Cvetin and Jason talk about the circus that came to Macedonia this week, that of former secret police chief Sasho Mijalkov and his “escape” from the country for about 48 hours before he casually reappeared and turned himself in, and the fiasco, farce, charade, whatever you want to call it that is associated with this embarrassing moment in Zoran Zaev’s government. Cvetin gives an extensive history lesson about the Mijalkov family, Jason goes on a rant about limited government, and both try to discern what all this means for an increasingly shaky government as smaller coalition parties hint at leaving. They also chat up the new platform that this podcast will be on – Substack – and more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason gather to discuss the latest attempted humiliation of Macedonia by its own prime minister – Zoran Zaev – which includes denying private entities the use of that very name, Macedonia which is a goal of the Greek Government. They have an animated chat over the new ID cards and the heightened debate in country over the use of the various adjectives – Macedonians, Albanians, Roma, and more. They talk so-called “hate speech,” wax-signs (vaccines) as Zaev calls them, and more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Why are you watching this here? What are you, a Big Tech groupie? Go to our Rumble page, now! And there you can listen to Jason and Cvetin discuss that possibility that we could see the beginning of the end of Zoran Zaev and his “hybrid regime” Government (as The Economist calls it) with his fumbling rule over Macedonia? We examine this possibility in light of Macedonia’s recent bad rankings on various international scales, as well as new Bulgarian demands for TV airtime (what does that even mean anymore?!), the campaign promises among some Kosovo Albanians for a unification with Albania, and the latest in the (non) coronavirus vaccine rollout, and more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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To celebrate Episode 100 of the Macedonian Content Farmers Podcast, the lads have a new intro! Maybe they’ll get around to a proper website by Ep. 200, but in the meantime, this episode features plenty of crushing morosity with talk of Macedonia’s new milestone of now being 111th in the world (out of 180 countries) in corruption, the recent riots by Macedonia’s ethnic Albanians (and the double standards exhibited by the police and government), continued lack of a vaccine in Macedonia and more! And they actually do have an uplifting Farmers’ Pick this time!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute) - Kazuhiro Kotetsu (Mile Pop Jordanov)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason kick off this new episode talking about events of the recent weeks, including the slow roll-out of vaccines (actually, there is no roll-out so far), the arrests of priests and other Orthodox faithful during the Christmas holidays by the Zaev regime, and more wiretaps! The wiretaps they discuss center around Zoran Zaev and Sasho Mijalkov and others and are a tawdry mess. They also get in a few words about the new American administration and more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason practice extreme social distancing even though they are in the same city by staying not six feet, or two meters apart, but six kilometers apart as they dive into 2021 and discuss how 2020 has not even ended, because, well, Macedonian Old New Year has not happened yet. They chat about events in the USA, parallels with Macedonia, the increasing crack down on free speech by Big Tech in the service of the Left, how the West is ultimately doomed and of course, Bulgaria, as they are contractually obligated to do so. And more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason get together – this time for real – and discuss 2021 and the New Year ahead, starting with Prime Minister Zoran Zaev’s goal to make Macedonia “wealthy” through the legalization and cultivation of marijuana in 2021. They talk Bulgaria and the upcoming elections there (and Zaev’s fire sale of Macedonian assets to Bulgarian political and business interests), the upcoming census to be conducted during the ongoing China-virus pandemic, how many doses of the vaccine Macedonia will receive (hint: less than 6,000 in February), local elections later this fall, and more!

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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After a brief hiatus, Cvetin and Jason return to talk about Zoran Zaev’s push to legalize recreational marijuana because, as Zaev tells the AFP news agency, there is big money involved. Of course what Zaev fails to tell AFP is that the Zaev extended family owns many marijuana farms and greenhouses and stands to make a fortune off of legalized marijuana. How will the public react to Zaev’s push to make Macedonia one big marijuana field, they ask? They also delve into the recent push by Zaev’s Ministry of Education to, essentially, eliminate history from the schoolbooks in order to placate Bulgaria and much more in this episode.

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason sum up the latest events swirling around Bulgaria’s churlish demands of Macedonia and Zoran Zaev’s apparent willingness to give in to those demands. Will this lead to the end of Zoran Zaev and his government or will Zaev manage to sell the proverbial farm (not his cannabis farms though) to Bulgaria including not just Macedonia’s identity, language, history, heritage, culture and more, but, quite literally, the post office, banks, mines, and much more? They discuss the reaction to all of this from Macedonians, including Zaev’s own leftist party and much more.

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

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Cvetin and Jason have it all for you in this ep of the Macedonian Content Farmers Podcast – hate speech, hypocrisy, and marijuana – and more! – as they break down the latest machinations of Bulgaria toward Macedonia, the double standard exhibited by many in the West who were fine with Greece’s bullying of Macedonia, and the moves by Zoran Zaev and his family, er, government to distract from Covid, economic collapse, and general malaise in Macedonia by arguing that now is the time for Macedonia to introduce recreational marijuana. All of that plus their unusual Farmers’ Pick this (American) Thanksgiving week.

Farmers’ Pick: Thanksgiving Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln (abrahamlincolnonline.org)

Music by: - Mizar (Pocesna strelba - Last salute)

With gratitude to Mark Steyn for giving us the idea for the podcast name

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit macedoniancontentfarmers.substack.com