversation, Serhat shares how he used the step-wise approach inherent to programming to gradually fill a toolbox in a completely different field. Our con...
2021-09-0845 min
L'heure AindinoiseOctobre rose, mois de prévention et dépistage du cancer du seinEn ce mois d’octobre Féminin pluri’ELLES s’habille en rose, au sujet de la prévention du cancer du sein avec au micro de Xavier Jacquet le docteur Christian Balamou.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
2020-10-2629 min
Our Numinous NatureAPPALACHIAN WITCHES + THE EXPLODING ROSE | Folklorist | Tyler Chadwell-EnglishTyler Chadwell-English - a charismatic librarian & folklorist with a masters in folklore & museum studies from George Mason University - lights our imagination with all-things Appalachian witchlore! We begin with me sharing my own personal story of Brooklyn witches & a possession experience that left me white as a ghost. Once the interview commences, Tyler teaches us about the three types of Appalachian witchcraft: white witchery, black witchery, and witch doctoring; followed by the various sub-genres of witches: the water witch, shapeshifter, bloodstopper, and granny woman. We hear four local folktales about: troublesome cats in a mill, a widower’s haunted lil...
2020-10-212h 07
Decideo - Data Science, Big Data, Intelligence Augmentée#1.18 Clément Monnet, Avocat chez Norton Rose FulbrightLe 27 janvier 2020, l'Office Européen des Brevets (OEB) a publié la motivation de ses décisions de rejet de deux demandes de brevet européen aux termes desquelles un système d'intelligence artificielle, nommé « DABUS », avait été désigné en tant qu'inventeur. L'Office Européen des Brevets considère donc qu'un système d'intelligence artificielle ne peut avoir le statut d'inventeur d'un brevet. Alors que l'IA créé tous les jour, des prévisions, des objets, des oeuvres... nous ne franchissons pas le pas de la doter d'une personnalité. Les demandes concernaient deux inventions, sans intervention humaine : un récipient pour boisson basé su...
2020-05-2717 min