Age of Paradox

The Dutch and specifically Amsterdam is big in Electronic Dance Music and festivals. Amsterdam hosts the Amsterdam Dance Festival (ADE) every year where they announce the best DJ of the world. Kayvan is a big fan and explains the latest on this topic while we also run into Roberts "favorite" topic of government intervention and how they might kill one of the biggest export products of the Netherlands.

Back at it, straight from Amsterdam! We discuss the latest parliamentary election in the EU where we again see the rise of the "far right". Robert thinks little of it while Kayvan is worried about parties like AFD gaining popularity. What do electon means for the Netherlands, europe and the conflict we see right at our border?

Kayvan wanted to talk about the UK's decline into the abyss after leaving the EU. So we toke the liberty of staying on the topic of the UK and do a deep dive into one of the weirdest scandals that the UK has ever seen: The Post Office Scandal. Before starting this podcast Robert never heard about this. It shows how weird some of the systems government has put in place and how grave the effects can be.

After months of deliberation we have a new coalition agreement AND a new minister-president elect Dick! Dick Schoof, an ex intelligence agency director will head the newely formed "far right government". We discuss what this means for the role the Netherlands plays in geopolitcal conflicts like the Isreal-Palestine conflict and the Russia-Ukraine conflict to end the talk about the Trump verdict and what it means for his chances to riun for president. Check out our filter-free discussion!

Recently Musk tweeted (or X'ed??) that everyone who disrespects the flag should move to that country. Kayvan fullheartdly agree's with his point of view. Robert on the other hand quotes Edward Snowden and thinks this is an infringment of our freedom of expression and no institution should hold the power to make such a decision.

News just broke that the Netherlands has a new govenrment. "The most far-right coalition in decades" Reuters wrote. Kayvan en Robert dive deep into the meaning of this and explore the history of the left-right paradigm and discuss all things taboo on immigration.

We are back again with some fresh Shenenigans! We dive deep in Kayvan's love for the Eurovision songfestival and the European Union. Kayvan makes his cases why he thinks the Eurovision songfestival has a important place in european culture, but it is no fun debating Ropert who makes everything political. Robert is quickly annoyed after finding out no rational reasons for supporting this two euro institutions . *The title of this episode is not endorsed by Kayvan. ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

A cabin door flying of, gear and brakes not working, not one but two dead whistleblowers and a shocking undercover video. There is a lot going on revolving around Boeing and to top of op, we have a unique insider view from more misconduct from the international airport Schiphol in Amsterdam in the Netherlands. We dive deep i nthe latest developments. in te second part we dissect the changer in drug policies around the world in recent days and in recent years. Is Amsterdam, once a beacon of liberal ideas is now following behind? ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬

YES! The first episode of the Age of Paradox podcast. Straight out of Amsterdam we are here to help you make sense of a world which is increasingly getting weirder and weirder. We will take you on a journey through the latest developments in geopolitics, business and more. My name is Robert Valentine and I am joined by Kayvan Nikjou and for the next 50 minutes political correctness is out the door, while we get down and dirty in an open and somewhat respectful debate about everything that is going on in the world. Prepare for the mainstream narrative to be challenged.