The GLocal

In this episode, we travel first to Beirut, Lebanon, to talk to Dr Hana El-Ghali, a senior lecturer and academic researcher at the American University of Beirut, and Ms Nour Jeha, an elected first-year student representative at the same university.

Then, we travel to Argentina, where we are joined by Ms Micaela Orfali, a university student in Buenos Aires, studying multi-media technology.

We talk about the impact of the corona virus on university education in South Africa with Mr Pitso Tsibolane, a researcher and lecturer at the University of Cape Town, and Ms Nomfundo Zulu, a student leader at the same university. 

In our second segment, we continue the discussion with Ms Sofia Meza, a student of law in Colombia. 

In this episode, we speak to Colin Rowat, a Canadian living in London. Colin recently sailed from Russia (Vladivostok) to Japan (Fukuoka). Find out why he embarked on that journey; how he spent 14 days at sea; the golden heart of Russian bears; the Russo-Japanese naval battle at Port Arthur; Korean wifi connections at sea; and much much more. 

In our first podcast episode, Taro was in Washington DC this week. Tamago called to learn about DC during the corona pandemic. 

Later, Taro and Tamago call award winning American journalist, Mark Tarallo, to talk about the US elections and much more. As they were talking, the New York Times announced that Joe Biden had won the US presidential election. 

Sound Editor: Natsuki Ueda

Music: www.bensound.com