Podcasts about Balkans

UFC heavyweight Brando Peričić returns for part two on I Catch Killers, opening up about the darkness he carries into the cage, witnessing a horrific car crash where he performed CPR on a dying man, living out of his car by choice even as his career takes off, and the role his faith plays in controlling his ego. Brando and Gary get candid about depression, imposter syndrome, his complicated relationship with his father, and Brando's relentless pursuit of becoming the first Australian UFC heavyweight champion. Subscribe to our new Youtube channel. Follow I Catch Killers:Instagram: @icatchkillersTiktok: @icatchkillerspodcastFacebook: @icatchkillersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Die klassische Musik braucht eine Frischzellenkur! Davon war schon Béla Bartók überzeugt – und suchte das Neue im Alten, in der archaischen Bauernmusik des Balkans. In seinen 44 Duos für zwei Violinen hat er originale Volksweisen aufgegriffen, und die klingen oft radikal modern. Zumindest bei der Geigerin Alexandra Preucil und dem Bratschisten Antoine Tamestit: Sie koppeln die 44 Miniaturen auch noch mit ihren Vorlagen, mit den historischen Tonaufnahmen, die Bartók bei seinen Feldforschungen aufgezeichnet hat. Die Musik lebt vom Musizieren, sagt Susanne Stähr.

At six foot five and 118 kilos, Brando Peričić is one of the most physically imposing heavyweights in the UFC. But behind the fighter is a story most people never see, a story of an absent father, childhood bullying, depression, suicidal thoughts, and a young man who had every reason to fail, yet refused to. In this episode of I Catch Killers, Gary sits down with the Adelaide-born UFC heavyweight in a raw, honest, and deeply personal conversation that goes well beyond the octagon. Brando opens up about growing up in a Croatian household with a single mother working two jobs, a father who went to prison, and a childhood marked by anger, confusion, and pain he didn't know how to carry. From getting expelled in year 10 and working Adelaide's roughest pub doors, where he was stabbed, bottled, and coward punched, to sleeping in the gym while chasing a dream everyone told him was impossible, Brando's journey is as brutal as it is inspiring. Subscribe to our new Youtube channel. Follow I Catch Killers:Instagram: @icatchkillersTiktok: @icatchkillerspodcastFacebook: @icatchkillersSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 2022, German psychologist Rieke Schmees swapped a desk for a bike and cycled 12,000km through 16 countries. This adventure took her from Germany to Turkey, via Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Italy and the Balkans. It was the first type of adventure like this she'd taken with almost no camping experience prior to setting off as well. Rieke shares the reality of taking this adventure as a solo female, the toughest weeks in Morocco which also became teh most rewarding, and how it came to be that she rescued a puppy in Bulgaria. This episode originally aired in June 2024.Be sure to follow Rieke's future adventures via her instagram - @riekeschm Check out Old Man Mountain for the perfect way to carry gear on your bike. Support the showBuy me a coffee!I'm an affiliate for a few brands I genuinely use and recommend including:

Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Tradition Meets Innovation: A Floral Tale at Kalemegdan Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sr/episode/2026-07-18-22-34-01-sr Story Transcript:Sr: Летње сунце сијало је изнад Калемегданског парка у Београду.En: The summer sun was shining above the Kalemegdan park in Beograd.Sr: Људи су шетали стазама, уживајући у зеленилу и погледу на Саву и Дунав.En: People were strolling along the paths, enjoying the greenery and the view of the Sava and Dunav.Sr: У средини ове идиле, двоје вртлара били су заузети припремама за предстојећи културни фестивал.En: In the midst of this idyll, two gardeners were busy preparing for the upcoming cultural festival.Sr: Милан, искусан и марљив баштован, радио је ту годинама.En: Milan, an experienced and diligent gardener, had been working there for years.Sr: Означавао је места где ће поставити цвећњаке, пратећи планове који се користе деценијама.En: He was marking the spots where the flower beds would be placed, following plans that had been used for decades.Sr: Његова брижљивост и посвећеност традицији увек су доносиле успех.En: His meticulousness and dedication to tradition always yielded success.Sr: С друге стране била је Весна, његова млада шегртица пуна ентузијазма и свежих идеја.En: On the other hand, there was Vesna, his young apprentice full of enthusiasm and fresh ideas.Sr: Весни се допадала идеја да парк оживи новим, светлим изложбама биљака.En: Vesna liked the idea of bringing the park to life with new, bright plant exhibits.Sr: Желела је да направи изложбе које ће изненадити посетиоце.En: She wanted to create displays that would surprise visitors.Sr: „Милане, мислим да бисмо могли да пробамо нешто ново.En: "Milane, I think we could try something new.Sr: Шта кажеш на цветни аранжман у облику балканског мотива?En: What do you say to a floral arrangement in the shape of a Balkan motif?"Sr: “ предложи Весна са узбуђењем у гласу.En: suggested Vesna with excitement in her voice.Sr: Милан се намршти.En: Milan frowned.Sr: „Традиционални образац је увек добро функционисао.En: "The traditional pattern has always worked well.Sr: Зашто га мењати?En: Why change it?"Sr: “ његов глас звучи смирено, али одлучно.En: his voice was calm but resolute.Sr: „Схватам ја, али размишљај!En: "I understand, but think about it!Sr: Светли и нетрадиционални мотиви могу привући више људи.En: Bright and non-traditional motifs could attract more people.Sr: Фестивал би добио нову димензију!En: The festival would gain a new dimension!"Sr: “ инсистирала је Весна, показујући руком замишљени цветни дизајн.En: insisted Vesna, gesturing an imaginary floral design.Sr: Сукоб жеља и путева између Милана и Весне био је опипљив.En: The clash of desires and paths between Milan and Vesna was palpable.Sr: Са једне стране, Миланова везаност за провјерене методе, а са друге стране, Веснина страст за иновацијама.En: On one side, Milan's attachment to proven methods, and on the other, Vesna's passion for innovation.Sr: На врхунцу дискусије, стајали су поред једног дела парка који је остао необрађен.En: At the peak of their discussion, they stood by a section of the park that remained untended.Sr: Весна објасни како би њен цветни аранжман могао изгледати и како би привукао погледе и камере посетилаца.En: Vesna explained how her floral arrangement could look and how it would attract the eyes and cameras of visitors.Sr: Милан је за тренутак заћутао, посматрајући Веснин живахни израз лица и страст у њеним речима.En: Milan was silent for a moment, observing Vesna's lively expression and the passion in her words.Sr: У том тренутку, схватио је да би новине могле да обогате традицију.En: At that moment, he realized that novelties could enrich tradition.Sr: "Добро, хајде да пробамо," рече уздахнувши Милан.En: "Alright, let's give it a try," said Milan with a sigh.Sr: "Задржаћемо неке традиционалне елементе, али ћемо тестирати и твој цветни аранжман.En: "We'll keep some traditional elements, but we'll also test your floral arrangement.Sr: Никад се не зна, можда баш ово буде хит фестивала.En: You never know, it might just be the hit of the festival."Sr: "Весна је блистала од среће.En: Vesna beamed with joy.Sr: Уз договор и заједнички напор, Милан и Весна комбиновали су традицију и иновацију.En: With an agreement and joint effort, Milan and Vesna combined tradition and innovation.Sr: Парки изгледао предивно као никада раније, спреман за почетак фестивала.En: The park looked more beautiful than ever, ready for the commencement of the festival.Sr: Док су последњи сунчеви зраци додиривали Калемегдан, Милан је препознао вредност нових идеја, а Весна је научила да цени важност традиције.En: As the last rays of the sun touched Kalemegdan, Milan recognized the value of new ideas, and Vesna learned to appreciate the importance of tradition.Sr: Њихов рад је био успешан, а парк је био средиште сусрета старог и новог, баш као и град који су волели.En: Their work was successful, and the park became a meeting point of old and new, just like the city they loved. Vocabulary Words:strolling: шеталиgreenery: зеленилуidyll: идилеdiligent: марљивmeticulousness: брижљивостdedication: посвећеностapprentice: шегртицаenthusiasm: ентузијазмаexhibits: изложбамаfrowned: намрштиresolute: одлучноclash: сукобpalpable: опипљивtended: обрађенrecognize: препознаоnovelties: новинеenrich: обогатеcommencement: почетакlast rays: последњи зрациexpression: изразproven: провјеренеgesture: показујућиdimension: димензијуlivelihood: животattachment: везаностpassion: страстeffort: напорfloral: цветниmotif: мотивdisplay: изложбе

Oggy Boytchev is a former BBC journalist with more than three decades of experience reporting from conflict zones across the Middle East, the Balkans and the former Soviet Union. Born in 1955, Oggy grew up under the shadow of a family secret. His father had been branded an “enemy of the people” and interned without trial in a remote Bulgarian town, where he spent years under police supervision and forced labour. Even after his release, the family lived under the constant fear of surveillance, informers and political persecution. From secretly listening to the BBC World Service through crackling radio signals to navigating a school system steeped in communist ideology, he shares what it was really like to come of age in one of the Soviet bloc's most tightly controlled societies. Along the way, he reveals the lasting psychological impact of growing up unable to speak freely, the privileges and pitfalls of studying among the children of communist elites, and the shockwaves caused by the 1978 murder of Bulgarian dissident Georgi Markov in London. This is a remarkable story of resilience, caution and quiet resistance—offering a deeply personal perspective on everyday life in Cold War Bulgaria Oggy's latest novel, 'The Istanbul Connection ', is a gripping, morally complex thriller that explores the blurred lines between ideology and manipulation Enter the book giveaway here https://coldwarconversations.com/giveaway1/ Check outOggy's books here ⁠https://amzn.to/4wyGHjT⁠ Curated episode extras ⁠https://coldwarconversations.com/episode465/⁠ Help me preserve Cold War history via a simple monthly donation, You'll become part of our community, get ad-free episodes, receive a sought-after CWC coaster as a thank-you, and you'll bask in the warm glow of knowing you are helping to preserve Cold War history. Just go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://coldwarconversations.com/donate/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ If a monthly contribution is not your cup of tea, we also welcome one-off tips via the same link. Find the ideal gift for the Cold War enthusiast in your life! Just go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://coldwarconversations.com/store/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ CONTINUE  THE COLD WAR CONVERSATION o BlueSky ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bsky.app/profile/coldwarpod.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Threads ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.threads.net/@coldwarconversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Twitter/X ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ColdWarPod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Facebook ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/coldwarpod/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/coldwarconversations/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ o Youtube ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://youtube.com/@ColdWarConversations⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GB2RS News Sunday the 19th of July 2026 The news headlines: Spy transmitter activities at the RSGB National Radio Centre Which RSGB partner museum will you be visiting this summer? RSGB Outreach Team supports the WINGS Jamboree Following last year's success, the ‘Find the spy transmitter' events are back for Summer 2026 at the RSGB National Radio Centre. This family-friendly activity will turn you into spy hunters as you explore Bletchley Park looking for hidden transmitters. The event will be running on Tuesday the 28th of July and Thursday the 30th of July.  Each date has two start times, one at 10.30am and another at 1.30pm. Spaces are limited to 12 groups per session and are available via rsgbspytransmitter.eventbrite.co.uk  The activity is free to take part in, however entry to Bletchley Park is required. Don't forget that RSGB members get free access to the historic site as a membership benefit. Download your voucher at rsgb.org/bpvoucher Last year, the RSGB introduced a new membership benefit offering its members discounted entry at six fascinating museums. Following positive feedback from members, this offer continues and RSGB members can receive between 20 and 50 percent off admission fees at Amberley Museum, Bawdsey Radar Museum, Internal Fire Museum of Power, PK Porthcurno Museum of Global Communications, the Royal Signals Museum and the National Museum of Computing. You can make the most of this offer by incorporating a visit to one, or all, of the museums this summer. Whether you are organising a club visit, looking to entertain the children over the summer holidays, or planning for a day out by yourself, there is lots to keep you busy. Visit rsgb.org/partner-museums  for details on how to receive your personalised discount voucher. Members of the RSGB Outreach Team will be attending the WINGS Jamboree in Windsor between the 26th and 30th of July. The team will be showcasing amateur radio to Scouts and Girlguiding members aged 6 to 14, who will have the opportunity to test their Morse skills through the ever-popular Morse Battleships game. The team will be activating special event callsign GB1WINGS over the period, and the youngsters will have the opportunity to make supervised on-air contacts across the UK and internationally. The team welcomes your support and encourages you to make QSOs on the HF bands and via the QO-100 satellite. Please check the DX Cluster for frequency details. QSL will be via QRZ, eQSL and Logbook of the World after the event. Revalidating your licence is required every five years, however Ofcom recommends doing it annually. The process requires licence holders to confirm or update their details on the Ofcom licence database. Whether you have recently moved, have a new email address, or all your details remain the same, use this as a reminder to log in and tick the job off your list. You can find guidance on the process by selecting ‘Licence Revalidation' at rsgb.org/licensing  As well as FAQs, you'll also find a link to a step-by-step video by Ofcom, which shows you the process of revalidating your licence using the online licensing portal. The first of this year's International Lighthouse and Lightship Weekends will run from 0001UTC on Saturday the 15th of August to 2400UTC on Sunday the 16th of August. The event usually attracts more than 500 lighthouse entries located in over 40 countries. Registration for the event is open at illw.net Please send details of all your news and events to radcom@rsgb.org.uk  The deadline for submissions is 10am on Thursdays before the Sunday broadcast each week.  And now for details of rallies and events Today, the 19th, Lincoln Short Wave Club Summer Radio Rally is taking place at The Festival Hall, Caistor Road, Market Rasen, LN8 3HT. The doors open at 10am and admission costs £3. This in an indoor event and ample free car parking is available. For more information email m5zzz@outlook.com On Saturday the 25th, the Wiltshire Radio Rally Electronics Fair and Car Boot Sale takes place at Kington Langley Village Hall and Playing Fields, Church Road, Kington Langley, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5NJ. The doors open at 7.30am for traders and at 9am for visitors. Hot and cold refreshments and ample parking are available on site. For more information visit chippenhamradio.club/rally Now the Special Event news Radio amateurs using Bawdsey Radar Museum's callsign GB2GRS will be on the air today, Sunday the 19th. Visit the museum to hear where in the world they are contacting. More information is available at bawdseyradar.org.uk Special callsign HF170TESLA is active to mark the 170th anniversary of the birth of Nikola Tesla. Look for activity on various bands and modes until the 31st of July. For details of awards that are available for working the station, visit tinyurl.com/teslaSES To celebrate the centenary of Romania's first amateur radio club, special callsign YR100RC is active until the 30th of September. Find out about awards that are available at tinyurl.com/yr100rc2026 Now the DX news Didier, F6BCW has been active as FO/F6BCW from Tikehau Atoll, OC-066, in French Polynesia until tomorrow, the 20th. He operates CW and SSB on the 80 to 6m bands. QSL via FO/F6BCW, Logbook of the World and OQRS. Aldir, PY1SAD is active as 8R1TM from Guyana until Sunday the 26th of July. He operates CW, SSB and digital modes on the 160 to 6m bands and via satellite. QSL via Logbook of the World, eQSL, QRZ.com  or directly to Aldir's home call. The IP1X team will be active from Gallinara Island, EU-083, on Saturday the 25th and Sunday the 26th of July. They will be operating using CW and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands. QSL via the Bureau, OQRS or directly to IU1JCZ. For more details and updates see QRZ.com Now the contest news Today, the 19th, the RSGB International Low Power Contest runs from 0900 to 1600UTC. Using CW on the 80, 40 and 20m bands, the exchange is signal report, serial number and transmitter power. On Tuesday the 21st, the RSGB 1.3GHz UK Activity Contest runs from 1900 to 2130UTC. Using all modes on the 23cm band, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. On Thursday the 23rd, the RSGB 80m Club Championship runs from 1900 to 2030UTC. Using RTTY and PSK63 on the 80m band, the exchange is signal report and serial number. The RSGB IOTA Contest starts at 1200UTC on Saturday the 25th and ends at 1200UTC on Sunday the 26th of July. Using CW and SSB on the 80 to 10m bands, where contests are permitted, the exchange is signal report, serial number and IOTA reference. On Sunday the 26th, the UK Microwave Group High Band Contest runs from 0800 to 1700UTC. Using all modes on 5.7 and 10GHz frequencies, the exchange is signal report, serial number and locator. Now the radio propagation report, compiled by G0KYA, G3YLA and G4BAO on Thursday the 16th of July 2026. Last week was characterised by a falling solar flux index. Over the past week it has gone from 116 to 100, but the good news is that we have only had one M-class solar flare in that time and a multitude of lesser C-class flares that haven't amounted to much. As a result, the Kp index remained low, certainly below 4, other than one excursion to 4.67 on Sunday the 12th of July. This means propagation has been stable rather than outstanding. But as the winners of the World Radiosport Team Championship showed last week, it was still possible to make 5,800 QSOs in 24 hours. An analysis shows that the best scoring band was 20m, closely followed by 15m and 40m. The predominant mode was CW. Maximum usable frequencies, or MUFs, over a 3,000km path have been peaking at around 19 to 23MHz at midday, according to the Dourbes DigiSonde. Major DXpeditions to be worked this week include RT25AA, the Arctic Legends IOTA DXpedition; TY5FR from Benin; VP5G in Turks and Caicos; and HP1/LA5IIA operating from Panama. The 20m band remains good for contacts across the Northern Hemisphere during daylight, while the 15m band offers better opportunities for north-south paths. Next week NOAA predicts that the solar flux index may increase, perhaps to 135. Geomagnetic conditions are forecast to be good for the first half of the week, but a Kp index of 4 is forecast for Wednesday the 22nd and Thursday the 23rd of July so expect declining MUFs and poorer HF conditions around that time. There are currently no coronal holes to worry about. And now the VHF and up propagation news from G3YLA and G4BAO The coming period of weather feels very much like what we've been getting in the last week or so. High pressure dominates the chart and, since it's placed just west of Great Britain, this implies a north-westerly flow over the country, with a chance of tropo for many areas. Last week saw northerly paths worked from the UK up to the Faroe Islands, Norway and Sweden on both 144 and 432MHz. The high-pressure part of the story suggests not much, if any, rain to speak of and therefore rain scatter is unlikely. The auroral prospects are not especially great in radio terms. There are about three meteor showers currently giving a broad period of activity for meteor scatter operators and providing long-lived ionisation as fuel for sporadic-E. In view of the links between Sporadic-E and jet streams, the upper air jet stream patterns suggest favouring paths to the southeast into the Balkans round to the northeast and Scandinavia for Sporadic E. Don't ignore the options for multi-hop paths into the Far East in the morning on the 6m band and later in the day to the United States, which have been very good lately. For EME operators, Moon declination is falling again and passed perigee on Monday the 13th of July so Moon window lengths will shorten and path losses increase. 144MHz sky noise is low, increasing to moderate on Thursday the 23rd of July. And that's all from the propagation team this week.

 After years of civil war, betrayal, and imprisonment, Emperor John V and his loyal son Manuel find themselves trapped in a collapsing empire while the ambitious Andronicus IV sits upon the throne of Constantinople. As Genoese and Venetian merchants wage war across the Mediterranean and Ottoman influence tightens its grip on the Balkans, Manuel emerges as the last great champion of Byzantine independence. From the dungeons of the Blachernae Palace to the walls of Thessalonica, he launches a desperate resistance against Sultan Murad and dreams of restoring Roman dignity and freedom. Yet as cities fall, allies disappear, and the Ottoman war machine advances relentlessly, Manuel is forced to confront an uncomfortable reality: survival may require submission to the very power he has spent years fighting. In this episode, we follow the dramatic struggle of the empire's "good son" as he rises in rebellion, wages a doomed war for Thessalonica, and ultimately finds himself standing before the court of Sultan Murad, where the future of Byzantium hangs in the balance. The History of Modern Greece Podcast covers the events from Ancient Greece, the Roman Empire, and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, to the years under the Ottoman Empire, and 1821 when the Greeks fought for independence... all the way to the modern-day.EMAIL US: historyofmoderngreece@gmail.comWebsite: www.moderngreecepodcast.comSOCIAL MEDIA: Go here to chat with us. https://www.instagram.com/historyofmodern%20greece/https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61578023316172Music by Mark Jungerman: www.marcjungermann.com

Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Tented Triumph: A Student's Test in Beograd's Heatwave Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sr/episode/2026-07-16-07-38-19-sr Story Transcript:Sr: Под зеленим крошњама парка у самом центру Београда, бели шатор је блистао на златном сунцу.En: Under the green canopies of the park in the very center of Beograd, a white tent shone in the golden sun.Sr: Врућина је хладила лица многих који су ту потражили помоћ.En: The heat cooled the faces of many who came there seeking help.Sr: Вруће лето је погодило цео Балкан, а пољаки болнички шатор је постао уточиште за оне које је жега исцрпела.En: The hot summer had affected the whole Balkan, and the field hospital tent had become a refuge for those exhausted by the scorching heat.Sr: Милан је био ту, у белом мантилу, са мирним али узбуђеним лицем.En: Milan was there, in a white coat, with a calm but excited face.Sr: Био је студент медицине, али више од тога, био је неко ко је жудео да промени свет око себе, макар и мало.En: He was a medical student, but more than that, he was someone who yearned to change the world around him, even if just a little.Sr: Његов задатак није био лак.En: His task was not easy.Sr: Болница је била препуна, а докторка Ана, његова менторка, била је стално у покрету, водећи тим као уиграни капетан брода у олуји.En: The hospital was full, and doctor Ana, his mentor, was constantly on the move, leading the team like a well-practiced ship captain in a storm.Sr: Милан је хтео да помогне свима.En: Milan wanted to help everyone.Sr: Хтео је да покаже да може, да заслужи поштовање докторке Ане.En: He wanted to show that he could, to earn the respect of doctor Ana.Sr: Али, притисак је био велики.En: But the pressure was great.Sr: Страх од грешке га је пратио као сенка.En: The fear of making a mistake followed him like a shadow.Sr: Па ипак, одлучио је да примени нову методу тријаже коју је недавно проучавао.En: Yet, he decided to implement a new triage method he had recently studied.Sr: Људи су пристизали.En: People were arriving.Sr: Незадовољство и страх у њиховим очима толико су га погодили, да није постојало време за оклевање.En: The dissatisfaction and fear in their eyes affected him so deeply that there was no time for hesitation.Sr: Био је центар активности.En: He was the center of activity.Sr: Организовао је пацијенте у редове, процењивао стање, додељивао приоритете.En: He organized patients in lines, assessed their condition, and assigned priorities.Sr: Било је напето, али метод је почео да функционише.En: It was tense, but the method started to work.Sr: Док болница достиже свој врхунац капацитета, Милан се суочио с првим великим изазовом.En: As the hospital reached its peak capacity, Milan faced his first major challenge.Sr: Старји човек са сложеним здравственим проблемима захтевао је хитну помоћ.En: An elderly man with complex health issues required urgent assistance.Sr: Срце му је почело јаче куцати, али остао је смирен.En: His heart began to beat faster, but he remained calm.Sr: Пратећи упутства и уз подршку тима, успешно је стабилизовао случај.En: Following instructions and with the support of the team, he successfully stabilized the case.Sr: Докторка Ана пришла му је, а њен поглед говорио је више од речи.En: Doctor Ana approached him, her look speaking more than words.Sr: „Добро си се снашао, Милане,“ рекла му је, што је било све што му је требало.En: "You handled that well, Milane," she told him, which was all he needed.Sr: Те речи биле су награда за посвећен рад и борбу.En: Those words were a reward for dedicated work and struggle.Sr: Како се дан завршавао, пацијенти су били збринути, а притисак је попуштао.En: As the day came to an end, the patients were taken care of, and the pressure eased.Sr: Милан је посматрао шатор који је тек на тренутак био мирнији.En: Milan observed the tent, which was finally a bit quieter.Sr: Схватио је право значење тимског рада и одговорности.En: He realized the true meaning of teamwork and responsibility.Sr: Више није био само студент.En: He was no longer just a student.Sr: Постао је део нечег већег, носећи са поносом новостечено искуство и поштовање својих колега.En: He became part of something bigger, carrying with pride the newfound experience and the respect of his colleagues.Sr: Летња ноћ у Београду донела је хлађење, али и нову наду за једног амбициозног младића.En: The summer night in Beograd brought coolness, but also new hope for an ambitious young man. Vocabulary Words:canopy: крошњеtent: шаторscorching: жегаrefuge: уточиштеexhausted: исцрпелаcalm: миранmentor: менторкаimplement: примениtriage: тријажаhesitation: оклевањеpriorities: приоритетиturbulence: олујаurgent: хитанstabilized: стабилизоваоdedicated: посвећенstruggle: борбаchallenge: изазовcomplex: сложенcapacity: капацитетаdiscontent: незадовољствоassigned: додељиваоsatisfied: збринутиsupport: подршкаobserved: посматраоsilence: мирнијиresponsibility: одговорностиambitious: амбициозанreward: наградаcoolness: хлађењеprestige: поштовање

Tito becomes an international celebrity, with a jet-set lifestyle to match his status. His hybrid ‘coca-cola socialism' sees Yugoslavia booming. But the good times have been built on shaky foundations. And as Tito ails it seems his Balkan miracle will prove short-lived… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Branko Brkic, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 5 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Tony Onuchukwu, Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. Real Dictators will be back soon with the stories of Emperor Augustus and Rafael Trujillo. In the meantime, check out Founding Fathers: An American Dream - the new show from the Noiser podcast network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Through its ongoing “Global Irish Nation Conversation” Irish Stew is all about connecting the worldwide Irish family, so sitting down with Dr. Martin Russell, one of the world's foremost diaspora engagement strategists, felt like a meeting of kindred missions. The proud Corkonian has spent nearly two decades turning diaspora theory into practice, working with governments and communities across Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Balkans, all while championing Ireland's potential to be a global leader in the field.Hosts John Lee and Martin Nutty open with a thought-starter on the "diaspora World Cup" unfolding across North America, then trace Russell's journey from a would-be mathematician at UCC to a scholar of the Irish diaspora's role in the Northern Ireland peace process. Along the way, Russell unpacks the famous 70 million Irish worldwide figure, his four pillars of diaspora engagement, and the crucial distinction between migration and diaspora."Other partners come and go and that's fine. That's the nature of life. But your diaspora are a community of consistency if you do it well," Russell says, making the case to governments worldwide.The conversation turns to Ireland's new Diaspora Strategy 2026–2030, which Russell's research helped inform, the duty of care owed to the vulnerable Irish abroad, and the threat of "diaspora fade" in Irish America. His answer? "The quick answer is don't let it happen, be active."A masterclass in belonging from a thought leader who's incredibly bullish on the diaspora's future.MARTIN RUSSELL LINKSLinkedInThe Diaspora InstituteThe Networking InstituteEPISODE REFERENCE LINKS Ireland's Diaspora Strategy, 2026-2030NY Times: Is this the diaspora World Cup? EU Global Diaspora Facility  Institute for Integrated TransitionsBOOKSFragile Neighborhoods by Seth KaplanBelonging: The Science of Creating Connection and Bridging Divides by Jeffrey CohenOn Belonging: Finding Connection in an Age of Isolation  by Kim SamuelIRISH STEW LINKSWebsite Home PageFacebookInstagramLinkedInMedia Partner: IrishCentralEpisode Details: Season 8, Episode 21; Total Episode Count: 162Send us Fan Mail

3 Hours and 13 MinutesPG-13Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer.Here, in one file, are the 3 episodes Thomas777 did with Pete covering the 1990's Balkans Wars.Episode 1: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 1 - 'The Homeland War' w/ Thomas777Episode 2: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 2 - WW2 Context - w/ Thomas777Episode 3: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 3 - The Hostilities - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

Fluent Fiction - Serbian: Serenading Through Beograd's Historical Wonders Find the full episode transcript, vocabulary words, and more:fluentfiction.com/sr/episode/2026-07-11-07-38-19-sr Story Transcript:Sr: Белград је био веома врућ тог летњег дана.En: Beograd was very hot that summer day.Sr: Сунце је сијало на сваком углу улице, а асфалт је био попут врелог гвожђа.En: The sun was shining on every corner of the street, and the asphalt was like hot iron.Sr: Вук и Мира су тражили хладовину, и нашли су је у Природњачком музеју.En: Vuk and Mira were looking for shade and found it in the Natural History Museum.Sr: Изненађени су били колико је све било мирно и освежевајуће унутра.En: They were surprised at how calm and refreshing it was inside.Sr: Вук је био узбуђен.En: Vuk was excited.Sr: Имао је прилику да упозна историју и културу свог народа на јединствен начин.En: He had the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of his people in a unique way.Sr: Мира је пратила Вука, али је осетила како се губи у мору информација око ње.En: Mira followed Vuk, but she felt lost in the sea of information around her.Sr: „Погледај ово, Мира,“ рекао је Вук.En: "Look at this, Mira," Vuk said.Sr: „Ово су фосили из доба диносауруса који су пронађени на Балкану.En: "These are fossils from the age of dinosaurs that were found in the Balkans."Sr: “ Мира је кимнула главом, али је њена пажња брзо лутала на следећи експонат.En: Mira nodded, but her attention quickly wandered to the next exhibit.Sr: Прелазећи од једне до друге витрине, Вук је био фокусиран на сваку реч написану на плакетицама.En: Moving from one showcase to another, Vuk was focused on every word written on the plaques.Sr: За њега, ово је било као путовање кроз време.En: For him, it was like a journey through time.Sr: Мира је осетила како се њих двоје постепено разликују у свом начину уживања у музеју.En: Mira felt that the two of them were gradually differing in their way of enjoying the museum.Sr: На крају су стигли до изузетне изложбе о српском фолклору.En: Eventually, they reached an impressive exhibit on Serbian folklore.Sr: Велики панели и живописне фигуре привукле су њихову пажњу.En: Large panels and vivid figures caught their attention.Sr: У тренутку, Вук и Мира су се загледали једно у друго, као да су истовремено открили нешто специфично важно.En: In that moment, Vuk and Mira looked at each other as if they simultaneously discovered something uniquely important.Sr: „Знаш,“ почео је Вук, „можда сам требало више да ти објашњавам.En: "You know," Vuk began, "maybe I should have explained more to you.Sr: Желим да и ти уживаш у овоме колико и ја.En: I want you to enjoy this as much as I do."Sr: “Мира се насмешила.En: Mira smiled.Sr: „Ако ми причаш о ономе што те занима, можда ћу ја више разумети зашто те то фасцинира.En: "If you tell me about what interests you, maybe I'll better understand why it fascinates you."Sr: “Тог тренутка, обоје су се одлучили: Вук ће успорити, а Мира ће се трудити да више пита и учи.En: At that moment, they both decided: Vuk would slow down, and Mira would try to ask more and learn.Sr: Почели су вербално да деле мисли о сваком експонату.En: They started to verbally share thoughts about each exhibit.Sr: Приметили су како српске народне приче носе у себи мудрост и лепоту коју никада раније нису на њихов начин доживели.En: They noticed how Serbian folk tales carry wisdom and beauty that they had never experienced in their own way before.Sr: Када су напустили музеј, осећали су се другачије.En: When they left the museum, they felt different.Sr: Били су више повезани једно с другим, као и са историјом коју су откривали.En: They were more connected to each other, as well as to the history they were uncovering.Sr: Белград их је сада чекао са свим својим чудима, и били су спремни да истраже град с новооткривеним жаром.En: Beograd now awaited them with all its wonders, and they were ready to explore the city with newfound enthusiasm.Sr: Летњи ветар их је поздравио кад су изашли из музеја, а ово путовање ће увек памтити као време када су научили да правдају своје страсти и уживају у садашњости.En: The summer breeze greeted them as they exited the museum, and they would always remember this journey as a time when they learned to honor their passions and enjoy the present.Sr: Белград више није био само град за посету, већ место где су открили делић своје душе.En: Beograd was no longer just a city to visit, but a place where they discovered a piece of their soul. Vocabulary Words:asphalt: асфалтshade: хладовинаcalm: мирноrefreshing: освежевајућеunique: јединственopportunity: приликаexhibit: експонатfossils: фосилиplaques: плакетицеfocused: фокусиранgradually: постепеноfolklore: фолклорvivid: живописнеexplained: објашњавамenthusiasm: жаромbreeze: ветарhonor: правдајуpassions: страстиjourney: путовањеcorner: углуforever: вечноdiffering: разликујуwandered: луталаdiscovered: открилиfascinates: фасцинираpanels: панелиconnected: повезаниwisdom: мудростbeauty: лепотуpresent: садашњости

"Ich bin besorgt und auch enttäuscht von Europa", sagt die Historikerin Marie-Janine Calic, Expertin für die Geschichte Südosteuropas. Sie kritisiert, dass "die europäischen Werte sich immer mehr auflösen zugunsten von Interessen". Der Blick auf Südosteuropa sei zu stark von Vorurteilen geprägt: "Es gibt immer noch ein Fremdeln mit dem Balkan" - dabei sei die Region ein Schlüssel zum Verständnis Europas. Von Marie-Janine Calic.

VOV1 - Ngày 8/7, Thủ tướng Hungary Peter Magyar tuyên bố, nước này sẽ không cung cấp vũ khí cũng như nhân viên quân sự cho Ukraine, tuy nhiên vẫn duy trì viện trợ nhân đạo và thể hiện sự đoàn kết với NATO.Phát biểu trước báo giới, Thủ tướng Magyar cho biết, quyết định không cung cấp vũ khí hay nhân viên quân sự cho Ukraine hoàn toàn phù hợp với sự ủy nhiệm mà cử tri Hungary đã trao cho chính phủ trong cuộc bầu cử tháng 4 vừa qua. Nhà lãnh đạo Hungary nhấn mạnh, nước này sẽ tiếp tục hỗ trợ nhân đạo nhằm giúp đỡ người dân Ukraine vượt qua những khó khăn do cuộc xung đột gây ra, tuy nhiên sẽ không tham gia vào việc gửi vũ khí hay lực lượng quân sự. Lập trường này của Hungary xuất phát từ nguyên tắc ưu tiên lợi ích quốc gia và mong muốn tránh làm leo thang căng thẳng trong khu vực.Thủ tướng Magyar cho biết thêm, bên lề Hội nghị Thượng đỉnh NATO ở Ankara, ông cũng đã có cuộc thảo luận ngắn với Tổng thống Zelensky. Hai nhà lãnh đạo nhất trí sẽ sớm tổ chức một cuộc gặp song phương chính thức trong thời gian tới. Cuộc gặp song phương được lên kế hoạch như một bước tiếp theo sau khi Hungary và Ukraine ký kết thỏa thuận liên quan đến các quyền của cộng đồng thiểu số Hungary tại vùng Transcarpathia/Ukraine.Bên cạnh cuộc gặp với Tổng thống Ukraine, nhà lãnh đạo Hungary đã có các cuộc gặp song phương và thảo luận ngắn với một số nhà lãnh đạo khác, trong đó có người đứng đầu Chính phủ Montenegro. Thủ tướng Magyar khẳng định, Hungary ủng hộ mạnh mẽ việc mở rộng EU và bày tỏ hy vọng, các quốc gia Tây Balkan sẽ có thể gia nhập EU ngay từ năm tới, qua đó góp phần thúc đẩy sự ổn định và hội nhập của khu vực Tây Balkan vào cấu trúc châu Âu.Về cam kết với NATO, Thủ tướng Peter Magyar khẳng định, Hungary là một đồng minh đáng tin cậy và luôn sẵn sàng thực hiện đầy đủ các nghĩa vụ đối với liên minh quân sự này. Chính phủ Hungary cam kết tăng ngân sách quốc phòng lên mức 5% GDP vào năm 2035, góp phần củng cố năng lực phòng thủ tập thể của NATO trong bối cảnh an ninh khu vực và toàn cầu đang đối mặt với nhiều thách thức./.Như Hoa/ VOV SÉCThủ tướng Hungary Peter Magyar (Ảnh-Theo Telex.hu)

NK News Senior Analytic Correspondent Colin Zwirko joins this week's podcast to discuss North Korea's naval modernization push, from Kim Jong Un's latest cruise missile test from the Kang Kon destroyer to the recent commissioning of the Choe Hyon, the country's first 5,000-ton warship to formally enter service. He also breaks down his latest NK Pro analysis on the apparent restart of makeshift smuggling routes across the North Korea-China border, including what satellite imagery shows, why private vehicles appear to be a major driver of the trade and what the activity suggests about China's willingness to tolerate sanctions violations while maintaining plausible deniability. Afterward, Gabriela Bernal joins the podcast to discuss her analysis on South Korea's shift toward “peaceful coexistence” with North Korea and what Seoul can learn from the Balkans.  She explains the concept of “functional coexistence,” why Serbia-Kosovo dialogue offers a useful but limited comparison and what role institutions like the U.N. Command, the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission and the Military Armistice Commission can play.  About the podcast: The North Korea News Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by Alannah Hill exclusively for NK News, covering all things DPRK — from news to extended interviews with leading experts and analysts in the field, along with insight from our very own journalists.

This week on the program we continue our musical explorations with World Mix. We'll hear a fascinating blend of tunes - recordings from Finland, Japan, Tibet, the Balkans, Mexico, Quebec, Brazil and beyond. We'll feature the first World Music star, Tito Puente, the angelic sound of Kardemimmt from Finland, Norteno music from Los Texmaniacs, and the melding of Chinese and Latin music from Wu Man & Son de San Diego. Expand your musical horizons … this week on The Sing Out! Radio Magazine.Pete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian FolkwaysJean-Luc Thievent / “Paris Shuffle” / Resonance / Acoustic MusicKardemimmit / “Laula!” / Onni-Happiness / Self-producedThe Grasslands Ensemble & Daniel Ho / “Between the Sky & Prairie” / Between the Sky & Prairie / Wind MusicJoji Hirota & The London Taiko Drummers / “Haru no Ibuki” / Japanese Taiko / ARCJPP / “Hale-Bopp” / String Tease / NorthsideBela Lakatos & The Gypsy Youth Project / “Del O Brishind...” / Introducing / World Music NetworkCGS / “Ientu” / Canzioniere / Ponderosa MusicJean-Luc Thievent / “Marceline” / Resonance / Acoustic MusicTito Puente / “Cuando Te Vea” / Dance Mania / RCA LegacyLos Texmaniacs / “El Porron” / Cruzando Borders / Smithsonian FolkwaysWu Man & Son de San Diego / “El Pajaro Carpintero” / Fingertip Carnival / Wind MusicLes Poules A Colin / “La Volerie” / Morose / Self-producedCalan / “Rhif Wyth” / The Ultimate Guide to Welsh Folk / ARCCatarina Dos Santos / “Ondja” / Radio Kriola / ARCPete Seeger / “If I Had A Hammer”(excerpt) / Songs of Hope and Struggle / Smithsonian Folkways

A house built on a history of war, death, and dark magic—what lurks within the walls of 63 Maple Street may be more than just restless spirits.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/63MapleStreetREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yck2wx6xLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:Book: “The Haunting of 63 Maple Street” by Jordan Quinn Farkas: https://amzn.to/3w2XimyBlog post: “Our Humble Haunted Home” from ParanormalHauntings.blog: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/5x4y29w4(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: April 22, 2024Weird Darkness digs into the decades-long haunting of a single working-class home in Belišće, Croatia, tracing how war, buried cemeteries, black magick, and strange lights in the sky converge on one address. The account comes from Jordan Quinn Farkas, who moved to Belišće in 2017 and settled into a house his wife had owned since 2010 on a street locals still call Maple Street, a corner of Slavonia near the Hungarian border founded by the wealthy Jewish Gutmann family around their massive Slavonian Oak sawmill. The ground itself carries a grim record: Communist party members captured and killed the Jewish factory owner in 1945, a Yugoslav "working camp" operated on the town's edge for a single year of killings and starvation, and the Homeland War of the early 1990s drove residents into basements and bomb shelters. Farkas counts more than a dozen deaths on the street since 2017, including two suicides and a neighbor who vanished near the Drava river around Halloween and surfaced miles downstream, a landfill dumped over both an old Jewish cemetery and an even older Celtic one within a few hundred yards, and Roman and Celtic coins dating to roughly 300 AD dug from his own yard. Inside the house, the activity sorts room by room: a lobby where a wardrobe bangs from within and a strawberry-blonde female apparition — believed to be a deceased teenage friend of his wife — walks past the window until a welcoming ritual quiets her; a living room where a bathroom light switch flips itself on despite rewiring done twice, doors open and slam, and a voice recorder captured EVPs of footsteps and toggling switches; a kitchen where he and his wife heard a dragon-like screech and two heavy wingbeats overhead one night around 2 a.m., which they connect to the Croatian Zmaj or Pozoj of regional folklore; a master bedroom where a phantom smoker's residual haunting appeared as swirling smoke and laughing voices over an overnight video call, tied to the original owners' chain-smoking daughter Iva; a kid's room where his son Ivan babbles and laughs at an unseen presence an old man's ghost once shown to a girl named Stella occupied; and an attic where sounds of two creatures wrestling gave way to running "cement boots" footsteps too small to be an adult. Outside, the haunting takes on the shape of a deliberate campaign, with witch's eggs — light and hollow, a Balkan curse object — rolling from an old drainpipe more than once, black roosters and chickens left dead and scattered in feathers, three crow wings severed as cleanly as by a laser, a knotted cord of knot magick hidden in an oak cabinet, and a leather satchel of dust, a small bone, and adult teeth, all of it unfolding alongside a UFO sighting in which a solid cream-colored light outran three fighter jets over the Drava the night after Farkas dreamed of a shuttle landing in his side yard.

De komst van editie 600 van Betrouwbare Bronnen bleek een bron van inspiratie voor veel van onze luisteraars en vrienden van de show. Zij kwamen met reeksen verzoeknummers voor het thema waarin we ons in deze bijzondere aflevering zouden moeten verdiepen. Een kroonaflevering moet immers iets bijzonders zijn. Een aflevering waarin politieke actualiteit, historische wortels en cultuurhistorische verbindingen elkaar de hand reiken. *** Deze aflevering bevat een advertentie van VanHarte&Lingsma. Wil jij jezelf ontwikkelen als mens én als leider? Ontdek jouw training bij VanHarte&Lingsma, School voor Human Leadership. Ga naar www.vanhartelingsma.nl/betrouwbarebronnen Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show! Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** De suggestie van vriend van de show Tim bleek hier een schot in de roos. We nemen je mee naar het jaar 600. Naar de diepe, vroege middeleeuwen die vaak overschaduwd zijn gebleven door de glorie van het Imperium Romanum in de periode daarvoor en de fascinatie van de eeuwen van ridders, kathedralen, kruistochten en Zwarte Dood erna. Toch traden in die jaren rond 600 en in de zevende eeuw mensen naar voren met gebeurtenissen en patronen waarvan wij ook in 2026 nog erfgenamen zijn en de impact volop ondergaan. Zo bereikte paus Bonifatius III in 607 een politieke regeling met zijn politieke baas, keizer Phocas in Constantinopel. Die legde bij decreet vast dat de bisschop van Rome zichzelf als de meest vooraanstaande van alle prelaten mocht zien, als hoofd van de christelijke gemeenschappen in Europa. Zonder die formaliteit hadden we de grote politiek-morele rol van Petrus-opvolgers als Leo XIII en zijn baanbrekende politieke visie niet gekend. En ook niet de opmerkelijke rol van Leo XIV nu als geweten en tolk van kritische stemmen over MAGA en kunstmatige intelligentie. En zelfs het internet vindt zijn oorsprong rond 600. Daarvoor gaan we naar Sevilla, waar in die jaren een toonaangevende geleerde de politiek en de wetenschap een enorme impuls gaf. Daartoe aangedreven door zijn politieke ambitie om in Spanje een vruchtbare en vreedzame integratie van verschillende tradities en herkomst aan te wakkeren. Isidorus van Sevilla werkte decennia aan tientallen wetenschappelijke publicaties en was bovendien een invloedrijk staatsman en kerkelijk prelaat. Zijn twintigdelige 'Etymologiae' werd een bestseller en een van belangrijkste boeken in de tien eeuwen die volgden. Hij bracht daarin alle bestaande kennis bijeen en ordende die in zijn alomvattende wereldencyclopedie als curriculum voor elke school en universiteit tot in de Renaissance. Hij werd een soort eenmans-Wikipedia of zoekmachine. De moslimheersers van Zuid-Spanje vereerden Isidorus minstens zo vurig als de christelijke vorsten, kloosters, universiteiten en andere kenniscentra in heel Europa. Zo werd hij al vroeg de beschermheilige van studenten en maakte in 2002 de Poolse Paus hem beschermheilige van ICT'ers en van het Internet als geheel. Het jaar 600 had in Isidorus een vroege Alexander von Humboldt. De integratie, communicatie en intensieve relaties tussen de volkeren kreeg in de zevende eeuw nog een andere impuls. De naam daarachter was Bumin Khan, leider van de Turkse stammen in Midden-Azië die zich de Göztürken noemden. Hij bracht hen bijeen en veroverde een reusachtig imperium. Zijn heerschappij strekte van Oekraïne en de Krim tot de Muur van China bij Beijing en Mantsjoerije. De Göztürken legden de basis voor de enorme rijken van de Mongolen, de Gouden Horde, het Ilkhanaat in Iran, de Mogol en de wereldomspannende handelsroutes, culturele uitwisseling, commercie en geldverkeer langs de Zijderoute. De erfenis van hun krachtig bewind beheerst nog hun vazallen in het vorstendom Moskou, in de Straat van Hormuz, in China en India. Erfgenaam en wereldheerser Timoer Lenk bevleugelde de fantasie eeuwen later nog. Als operaheld 'Tamerlano' inspireerde hij Händel tot een van diens mooiste opera's. Het fundament voor een wereldomspannende en nog altijd actuele erfenis werd rond het jaar 600 ook gelegd door een koopman uit Mekka. Mohammed was een filosofisch en spiritueel criticus van het veelgodendom van zijn tijd en samenleving. Hij benadrukte de cruciale betekenis van de monotheïstische kerngedachte van jodendom en christendom. Zo werd hij voor zijn volgelingen 'het zegel der profeten'. Hoe zijn traditie en opvolgers na zijn dood die kerngedachte - de Islam - hebben voorgezet is nog altijd relevant en bron van politieke verschillen. Mohammeds invloed op de Europese historie en cultuur sinds 600 is enorm. Van Al-Andalus na Isidorus tot de eeuwen van worsteling met het Huis Habsburg op de Balkan en de Middellandse Zee. Van 'Liever Turks dan Paaps' en 'Alla Turca' muziek en opera's van Mozart tot de dichter Hafez die Johann Wolfgang von Goethe een heel nieuwe bron van poëzie deed ontsluiten. En de komst van Europa rond 600? Daarvoor gaan we terug naar onze eigen streken. Naar Pepijn de Oude uit de streken langs de Maas, Karel Martel en hun politieke manoeuvres die de Merovingische koningen op een zijspoor dwongen en een meer regionalistisch en feodaal Europa liet ontstaan. Hun nazaat Karel bracht daar meer centrale lijn in. Hij sloot een alliantie met een opvolger van Bonifatius III. Keizer en paus zouden samen Europa vorm, gezicht en stijl gaan geven. *** Verder luisteren 574 – Hormuz: eeuwenoud brandpunt van de wereld 567 - De geschiedenis beukt op Europa's deur. Caroline de Gruyter over zondagskinderen in een ruige wereld 561 – Jakub Józef Orlínski en Händel, politiek dier en geniaal musicus 506 – Waarom Leo XIV zich spiegelt aan paus Leo XIII (1810-1903), criticus van kapitalisme en socialisme 500 - Triomf en Tragiek. 400 Jaar Johan de Witt 458 - De gedroomde nieuwe wereldorde van Poetin en Xi 455 - De bufferstaat als historische - maar ongewenste - oplossing voor Oekraïne 315 - Vrouw, leven, vrijheid: oorzaken en achtergronden van het straatprotest in Iran. En: de rijke Perzische cultuur 311 - De wereld volgens Simon Sebag Montefiore 300 - Ethische politiek: het bijzondere Nederland met zijn 'moreel hoogstaande opvattingen' 253 - Poetins bizarre toespraak: hoe de president de geschiedenis van Oekraïne herschrijft 248 - Oekraïne en de eeuwenoude vriendschap tussen Duitsland en Rusland 242 - Adrianus van Utrecht, de Nederlandse Paus 200 - De Heerser: Machiavelli's lessen zijn nog altijd actueel 49 - De koningen van Hispanje die wij altijd hebben geëerd *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:46:37 – Deel 2 01:09:18 – Deel 3 01:29:14 – Einde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Serbia is heading towards snap elections after President Aleksandar Vučić announced he will resign within weeks, but will this lead to real political change or simply reinforce the ruling party's grip on power?In this week's Talk Eastern Europe News Roundup, AlexandraKarppi and Nina Pániková unpack the latest developments in Serbia, including growing pressure on civil society, the renewed investigation into the alleged use of a sonic weapon against protesters, and what early elections could mean for the country's democratic future.They also discuss Ukraine's newly announced pressure campaign against Russia, constitutional tensions ahead of the NATO summit in the Czech Republic, growing concerns over democratic backsliding in Slovenia, and one piece of encouraging news from Hungary as the controversial Sovereignty Protection Office is finally dismantled.

Why do Bosnian Muslims make and celebrate a plum brandy that Islamic law technically forbids — and what does their answer to that question reveal about four centuries of Ottoman rule, Balkan identity, and the extraordinary weight of contingency behind things that seem simple? How did the Ottomans simultaneously bring distillation to the Balkans, prohibit alcohol, and shape the culture that would eventually inscribe plum brandy on UNESCO's Intangible Cultural Heritage list? And what is in a glass of šljivovica that a supermarket bottle of slivovitz will never contain?Join John as he tells the story of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the plum — the copper still, the neighbors arriving in October, and the soul extracted from a fruit that has outlasted every political settlement imposed on this landscape...----------In Sponsorship with J&K Fresh.The customs broker who is your fruit and veggies' personal bodyguard. Learn more here!-----------Join the History of Fresh Produce Club for ad-free listening, bonus episodes, book discounts and access to an exclusive chatroom community.Support us!Share this episode with your friendsGive a 5-star ratingWrite a review-----------Subscribe to our biweekly newsletter here for extra stories related to recent episodes, book recommendations, a sneak peek of upcoming episodes and more.-----------Instagram, TikTok, Threads:@historyoffreshproduceEmail: historyoffreshproduce@gmail.com

Trente ans après la fin des guerres d'ex-Yougoslavie, la Croatie déclare le déminage (enfin) terminé. Un chantier colossal qui a laissé des traces. Au sommaire aussi : la contestation qui se poursuit en Albanie contre Edi Rama, et une série dystopique belge qui met en scène un jeu de téléréalité glaçante où s'affrontent des immigrés… Croatie : la fin d'un chantier colossal Entre 1991 et 1995, les guerres d'ex-Yougoslavie ont laissé derrière elles des millions de mines. Trente ans plus tard, dans les Balkans, ces engins continuent de marquer les paysages : forêts, montagnes, chemins de randonnée restent dangereux en Bosnie-Herzégovine, qui demeure le pays d'Europe le plus contaminé. En Serbie aussi, le déminage n'est pas achevé. Mais la Croatie, elle, affirme avoir tourné la page et s'être enfin débarrassée des 577 000 mines qui ont fait 612 victimes, mortes ou blessées. L'Union européenne a financé près d'un quart de ce chantier titanesque, et les démineurs croates ont acquis une expertise qui intéresse aujourd'hui un autre pays miné par la guerre : l'Ukraine. Reportage de Frédérique Lebel. En Albanie, le vent dégagiste contre la corruption En Albanie, la « révolution des flamants roses » dure depuis un mois. Né d'un combat environnemental contre un projet touristique associé à la famille Trump, le mouvement vise désormais Au fil des jours, la mobilisation a changé d'échelle : des milliers, parfois des dizaines de milliers d'Albanais sont descendus dans la rue, dans un pays qui compte à peine 2,4 millions d'habitants. La contestation cristallise une colère plus profonde contre le système politique albanais… entre promesses européennes et soupçons de corruption. Reportage à Tirana de Louis Seiller. The Best Immigrant, dystopie belge aux relents très actuels C'est peut-être l'une des séries de l'été : The Best Immigrant, une pépite venue de Belgique, diffusée sur France.tv à partir du vendredi 3 juillet 2026. Dans un futur proche, un parti d'extrême droite arrive au pouvoir en Flandre, proclame l'indépendance et décrète l'expulsion de toutes les personnes nées à l'étranger, qu'elles soient en situation régulière ou non. Une seule échappatoire : participer à une émission de téléréalité où des immigrés s'affrontent dans des épreuves humiliantes pour prouver leur capacité à « s'intégrer » et tenter de gagner un titre de séjour. Une dystopie glaçante qui puise dans les tensions politiques et sociales à l'œuvre en Europe. Correspondance Jean-Jacques Héry. La Chronique Musique de Vincent Théval : Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkesta & Avin Omer Desmala Min (Suède) 4. 

In our newest episode Aljoša Lovrić from Bosnia and Herzegovina helps us understand the often misunderstood cultural dynamics in his country. We discuss identity, Bosnian hospitality, politics, and of course, qualifications for the World Cup Finals! Why football matters for national identity and how does that show in B&H? How is this year's national representation more diverse that the previous ones? Join us on YouTube or Spotify as we cheer for our countries and neighbors! ⚽

Trente ans après la fin des guerres d'ex-Yougoslavie, la Croatie déclare le déminage (enfin) terminé. Un chantier colossal qui a laissé des traces. Au sommaire aussi : la contestation qui se poursuit en Albanie contre Edi Rama, et une série dystopique belge qui met en scène un jeu de téléréalité glaçante où s'affrontent des immigrés… Croatie : la fin d'un chantier colossal Entre 1991 et 1995, les guerres d'ex-Yougoslavie ont laissé derrière elles des millions de mines. Trente ans plus tard, dans les Balkans, ces engins continuent de marquer les paysages : forêts, montagnes, chemins de randonnée restent dangereux en Bosnie-Herzégovine, qui demeure le pays d'Europe le plus contaminé. En Serbie aussi, le déminage n'est pas achevé. Mais la Croatie, elle, affirme avoir tourné la page et s'être enfin débarrassée des 577 000 mines qui ont fait 612 victimes, mortes ou blessées. L'Union européenne a financé près d'un quart de ce chantier titanesque, et les démineurs croates ont acquis une expertise qui intéresse aujourd'hui un autre pays miné par la guerre : l'Ukraine. Reportage de Frédérique Lebel. En Albanie, le vent dégagiste contre la corruption En Albanie, la « révolution des flamants roses » dure depuis un mois. Né d'un combat environnemental contre un projet touristique associé à la famille Trump, le mouvement vise désormais Au fil des jours, la mobilisation a changé d'échelle : des milliers, parfois des dizaines de milliers d'Albanais sont descendus dans la rue, dans un pays qui compte à peine 2,4 millions d'habitants. La contestation cristallise une colère plus profonde contre le système politique albanais… entre promesses européennes et soupçons de corruption. Reportage à Tirana de Louis Seiller. The Best Immigrant, dystopie belge aux relents très actuels C'est peut-être l'une des séries de l'été : The Best Immigrant, une pépite venue de Belgique, diffusée sur France.tv à partir du vendredi 3 juillet 2026. Dans un futur proche, un parti d'extrême droite arrive au pouvoir en Flandre, proclame l'indépendance et décrète l'expulsion de toutes les personnes nées à l'étranger, qu'elles soient en situation régulière ou non. Une seule échappatoire : participer à une émission de téléréalité où des immigrés s'affrontent dans des épreuves humiliantes pour prouver leur capacité à « s'intégrer » et tenter de gagner un titre de séjour. Une dystopie glaçante qui puise dans les tensions politiques et sociales à l'œuvre en Europe. Correspondance Jean-Jacques Héry. La Chronique Musique de Vincent Théval : Goran Kajfeš Subtropic Arkesta & Avin Omer Desmala Min (Suède) 4. 

On this week’s episode of The Sentinel Report: President Trump issues strong warnings about communism as the Supreme Court hands down major rulings with nationwide implications on the Federal Reserve, elections, and immigration. Alex Newman also examines the Communists’ key victories in New York City and the fraud through Obamacare being exposed by RFK Jr and Dr. Oz. Guests shine light on the news: Then, Brent Knudsen joins us to expose the alarming collapse of America’s bee population, why it poses a serious threat to our food supply and public health, and what can be done to reverse the crisis. Next, Melanie Kurdys of United States Parents Involved in Education breaks down H.R. 2691, legislation that would abolish the U.S. Department of Education, end federal education programs, and return authority—and funding—to the states. Finally, former Albanian President and Prime Minister Sali Berisha joins Newman to explain the Trump administration’s decision to lift sanctions against him, Albania’s escalating political turmoil, and the ongoing battle against George Soros’ influence in the Balkans. Don’t miss this important broadcast.

On this week’s episode of The Sentinel Report: President Trump issues strong warnings about communism as the Supreme Court hands down major rulings with nationwide implications on the Federal Reserve, elections, and immigration. Alex Newman also examines the Communists’ key victories in New York City and the fraud through Obamacare being exposed by RFK Jr and Dr. Oz. Guests shine light on the news: Then, Brent Knudsen joins us to expose the alarming collapse of America’s bee population, why it poses a serious threat to our food supply and public health, and what can be done to reverse the crisis. Next, Melanie Kurdys of United States Parents Involved in Education breaks down H.R. 2691, legislation that would abolish the U.S. Department of Education, end federal education programs, and return authority—and funding—to the states. Finally, former Albanian President and Prime Minister Sali Berisha joins Newman to explain the Trump administration’s decision to lift sanctions against him, Albania’s escalating political turmoil, and the ongoing battle against George Soros’ influence in the Balkans. Don’t miss this important broadcast.

I den andra delen om Ustasja följer vi spåren från flygkapningen på Bulltofta och mordet på den jugoslaviske ambassadören till ett oväntat nedslag i Palmeutredningen. Hur hamnade en våldsbenägen exilrörelse från Balkan mitt i den svenska samtidshistorien?Vi tittar närmare på varför Lisbeth Palme enligt flera uppgifter nämnde Ustasja på sjukhuset bara timmar efter mordet på Olof Palme, och vad som kan ha legat bakom den tankekopplingen.Dessutom går vi igenom vad Granskningskommissionen senare kom fram till om UstasjaspåretAv och med Cornelia Boberg.Sponsra Palmemordet på Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/palmemordetKontakta Palmemordet: zimwaypodcast@gmail.comHör Dan och Cornelia prata historia i podden Nu blir det historia!https://podcasts.apple.com/se/podcast/nu-blir-det-historia/id1716421830 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Locatie, timing en gastheer konden nauwelijks symbolischer zijn. De NAVO-top komt op 7 en 8 juli 2026 bijeen in Ankara, middenin een geopolitieke crisis en vlak na de eerste EU-samenkomst met de buren en partners in de Kaukasus, vlakbij. Dit is de eerste NAVO-top na de Amerikaanse nederlaag tegen Iran en ook de eerste NAVO-top van Rob Jetten. Wat gaat hij opleveren? Eindigt hij in de harmonie waarmee die vorige, in Den Haag, wist te verrassen? Of herhaalt zich de heftige confrontatie uit 2018? Jaap Jansen en PG Kroeger schetsen hoe Turkije al eeuwen het scharnierpunt is van spanningen en conflicten, gelegen als landbrug tussen Zwarte Zee, de Krim, de Balkan, Mesopotamië, de Kaukasus, Syrië en Iran. Ook daarom beseft president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan als geen ander dat niemand zonder hem kan bij het vinden van oplossingen en het leggen van contacten daarvoor. *** Deze aflevering is mede mogelijk gemaakt met donaties van luisteraars die we hiervoor hartelijk danken. Word ook vriend van de show en ga met ons op 17 augustus met 25% korting naar Wagner in het Concertgebouw. Heb je belangstelling om in onze podcast te adverteren of ons te sponsoren? Zend ons een mailtje en wij zoeken contact. *** Voor Nederland is deze NAVO-top een wezenlijk moment nu het weer volop actief is als partner op het wereldtoneel. Nederland profileert zich nadrukkelijk als hightech coproducent van Oekraïne, als NAVO-lidstaat die de '3,5 procent'-afspraak over defensie-investeringen concreet invult. Als lid van de E6 in de EU is Nederland medebepalend voor de lange termijn investeringen van Europa en als lid van het nieuwe 'Pax Silica'-verbond een mondiaal voorhoedespeler. Waarmee ook de relatie met China hoog op de agenda staat. Voor Europa is deze NAVO-top niet minder cruciaal, nu de Europese pijler binnen de NAVO steeds meer vorm krijgt. De Turken vinden het prima dat Europese lidstaten meer aan defensie doen, maar huiveren bij de gedachte dat daarmee ook de EU meer te zeggen zou krijgen. “Een recept voor ellende”, zei een hoge Turkse diplomaat tegen Jaap. Turkije wilde altijd graag bij de EU, maar daar pruimen ze een land waar het met democratie en rechtsstaat achteruit gaat niet. Secretaris-generaal Mark Rutte probeerde in het Witte Huis te agenderen dat de Europese partners en Canada voluit hun Haagse beloften nakomen - hij noemde het bedrag dat zij nu extra investeren 'Trump’s trillion'. Maar Donald Trump begon steeds weer over ‘niet loyale’ Europese landen in de oorlog tegen Iran. Trump wil kunnen blijven klagen over de bondgenoten en eist naar eigen zeggen niet veel: "Just a little kiss.” Bondgenootschappen begrijpt hij gewoon niet, omdat die uitgaan van gezamenlijk gedragen en verdedigde belangen en van gelijkwaardigheid. De oorlog rond de Straat van Hormuz - zonder enige afstemming met de bondgenoten - liet dat overduidelijk blijken. Zijn nederlaag daar kan deze NAVO-top extra onvoorspelbaar maken. Is het daarom Ruttes insteek om met dat Trump’s trillion verhaal nu vooral tijd te kopen totdat nieuwe geopolitieke verhoudingen – en ook de verhoudingen binnen Amerika zelf – zich duidelijker laten zien? Hoe ver durven bondskanselier Friedrich Merz en zijn minister van Defensie Boris Pistorius nu al te gaan met het concreet maken van die Europese Pijler? Hoe innig wil de vermoedelijk nieuwe premier van het VK Andy Burnham de relatie met de EU inkleuren? Zal na deze NAVO-top ook in Amerika de strijd om de era na Trump losbarsten en wat betekent dit voor 'MAGA'? En, heel belangrijk, trekt ook Trump nu de conclusie dat Volodymyr Zelensky inmiddels wel de juiste kaarten heeft? Na een afgang bij Hormuz en botsingen met Benjamin Netanyahu zal hij toch niet ook nog de partner willen zijn van Vladimir Poetin als de volgende 'loser'? Dumpt hij Poetin om zichzelf toch nog als winnaar te kunnen presenteren? *** Verder luisteren 585 - 'Nostalgie is geen strategie': Canada breekt met Amerika en kiest voor de EU 578 - Oorlog voeren in een verdeelde wereld: misverstanden en mislukkingen 577 - Hoe Jimmy Carter de bescherming van de Golfregio tot Amerika’s prioriteit maakte 575 - Nederland staat niet langer op het menu, maar zit aan tafel 571 - Het kabinet-Jetten in een geopolitieke orkaan 567 - De geschiedenis beukt op Europa's deur. Caroline de Gruyter over zondagskinderen in een ruige wereld 574 – Hormuz: eeuwenoud brandpunt van de wereld 558 – Poetins rampjaar, Jettens kans 515 – De heftige strijd tussen Israël en Iran 484 - Hoe Trump chaos veroorzaakt en de Europeanen in elkaars armen drijft 476 – Trump II en de gevolgen voor Europa en de NAVO *** Tijdlijn 00:00:00 – Deel 1 00:39:41 – Deel 2 01:01:37 – Deel 3 01:22:01 – Einde See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Malcolm Nance is a former career US Naval Intelligence officer specializing in counter-terrorism, intelligence and violent extremism. He has been an advisor to the US government's law enforcement, Homeland Security and Intelligence agencies. As an Arabic-speaking special intelligence collections operator, field interrogator he provided top secret anti and counter-terrorism support to national intelligence agencies while on numerous reconnaissance and combat operations in the Balkans, Middle East and sub-Saharan Africa. On April 18, 2022, Nance revealed that he had joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion in March 2022. In an interview with Michael Harriot of The Guardian, Nance alluded to African-American military aviator Eugene Bullard's service in the French Foreign Legion to his service in Ukraine, hoping to inspire "African Americans and young Americans who have been in the military" and describing the International Legion as "the pantheon of the defense of democracy in the defense of Ukraine".----------BOOKS: The Plot to Betray America: How Team Trump Embraced Our EnemiesImage of Hacking ISIS: How to Destroy the Cyber JihadThe Plot to Hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to StealDefeating ISIS: Who They Are, How They Fight, What They Believe----------LINKS:https://x.com/MalcolmNancehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Nancehttps://www.linkedin.com/in/malcolmnance/https://www.spymuseum.org/host-an-event/spy-speaker-series/malcolm-nance/https://us.macmillan.com/author/malcolmnance----------ACTIVE CAMPAIGN:https://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-malcolm-nancehttps://car4ukraine.com/campaigns/summer-sunshine-trucks-2026-silicon-curtain----------We are raising funds for 5 of 15 Vampire DronesSilicon Curtain for Kupiansk Vampires. Dzyga's Paw, together with Jonathan Fink, is joining forces to raise $40,000 to provide the Khartiia Brigade with Vampire Drones.https://dzygaspaw.com/silicon-curtain-for-kupiansk-vampiresThese heavy bombers are designed to destroy manpower and equipment, as well as for remote mining. The Vampire UAV, manufactured by Skyfall, has proven itself to be one of the most effective weapons in the Kupiansk direction. Skyfall is one of Ukraine's largest defense tech companies, producing Vampire bomber drones, various modifications of Shrike FPV drones, P1-SUN, Shahed drone interceptors, communication systems, and components.----------SUPPORT THE CHANNEL:https://www.buymeacoffee.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtainhttps://www.gofundme.com/f/scaling-up-campaign-to-fight-authoritarian-disinformation----------TRUSTED CHARITIES ON THE GROUND:Save Ukrainehttps://www.saveukraineua.org/Superhumans - Hospital for war traumashttps://superhumans.com/en/UNBROKEN - Treatment. Prosthesis. Rehabilitation for Ukrainians in Ukrainehttps://unbroken.org.ua/Come Back Alivehttps://savelife.in.ua/en/Chefs For Ukraine - World Central Kitchenhttps://wck.org/relief/activation-chefs-for-ukraineUNITED24 - An initiative of President Zelenskyyhttps://u24.gov.ua/Serhiy Prytula Charity Foundationhttps://prytulafoundation.orgNGO “Herojam Slava”https://heroiamslava.org/kharpp - Reconstruction project supporting communities in Kharkiv and Przemyślhttps://kharpp.com/NOR DOG Animal Rescuehttps://www.nor-dog.org/home/----------PLATFORMS:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CurtainSiliconInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/siliconcurtain/Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/4thRZj6NO7y93zG11JMtqmLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/finkjonathan/Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/siliconcurtain----------

Send us Fan MailEpisode 458 — Bob Dole: The Life That Brought Him There (Part 39)A Bonus Show: A Couple of Stories by Bob DoleAs our journey through the life and career of Bob Dole continues, we take a brief detour from the main narrative to share a collection of fascinating stories that simply deserved to be heard.Over the course of researching this series, we encountered a number of memorable moments from Dole's oral history interviews that, while not essential to the chronological story, offered unique insights into his experiences, personality, and remarkable career. Rather than leave them on the cutting room floor, we've gathered them together for this special bonus episode.We begin with reflections on Dole's life and legacy from Karl Rove, recorded during FOX News coverage of Dole's funeral, providing context for how his colleagues and admirers remembered him after his passing.From there, Dole takes center stage, telling stories in his own words, including:• His meeting with Saddam Hussein and the impressions he took away from the encounter • His experiences meeting Daniel Ortega during a turbulent period in Central American politics • A fascinating story involving Slobodan Milošević during the conflicts that reshaped the Balkans • His work with Daniel Patrick Moynihan in the effort to preserve and strengthen Social SecurityThese stories highlight a side of Bob Dole that often gets overlooked — the diplomat, the negotiator, the observer of world events, and the Senate dealmaker who built relationships across party lines and around the globe.Some are humorous.Some are revealing.And all of them provide a deeper appreciation for a man whose public career spanned some of the most consequential decades of the twentieth century.Not every story fits neatly into history's timeline.But sometimes the stories left over are among the most interesting of all. Questions or comments at  , Randalrgw1@aol.com ,  https://twitter.com/randal_wallace   , and http://www.randalwallace.com/Please Leave us a review at wherever you get your podcastsThanks for listening!!

This special episode of LCHP's History-Politics Podcast features a recording of an event titled “The Future of History: Have We Reached the End of History Again?” This event was the first in a multi-part series by the Luskin Public History Program in conjunction with the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy at the Wende Museum. LCHP Director David Myers moderates a conversation between Miloš Jovanović (UCLA Assistant Professor of History), Natasha Piano (UCLA Assistant Professor of Political Theory, and Terry Tang (Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times). This panel revisits the conclusion of political scientist Francis Fukuyama in his 1992 book The End of History and the Last Man, that we have reached “the universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.” The scholars discuss whether the rise of illiberal authoritarianism marks a new end of history. From the rise of China and contemporary challenges to democracy to the role of journalism, education, and historical thinking in a “post-truth” age, the panelists examine the enduring appeal of liberty, equality, and human dignity. In an era of constant change, how should we think about the next phase of history? As part of an unfolding journey into the future, or as the beginning of the end? Miloš Jovanović is an Assistant Professor of History at UCLA. His research looks at the Balkans, Ottoman and Habsburg Empires, capitalism, and Marxist theory and history. His first book, Cities of Dust and Mud: Urbanism and Bourgeois Fantasy in the Balkans (Stanford University Press, 2026), explores the social costs of elite-led urban change. His new project, Spaces of Empire: The Habsburg World and its Afterlives, examines the diverse trajectories of urban spaces after imperial collapse.David N. Myers is Distinguished Professor of History and the Sady and Ludwig Kahn Chair in Jewish History at UCLA. He is the founding director of the UCLA Luskin Center for History and Policy. He also directs the UCLA Initiative to Study Hate, the UCLA Dialogue Across Difference Initiative, and the UCLA Bedari Kindness Institute. He is the author or editor of more than fifteen books, including American Shtetl (Princeton University Press 2022, winner of the 2022 National Jewish Book Award).Natasha Piano is Assistant Professor of Political Theory in the Department of Political Science at UCLA. She specializes in democratic theory and the history of political thought, focusing on realist and empirical traditions in political science and Italian political theory. Her book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science (Harvard University Press, 2025), examines how misinterpretations of elite theory shaped American political systems. She is also the co-editor of Florentine Political Writings from Petrarch to Machiavelli (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019).Terry Tang is Executive Editor of the Los Angeles Times. Appointed in 2024, she is the first female editor in the paper's 142-year history. Before joining the Los Angeles Times in 2019, she served as director of publications and editorial at the American Civil Liberties Union and held multiple editorial roles at The New York Times. She holds a BA in economics from Yale and a JD from New York University School of Law. She was also a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. 

An assassination in Marseilles plunges the Balkans into turmoil. The Europe-wide battles of Black versus Red make their way onto the streets of Yugoslavia. Pegged as a trouble-maker and pursued by the authorities, the shape-shifting Josip Broz flees to Russia. There he will be re-tooled as a Soviet agent. Dispatched by Moscow, he'll return with a new mission and a new name… A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 2 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. You can listen to the next two episodes of the Tito story straight away, without waiting and without ads, by joining Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Air Chief Marshal Sir John Stringer began his career flying fast jets for the Royal Air Force, enforcing no‑fly zones over Iraq and flying combat missions over the Balkans. He went on to command air war against ISIS in the Middle East, overseeing every UK air operation during Operation Shader. But what makes him exceptional is not just that he's led in battle, it's that he's also helped shape how Britain and NATO think about the future of war. He's served at the highest levels of defence strategy. He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of gallant and distinguished services in the field, and a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath in the 2025 Birthday Honours. In March this year, he became NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe, the Alliance's second‑highest military post, and the most senior role the UK holds in NATO. Sir John is a dear friend of mine and humbly reviews his extraordinary career and discusses the shape of things to come. So strap in, prepare for take-off and listen to the insights and stories of one of the most senior military leaders in the Western world. Bandwidth Conversations is proudly sponsored by Klira.  Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant.

Two weeks in a car, driving through Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, back into Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Montenegro. An amazing trip, some stress-inducing driving experiences (narrow roads, manual transmission and left hand drive... a great combination!), and scenery that was simply beyond expectations. Followed up with a 7 night island-hopping cruise from Dubrovnik to Trogir.

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Long before Putin's invasion of Ukraine, conflict was simmering on Europe's borders. In overlooked territories in eastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and the Caucasus –from the Balkans and Cyprus to Abkhazia on the fringes of Georgia – local disputes spiral into regional crises, global alliances are forged and broken, and power is brokered while the West looks elsewhere. In this episode, acclaimed correspondent Hannah Lucinda Smith joins Adam McCauley to discuss her new book Hinterlands: Journeys through Europe's Unfinished Frontiers. She draws on vivid first-hand experience to paint a gripping portrait of Europe at its edges - and the struggles that will define its future. Hannah Lucinda Smith is a journalist known for reporting across the Middle East and Europe for The Times of London, The Atlantic, WIRED, and others. She is the author of Erdogan Rising, an account of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's rise to power, and Zarifa, the memoir of Afghan human rights activist Zarifa Ghafari. Adam McCauley is a journalist, academic, and policy analyst currently based in Ottawa, Canada. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Listen to Felina's first appearance on UnF*ck Your Money here:The Best Money Convo in the WorldRegister with Felina's workshop with Somatic Experiencing International, The Somatic Side of Money Trauma on her website: https://www.felinadanalis.com/When it comes to money, most people think about money mindset, budgeting, or financial literacy... But very few understand what happens in the body around money and how this is actually what drives most of our financial decisions and behaviors. In this episode, Felina and I chat about:What Somatic Experiencing is and how it's different to traditional talk therapy.Why high-achieving people can understand money intellectually but still struggle with their money behaviors and habits. What happens in the nervous system when someone feels stressed, anxious, or overwhelmed about money.And what financial trauma looks like, and how to begin healing. Keywords: financial trauma, money, budgets, spending, saving; financial healing, money healing: Connect with Felina:Felina Danalis, M.A., S.E.P. (she/her) helps individuals and mission-driven organizations master resilience to stress, anxiety and trauma in order to have a more meaningful impact in the world. After witnessing a traumatic car bombing while working as a diplomat in the Balkans, she had a breaking open moment which caused her to radically change direction and course. A bi-cultural and multi-lingual daughter of working class immigrants, for more than a decade she has stewarded a global coaching practice (www.felinadanalis.com) that helps individuals and organizations deal with the impacts of stress in a culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, body-based way. She has worked with institutions ranging from the World Bank to Planned Parenthood, the Betty Ford Center to the Omega Institute for Holistic Studies, Google to The Golden Door. She holds degrees from Georgetown and Johns Hopkins University, is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and assistant teaching faculty and once upon a time co-wrote a book on socially responsible investing. www.felinadanalis.comhttps://www.instagram.com/fdanalis/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/felinadanalis/ ⭐️ Book Your Introductory SessionMoney isn't just math. It's behavior.If you're struggling with overspending, avoidance, financial anxiety, overgiving, or simply feeling overwhelmed by money, let's talk.As a Behavioral Finance Coach and Somatic Practitioner, I help people understand the behavior behind their money so they can bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it.Book your introductory sessionBook your session here. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ If this episode made you think, gave you a new perspective, or helped you feel a little less alone, would you do me a favor?Leave a 5-star review on Spotify or Apple Podcasts and email me a screenshot. Reviews help this little podcast reach more humans who need it. And because I appreciate you, I'll send you a special thank-you gift in return ♥️~Podcast theme song by The Jilted Irony

Vladimir Onokoy returns to Behind the Gun to discuss his new book From Balkans to Babylon: Zastava AKs of Yugoslavia, Serbia, and Iraq — and more importantly, the personal story behind writing it. From his extensive field experience to the inspirations that drove him to document this rich Kalashnikov lineage, Vlad encourages others to act on their own instincts to share hard-won knowledge like he intends to do in his new book coming out soon. Vladimir Onokoy on The Firearm Blog: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/author/vladmir-o/ Safar Publishing (pre-order the book): https://www.safar-publishing.com/product-page/from-balkans-to-babylon-zastava-aks-of-yugoslavia-serbia-and-iraq Vladimir Onokoy YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/machaksilver Vladimir Onokoy on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vladonokoy/ Contact Vladimir: vonokoybooks@proton.me

Bek Lover returns to WiseNuts for a wide-ranging conversation on the growing protests in Albania, the controversial Jared Kushner development project, Balkan politics, Armenia, Serbia, modern warfare, and the state of global affairs.We also discuss corruption, rising costs of living, Los Angeles politics, the California wildfires, media narratives, faith, and the future of the West. Whether you agree or disagree, this episode delivers an unfiltered perspective on some of today's most controversial topics.

Harriet Logan is a multi-award winning photographer who spent the first half of her career working on international assignments in places such as Sudan, Angola, Chechnya, Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo and Somalia for a range of international newspapers and magazines. She subsequently turned her attention to working commercially on advertising campaigns for various big brand clients, including The Pictet Group and Canon, alongside some of the worlds largest advertising agencies. Today she curates the Incite Project, an issue driven collection of photographs broadly based around the subject of world events and conflict. Harriet is also the executive director of The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant which has run for over 30 years and which she won in 1992. The grant has a mission to support young and emerging Photojournalists. She co-parents 4 boys with her husband Mark, an owl, a peregrine falcon, three dogs, a dressage horse, and a bunch of sheep, cows, chickens and pigs. On episode 284, Harriet discusses, among other things: Her journey into photojournalism from art college in the USA Her early project on an Aids patient, with whom she became close Beginners luck at the Poll tax riots in London in 1990 Ending up in southern Sudan…and then Somalia Winning the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant and how it changed everything The reality of being a female photojournalist in the 90's An example of the danger of inadvertantly fucking over your subject He story about victims of rape in Kosovo during the Balkans conflict Being sent to Afghanistan for the first time by The Sunday Times… …And returning four years later to find the women and girls she had photographed there A close call on the road from Kabul to Jalalabad Motherhood, falling out of love with being a photographer, and the decision to quit photojournalism Becoming the Executive Director of the The Ian Parry Photojournalism Grant The new Tom Stoddart Award for Excellence How The Incite Project came about and how she defines what it is The fundamental strangeness of having graphic and disturbing photojounalism framed on your walls Referenced: Eugene Richards, Exploding Into Life Don McCullin Les Wilson Len Greener Josef Koudelka Cartier Bresson Robert Capa W. Eugene Smith Colorific Aidan Sullivan Tom Stoddart Michael Rand Jillian Edelstein Simon Norfolk Jenny Matthews Jeremy Clarkson AA Gill Mark Hix Tristran Lund Giles Duley, Legacy of War Foundation Laura Pannack Omar Ashtawey Trevor Paglen Richard Mosse Ed Burtynsky Luke Delahey Ed Clarke Network Photographers Simon Roberts Matt Black Lorenzo Meloni Chris Donovan Become a A Small Voice podcast member here to access exclusive additional subscriber-only content and the full archive of 200+ previous episodes for £4 per month. Subscribe to my weekly newsletter here for everything A Small Voice related and much more besides. Follow me on Instagram here. Need a new website? I will build you one with Squarespace. Details here.

Josip Broz was the wartime resistance leader who became Tito, the strongman ruler of Yugoslavia. He defeated both Hitler and Mussolini. He stared down Stalin. He consolidated much of the Balkans as a single state, helping it to punch above its weight. But beyond his undoubted political skill and avuncular demeanour there was also a darkness… and an iron fist. So who really was the man behind the name? How did he chart a third way through the Cold War? And how is he remembered today? A Noiser podcast production. Narrated by Paul McGann. Featuring Neil Barnett, Branko Brkic, Christopher Catherwood, Richard Mills, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy, Geoffrey Swain, Susan L Woodward. This is Part 1 of 5. Written by Jeff Dawson | Assistant Producer: Luke Lonergan | Exec produced by Joel Duddell | Sound supervisor: Tom Pink | Sound design & audio editing by George Tapp | Assembly editing by Dorry Macaulay, Rob Plummer, Josh Latham | Compositions by Oliver Baines, Dorry Macaulay, Tom Pink | Mix & mastering: Cian Ryan-Morgan | Recording engineer: Joseph McGann. You can listen to the next two episodes of the Tito story straight away, without waiting and without ads, by joining Noiser+. Just click the subscription banner at the top of the feed or go to noiser.com/subscriptions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

LELEK — Croatia's Eurovision 2026 act — joined us for an on-stage interview at our Eurofan House x Wiwibloggs interview series in Vienna. The band, formed in 2024, consists of members Inka Večerina Perušić, Judita Štorga, Korina Olivia Rogić, Lara Brtan, and Marina Ramljak. They discuss their song "Andromeda" and its powerful message, which relates to the subjugation of women in the Balkans. They also detail their tattoos, which women wore to escape slavery. How did the group form? Who is the most emotional? And what's it been like meeting their Eurovision idols? We find out all of this and more. Interviewer: William Lee Adams  

Ralph talks to journalist and M.Div. Chris Hedges about Pope Leo XIV's encyclical on artificial intelligence. Then, Ralph speaks with Rick Engler (former member of the US Chemical Safety and Hazards Investigation Board) about Trump's proposed closing of that agency. Finally, Ralph pays tribute to some recently departed friends.Chris Hedges is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, who spent nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent in Central America, the Middle East, Africa and the Balkans. He is the host of The Chris Hedges Report, and he is a prolific author— his latest book is A Genocide Foretold: Reporting on Survival and Resistance in Occupied Palestine.I think that Pope Leo kind of missed the point of AI. In that he describes that it could be a positive force for Catholic education (these are his words), compassionate health care, creative platforms that tell the Christian story with truth and beauty. I think those were all indications to me that he didn't quite understand what AI is about. It's not about education, it's not about compassion, it's not about truth, and it's not about beauty. It is a very pernicious force that will go beyond, of course, replacing all sorts of labor, but creating a world where fact and fiction are blurred together.Chris HedgesI think that mass organization is kind of all we have left as we barrel towards an authoritarian state. Congress doesn't function, certainly doesn't function as Congress was designed to function. They have surrendered their traditional constitutional authority, including, of course, the call for Congress to declare war. And this kind of unitary executive branch—this was put into place, by the way, before Trump. He's just taken advantage of it…And I think that it's absolutely fundamental that we recapture that kind of militancy, that kind of organized workforce that has traditionally throughout our history been such an important corrective to democracy—along with, of course, journalism.Chris HedgesRick Engler is a former U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board member and labor advocate who founded the New Jersey Work Environment Council. He has advocated for successful landmark state and national public policies that ensure workers and the public's “right to know” about potential chemical dangers, and that promote safer processes, chemical incident prevention, and whistleblower protection.The CSB is unique. I mean, nobody would think of abolishing the National Transportation Safety Board. And no one should think about abolishing the Chemical Safety Board, which does the same thing. It's not about issuing, in this case, fines or violations. It's about trying to understand the underlying causes of what led to these incidents.Rick Engler[Trump's allies] have a certain religious fervor about this. When I talk to plant managers, the plant managers of the corporations are much more careful and nuanced in most cases. They don't want their own plants to explode. But somewhere at the higher corporate levels, I think they're just willing to take the risks that the tradeoff for them is: Trump is supporting them in so many ways, why interfere? Why become part of some nuanced opposition to the most extreme EPA attacks? But I do think the elimination of the CSB is driven by the Trump administration in a way that wouldn't be happening if it was just left to the chemical industry trade associations alone. I'm not sure that's an adequate answer. I'm actually kind of puzzled by it. Because it's also really clear that if there was any one major incident, it would cost so much money—not only in the human tragedy of the lives lost and neighbors harmed and evacuations and shelter-in-place and property damage, but these incidents destroy facilities.Rick EnglerNews 6/12/26* Our top stories this week come to us from California, where, after an excruciatingly protracted wait, authorities have finally called some of the most high-profile races. In Los Angeles, Democratic Socialist City Councilwoman Nithya Raman has secured the second slot in the mayoral race, beating out reactionary former reality television star Spencer Pratt, PBS reports. Pratt garnered significant attention from conservative media for his slick AI-generated ads and his false claims about living in an airstream trailer after his LA home burned down in the recent fires. In actuality, he was living in the posh Bel Air hotel, billed as a campaign expense, per TMZ. Now the question becomes whether or not Raman will be able to expand her coalition to unseat incumbent Mayor Karen Bass in November.* If Raman's victory is the good news however, the bad news is that Trump-endorsed Republican Steve Hilton will advance in the gubernatorial race. He will face off against former California Attorney General and Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra, who has accepted large campaign contributions from the California Association of Realtors, the California Medical Association and even Chevron, per CalMatters. This outcome means progressive billionaire Tom Steyer will not advance. Many are placing the blame for this on former Congresswoman Katie Porter, who remained in the race despite clearly failing to achieve any real viability throughout the race. This has drawn comparisons to Elizabeth Warren's perceived role as a spoiler candidate vis-a-vis Bernie Sanders in the 2020 Democratic Primary, particularly since Porter is a highly visible protégé of Senator Warren. In his concession speech, Steyer closed by telling his supporters “Pay attention. Know what you deserve, and know who is on your side. Understand who the villains are, and say their names out loud. Continue to demand more from your leaders and your government, until they give you the California – and the country – you know you deserve. I will be with you all the way.”* Elsewhere in California however, progressives scored major victories. In California's 22nd congressional district, Bernie Sanders-backed Randy Villegas secured a spot in the top two, beating out his opponent Jasmine Bains, who enjoyed the backing of AIPAC and 53 corporate donors, according to the American Prospect. He will face Republican incumbent Congressman David Valadao in November. Even more impressive is the victory of progressive challenger Mai Vang in California's 7th district primary, where she actually emerged as the top vote getter, beating out longtime incumbent Congresswoman Doris Matsui. However, because Matsui, who is 81 years old, won the second-most votes, she will still advance to the general election.* Another much-anticipated primary was held this week on the exact other end of the country. In Maine, Graham Platner trounced his opponents in the Democratic Senate race, winning over 70% of the vote despite a concerted campaign against him in the national press. In his victory speech, CNN reports Platner wrote off the smears, saying “They don't know Maine.” Furthermore, he said “If you believe, as I do, that we can change our politics, and change our country, then you must also believe that people can change…To all those who feel let down, disappointed, or disillusioned. It is my job to earn your trust, your faith, and your support. And I will spend every day of this campaign, and if I have the privilege, every day in the United States Senate, doing exactly that.” Platner will face off against five-term incumbent Senator Susan Collins in a race that will be decisive if Democrats are to have any chance of retaking the Senate in the 2026 midterms.* Turning towards the plains, two candidates are starting to show a surprising level of viability in heavily Republican, rural states. First, in Idaho, Todd Achilles is running as an independent against Republican incumbent Senator Jim Risch. Achilles served as a tank commander and armor officer in the Army before a varied career in the corporate world, education and now politics, according to Independent Voter News. The most striking development in this race is a new poll showing that while “Achilles starts out…behind by 14 points at 48-34…once voters hear biographical information about him and negative messaging about Senator Risch, he gains a full 17 points…[leading] Risch, 41% to 38%.” If accurate, this would be a stunningly close race in a state where registered Republicans outnumber registered Democrats by a margin greater than 5-to-1.* In South Dakota, Brian Bengs, another veteran turned educator – turned, in this case, National Park Ranger – is running shockingly close to incumbent Republican Senator Mike Rounds in a head-to-head matchup. According to the South Dakota Standard, the latest polling shows Rounds leading Bengs 44% to 40%, with 16% undecided. Moreover, like the Achilles poll, when voters are given biographical information about Bengs and negative messaging about Senator Rounds, that margin flips to 44% in favor of Bengs, compared to just 42% for Rounds. If these polls are accurate and independent candidates – not just Achilles and Bengs but also Dan Osborn in Nebraska and Seth Bodnar in Montana – prove viable, perhaps even victorious, in states long seen as out of reach for non-Republicans, there will have to be a serious reckoning with the toxicity of the Democratic Party brand in the American heartland.* In Michigan, progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed has picked up perhaps the most critical possible endorsement in the state: that of the United Auto Workers. In a statement, the union wrote that “UAW members in Michigan want a fighter in Washington, D.C. who isn't afraid to push forward a strong working-class agenda with moral clarity…From Medicare for All to banning stock buybacks, Dr. Abdul El-Sayed is ready, eager, and well-equipped to move our core issues in the U.S. Senate.” Whether because of this endorsement or not, El-Sayed now seems to be in the driver's seat in this primary. This endorsement dovetails with UAW President Shawn Fain's rumored frustration with the mainstream labor movement for not doing more to back labor candidates, such as Clare Valdez in New York, who was a UAW organizer before entering the State Assembly.* On the House floor meanwhile, lame-duck dissident Republican Congressman Thomas Massie delivered a barn-burner of a speech this week, demanding that the government reopen the investigation into the 1967 Israeli attack on the USS Liberty, Al Jazeera reports. The attack on the Liberty, a US Navy vessel, killed 34 service members and injured 171 others. For decades, Israel has claimed that this was nothing more than an accidental incident of friendly fire, but the surviving veterans have long disputed this explanation, contending that it was a deliberate attack, either as a “false flag operation or because they simply didn't want anybody observing what they were doing that day.” Massie called on the House to “give them closure…It's long overdue. And then they can have their justice.”* Looking to Latin America, the presidential election in Peru is, predictably, coming down to a razor thin margin, WLRN reports. This race, between left-wing Senator Roberto Sánchez and Keiko Fujimori, perennial presidential candidate and daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, currently stands at 50.004% for Fujimori and 49.996% for Sánchez, with 98.258% of the votes tabulated. Sánchez was favored to win after the in-country votes were counted, then Fujimori pulled ahead when the votes from Miami came in, other absentee votes eroded that margin and gave Sánchez the edge once again but Fujimori has yet again pulled ahead by a hair. This is Fujimori's fourth presidential campaign, making it to the runoff each time but ultimately losing by the narrowest of margins.* Finally, in Colombia, Progressive International reports that while Colombian President Gustavo Petro presides at the United Nations Security Council, “conservative forces in the country's legislature have conspired against the constitution to ‘SUSPEND' his presidency — just 11 days from the run-off presidential election.” While Reuters adds that the proposal must be “debated and approved by all ‌16 ⁠members of the [legislative Commission of Investigation and ​Accusation] and subsequently by the Senate before it can take effect,” it is hard to see this as anything besides an opportunistic grab for power while the proverbial cat is away. Petro's four-year term ends in August; the runoff in the presidential election, between leftist Ivan Cepeda and right-wing lawyer Abelardo ​De La Espriella, will be held on ​June 21st.This has been Francesco DeSantis, with In Case You Haven't Heard. Get full access to Ralph Nader Radio Hour at www.ralphnaderradiohour.com/subscribe

Guido van Hengel is schrijver, essayist en historicus. Hij is gespecialiseerd in Europa als idee en constructie, de cultuur van de Balkan, en de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Ook is hij redacteur bij de Nederlandse Boekengids en de tijdschriften Donau en Drawing the Times. Hij schreef de boeken ‘De dagen van Gavrilo Princip. hoe een jonge rebel de Eerste Wereldoorlog ontketende', ‘De zieners' en ‘Roedel'. Nu verschijnt ‘Dageraad. Geschiedenis in ochtendlicht'. Met verhalen, mysteriën, nachtmerries, marsen, oorlogen, zuiveringen en gezangen vertelt hij, aan de hand van uiteenlopende historische figuren, over het verlangen naar een nieuw begin. Ellen Deckwitz gaat met Guido van Hengel in gesprek.

3 Hours and 13 MinutesPG-13Thomas777 is a revisionist historian and a fiction writer.Here, in one file, are the 3 episodes Thomas777 did with Pete covering the 1990's Balkans Wars.Episode 1: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 1 - 'The Homeland War' w/ Thomas777Episode 2: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 2 - WW2 Context - w/ Thomas777Episode 3: The 1990's Balkan Wars - Part 3 - The Hostilities - w/ Thomas777Thomas' SubstackThomas777 MerchandiseThomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 1"Thomas' Book "Steelstorm Pt. 2"Thomas on TwitterThomas' CashApp - $7homas777Pete and Thomas777 'At the Movies'Support Pete on His WebsitePete's PatreonPete's SubstackPete's SubscribestarPete's GUMROADPete's VenmoPete's Buy Me a CoffeePete on FacebookPete on TwitterBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-pete-quinones-show--6071361/support.

As the Trump administration blocks a referee from entering the US, is this the most political world cup of all time, and just how messy will it get? Can the Democrats flip the Senate, and would it actually stop Trump? Is Jared Kushner turning the Balkans into his personal property portfolio? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questions and more in this week's edition of Question Time. __________ Enjoy Rory and Alastair's interview with Odd Arne Westad by searching ‘Leading' on Spotify, Apple, or YouTube. Go deeper into the world of The Rest Is Politics by signing up for our free newsletter HERE, featuring exclusive interviews, analysis and weekend reads from Alastair and Rory. Join The Rest Is Politics Plus. Start your free trial at therestispolitics.com to unlock exclusive bonus content – including Rory and Alastair's miniseries – plus ad-free listening, early access to episodes and live show tickets, exclusive newsletters, discounted book prices, and a private chatroom on Discord. The Rest Is Politics is powered by Fuse Energy. Stop overpaying for energy. Switch at fuseenergy.com/politics and get a free TRIP+ subscription. Get our exclusive NordVPN deal here ➼ nordvpn.com/restispolitics It's risk-free with Nord's 30 day money back guarantee ✅ __________ Instagram: @restispolitics Twitter: @restispolitics Email: therestispolitics@goalhanger.com __________ Social Producer: Celine Charles Video Editor: Adam Thorton, James Clayden Assistant Producer: Daisy Alston-Horne Producer: Evan Green Exec Producer: Chris Sawyer General Manager: Tom Whiter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

In 1977, a calm, otherworldly voice broke into the British evening news across five transmitters at once, identified itself as an alien envoy, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear weapons before time ran out. Was it a hoax, or first contact?EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/AlienVoicesOnTVAndRadioREAD or DOWNLOAD the full transcript of this episode: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/mrxcfak4FEATURED STORIES IN THIS EPISODE: While scientists at SETI are continually monitoring for extraterrestrial contact from the cosmos, ordinary people are already hearing from them – via radio and television. (Aliens Voices Over Radio and Television) *** 
The death of a Hollywood movie producer is still unsolved – and his spirit on the lot is still at unrest. (The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince) *** A family moves into a new home, and it's not long before they begin hearing strange sounds coming from the home bar in their living room. (Something In That Part of the House) *** In years past, baby boys were dressed in pink. So why the change to the color blue for boys? The answer is a dark one. (Baby Blues) *** In just 30 seconds, 30 rounds were fired when the tension between a crew of thieving cowboys and vigilante lawmen came to an explosive head in the frontier town of Tombstone, Arizona. (The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral)CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…00:00:00.000 = Klaatu's speech from “The Day The Earth Stood Still” (1951)00:02:45.959 = Show Open00:04:39.005 = Alien Voices Over Radio And Television00:16:13.874 = The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince and the Haunting of Culver Studios00:33:04.222 = Something in That Part of the House ***00:39:31.873 = Baby Blues00:45:22.653 = The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral ***00:54:32.710 = Show Close*** = Begins immediately after inserted ad breakLISTEN ON PODCAST APPS: Look for this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, iHeart Radio, Amazon Music, Pandora, TuneIn Radio, and other podcast apps. Get a list of free listening apps here: https://weirddarkness.com/wdapps*No AI Voices Are Used In The Narration Of This Podcast*SOURCES and RESOURCES:“The True Story Behind the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” by Mark Oliver: http://ow.ly/RmAm30oaHWt“The Mysterious Death of Thomas Ince” by Troy Taylor: http://ow.ly/WVUu30oaHvS“Something In That Part of the House” by Haven: http://ow.ly/qMeU30oaHxn“Baby Blues” by Conny Waters: http://ow.ly/zcGj30oaI32“Alien Voices Over Radio and Television” posted at the Conspiracy Journal: https://tinyurl.com/y2ht47pt“Klaatu's Speech From ‘The Day The Earth Stood Still'”: (link no longer available)(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Originally aired: November, 2021Weird Darkness moves across five unsettling true tales — alleged alien voices breaking into broadcast signals, the unexplained death of a Hollywood pioneer, a possessed home bar in Mexico, the superstitious roots of dressing infant boys in blue, and the bloody thirty seconds behind the O.K. Corral.It opens with the alleged extraterrestrial transmissions that have arrived through ordinary radios and televisions rather than from deep space. On November 26, 1977, at 5:12 PM, a deep, water-logged voice overrode five Southern Television transmitters across southern England, speaking over news reader Ivor Mills for five and a half minutes; the voice named itself Gramaha — also transcribed as Vrillon, Gillon, or Glon — a representative of the Ashtar Galactic Command, and warned humanity to abandon nuclear energy before the dawning New Age of Aquarius. The Independent Broadcasting Authority never logged the interruption and could not explain how its instant switch-off monitoring was bypassed. Years earlier, in July 1961, an eighteen-year-old ham radio operator named Robert P. Renaud had picked up a soft feminine voice high in the 25-meter band claiming to broadcast from a planet called Korendor, eventually trading images on his television's vidicon tube with a contact named Lin-Erri, an episode investigator Allen Griese found oddly free of showmanship or profit. A decade after Renaud, in January 1971, British UFO researcher Rex Dutta took a call on a radio talk show from a voice that registered no echo, no feedback, and no movement on the station's VU meter.From there the episode crosses to November 1924 and the death of Thomas Ince, the producer who founded Culver Studios in 1918 and earned the title Father of the Western. Ince died days after celebrating his birthday aboard William Randolph Hearst's yacht, the Oneida, on a weekend cruise to San Diego that also carried actress Marion Davies and, by rumor, Charlie Chaplin. The official account blamed acute indigestion, but Hollywood whispered that Hearst, jealous over Davies, fired a diamond-studded revolver in the dark and put a bullet meant for Chaplin into Ince's head instead. The body was cremated, no inquest was held, San Diego district attorney Chester Kemply closed the case after a single session, and gossip columnist Louella Parsons soon received a lifetime Hearst contract. Decades later, workers at Culver Studios reported a man in a bowler-type hat watching them from the catwalks during 1988 renovations, frowning, declaring that he disliked what they were doing to his studio, and walking through a wall.Next comes a listener's account of a house in Mexico, bought by the family about twenty years earlier, where a heavy tavern-style wooden bar in the living room became the source of growling, clinking glassware, and slamming cabinet doors that sounded like two animals fighting inside an empty cupboard. The housekeeper, Letty, threw the cabinet open to find nothing disturbed. Weeks later the mother and Letty dug up jars in the front yard containing rag dolls pierced with pins, buried directly on the other side of the wall behind the bar. A framed mirror reading BAR shattered at three in the morning during a housewarming party, a barred window slid open on its own after being latched, and a photograph of a single bar stool showed a clear horned, devil-like face the family begged to have deleted. Letty, it turned out, was a bruja — a witch.Color superstition drives the next story: infant boys, dressed in blue today, were once dressed in pink, and a June 1918 article in the trade journal Earnshaw's Infants' Department called pink the stronger, more decided color suited to boys and blue the daintier choice for girls. The return to blue revived a far older practice, since the ancient Egyptians and Greeks regarded blue as divine and used it to repel evil spirits, dressing pharaohs in it and, as author Douglas B. Smith recounts, painting nurseries to keep satanic spirits from slipping into young children's bodies. Boys received that protection because they were valued above girls, who were thought too unimportant for evil spirits to trouble. The same fear survives in the Evil Eye and in protective amulets like the Hamsa and the Turkish Nazar, hung in homes and cars and worked into jewelry across the Balkans and the Middle East.The episode closes behind the O.K. Corral on October 26, 1881, where thirty rounds were fired in roughly thirty seconds. Tombstone, Arizona had been founded in 1877 by prospector Ed Schieffelin, who struck a silver vein worth more than thirty-seven million dollars after being warned that all he would find out there was his own tombstone. Wyatt, Virgil, Morgan, and James Earp, joined by the gun-slinging ex-dentist Doc Holliday, clashed with the Cochise County Cowboys, a feud that hardened after Curly Bill Brocius accidentally killed city marshal Fred White in 1880 and Virgil took the post. The gunfight left Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and nineteen-year-old Billy Clanton dead while Ike Clanton and Billy Claiborne fled, and Judge Wells Spicer afterward released the Earps as having committed an unwise but not criminal act. The reckoning continued past the verdict, with Virgil shotgunned in the back, Morgan assassinated over a game of pool in a plot tied to Ike Clanton, and Wyatt Earp drifting west until his death in California in 1929 at the age of eighty.

On this episode of Unsupervised Learning Razib talks to geneticist Leonidas-Romanos Davranoglou about two papers, Ancient DNA evidence for the history of the Albanians and Uniparental analysis of Deep Maniot Greeks reveals genetic continuity from the pre-Medieval era. He is an entomologist and evolutionary biologist specializing in insect morphology, biomechanics, bioacoustics, systematics, and taxonomy. Born in Greece, Davranoglou earned a B.Sc. (Hons) in Zoology from Imperial College London (2012–2015) before completing a DPhil (2015–2020) in insect morphology and biomechanics at the University of Oxford under supervisors Graham Taylor and Beth Mortimer. He is currently a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History (with support from the John Fell OUP Fund), where he investigates the evolutionary origins of sound production in hemipteran insects. He also serves as Curator of Hemiptera and a senior researcher at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History in Tel Aviv. Over the course of the episode Razib and Davranoglou cover the intersection of history, archaeology and genetics. Who are the Greeks of the Mani peninsula, south of Sparta? Are they particularly "genetically pure" compared to other Greeks, and what is their connection to the ancient Greeks? How do Albanians differ from other Balkan populations and what are their deep origins? The podcast explores genetic results that demystify the demographic history of the southern Balkans, and two of the deeply indigenous peoples to the region.

In dieser Folge gibt's wieder zwei Geschichten aus unserem Buch: Daniel liest Richards Geschichte über Ada Blackjack und Richard liest Daniels Geschichte über den Paläontologen und Albanologen Franz Baron Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvas. Außerdem freuen wir uns, dass wir endlich unser nächstes Buch ankündigen können! Es wird heißen: „Mehr Geschichten aus der Geschichte. Auf den Spuren verblüffender Erfindungen und kurioser Tüfteleien“ und erscheint am 4. September. Ein signiertes Exemplar ist ab jetzt bei der Autorenwelt vorbestellbar: https://shop.autorenwelt.de/products/mehr-geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-von-richard-hemmer-und-daniel-messner //Literatur Ada Blackjack – Einsame Heldin der Arktis - Jennifer Niven: Ada Blackjack: A True Story of Survival in the Arctic. New York 2003. Inselverzwergung im Dinosaurierland und albanische Abenteuer - Franz Nopcsa: Reisen in den Balkan. Die Lebenserinnerungen des Franz Baron Nopcsa. Eingeleitet, herausgegeben und mit Anhang versehen von Robert Elsie, 2015. Erwähnte Folgen - GAG494: Der Serumlauf nach Nome – https://gadg.fm/494 - GAG152: Ernest Shackleton und die Endurance-Expedition – https://gadg.fm/152 - GAG475: Eine kleine Geschichte des Anzugs – https://gadg.fm/475 - GAG477: Kleine Geschichte des Artensterbens – https://gadg.fm/477 - GAG230: Die Tendaguru-Expedition und das größte Dinosaurierskelett der Welt – https://gadg.fm/230 //Aus unserer Werbung Du möchtest mehr über unsere Werbepartner erfahren? Hier findest du alle Infos & Rabatte: https://linktr.ee/GeschichtenausderGeschichte //Geschichten aus der Geschichte jetzt auch als Brettspiel! Werkelt mit uns am Flickerlteppich! Gibt es dort, wo es auch Becher, T-Shirts oder Hoodies zu kaufen gibt: https://geschichte.shop // Wir sind jetzt auch bei CampfireFM! Wer direkt in Folgen kommentieren will, Zusatzmaterial und Blicke hinter die Kulissen sehen will: einfach die App installieren und unserer Community beitreten: https://www.joincampfire.fm/podcasts/22 //Wir haben auch ein Buch geschrieben: Wer es erwerben will, es ist überall im Handel, aber auch direkt über den Verlag zu erwerben: https://www.piper.de/buecher/geschichten-aus-der-geschichte-isbn-978-3-492-06363-0 Wer unsere Folgen lieber ohne Werbung anhören will, kann das über eine kleine Unterstützung auf Steady oder ein Abo des GeschichteFM-Plus Kanals auf Apple Podcasts tun. Wir freuen uns, wenn ihr den Podcast bei Apple Podcasts oder wo auch immer dies möglich ist rezensiert oder bewertet. Wir freuen uns auch immer, wenn ihr euren Freundinnen und Freunden, Kolleginnen und Kollegen oder sogar Nachbarinnen und Nachbarn von uns erzählt! Du möchtest Werbung in diesem Podcast schalten? Dann erfahre hier mehr über die Werbemöglichkeiten bei Seven.One Audio: https://www.seven.one/portfolio/sevenone-audio