Despite the global threats to freedom & democracy—inequality, corruption & disinformation— Finland remains to be one of the leading countries with a well-functioning democracy, and low level of corruption and inequality. This episode features an interview with Ambassador Juha Pyykkö of the Embassy of Finland  to the Philippines as  he discusses the Finnish approach in keeping democracy alive, and how the global can adopt these best practices. 

This podcast was produced as part of MBC's annual Global Freedom and Democracy Series in partnership with the Embassy of Finland and Konrad Adenauer Sitftung.

1:19 What keeps democracy alive in Finland despite the  global threats of disinformation, corruption and inequality?

3:41 How did education help address inequality in Finland?

4:38 Why is it important to promote media literacy to counter disinformation?

7:00 What concrete actions do they take to keep the corruption level low?

9:29 For countries like the Philippines, which of the Finnish best practices are feasible?

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This episode features Dr. Kari Kivinen, from Factbar, a Finnish fact-checking and digital information literacy service as he shares the best practices of Finland in fighting disinformation. 

To share how these best practices can be applied in the Philippines, we Katz Navarro, lead Manager of Making the Lives of Others Better program, PHINMA Education’s civics formation program. 

This podcast was produced as part of MBC's annual Global Freedom and Democracy Series in partnership with the Embassy of Finland and Konrad Adenauer Sitftung.

Timestamps:

1:04 Different categories of false information

2:14 Importance of Digital Literacy 

5:56 How Finland is successfully managing disinformation through digital literacy 

8:12 Can the Philippines adopt Finland’s disinformation strategy?

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Global Ideas: A Makati Business Club Podcast is an ANIMA podcast.

This episode features  Dr. Lee Hock-An (Hwok-Aun), co-editor of the book, Inequality and Exclusion in Southeast Asia: Old Fractures, New Frontiers, to discuss how inequality affects business and democracy. To bring the discussion closer to home, we also have Jerik Cruz, a PhD candidate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and an affiliate faculty of the Department of Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University. 

This podcast was produced as part of MBC's annual Global Freedom and Democracy Series in partnership with the Embassy of Finland and Konrad Adenauer Sitftung.

Timestamps:

1:13 Data shows inequality is on the decline after 2010, but why don’t we feel like it is? 

3:00 How inequality in education affect democracy

4:35 How the political elites keep inequality in place 

6:11 Why political dynasties may be the reason why we don’t see progress in agriculture

9:41 Perceptions of inequality may also be because of experiences of insecurity

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Global Ideas: A Makati Business Club Podcast is an ANIMA podcast.

This episode features Pasig City Mayor Vico Sotto, a US State Department Anti-Corruption Awardee who ran on anti-corruption platforms. He talks about specific cases of corruption in their city, how they unearthed these schemes, and what they’re doing about it. 

To share the perspective of civil society, we have Hya Bendaña, sectoral coordinator of Move As One Coalition and People's Budget Coalition.

This podcast was produced as part of MBC's annual Global Freedom and Democracy Series in partnership with the Embassy of Finland and Konrad Adenauer Sitftung.

Timestamps:

0:50 How corruption becomes part of our culture

2:37 Pasig City’s two-punch approach in beating corruption

9:39 What civil society thinks about fighting corruption

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Global Ideas: A Makati Business Club Podcast is an ANIMA podcast.

Are ESG’s environmental measurements about businesses “looking good” or actually “doing good”?

In this episode, Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala (Head of Business Innovation, Ayala Corporation), Caroline Flammer (Professor, Columbia University), and John Davis (Director for Asia-Pacific, South Pole) unpack ESG’s environmental framework and its impact on the future ofbusiness.

Timestamps:

(3:07) What is ESG and why should businesses care?

(5:56) The opportunities and pitfalls of ESG’s environmental framework

(13:35) Businesses’ attitudes towards ESG worldwide

(18:43) Long-term stakeholder and shareholder value by increased attention to the environment

Global Ideas: An MBC Podcast is produced by ANIMA.

Episode 2 features Harvard Business professor Rebecca Henderson ("Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire"), Hong Kong activist Nathan Law, and Coalition for Inclusive Capitalism CEO Meredith Sumpter about the decline in democracy and civic freedoms in Asia, and why this is bad news for business. This podcast was produced as part of MBC's annual Global Freedom and Democracy Series -- catch a new set of speakers in October 2022. 

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Global Ideas: An MBC Podcast is an ANIMA podcast.

Join us for Episode 1: Unlocking Your Business with AI featuring Stef Sy (Founder & CEO, Thinking Machines) and Isabelle Yap (Senior AVP, EastWest Bank), hosted by Nico Bivero (Co-Founder, Penbrothers). This episode dissects the hype behind AI, and presents case studies and stories to help you identify actionable steps that your business can take to adopt AI more efficiently.

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Global Ideas: An MBC Podcast is an ANIMA podcast.