Rotaract Talks

This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Jack Barsky, a former KGB agent who served in the USA from 1978 to 1988. His story is absolutely unique and in this interview we complete his journey in America. What happens when the FBI comes knocking and you're a retired KGB spy?
Jack's book.

Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden.

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Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
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This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Jack Barsky, a former KGB agent who served in the USA from 1978 to 1988. His story is absolutely unique and in this interview we begin his journey in East Germany, a path that will leave him on a solo mission behind the iron curtain.
Jack's book.

Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden.

Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks


Music credit: 
Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Hunter Hustus, former technical advisor on strategic deterrence and nuclear intergration. In this discussion we speak on ideas such as mutually assured destruction, low yeild nuclear weapons, and the unique nature of nuclear weapons. Both from the psychological aspect and the devastating damage that they may cause.

Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden with support from World of Rotaract.

Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks

https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Nuclear-Revolution-Politics-Security/dp/1501749293/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19VMZ21PVD9B7&dchild=1&keywords=the+myth+of+the+nuclear+revolution+by+keir+lieber+and+daryl+press&qid=1596554048&sprefix=keir+lieber+,aps,257&sr=8-1

https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1472.html

P.S. Happy birthday to Angus and Mackenzie Lockhart. 

Music credit: 
Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This week we speak with Moderate Swedish member of parliament, Margareta Cederfelt on the importance of diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China in Taiwan and its admittance to the World Health Organization. She's been a vocal supporter of the movement for over 20 years and shows no signs of slowing now. In fact, it is more important than ever, considering the recent developments with the Covid-19 pandemic. 

Join us for this fascinating discussion and a surprising recommendation at the end.


Music credit: 
Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Check out this fascinating project by the Rotaract Club of La Reforma in Guatemala City. Together with Rodrigo and Luis we discuss how they are delivering thousands of food packages to families in need in Guatemala and how you can do it too! Get in touch with them if you also want to make a difference.

Find them at:
Facebook: @ClubRotaractLaReforma
E-Mail: [email protected]
Instagram: @rotaract_reforma
Link to the project website: https://www.despensaparacompartir.com/





Music credit: 
Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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This week on the Rotaract Talks podcast we meet Marc Buckley, a global food reformer and sustainable futurist to discuss the UN SDGs and issues around Covid-19. Marc has been a party delegate to the UNFCCC COP events and a factor in many organizations working to ensure a sustainable future for all of us.

Learn more and find Marc's own podcasts here: https://marcbuckley.earth/

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Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Anders Brännström is joining us for the third Rotaract Talks episode.

Anders is a strategic advisor at Basalt with a background in the Swedish Defence Forces. Between 2016 and 2018 he led the multinational Viking-18 war games and was pior to that the chief of staff, arméchef, for the Swedish Army.

Join in as we discuss leadership, crisis preparedness, and defence through the lens of four decades in the military.

Anders' reading suggestion is: Sun Tzu's The Art of War. 

Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting

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In episode two of Rotaract Talks we talk to Stina Berge, the secretary general of the Yennenga Progress foundation. This innovative organization is working in Burkina Faso to build welfare societies on a micro level, bringing together local communities and expertise from the public and private sector to create sustainable societies in places where no functioning welfare state exists.

Learn more at:
https://www.yennengaprogress.se/about

Music credit: 
Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
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This week on Rotaract talks we are discussing our first Rotaract project, this time with ALExEurope president Maria Vittoria. 

ALEx is a leadership program founded in Stockholm in 2019 and has now expanded to the European level. Tune in!
Find out more here: alexeurope.com

Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting
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In episode one of the Rotaract Talks podcast we talk to Paul Ronge, an award winning Swedish journalist and media expert that has since 1998 become one of Sweden's leading experts within the field of crisis management in media. 

In this episode we discuss among other things the accusations against Joe Biden and Donald Trump, as well as the tools you'll need to manage a PR crisis or scandal.



Link to an accompanying powerpoint:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15YIboZImgx7JUACNWbW8x8vJeCiv3eBR/view?usp=sharing



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