Is it possible to improve environment as well as your health by running? It seems so. Plogging is the combination of jogging with picking up litter. In this episode, the founder of “Plogging” Erik Ahlström explains how an organized activity in Sweden became a movement that is making a positive difference globally.

We spoke to Nicholas Johnston, editor in chief at a rapidly rising media company AXIOS, about its bold new approach to news presentation and the likely media business models of the future.

This week Mike Collier talks to one of the leading authorities on the history of World War I, historian Professor John Horne about the twists and turns of the war and parallels of Irish and Baltic history.

In this episode we ask economist and academic Morten Hansen how important it is to know the basics of economics, how it informs our daily lives and whether GDP is as important as we think. 

How much do we know about people and decision making? How people behave? How they make decisions? Researcher, applied microeconometrican Agne Suziedelyte has been studying these questions for years. She has done research, including on the effect of the internet on health and an exploration of the assumed link between video games and violence in young people. Sometimes the results turn out to be unexpected.

Journalist Mike Colliers talks to Nils Muižnieks, ex Commissioner for Human Rights at the Council of Europe. Nils' dedication to human rights protection started at the beginning of the 1990s, when he was faced with dealing with post-Soviet bureaucracy. Here, he explains why human rights matter and how to make countries to pay proper attention to them.

Jeremy Gilbert, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Washington Post talks about the importance of storytelling and how new tools, techniques and audience expectations are reshaping publishing. 

How much do we know about the massive media scene in India, the world's largest democracy and second most populous country? And how could the media or, for that matter, any business catch the attention of Generation Z? Chanpreet Arora, Former CEO of Vice Media India, shares her advice and experience.

Journalist Mike Collier speaks to data expert, business consultant and lecturer Rihards Garancs at SSE Riga about processing and presenting data and sicovers. At first, Rihards hated Excel until he realized its potential power. Find out what data literacy is and why it should be taught at school from a young age.

Despite his young age, film-maker Gints Zilbalodis has singlehandedly created a multiple award-winning feature film, 'Away' that is on the long list for an Academy Award. As he puts it: ”I had to do it myself. I didn’t have money to hire extra people." But how does an idea become to a movie for an international audience in three years? Find out in this week’s episode.