We are deeply saddened and abhor Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  We stand strong for Ukraine in their fight against tyranny and for democracy. 

In the fourth episode, your host speaks to Nicole Ormaza  about the importance of conservation, the challenges associated with it, and how it starts with you.  Our conversation serves as a reminder that our mere presence on this earth comes at a high cost to the environment and the thousands of ecosystems in it.

Nicole O. is a resident veterinarian at the Quito Zoo in Ecuador,  one of the largest zoos in Latin America and veterinary technician at CardioMedic, a cardiology centre for animals.  At the zoo, she tends to over 250 animals ranging across more than fifty species. Nicole is also the founder and director of Yanapaki, an animal welfare organisation dedicated to wildlife rehabilitation and conservation. Prior to her work at Yanapki, she was a project coordinator at the Ecuador Wildlife Foundation.  Nicole holds a bachelors of science in entomology from the University of Florida and is currently finishing her doctor of veterinary medicine degree from the Universidad de las Americas in Quito, Ecuador.

We are deeply saddened and abhor Russia’s unjustified and unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.  We stand strong for Ukraine in their fight against tyranny and for democracy.   

In the third episode, your host speaks to Alexandra Tarzikhan about the human cost to the Syrian civil war eleven years in.  Our conversation is a sobering reminder of the perils of a disastrous war, its impact on innocent lives, and how we can help–even with small gestures.

Alexandra Tarzikhan is the Schuette Clinical Fellow in Health and Human Rights working at the Centre for International Human Rights at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law.  Currently, she is supporting health and human rights projects in Somalia, Botswana, Lebanon, Ghana, the Dominican Republic, Bangladesh, and Gaza through the Northwestern Access to Health Project.  Previous to her work at the Centre, she worked in refugee camps in Lebanon, Jordan, and Greece. In 2018 , Alex delivered a Tedx talk at Tufts to raise awareness and humanise the refugee crisis.  She runs a social media page called Meet a Refugee where she shares refugee stories and ideas on ways for people to help.  Alex grew up in Syria and speaks 4 languages: Arabic, French, English, and Spanish. She has a dual degree in Law and a Master's in Public Health from Northeastern University School of Law and Tufts University School of Medicine.Her interests lie in the fields of Human Rights, Global Health, and Migration

In the second episode of Clandestino Season II,  your author speak to Erin B. on the intersection between geopolitics and sports. In this wide ranging, and hour-long conversation, we speak about how sports have revealed themselves to be creators and propagators of social movements all the way to how American and Western leagues pick and choose when to inflict themselves into political battles.

Erin B. has been in the world of sports and foreign affairs her entire professional career. She is a graduate of University of Southern California (USC) where she worked in the Athletic Director’s Office, an NCAA Division 1 athletics program partnering extensively with NFL, NBA, MLS, and MLB teams.  After graduating from USC with a BS in Law and an MS in Geographic Information, Science, and Technology,  and being a fellow in the Leonard D. Schaeffer service in government fellowship program, she joined the Intelligence Community. During her tenure in government she worked on a wide range of national security topics. Erin left government service and is now a technical manager at a Washington DC-based tech startup while working part time for DC United, an MLS team.

In the first episode of season two, your host speaks to Ashley R. about the intersection of finance and global issues. Our wide-ranging conversation explores how individual choices, ethical investing, corporation ESGs, and the role of technology can help individuals have an impact on global issues. 

Ashley R. is in the early stages of developing a wealth management financial technology (fintech) start-up focused on empowering women. Prior to devoting her time to helping women gain financial literacy, Ashley led the overall marketing function including growth, education, and client engagement for Ethic, a fintech environemntal, social, and governance (ESG) asset manager. Throughout her seven year-long career in wealth management, Ashley held multiple leadership positions including leading product marketing and growth strategy for Morgan Stanley's Access Investing (MSAI), an automated investment platform. She is an honors graduate of the Wharton School of Business at University of Pennsylvania with a double concentration in marketing and entrepreneurship.

Welcome to Clandestino Season II! 

This season each episode will feature a guest who will help your host break down in an unplugged yet nuanced format a global issue —from deforestation in the Amazons to the intersection of foreign affairs and finance. 

If you are interested in the first season of Clandestino, please make sure to visit our first season episodes at https://anchor.fm/clandestinopodcast 

This is a bonus episode of Clandestino!  During the last two months and six episodes, we received a lot of questions and comments about the show via email and Facebook from all around the world. As a big thank you, your host will answer the top five questions.

We hope you enjoy the show, and we wish each and every single one of you happy holidays and a very prosperous new year!

In the sixth and last episode of this season, your host is joined by law enforcement officer and terrorism analyst Ryan Stover.  Ryan and your host dissect the differences between terrorism and insurgency using Afghanistan as a case study.   If you would like to read the original essay and follow along as you listen, please visit here.

In the fifth episode, your host introduces terrorist groups, introductory concepts around them, and what makes a group. To accomplish this your author answers: Is Black Lives Matter a Terrorist Group?  If you would like to read the original essay and follow along as you listen, please visit here.

In the fourth episode, your host introduces different (causal) mechanisms that may help us predict when nonviolent social movements evolve towards terrorism. To accomplish this, your author answers: Can We Predict When Right-Wing Extremist Groups Will Adopt Terrorism? If you would like to read the original essay and follow along as you listen, please visit here.

In the third episode, your host provides a follow up to state terrorism and its differences to genocide.  In this episode your host answers: Are China's Actions Against the Uyghurs State Terrorism? The answer is the opposite to episode two's answer and provides a clear example of how States commit terrorism.  If you would like to read the original essay and follow along as you listen, please visit here.