Buffering

In this episode of Buffering, Yiorgos Kakouris and Esra Aygin, two Cypriot journalists living abroad, discuss the latest dispatches in the alternate Cypriot universe. This week: jet ski trouble, barber shop drama and how and why Church was oppressed during the Middle Ages.

The post Buffering – Episode 3: “Hey, student, leave the Church alone!” (3/7/2020) first appeared on Island Talks.

In this second episode of Buffering, Cypriot journalists Esra Aygın and Yiorgos Kakouris (who are currently based in Lisbon and Brussels respectively) continue to bring you dispatches from the alternate Cypriot universe. This week: invisible officials with and without quotation marks, political rumours, casual and not casual Cypriot racism & sexism, and the return of […]

The post Buffering – Episode 2: It’s the looming pre-election campaigns, stupid (25/6/2020) first appeared on Island Talks.

In this first pilot episode, journalists Esra Aygın and Yiorgos Kakouris, reporting from Lisbon and Brussels respectively, are discussing current Cypriot issues as Cypriots looking from abroad. How Cypriots listen to podcasts, scandals shaking the politics, mysterious scent over the divided capital and latest political commentary are some of the topics covered in this first pilot episode.

The post Buffering – Episode 1: Podcasts, scandals and virus spin (17/6/2020) first appeared on Island Talks.