PEN: Writers in Prison and Writers in Exile, the work that continues tirelessly in the background, as a mission to save writers from persecution, beatings and murder. There is such a financial cost to bear in providing scholarships and sponsoring those most in need. Yet these cases are brought around by humanitarian organisations working together and raising the profiles of writers who have chosen to exercise the right of expression above the fear of persecution.

Karin turns the tables on me too and gets me to open up a little more on the Armenian Genocide, which also leads to me being a bit more vocal than normal and also a bit too much of an idealist at times. Emotions, emotions...

As always, thank you Karin for fighting through the allergies to speak with me...

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This poem, can never be told without a stream of tears. I fight them back as I type. The inhumanity captured by Siamanto in his poem would make even the stoniest of hearts crack.

Today is the day of commemoration to the dead. I think of you collectively, my ancestors all, whether through blood, language, culture or simply our membership of the one human race that inhabits this planet.

I grieve for you, I salute you and pray for your day of justice when the world as a whole, including Turkey, recognises the inhumanity of the crime of its forebears in inflicting genocide upon you.

Rest in peace!

I read the poem but it was translated from Armenian by Shant Norashkharian and can be found at this link (The Dance by Siamanto - Famous poems, famous poets. - All Poetry).

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On April 24th, 1915, the Ottoman government hanged 300 writers, poets, intellectuals and cultural leaders because they thought by doing so they would kill any hope the Armenians had of mounting any resistance.

So when Karin talks about the power and the importance of writers, she not only does so from personal experience and personal passions, but because written history supports the very concept.

Here Karin talks about the mission of helping these brave creative souls, the pillars of free thought, the holders of their critical pens.

No truly necessary defence can be mounted without the efforts of untold and unheralded people toiling in the background. PEN, everywhere it exists, represents that very background...

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Alex lays it on the line, the bottom line, the only line these guys understand: football clubs, owned by greed, managed by greed and distorted by their greed! Fans? Ants!

This was recorded before Chelsea FC announced their withdrawal, Alex and I are both hopeful that the other clubs will follow suit and issue a huge apology as a result.

00:05 Intro

1m 25 Profiles

7m 30 Devaluing the game

16m 20 Shelf life

28m 03 Goss

41m 30 Gods

44m 30 This year

As the whole conversation is about football, we use the same kind of industrial language you would expect. Sorry!

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Sensual Talk is a process of self development inspired by real life experiences, feelings and thoughts developed throughout the unique life time of the creator, Tanja.

Tanja talks about her career, her dreams and her passions and how they all meshed into identifying needs. She has empowered herself to explore these thoughts and sensations and has, to date, inspired 80 other ladies to walk this path of discovery with her. In our fascinating talk, Tanja explains her inspirations and aspirations.

For the many of you interested in exploring your sensuality and sexuality and femininity, please contact Tanja directly: [email protected]

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Vladi and Fritz, the recruitment connoisseurs, the human resources reformers, the people and culture kings...join me for an honest, straight up and straight forward exchange about their experiences of staffing start ups and managing the processes of hiring to firing in Berlin.

We also move off script to talk about discrimination and cultural differences around the world.

The guys don't pull any punches and it's straight hitting, without going below the belt. All in all a refreshing chat and wonderful to get back into a conversation with these extremely cool and intelligent guys.

Thank you boys for joining me today!

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Karin has gone around the world and finally returned home. She is in the country of her birth, it's the late 1990s, armed with the freedom to express herself, fearless of the threat of deportation and ready to champion writers in prison and the liberty of words.

Karin is powerful in her messaging, she is precise and measured. She has a feeling for both the subtleties of expression and the force of directness. Just listening to Karin is a lesson in communication. The knowledge she brings to every conversation is a blessing.

Thank you again, as always!

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Energetic, spirited, to the point, charismatic and full of enlightened argument...par for the course one might expect.

Constructive criticism, dealing with people, managing and keeping our self-discipline are just some of the topics we talk about in the build up to discussing gender equality and how to go about addressing the imbalance.

I always learn so much from speaking with people I consider natural leaders of thought and action and Ani and Tatiana definitely represent two such people. I thank you both for taking the time to talk to me...again!

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In this episode Karin delves into the strings that pull her forward and inexorably towards a life where the concerns and safety of others take centre stage. There are however, as always, actors upon the stage who are not quite agreed upon the direction of the play. Even in altruism we may find ambition and competition.

We learn of some of the tragedies of a re-unified Germany and how the harsh realities of a free market shocked and disheartened the newest entrants to it.

Karin also talks about the establishment of the committee of Writers for Women and how even from the beginning, such a noble idea faced serious challenges.

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