Citizen Cork

115 islands make up the Seychelles. Listen to the happiest pod ever for Citizen Cork - good news only (99% true) in this episode. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

When winning the Nobel Peace Prize is part of your game theory playbook you might be the PM of Ethiopia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

It doesn't do it justice. A quick narrative as to why lines on maps don't a country make. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Finally back to it with the long awaited Hong Kong episode. Hong Kong is probably most erroneously thought of as an island, which there is an island of Hong Kong, but Hong Kong includes mainland and other islands as regards the Special Administrative Region. This SAR now allows for only "patriots" in elections as the 50 year independence from China begins to evaporate a little early. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

An island facing Chinese military aggression. Learn about the other Republic of China --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

All the things you shouldn’t talk about at work and the results of warring monarchs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Ireland is beautiful and despite a lack of conversation on this topic quite wealthy on a per capita basis. Learn more about what’s happening in Ireland and the dynamic of two nations one island in this episode of Citizen Cork --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

If you had a dollar for every island that is part of Indonesia ... --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

St Lucia and the narrative of the 1500s to today loosely told. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Makes more money than bananas. Join me and Marenka as we talk through a beautiful island with a complicated history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Rushed to press. Where is Burma and what’s the backdrop to the most recent military coup. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

The name may not seem fearsome but Cambodia’s Pot Pol filled a short tenure with immense destruction. And on the lighter side, Cambodia has a donut king. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Pakistan is the world’s fifth most populous country. An episode on the background. There is no dive into the “war on terror”. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Interview covering economic issues as well as current political environment --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Interview covering the protests and the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Nigeria is the world's 6th most populous country and there is no shortage of interesting history. Listen to Part 1 to set yourself up for two amazing interviews with two Nigerian men explaining how they view Nigeria today and what they think might come of the recent protests in the next three years. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Honduras sits just south of central Central America and is one of the poorest countries in the region. Once stable enough for tourism this country faces violence driving emigration. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Jordan is small and not self-sustaining but they haven’t let that stop them from having outsized influence in the Middle East --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Woof woof woof, who let the dogs out? It’s home to Baha Men and beautiful beaches, this episode is about the Bahamas --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

An Interim President is never a sign of stability. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Land of the Rising Sun or Land of the First Porno Mag (either one). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Suriname is staking a claim to greenest country with 93% vegetation coverage - find out more in this short take on a square(ish) country (shape-wise only). --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

TNT out of sight, TNT dynamite or a tale of two islands that come together for a great acronym. More seriously, Trinidad and Tobago came with a number of surprises including an energy industry and mud volcanoes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

The country famous for chocolate, banking and "neutrality". Find out more about this European power. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Short episode to start off the season. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

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A wonderful ending to a remarkable tourney! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

It’s an unbelievably dramatic close to the world cup in France. Tune in to find out about two quarterfinal teams: France & Sweden. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

An interview with a wonderful man from Istanbul. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

America’s Land Down Under - Mexico is a union of states all with unique tastes and feels. Home to some of the best restaurants on earth and most breathtaking landscape, the Mexico that doesn’t make the news might be news to you and worth checking out. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

The shortest summary for a country with a long history. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

There’s no time like the present to make sure we all know that nothing is settled until the report is released. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Cuba might be America's most notorious "neighbor" but in this podcast we'll look to see a little more about Cuban culture and Cuban Americans . . . but there is no explaining Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio . . . so don't look here for that. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Home to the legendary Timbuktu, but in more recent times to kidnappers and terrorist groups that make Mali a member of the Top 10 most dangerous countries to visit. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

John Bolton has an opinion and he doesn't need it to take into consideration the history of the countries he is talking about or America's role in how they became the countries they are today. Also John Bolton might still be stuck in the Cold War while seemingly totally okay with Russia. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Complicated history of a nation still recovering from American interventionism and now it is back in the US' crosshairs. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Chile continues the prosecution of murders and human rights violations committed during Pinochet's rule. The US helped put Pinochet in power, but we're not helping with the clean up. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Islands of five but named for two. Learn about Antigua and Barbuda, the land of the flag of the rising sun. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Some still find America to be a land of opportunity. Compare and contrast cinema options between Russia and the US --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Cyberbullying comes in different shapes and sizes, none compare to the force Russia can gather. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

What it means when Canadians are publicly rude. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Russia has a long and complex history - it's been boiled to 35 minutes. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Home to the largely unknown forest elephant. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

A nation that wraps around another nation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

What’s more fun than back to back two island nations. Let’s visit the land under the land down under. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Tropical vacation and a two island nation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Learn about our Northern neighbors in this pod that features not one but two interviews! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Learn about a dessert oasis so small people are not from a town or a city, they are from the country. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Back to our “bauxing” nation but this time for an interview with the education prone Naomi Blaushild. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Learn about Ghana - the Texas and Tennessee of West Africa and find out just how important bauxite can be to a nation's exports. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support

Learn about Botswana - it's a bit further from the US than the Dominican Republic, but that does not mean there are not similarities and commonalities. And catch an interview with Jen Hoeffler. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/citizencork/support