Jeena's Excellent Encounters

Jeena's Excellent Encounters

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Jeena's Excellent Encounters episodes

  • In Japan

    My vacation in Japan with Luna.

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Luna Amsvartner
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Osaka
    ** Moving to a different hotel
    ** Visiting Glico Running Man sign
    ** Using the Shinkansen train
    ** Visiting the Pink Elephant bar
    * Hiroshima
    ** Visiting the Atomic Bomb museum
    ** Visiting the beautifull Miyajima island
    ** Eating Okonomyaki
    * Kyoto
    ** Shinto Shrines
    ** Shinto temples
    * Tokyo
    ** Visiting different bars
    ** Eating suschi
    ** January Grand Sumo Tournament
    1 hr 31 min
  • (Special in German) Bienen - Albert

    Albert ist seit 1974, als ihm ein Schwarm Bienen zugeflogen ist, Imker.

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Albert Precht
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Wann hast du mit Bienen angefangen?
    * Was braucht man um Bienen zu halten?
    * Wie bekommt man den Honig raus?
    * Wie bekommt man gute qualität?
    * Wie gross ist so ein Volk?
    * Kumpels Mutter hat zu viel Wasser drin, wie bekommt man es raus?
    * Was machst du mit deinem Honig?
    * Wie viel Arbeit ist es?
    * Wie merkt man dass es zwei Königinen gibt?
    * Was können wir gegen das Bienensterben tun? Auf Greta hören?
    * Wie merkt man dass die Bienen krank sind?
    * Was kann man gegen Läuse machen?
    * Woran erkennt man eine Königin?
    * Kann man einen Bienenstock auf dem Dach haben?
    * Welche Arten von Honig gibt es und welcher ist der beste?
    * Wie unterscheidet sich der Industriehonig vom eigenen?
    * Wie lange ist Honig geniesbar?
    1 hr 5 min
  • In Israel 3/3 - Nazareth & Dead Sea

    Visiting Nazareth with it's rich Christian culture and the beautiful Dead Sea.

    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Nazareth
    ** AirBnB with Palestinians
    ** Merry's Well
    ** Church service with Polish priests
    ** Basilica of the Annunciation
    ** Abu Salem café - Oldest Café in Israel: Open Since 1914 in Nazareth
    * Dead Sea
    ** Whole bungalow for myself
    ** Floating in the salt water
    ** The lowest point on Earth on dry land
    ** Beautiful landscape with high mountains
    ** A crust of salt in the water
    ** No life in the Dead Sea
    1 hr 4 min
  • In Israel/Palestine 2/3 - Hebron

    Visiting Hebron in Palestine

    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Bus drive to Hebron from Jerusalem
    * My AirBnB on the roof top in the old city (Zleikha Muhtaseb)
    * Threatened by boys with knife
    * Military running
    * Overview over old city
    * History lesson by salesman
    * Driving to outside of the city with my host
    * Visiting a Muslim family (Atta Jaber)
    * History lesson about the map Israel vs. Palestine
    * History lesson about settlers in Hebron
    * Demolition of houses
    * Bulldozing of farm land
    * Video walk through Hebron https://tube.jeena.net/w/3FhHLhdfxHpEJGdGPTA3uA
    1 hr 41 min
  • In Israel 1/3 - Jerusalem

    My holiday in Israel, part one in Jerusalem

    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * I comment on my adventures in Jerusalem
    * mostly the old city
    * Western Wall
    * Dome of the Rock
    * Church of the Holy Sepulchre
    * Jesus' grave
    * Religions
    ** Muslim
    ** Christian
    ** Jewish
    * Coffe
    * Ultra orthodox Jews
    ** Hasidic
    ** Haredi
    * History
    1 hr 49 min
  • Montreal Sauce - Chris & Paul

    Chris and Paul from the US/Canada invited me to their podcast and we spoke about Universities, Podcasts, the IndieWeb and marxist philosophers.

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Christopher Sikkenga
    • Paul DeLeeuw
    • Montreal Sauce
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Chris & Pauls podcast: http://montrealsauce.com/
    *** Chris' questions
    **** I think I'm going to get this wrong, but were you born in Poland, and then moved to Germany?
    **** How did you end up in Sweden?
    **** host your own, Open Source-- Why are you so passionate about that?
    **** Was this part of your job search, then? The company you work for develops open source software, right?
    **** So what is indieweb?
    **** You're automating things within your home network, correct? You're not using a web service like Google home or Amazon Alexa.
    **** You've talk to people about some interesting subject on your show, have they changed you, or how you behave, these conversations?
    *** Jeenas questions
    **** Who are you?
    ***** When and where did you guys meet?
    ***** Do you still meet in person?
    **** About your podcast
    ***** Why do you stream live?
    ***** Are all the interviewees remote?
    ***** You earn $11/month from patreon, deos it really make sense to advertise that company?
    ***** How do you feel about not posting new episodes for a while?
    **** Philosophy
    ***** I listen to modern day philosophers where they take a quote of a philosopher and talk about it
    ****** Slavoj Žižek - Why Be Happy When You Could Be Interesting? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U88jj6PSD7w
    ****** Vladimir Lenin - A lie told often enough becomes the truth
    2 hr 37 min
  • Jehovah's Witnesses - Althéa

    Althea was born into a family of Jehovah's Witnesses, she tells her story about her childhood, teenage years and how she left

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Althéa Gagliano
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    *** Intro
    **** Who are you?
    **** What are Jehovah's Witnesses?
    *** Upbringing
    **** Early understanding of the religion
    **** Doing service/teaching as a 9 years old
    **** A lot of pretending in the outside world
    **** Only friends from inside the congregation
    **** Big lies/conspiracy theories
    **** People didn't seem to be happy
    *** Teenage years
    **** Baptised at 16
    **** Boyfriend triggers new ideas about religion and life
    **** Want's to leave
    **** Writes a letter to the elders
    **** They talk to her parents
    *** False "Mental illness"
    **** Mother convinced everyone
    **** Medication with Litium
    **** 7 years with medication
    **** Second opinion didn't agree
    **** Without medication back to normal
    **** Married without love
    *** Leaving
    **** 1 year of preperation
    **** Family and friends don't speak to her anymore
    **** Moving to Gothenbourg
    **** Divorce
    **** Studying
    **** New friends
    **** Daughter moved in after 5 years
    *** Now
    **** Living in Oslo
    **** Soon to be married
    **** Visits hometown to meet relatives who also got out
    1 hr 20 min
  • The IndieWeb - Martijn

    We're two senior IndieWeb participants talking about owning your own content.

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Martijn van der Ven
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    *** Intro
    **** We're you from?
    **** What's your technical background?
    *** The IndieWeb
    **** Definition
    **** How to get a domain
    **** How to host your own website
    **** What are webmentions?
    **** What are microformats?
    **** Using Wordpress
    **** Using Known
    **** Writing your own software
    ***** People write reusable blocks
    **** Generations
    **** General Data Protection Regulation
    ***** Backfeeding
    ***** What to copy from a moral standpoint?
    ***** Deleting content
    1 hr 35 min
  • Living as a foreigner in Russia - Alberto

    Born in Italy found his wife in Finnland and lives now in Russia

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Alberto Mardegan
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    *** Intro
    **** How come you went from Italy to Finnland and now Russia?
    **** How did you meet your wife?
    *** Family life in Russia
    **** Kindergarden
    **** School
    **** Wages
    **** Prices
    **** What language do you speek at home?
    **** Did you make friends in Russia yet?
    *** Western vs. Eastern Media
    **** @mardy twitter account looks like pro russian propaganda
    **** How does the Russian media affect you?
    **** What media do you read?
    ***** Which eastern, Russia Today
    ***** Western like BBC, The Guardian
    **** How can we find out what really happens in Syria?
    **** What do you think about the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation?
    1 hr 20 min
  • Around the World - Marcus

    This time I'm interviewing my friend Marcus about his trip around the World.

    In this podcast:
    • Jeena
    • Marcus Johansson
    My prepared notes

    These are the notes I have made during preperation, we often don't follow them exactly but they help to follow the conversation.

    * Schema
    ** First journey
    ** 10 month in Asia and South America
    ** Second journey
    ** 7 month in south America
    ** Testing Ayahuasca
    ** Green traveling
    1 hr 34 min

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Everybody has a story to tell, you just have to go to them and to record them while you talk to them. That is what Jeena does in his podcast, he finds interesting people and talks to them about a…