Total Global

The big day! We talk about our wedding in Berlin and how the institution of marriage interferes with the freedom of movement. It gets a little deep in the middle so we lighten it up with a walk through of our very interesting marriage "Stammbuch" at the end. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

We give an update about our upcoming wedding and then talk about civil resistance and the book This Is an Uprising by Mark Engler and Paul Engler. Friedi ate breakfast with Peter Funny and there are special guest appearances from our neighborhood church and my excellent singing voice. Check out This is an Uprising at thisisanuprising.org Check out the Young World Federalists at YWF.WORLD --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

We discuss the recent murder of Sarah Everard, the responsibility of men to prevent violence against women, and the toxic fragility of #NotAllMen. Short update about our wedding at the end. (Also we were too close to the mics again so sorry about the popping). Donate to Women's Aid UK Women's Aid was founded on women's struggle against patriarchy, sexism and male violence and grew out of the Women's movement in the 70's and 80's. Today we take an intersectional approach to our work to end domestic abuse and stand with other feminist organisations leading the way in eradicating Violence Against Women and Girls. Join the MenEngage Alliance Become part of our international community of practice to advance women's rights and gender justice for all through transforming patriarchal masculinities and engaging men and boys. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

We sit down with student activist and writer, F. Thomas aka DKTC, and learn from his experiences with world federalist advocacy online and in Texas. We talk about overcoming the "New World Order" stigma and the fear of talking to people about a united world. Check out the world federalist writing group founded by DKTC, the Sword of Orion, on Discord, Reddit, and the web. Curious about world federalism and human unity? Check out Young World Federalists. Follow me on Twitter to stay updated on the show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

Germany is saying goodbye to Angela Merkel this year! We talk about the biggest party, the Christian Democratic Union, and their candidates for the new Chancellor of Germany. Special guest appearance from Germany's top feminist, Friedrich Merz. Armin Laschet (New leader of CDU) Friedrich Merz (Leading feminist critic) Norbert Röttgen (Harry Potter circa 2050 - or George Clooney?) Markus Söder (King of Bavaria) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

We discuss the international responses to the events of January 6th, 2021 in Washington, D.C., and what this means for world federalists who rely on the United States to bring democracy to the world. Special guest appearance from Palau. International reactions to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol List of law enforcement agencies in the District of Columbia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

This week we talk about global citizenship and how it can be used to fight nationalism, build solidarity, and solve global problems. Campaigns for Global Citizens World Citizens Initiative Campaign for a UN Parliamentary Assembly Organizations Young World Federalists YWF Discord World Service Authority Democracy Without Borders Source McFarland, S., Hackett, J., Hamer, K., Katzarska‐Miller, I., Malsch, A., Reese, G. and Reysen, S. (2019), Global Human Identification and Citizenship: A Review of Psychological Studies. Political Psychology, 40: 141-171. https://doi.org/10.1111/pops.12572 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

Becoming a potato, also known as, immigrating to Germany. We talk about our German immigration experiences, some quirks of the culture that Eston will never understand, and discuss the statistics of people moving to Germany. Sources: 1 2 3 4 Email the show: totalglobal@protonmail.com Website: anchor.fm/TotalGlobal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

Eston sits down with Anthony Ten Jet Foei, membership coordinator for a large network of social entrepreneurs, to discuss the role of social entrepreneurship in international development and how world federalism might do it better. Check out: A recent study on social entrepreneurship which finds that legitimizing neoliberal solutions with community organizing practices can undermine democratic political processes. Email: totalglobal@protonmail.com Website: anchor.fm/TotalGlobal --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support

In our first episode, we talk about our future marriage, and how COVID-19 pressures us to tie the knot and makes the whole process more difficult. Plus a small analysis of the 2005 epic, V for Vendetta. Sources: 1 2 3 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/totalglobal/support