Political Bark

Together with the podcast “My New Politics” (London) hosted by Alex Benn Amir, we discuss the important topic of Interfaith Dialogue in 2021. The topic is of high importance right now for a multitude of reasons ranging from the existence and growth of extremism, conflict, and even war (especially outside Europe) - to more institutionalized reasons (especially in Europe) such as the clear need to find a better way of living together. Western societies are becoming more and more heterogeneous and complex, and the binding glue that unifies us as citizens is at times hard to understand and see. We need and interfaith dialogue not only between religions but also between all groups of society in order to combat dark forces such as radicalism, racism, discrimination and inequalities in 2021. Tune in for this informal conversation and leave a comment ☪️✝️🔯☯️🕉

Virginity testing in 2021 - a live conversation with Dehli based @PolitTickingmeOff (India) and Political Bark 🩸

In this episode of Political Bark the show “Food Checking” (Le Parisien) is the topic. The show is hosted and made by Hadrien Gonzales, and throughout this conversation he gives us insights into how he started his show, how he creates it on a weekly basis, and some insight into the different types of journalism that exists these days: we wonder - has the art of being a journalist become a tad too “egocentric”? How can one create stories and content that the consumers like? How does “Food Checking” produce content that consumers want to know more about? Find out this and more in this week’s episode! ✔️🎙

Yoweri Museveni is a Ugandan politician who has been President of Uganda since 1986. Today he was re-elected as President, serving his 36th year. Tune in and learn about him, his opponent Mr Bobi Wine, and the current democratic situation in Uganda, as I have the privilege to speak with Maren H.Bjørgum live from Nairobi 👌💯

I speak with political scientist and engineer Halvard Widerøe as we discuss these important questions: especially focusing on Biden’s first steps as the new president, will he be forced to focus on a desperate situation at home (covid19, economy, divisions) or will he be able to re-launch the US as an important and respected (and trusted) world player?

DONATIONS to: Hayastan All Armenian Fund: https://www.himnadram.org/en • Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia are the key actors in the conflict, that was swiftly settled some days ago. Political Bark speaks with Dr. Gevorg Avetikyan about the causes of the conflict and the potential outcomes 🇦🇲 🇦🇿 touching upon a multitude of reasons behind it, and perspectives on the behind-the-scenes actors involved.

Multicultural society in Norway:

Political Bark podcast in conversation with novelist Ole-Asbjørn Ness

In this episode of Political Bark podcast, host Sophie Matláry has invited Norwegian novelist Ole-Asbjørn Ness to discuss the topic of “Multicultural society in Norway in 2020”.

In fact, this topic is very relevant right now.

These times are extremely challenging for multicultural societies - such as in light of recent events in Francis, where a whole nation is preparing to re-define the concept of a multicultural France, and what that entails

In Norway, we are luckily far from facing the same challenges, but we are however still needing to make some changes to our societies.

That is why this episode of Political Bark especially analyzes the existing multicultural model in Norway. As Ole-Asbjørn Ness comments in the episode “in Norway, we pretend that anyone can be of any identity and religion and still be Norwegian, and still integrate. That is however not the case, as the examples of people used to prove this point, are always those that have more or leas taken on all the secular Norwegian values. People such as politicians Abi Raja or Hadia Tajik”. In fact, Ness points out the apparent hypocrite dimension of our current model, a topic that has never really been discussed openly before.

Join me for this intimate conversation with Mr. Nihal, a refugee from Sudan. He gives us an insight into his journey as a refugee, since the age of 12 years old; walking from Sudan to Ethiopia - having friends being eaten by hyenas; others by deadly bacteria or lack of food. He tells me about his current hardships as a African refugee in an Arab country - as we together proceed to look for the solutions to the migration crisis; and discuss Its mostly failed policies. Check out the little sequence of Sudanese Jazz in the Middle of the episode for a small break 🎧🎹🎸

In this informal chat, I speak with some interesting people in Budapest. I am curious to ask what they think about the current political climate in Hungary, and also what they think about the international press and their writings about Hungary. As many have seen or read, Hungary is heavily criticized by the European Parliament for its corona legislations; calling them “not in line with the EU’s values”; however, much of this legislation has been removed or reduced. PM Orbán is also often in the spotlight especially so in Western media. The Us freedom house recently called Hungary a “hybrid between a democracy and a dictatorship”. I am curious to hear what young Hungarian say about that. As all the topics that are covered in my podcast, this is an equally difficult one to conclude on. The situation in Hungary can and should be seen from many perspectives, but what I have come to understand is that the politics and current events in Hungary are part of a delicate issue with many stake holders. It is in fact a myriad of things: traditions, conservative values and liberal ones, historical events and social changes, but also geography (Budapest vs periphery), demography and social background. Indeed, Hungary is often pulled between two shores, one being a post modern and “liberal” one, and one being a more traditional one, more alike the Hungary that has existed for a long time.

In this episode of Political Bark I speak with IR & Middle East politics expert, Elias Dahrouge (Corvinus University, HU) about Lebanon in 2020. Dahrouge is of Lebanese-Hungarian origin and therefore gives us an insiders perspective on current affairs in Beirut. We look at questions such as “what lead to the deep economic crisis”, “why is there zero trust in the government”, “how is Lebanon’s political ruling elite set up - and why are they hated by the people?”, and finally; “Who will save the Lebanese people from despair onwards, if their own government wont?” These are all hard questions to answer, but Dahrouge gives us an honest outlook on his reflections and expectations for the future of his country. Tune in!