Podcasts about Moldovan

In this episode of the GreatBase Tennis Podcast, Steve Smith is joined by co-host Dave Anderson, Tim Ross, and special guest Max Fomine. Max is a Moldovan-born coach whose path to tennis is as unique as it is inspiring.Max shares his family's immigration story, landing in Canada with no papers and few resources, and how hard work, persistence, and a deep love for tennis carried him from junior tournaments in Toronto to the courts of Mississippi State. He discusses the pivotal role his father played, his coaching roots with Billy Stearns and Stan Smith, and how his years of on-court grind shaped his development as a high-level coach.The conversation explores Max's time hitting with elite WTA players, including Amanda Anisimova, and reflects on the challenges of coaching in South Florida, staying committed as a player, and what makes great coaching last. From morning lessons at 5 a.m. to thoughtful insights on parenting, player trust, and doubles, Max offers a raw, honest look into the life of a dedicated coach.Episode 269 is a must-listen for anyone interested in coaching, development, or the journey behind the scenes of professional tennis.

When cybersecurity becomes a national and societal priority, the challenge for governments is to ensure relevant messages resonate broadly, are easily understood, and are culturally meaningful. This means going beyond technical language or one-size-fits-all solutions, and instead working with local trends, social dynamics, and communication habits that shape how citizens engage with digital risks. In this podcast episode, Rica Williams, Senior Expert at the e-Governance Academy, and Moldovan journalist Svetlana Gore share how Moldova is turning digital safety into a whole-of-society conversation. Capitalising on all resources available, Moldova embraced creative and community-based strategies to embed cybersecurity into public life – with approaches ranging from digital street interviews to campaigns on public transport. Tune in! 

At least four are killed in attack at a Mormon Church in Michigan, Oregon sues Trump over the National Guard deployment to Portland, Moldova's pro-EU party retains its parliamentary majority amid claims of Russian interference, Durov accuses French intelligence of censoring Telegram during the Moldovan election, Starmer hits a record low in approval ratings as Reform leads Labour, The Taliban releases American citizen Amir Amiry, Denmark bans all civilian drones, Trump announces 100% tariffs on foreign-made movies, Labour announces a plan for 12 new towns in England, Switzerland narrowly approves electronic ID cards, AI actress Tilly Norwood sparks a Hollywood controversy. Sources: www.verity.news

00:02:00 – Michigan Church ShootingDetails emerge about a Marine veteran who rammed a truck into a Mormon church, opened fire, and set the building ablaze, leaving multiple dead and wounded. The event sparks debate on armed defense in churches. 00:10:00 – France Pressures TelegramTelegram founder Pavel Durov alleges French intelligence blackmailed him to censor Moldovan election content, exposing how Western governments weaponize censorship under the guise of democracy. 00:20:00 – Epstein Files Blocked by GOP Fear of TrumpCongress fell one vote short of releasing Epstein files, with most Republicans refusing to challenge Trump's threats. A Democrat's special election win could change the outcome. 00:24:00 – Lala Harris' “MAGA Hat Debacle”Harris' new book ridiculed for immaturity, recounting Biden accidentally putting on a MAGA hat. Critics liken it to a teenage diary and highlight her failure to handle Joe Rogan. 00:26:00 – College Socialism & Violence PollNearly half of students polled support socialism, with 40% endorsing violence against opposing opinions—even after Kirk's assassination. Knight calls for ending government-run education to stop indoctrination. 00:51:00 – Epstein, Trump & Pedophile Cover-UpStatue of Trump and Epstein removed from the National Mall; Thomas Massie pushes to release Epstein files despite GOP leadership threats, with fears of intimidation and retaliation. 001:08:16 – Melania's AI Child ProgramMelania Trump promotes “Fostering the Future Together” at the UN, framed as child protection but criticized as a cover for AI-driven surveillance and state overreach. 001:34:07 – Trump's Personal Vendetta Against ComeyAnalysis of Trump's push to indict James Comey, with critics arguing it mirrors Comey's own past abuses and shows Trump using the justice system as a tool of revenge. 001:43:57 – Trump's Lawsuits & January 6 EntrapmentDiscussion of Trump's unwinnable lawsuits against major media outlets and his strategy of using fights for spectacle. The segment shifts into analysis of FBI involvement and entrapment narratives around January 6. 001:54:56 – Trump Labels Antifa TerroristsTrump designates Antifa a terrorist organization, raising concerns that such vague labels allow presidents to target dissent and expand authoritarian powers under the guise of national security. 002:12:11 – Sarkozy's Corruption & Trump ParallelsFrench President Sarkozy's foreign cash scandal is compared to Trump's ties with Israel, showing how globalist politicians enrich themselves while betraying national sovereignty. 002:39:01 – Kimmel Ratings Collapse & Trump EffectJimmy Kimmel's ratings surge after Trump attacks him, only to collapse by 70%. Critics argue Trump unintentionally elevated Kimmel's status as a free speech martyr. 002:55:44 – Trump's Gaza Plan with Tony BlairReports detail Trump promoting Tony Blair to lead Gaza's “transition authority,” aligning with UN and globalist technocrats. Critics argue MAGA supporters are being “Gaza-lighted.” Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-david-knight-show--2653468/support.

00:02:00 – Michigan Church ShootingDetails emerge about a Marine veteran who rammed a truck into a Mormon church, opened fire, and set the building ablaze, leaving multiple dead and wounded. The event sparks debate on armed defense in churches. 00:10:00 – France Pressures TelegramTelegram founder Pavel Durov alleges French intelligence blackmailed him to censor Moldovan election content, exposing how Western governments weaponize censorship under the guise of democracy. 00:20:00 – Epstein Files Blocked by GOP Fear of TrumpCongress fell one vote short of releasing Epstein files, with most Republicans refusing to challenge Trump's threats. A Democrat's special election win could change the outcome. 00:24:00 – Lala Harris' “MAGA Hat Debacle”Harris' new book ridiculed for immaturity, recounting Biden accidentally putting on a MAGA hat. Critics liken it to a teenage diary and highlight her failure to handle Joe Rogan. 00:26:00 – College Socialism & Violence PollNearly half of students polled support socialism, with 40% endorsing violence against opposing opinions—even after Kirk's assassination. Knight calls for ending government-run education to stop indoctrination. 00:51:00 – Epstein, Trump & Pedophile Cover-UpStatue of Trump and Epstein removed from the National Mall; Thomas Massie pushes to release Epstein files despite GOP leadership threats, with fears of intimidation and retaliation. 001:08:16 – Melania's AI Child ProgramMelania Trump promotes “Fostering the Future Together” at the UN, framed as child protection but criticized as a cover for AI-driven surveillance and state overreach. 001:34:07 – Trump's Personal Vendetta Against ComeyAnalysis of Trump's push to indict James Comey, with critics arguing it mirrors Comey's own past abuses and shows Trump using the justice system as a tool of revenge. 001:43:57 – Trump's Lawsuits & January 6 EntrapmentDiscussion of Trump's unwinnable lawsuits against major media outlets and his strategy of using fights for spectacle. The segment shifts into analysis of FBI involvement and entrapment narratives around January 6. 001:54:56 – Trump Labels Antifa TerroristsTrump designates Antifa a terrorist organization, raising concerns that such vague labels allow presidents to target dissent and expand authoritarian powers under the guise of national security. 002:12:11 – Sarkozy's Corruption & Trump ParallelsFrench President Sarkozy's foreign cash scandal is compared to Trump's ties with Israel, showing how globalist politicians enrich themselves while betraying national sovereignty. 002:39:01 – Kimmel Ratings Collapse & Trump EffectJimmy Kimmel's ratings surge after Trump attacks him, only to collapse by 70%. Critics argue Trump unintentionally elevated Kimmel's status as a free speech martyr. 002:55:44 – Trump's Gaza Plan with Tony BlairReports detail Trump promoting Tony Blair to lead Gaza's “transition authority,” aligning with UN and globalist technocrats. Critics argue MAGA supporters are being “Gaza-lighted.” Follow the show on Kick and watch live every weekday 9:00am EST – 12:00pm EST https://kick.com/davidknightshow Money should have intrinsic value AND transactional privacy: Go to https://davidknight.gold/ for great deals on physical gold/silverFor 10% off Gerald Celente's prescient Trends Journal, go to https://trendsjournal.com/ and enter the code KNIGHTFind out more about the show and where you can watch it at TheDavidKnightShow.com If you would like to support the show and our family please consider subscribing monthly here: SubscribeStar https://www.subscribestar.com/the-david-knight-showOr you can send a donation throughMail: David Knight POB 994 Kodak, TN 37764Zelle: @DavidKnightShow@protonmail.comCash App at: $davidknightshowBTC to: bc1qkuec29hkuye4xse9unh7nptvu3y9qmv24vanh7Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-real-david-knight-show--5282736/support.

Venäjä yritti vaikuttaa Moldovan vaaleihin, mutta EU-mieliset veivät voiton. Sunnuntaisia parlamenttivaaleja on pidetty äänestyksenä siitä, jatkaako Moldova EU-myönteisellä linjalla vai lähentyykö se Venäjää. Miksi pieni Moldova on niin tärkeä? Entä miksi Venäjä on jo usemman kerran epäonnistunut vaalien horjuttamisessa? Moldovan vaaleja analysoivat tutkijatohtori Kristiina Silvan Ulkopoliittisesta instituutista sekä ulko- ja turvallisuuspolitiikan asiantuntija, resilienssitutkimuksen työelämäprofessori Hanna Smith. Toimittajana on Antti Pilke.

Moldovassa järjestettiin eilen vaalit. Kuinka paljon vaaleihin vaikutettiin? Tästä kuulemme näkemyksiä maassa olevalta ETYJin vaalitarkkalijalta, kansanedustaja Mika Lintilältä, laaja-alaiseen vaikuttamiseen perehtyneeltä, päätoimittaja Markku Mantilalta ja Aleksanteri-instituutin johtaja Markku Kangaspurolta. Toisessa keskustelussa kysytään; kuinka tarkasti pankit tutkivat nykyään lainanottajan elämäntilannetta? Keskustelemassa ovat S-pankin Annemari Airaksinen, Osuuspankin Laura Hakamies ja Nordea-pankin Jussi Pajala. Ykkösaamun juontaa Mari Sarolahti.

U.S. President Donald Trump orders military deployment to Portland, Oregon, directing troops to protect ICE facilities from what he calls "domestic terrorists". Russia launches a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine. The UN reinstates sweeping sanctions on Iran. Moldovan voters head to the polls. Plus, a dinosaur's deadly last meal and the final days of Fat Bear Week. Listen to On Assignment ⁠here⁠. Sign up for the Reuters Econ World newsletter ⁠here⁠. Listen to the Reuters Econ World podcast ⁠here⁠. Visit the ⁠Thomson Reuters Privacy Statement⁠ for information on our privacy and data protection practices. You may also visit ⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠ to opt out of targeted advertising. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nina and Alexandra kick off this episode with a summary ofthe week's news, from the violations of NATO airspace in Estonia and Denmark to US President Donald Trump's possible 180 on Ukraine. They also discuss Russia's revival of the Intervision Song Contest as its latest cultural diplomacyeffort, as well as the extradition of Moldovan oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc from Greece after several years of evading the law. Nina then speaks with Serbian political scientist Nikola Burazer of the Center for Contemporary Politics and European Western Balkans. Nikola updates listeners on the ongoing student demonstrations in Serbia, the government's increasingly harsh response, and where he thinks the situation could be headed. While protesters' demands have evolved, Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić appears to be digging in his heels. Support the podcast visit: www.patreon.com/talkeasterneurope

One of the darling's of the global populist movement, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, has recently been sentenced to over 27 years in prison in his native country. So what does that tell us about the possible fortunes for other political leaders of the same ilk across the globe, and where does the South American country go from here?Roland hears from the Telegraph's senior foreign correspondent Adrian Blomfield, who has just returned from Brazil, about his meeting with Bolsonaro's wife and the extraordinary phenomenon of one of the world's largest Catholic majority countries being set to become majority Evangelical Christian in the coming years.Also in the programme, Roland speaks to Moldovan policy analyst Andrei Curăraru about the country's historic parliamentary elections this Sunday, and how Russia is trying to influence the result.Read Adrian Blomfield's interview with Mrs Bolsonaro: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2025/09/24/michelle-bolsonaro-rise-like-lioness-husband-languish-jail/https://linktr.ee/BattleLines Contact us with feedback or ideas: battlelines@telegraph.co.uk @venetiarainey @RolandOliphantSign up to our most popular newsletter, From the Editor. Look forward to receiving free-thinking comment and the day's biggest stories, every morning. telegraph.co.uk/fromtheeditor Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Moldovans head to the polls for parliamentary elections on Sunday September 28, less than a year after a presidential race marred by accusations of Russian interference and a closely contested referendum on EU membership. Sunday's vote could reshape Moldova's geopolitical future, as President Maia Sandu's pro-European PAS party risks losing its majority to populist or pro-Kremlin forces. Across Moldova, Moscow's propaganda continues to shape public opinion – especially in the Russian-speaking autonomous region of Gagauzia. FRANCE 24's Maria Gerth-Niculescu reports.

24 hours in the life of Emmanuel Macron in New York, how far NATO is prepared to go to defend its airspace, and why you should care about the Moldovan elections. Then: Russian training camps in Serbia, a message from the Global Sumud Flotilla to Gaza, the UK's political malaise, a Czech-German history project, and a cheesy festival in Italy.

Is it accurate to describe the upcoming elections in Moldova, scheduled for September 28, as a duel between the pro-EU and pro-Russian camps? Has Russia been at least partly successful in influencing a significant number of Moldovan voters? And what might happen if pro-Russian forces win? I discuss these questions, and more, with Denis Cenusa, an Associate Expert at the Center for Geopolitics and Security Studies in Vilnius.  Listen to our conversation. And if you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! Thank you. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://ko-fi.com/amatisak

On 28 September, Moldova's parliamentary election will be closely watched by leaders in both the EU and Russia.Ilan Shor, a fugitive oligarch on the run from Moldovan authorities, and now resident in Russia, is believed to be behind a major disinformation campaign. The apparent aim is to draw the nation of just over two million people under the influence of Moscow.The BBC has sent a reporter undercover to find out how disinformation is being spread, and where the money funding it is coming from.We hear from President Maia Sandu, on the danger it poses to the electorate, and the wider geopolitical forces at play.Presenter: Seamus Mirodan Producer: Sam Judah Editors: Flora Carmichael and Michael Simkin BBC Eye Investigative Team: Rowan Ings, Angela Stanciu, Andreea Jitaru, Oana Marocico, Malvina Cojocari

Most people aren't aware that the health of their mouth is intricately linked to the rest of their body, and that traditional dental practices could be a hidden source of chronic illness. Join me and my guest, Dr. Sanda Moldovan, to learn more about the surprising ways dental health influences overall well-being. We'll explore the dangers of mercury fillings, the pros and cons of fluoride, and the connection between your oral microbiome and chronic disease. Dr. Moldovan will also share what questions you should ask when searching for a holistic dentist. Listen now to discover how a holistic approach to dentistry could be your next step toward healing. Discover how The Tapping Solution app can help you reduce stress, manage pain, and find emotional balance with this exclusive offer for the Wellness By Design community: https://cf.thetappingsolution.com/app-download-sp-aff?fpr=jane70&fp_sid=bydesign In this episode, you'll learn: ⏰ 2:24 - The path to becoming a holistic dentist  ⏰ 9:13 - Amalgam (silver) fillings: how to test for mercury leaching   ⏰ 11:01 - How to minimize mercury leachate from amalgam fillings  ⏰ 14:48 - The pros and cons of fluoride  ⏰ 19:20 - How to safely remove mercury fillings  ⏰ 26:30 - The oral microbiome and disease connection  ⏰ 31:31 - Questions to ask when looking for a holistic dentist  ⏰ 36:10 - The ONE thing you can do to activate self-healing  Check out Dr. Sanda Moldovan's Bio: Dr. Sanda, a double-board-certified periodontist and seasoned nutritionist, is the proud owner of Beverly Hills Health and Dental Wellness, a prestigious center for biological dentistry with multiple locations in California. When she's not transforming smiles, she's changing lives. She is the founder of Orasana, a natural product line for oral health focused on nourishing the mouth and detoxification. Visit orasana.com for more information. A lifelong learner, Dr. Sanda shares her vast knowledge with fellow health professionals, teaching them the secrets of microbiome testing and how to revolutionize oral health through nutritional therapeutics.  Dr. Sanda is a sought-after speaker on natural oral health, dental implants, periodontics, and nutrition. Her talks inspire, educate, and motivate audiences worldwide to prioritize their well-being. She is also the face behind the sensational YouTube channel, ‘Ask Dr. Sanda' and the captivating host of ‘The Holistic Dentistry Show Podcast'. Her book, ‘Heal Up!: Seven Ways to Faster Healing and Optimum Health,' is a beacon of hope and knowledge for those seeking to unlock their full potential and experience holistic wellness. Connect with Dr. Sanda Moldovan: Website: https://www.beverlyhillsdentalhealth.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AskDrSanda  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drSanda/  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/AskDrSanda  ***** Hi there! I am Jane Hogan, the Wellness Engineer, and the host of Wellness By Design. I spent 30 years designing foundations for buildings until the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis led me to hang up my hard hat and follow my heart. Now I blend my backgrounds in science and spirituality to teach people how to tap into the power of their mind, body and soul. I help them release pain naturally so they can become the best version of themselves.  Wellness By Design is a show dedicated to helping people achieve wellness not by reacting to the world around them but by intentionally designing a life based on what their own body needs. In this show we explore practices, methods and science that contribute to releasing pain and inflammation naturally. Learn more at https://thewellnessengineer.com   Would you like to learn how to release pain by creating more peace and calm?  Download my free guided meditation audio bundle here: https://www.thewellnessengineer.com/audio-bundle  Connect with Jane:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JaneHoganHealth/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewellnessengineer/ 

Prior to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moldova was ranked by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as among the least self sufficient countries in the world in terms of energy. The country imported nearly all of its natural gas from Russia, and gas provided to the Transnistrian region by Russia free of charge was used to generate about 75% of the country's electricity. With the onset of the war, and Russia's choice to spark multiple energy crises in Moldova as a tool of coercion, the country has had to make rapid changes. Moldova's Renewable Energy Revolution In April 2025, an all-time record of 36% of the country's total electricity consumption was provided by locally produced renewable energy. Right now, Moldova has more than 750 MW of installed renewables capacity - more than an 8x increase from 4 years ago. Of this, 529 MW is from photovoltaic (PV) solar panels, 212 MW is from wind energy and the rest is from biogas and hydroelectric. By far the fastest growing source of power generation in Moldova is PV panels. The Complex Public-Private Mix Driving Investment Since Moldova fully broke away from Russian supplied energy, consumer electricity prices have skyrocketed. This has led to a major push from the government to diversify energy sources and modernize the country's energy market. In a situation where the country's only major traditional power generation capability is two small scale Soviet-era thermoelectric plants, this has led to a major pivot towards renewables. Carolina Novac, State Secretary of the newly created Ministry of Energy, explained that the government now has 3 priorities in the energy market - security, affordability and competition. Taken together these priorities mean Moldovan made energy, especially renewables. The Ministry recently approved the results of a series of tenders for the construction of new renewable energy installations, namely 105 MW of wind and 60 MW of solar. According to Irina Apostol, Energy Manager at NGO Green City Lab in Chisinau, investments like these are attractive because the suppliers can benefit from 15 year fixed-rate supply contracts. But there are also options for smaller investors to get involved in Moldova's energy transition. For "small producers" building photovoltaic plants up to 1 MW there is another program allowing for regulated fixed-rates for power production also on 15-year contracts. This program has limits though, equipment can't be older than 36 months and there is a cap on the total capacity that can be licensed under this plan. The country's existing power grid and regulatory framework mean that there are lots of new opportunities, but also lots of upgrades and reforms needed to build a modern, green energy system. Energy Aggregators and Small Investors Navitas Energy, a subsidiary of Moldova's largest power company Premier Energy, is a major player in Moldova's renewable energy market. The company operates on the unregulated market, buying and selling energy according to market prices without long term guaranteed contracts. They have constructed 5 photovoltaic parks of their own with a capacity of 18 MW, but also work with other small producers as an aggregator. Caption: A new photovoltaic park built by Navitas in Budesti near Vadul lui Voda. PV parks have become a regular appearance in the Moldovan countryside set amidst vineyards and rolling fields. "Navitas Energy SRL, acting as an aggregator together with the producers that own 121 renewable energy power generation plants, accumulates a total installed capacity of 180 MW." writes Navitas CEO Mihail Gidei The small investors behind those 121 solar and wind power plants sell energy to Navitas which bundles this power and sells it forward - both to Moldovan customers and on the Romanian and Ukrainian markets. This allows small producers who might not be eligible for fixed contract government programs to invest and sell their energy to consumers. The average producer in Navitas' network is rela...

“I welcome every noise around me. No matter what it is: a duck, a fish, a deer farting. [...] You invite it all. And [...] this is [...] when you realize [that] every inch of this planet is occupied and we are sharing and coexisting with other species - [so] how can you ever be alone?” In this edition of Earth.fm podcast Wind Is the Original Radio, curator Melissa Pons speaks to Serge Bulat, a multidisciplinary artist whose work - which spans and hybridizes music, exhibitions, immersive games, radio, field recording, and psychological installations - explores the edges of performance, sound, perception, and identity. Serge is from a Moldovan town divided from Ukraine by a river, with family hailing from both worlds. For this reason, borders are “a prominent subject in [his] work”, which seeks to question topics around unity, differences and similarities, and the utopian aspiration of finding “ways to live in a borderless world”. Earlier this year, he released Phonomundi: Selected Recordings of Heritage Sites and Traditions 2017-2024, an album which draws upon years of recording, sharing, and contributing to projects, causes, and stories close to his heart. Phonomundi is also about engaging with “our absolutely disastrous path away from respecting our ears and respecting our culture and respecting our environment”. Against a backdrop of woozy compositions by Serge, featuring nature soundscape recordings, he and Melissa discuss the trials of having a “noisy” mind, which feels like “war in your head” and means that “it's hard to stop the thinking process” - but which can also lead recordists to “forget about [them]self and [...] start thinking about communities, people that are affected, and [how] that [can be] such an ego drop”. Serge also talks about how ‘now' is illusory, and his “weird relationship with time”: “I guess it might be some form of synesthesia, because I feel time; I feel its thickness and I feel its qualities.” The flow of time is “one of the driving forces behind [him] doing what [he's] doing”, while field recording can provide “the nowest now that there can ever be”. He describes how, after experiencing difficulties with conventional mediation, he managed to develop his own system of meditation around listening, where “time stops [...] [and] you find that serenity and that absolute calmness and, for me, this is when I stop the noise”. As he says, “We're all pieces of [...] a bigger body and we're [...] made of the same substance. [...] I always struggle to put anything like that in words [...]. It's easier for me to put it in music. [...] This is what music and sound does [...] and words don't.” Together, Serge and Melissa also address topics including: The relevance of creative work in the face of the climate catastrophe and alarming political developments across the world - including how music, as a precursor to language, can be “a shortcut [...] to somebody's mind, heart and soul”. While also acknowledging the necessity of “dig[ging] deeper [to] understand the issues [with which] we're living” Wanting to make work of significance despite “sonic pollution, [...] over-tourism, over-consumerism, weird politics that make zero sense when it comes to preserving [...] or nurturing stuff that matters and makes us us” - and especially in light of the fact that everything we know is at risk of “disappearing just by [the] pressing [of] one button” Learning to love silence. As Serge says, “We need to reset our hearing. [...] I feel like [silence] makes the ear function better” How it is possible to “feel and hear” bees' moods from the frequencies of their buzzing, and how bee therapy (‘apitherapy') - known since the time of Ancient Egypt - can improve anxiety, depression, and even respiratory conditions. “What bl[ows] my mind [about them]”, says Serge, is their “self-sufficiency, community, [and the way that they can] solv[e] a crisis [by] relying on each other” Serge's experience of an immersive exhibition in Kraków, Into the Darkness, which replicates what it's like to not be able to see, with blind guides providing insights about their lives, and the equivalence of this to animals replying on different senses than our own (such as spiders and vibrations, or snakes using infrared thermal radiation) The appeal of twilight, “when everything starts becoming blurry” and takes on the quality of a dream, and “the thrill of [darkness] and [the way that] [Serge's] imagination sometimes takes [him to other] places”. Listen to the whole interview for all this and much more (including the raw terror of Bob from Twin Peaks!). Read more on the recent discoveries from the James Webb Telescope. If you enjoyed this candid and wide-ranging conversation, you can follow Serge on Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, SoundCloud, and Apple Music.

On this podcast episode, Miss H and Mr O discuss Episodes 7 - 9 of Season 9 of Happily Ever After. On these episodes: Andrei lies to Libby about his Moldovan investment, then Libby gets into it with Loren at Yara's dog business launch party, Darcy is an emotional wreck when meeting Georgi's parents, Adnan has to look like a Luxury Dad when baby Zeyn is born, Gino can't stop talking about how short and ugly Matt is, Kara and Guillermo try to reconnect on a romantic trip, and it sure looks like Julia's dad doesn't think much of Brandon. We will be back around September 22 to cover Episodes 10 - 12. If you watch Love After Lockup, check out our other podcast channel Love After Lockup Haha, mmkay, which will be back weekly starting in August when the new season premieres: https://lalmmkay.podbean.com/ If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing and give us a rating.

Entrevista de Pablo Wende al economista Pablo Moldovan, director de C-P Consultora.

Israel fired two missiles at another hospital in Gaza yesterday that killed 20 people, including five journalists. Israel says it was a mistake but the attacks have sparked global condemnation. Also, a look at sleeplessness in war zones — from Gaza to Ukraine. And, India bans online gambling. Plus, a look at musical collaboration between Ukrainian, Moldovan and Russian artists.Listen to today's Music Heard on Air. Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

On this podcast episode, Miss H and Mr O discuss Episodes 4-6 of Season 9 of Happily Ever After. On these episodes, Yara gives her dog a very confusing name, Andrei shows off Moldovan real estate, Darcey gets to Bulgaria and convinces herself that Georgi is embarrassed of her, Guillermo moves out and misses Kara's bachata show, Brandon and his folks push Julia to get her fertility reassessed, Adnan meets Tigerlily's parents and enjoys some barbecue, and Gino thinks there's still hope with Jasmine... until she gets physical with Natalie.  We will be back around September 2 to cover Episodes 7 - 9. If you watch Love After Lockup, check out our other podcast channel Love After Lockup Haha, mmkay, which will be back weekly starting in August when the new season premieres: https://lalmmkay.podbean.com/ If you like what you hear, please support us by subscribing and give us a rating.

This is part 2 of 2 Jasmine confronts Gino's (girl)friend, Natalie. Alex reveals Andrei's secret to the group. Kara doubts Guillermo's attendance at her show. Adnan is horrified by placenta encapsulations. Darcey learns interesting info about Georgi's past. Elizabeth and Andrei tour Moldovan properties. Libby and Andrei : 13:50 Big Brother Corner: 46:03 Darcey and Georgi: 53:46 --- Gift the gift of gay! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/RealityGays/gift⁠ JOIN RealityGays+ for exclusive content  + Patreon ⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/RealityGays⁠ or  + Supercast ⁠ ⁠⁠https://realitygaysmulti.supercast.com/⁠  + Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reality-gays-with-mattie-and-poodle/id1477555097  We covered the latest season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 on Hulu!  Watch us on video ⁠www.youtube.com/@RealityGays⁠ Click here for all things RG!  ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/RealityGays⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This is part 1 of 2! Jasmine confronts Gino's (girl)friend, Natalie. Alex reveals Andrei's secret to the group. Kara doubts Guillermo's attendance at her show. Adnan is horrified by placenta encapsulations. Darcey learns interesting info about Georgi's past. Elizabeth and Andrei tour Moldovan properties. GIno and Jasmine: 17:37 Gilded Age Corner: 38:20 Jovi/ Yara/Loren/Alexi 49:28 Tigerlily/Adnan 51:49 --- --- Gift the gift of gay! ⁠https://www.patreon.com/RealityGays/gift⁠ JOIN RealityGays+ for exclusive content  + Patreon ⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/RealityGays⁠ or  + Supercast ⁠ ⁠⁠https://realitygaysmulti.supercast.com/⁠  + Apple Subscriptions https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/reality-gays-with-mattie-and-poodle/id1477555097  We covered the latest season of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Season 2 on Hulu!  Watch us on video ⁠www.youtube.com/@RealityGays⁠ Click here for all things RG!  ⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/RealityGays⁠ To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Drawing on two decades of experience as a school psychologist and sport psychologist practitioner Adrian Moldovan shares insights from his recent program with a boys' basketball team aged 10 to 12. He describes how he approached the challenge of making mindfulness accessible to children still developing their body awareness and emotional regulation skills. From simple, sensory-based exercises like the “candy exercise,” which invited the young athletes to experience an ordinary object through all their senses, to playful group activities designed to build team cohesion, Adrian reveals how mindfulness can help young athletes become more present and engaged without feeling overwhelmed or judged. The conversation also touches on the common barriers and misconceptions that arise when introducing these practices, such as initial skepticism from parents and coaches or the children's difficulty understanding abstract concepts. Adrian also explains the importance of modeling non-judgmental acceptance, especially when exercises, like the body scan, don't unfold as planned, and reflects on the “mental training paradox,” where everyone acknowledges the importance of mental preparation but struggles to implement it consistently. Throughout the episode, he offers practical suggestions for professionals and parents who want to nurture self-awareness, focus, and resilience in children, while respecting their developmental stage and keeping the process engaging. Whether you're involved in youth sports, education, or simply curious about applied sport psychology, this conversation offers thoughtful perspectives on helping young people grow from the inside out.If you are visually impaired or blind, or if you know someone who is, and would like to take part to the series of Martial Attitude Voice podcast interviews exploring touch, confidence and blindness or if you would like to join in the Martial Attitude Training workshops now running in London every Sunday, please do keep in touch via Instagram or according to your communication preferences, all available  HERE.     Sincerely, Mathias Alberton Founder CEO at Martial Attitude C.I.C. BPS trainee Sport Psychologist  MSc in Applied Sport Psychology at St. Mary's University, Twickenham, London, UK.

Today's West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy Podcast for our especially special daily special, Tarrytown Chowder Tuesday is now available on the Spreaker Player!Starting off in the Bistro Cafe, the “most transparent administration in history” keeps exposing their Epstein cover up for the world to see.Then, on the rest of the menu, Trump's Labor Department proposes more than sixty rule changes to deregulate workplaces; Trump administration officials sold stocks days before key tariff announcements; and, MAGA Blondie Bondi is taking revenge on the family of the man who created the Anti-ICE app.After the break, we move to the Chef's Table where a fugitive Moldovan oligarch implicated in a one billion dollar bank fraud has been detained in Greece; and, a British man who dreamed of being like James Bond was convicted of attempting to spy for Russia.All that and more, on West Coast Cookbook & Speakeasy with Chef de Cuisine Justice Putnam.Bon Appétit!The Netroots Radio Live Player​Keep Your Resistance Radio Beaming 24/7/365!“As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans.” -- Ernest Hemingway "A Moveable Feast"Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/west-coast-cookbook-speakeasy--2802999/support.

Join Lavinia Belyavskiy and Mary Spatarel as they share mouthwatering dishes and beloved treats from their Moldovan and Ukrainian heritages. They talk about how to be prepared for spontaneous hospitality, blessing others with a meal, and maintaining a heart posture of service. We discuss the difference between hospitality and entertaining, how to involve kids in the kitchen, and ways to welcome children with special needs. We end with funny stories including some of our boys and their many shenanigans. We're so glad you're here! Visit www.comeoverfordinner.com for recipes, product links, and more!

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Entrevista de Pablo Wende a Pablo Moldovan, director de C-P Consultora, sobre el precio del dólar y la situación del mercado cambiario.

Seguimos con toda la información del Atlético de Madrid en una nueva entrega del Mercado de Fichajes. Hoy hablamos del lío de informaciones sobre Theo Hernández; del sustituto de Álex Baena en el Villarreal; del lanzamiento de la equipación para la 25/26; del precio que pide el Liverpool por Darwin Núñez; del adiós de Azpilicueta; de los pretendientes de Reinildo y Moldovan; de la situación de Saúl... Todo ello y más, en De Padres a Hijos. Conviértete en miembro de este canal para disfrutar de ventajas: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl_X6QI3mnJsttsp96OsCZQ/join Correo: depadresahijoscontacto@gmail.com Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/depadresahijos Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/depadresahijos1903/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/DPaH1903 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@DPaH1903/videos Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6WcodO17ASqRfxYNrjhVGD #atleticomadrid #atleti #futbol #laliga #football

House Republicans look to limit state regulation of AI. Spain investigates potential cybersecurity weak links in the April 28 power grid collapse. A major security flaw has been found in ASUS mainboards' automatic update system. A new macOS info-stealing malware uses PyInstaller to evade detection. The U.S. charges 14 North Korean nationals in a remote IT job scheme. Europe's cybersecurity agency launches the European Vulnerability Database. CISA pares back website security alerts. Moldovan authorities arrest a suspect in DoppelPaymer ransomware attacks. On today's Threat Vector segment, David Moulton speaks with ⁠Noelle Russell⁠, CEO of the AI Leadership Institute, about how to scale responsible AI in the enterprise. Dave & Buster's invites vanish into the void. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. Threat Vector  Recorded Live at the Canopy Hotel during the RSAC Conference in San Francisco, ⁠David Moulton⁠ speaks with ⁠Noelle Russell⁠, CEO of the AI Leadership Institute and a leading voice in responsible AI on this Threat Vector segment. Drawing from her new book Scaling Responsible AI, Noelle explains why early-stage AI projects must move beyond hype to operational maturity—addressing accuracy, fairness, and security as foundational pillars. Together, they explore how generative AI models introduce new risks, how red teaming helps organizations prepare, and how to embed responsible practices into AI systems. You can hear David and Noelle's full discussion on Threat Vector here and catch new episodes every Thursday on your favorite podcast app.  Selected Reading Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill (404 Media) Spain investigates cyber weaknesses in blackout probe (The Financial Times) Critical Security flaw in ASUS mainboard update system (Beyond Machines) Hackers Exploiting PyInstaller to Deploy Undetectable macOS Infostealer (Cybersecurity News) Researchers Uncover Remote IT Job Fraud Scheme Involving North Korean Nationals (GB Hackers) European Vulnerability Database Launches Amid US CVE Chaos (Infosecurity Magazine) Apple Security Update: Multiple Vulnerabilities in macOS & iOS Patched (Cybersecurity News) CISA changes vulnerabilities updates, shifts to X and emails (The Register) Suspected DoppelPaymer Ransomware Group Member Arrested (Security Week) Cracking The Dave & Buster's Anomaly (Rambo.Codes)  Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today, we welcome Colleen Ryan from OSCE, border training and management. We brought her on today to discuss the current challenges of border security in Europe.  --- One CA is a product of the civil affairs association  and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on the ground with a partner nation's people and leadership. We aim to inspire anyone interested in working in the "last three feet" of U.S. foreign relations.  To contact the show, email us at CApodcasting@gmail.com  or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www civilaffairsassoc.org --- Great news! Feedspot, the podcast industry ranking system rated One CA Podcast as one of the top 10 shows on foreign policy. Check it out at: https://podcast.feedspot.com/foreign_policy_podcasts/ --- Special thanks to the site "Rockstar Beats" for the sample of Taylor Seift "Midnight." Retrieved from: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXyd0iAdUYUWN7ifYYoqymNqJsaE0vEDC&si=-Vp6gUuRpqpHq66D   --- Transcript: 00:00:04    Introduction Welcome to the 1CA Podcast. This is your host, Jack Gaines. 1CA is a product of the Civil Affairs Association and brings in people who are current or former military, diplomats, development officers, and field agents to discuss their experiences on ground with the partner nation's people and leadership. Our goal is to inspire anyone interested in working the last three feet of foreign relations. To contact the show, email us at capodcasting@gmail.com. Or look us up on the Civil Affairs Association website at www.civilaffairsassos.org. I'll have those in the show notes. 00:00:39    Colleen Ryan My name is Colleen Ryan. I'm currently the Border Advisor to the OSC in Vienna. I'm seconded by the United States. So I do need to make it clear that I'm not speaking on behalf of the OSC or on the broader political or organizational context right now. I'm specifically focusing on my work and my experiences. Wow. You're seconded? What does that mean? Yeah, I'm essentially loaned out by the U .S. to the OSCE to serve in this role. They pay my salary. 00:01:13    Jack Nice. How did you get nominated? Where do you normally work? 00:01:15    COLLEEN RYAN In a past life, I was a police officer back in the U .S. before transitioning to working internationally. So I came to find out about OSCE and opportunities while I was doing my master's back in the States. And then I just ended up applying for the special monitoring mission to Ukraine. So I was out there as a monitoring officer up until Russia's full -scale invasion. And then went back during the war with a non -governmental organization working on humanitarian protection in the South. And then made my way to this current role. That's great. So you've been part of living history in a way. Yeah, to be out in Donetsk up until a couple days before the invasion. Working with border guards all across Europe and the changing security landscape has been an interesting role so far. 00:02:04    JACK GAINES So you've lived what soldiers call the moment before. There's a feel in the air, and it makes you edgy, it makes you a little twitchy, because you know that you're about to go down with an enemy. And so did you get that sense? Did you get that feel that things were coming close in Donetsk? 00:02:23    COLLEEN RYAN We were there at the time to monitor the Minsk agreements, which was a ceasefire at the time. It wasn't until when the U .S. evacuated all U .S. personnel that you started to realize that, you know, it may actually happen. 00:02:36    JACK GAINES Right. And so your current position is now training the border guards of Ukraine. 00:02:44    COLLEEN RYAN Yes, I manage a project that trains border guards across the OSCE, specifically on detecting porch documents and imposters. So if it's a forged passport presented at the airport or at the road crossing or for the train, we train the border guards, whether it's from Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Albania. So it really depends on the needs of OSC participating states in this realm. It's obviously a field that requires recurrent training because travel documents like passports are constantly updated. that national authorities can stay ahead of forgers. So it is something that we have to continue training on. And with the current war against Ukraine, they have the most need. They're one of the bigger border services in Europe. And then just the need in terms of half their border guard is currently engaged in combat operations, while you have the rest who are working to secure their western and southern borders and the surge in western and southern border crossings with the closure of Ukraine's airspace. You know, all of that contributes to an ongoing need for these skills and updated training on detecting passport forgeries and detecting imposters. And then you see that on the flip side with Moldova, they've seen a surge in the border crossings because a lot evacuated from Ukraine into Moldova. A lot of humanitarian NGOs and other people now fly into Kijanel to go to Ukraine. And so they've seen just a huge... spike in terms of the number of travel documents and also diversity in terms of different countries, different types of documents. And so that's why we've also been training Moldovan border police as well. 00:04:29    JACK GAINES Sure. So you're there to teach them how to spot forged documents, but is there also a follow on either by that nation's foreign affairs office or their law enforcement that tries to find the forger and remove them? 00:04:43    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, there is very likely follow on. in terms of criminal investigations when they find forged documents or if they identify an imposter. But our project primarily focuses on those who are working on the first line and second line document checks to just spot the person posing as someone else. And then we do some work with the forensic experts after the fact to make sure that they've got that next level of training as part of their investigations. But primarily it's focusing on the first and second line officers. 00:05:14    JACK GAINES I'm sure they see all kinds of crazy stuff. Everything from the amateur glue stick to people who actually have passport printer creating forged documents. 00:05:24    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, it's sad and it's also really interesting, the surge in the use of artificial intelligence and seeing the ways that they're incorporating things like morphing into the passport to their forgeries where two people can now travel on one passport using morphing images and things like that. It really just shows how quickly this field in terms of document forgeries is evolving and how much border services are struggling to keep up and to maintain their training so they can spot these techniques. Right, which is why they're starting to put chips and other special films that have a radio signature and stuff like that. 00:05:53    JACK GAINES they're starting to put chips and other special films that have a radio signature and stuff like that. You could print it, but to actually find those films or chips that have that radio signature has got to be a lot tougher. 00:06:08    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, and a lot of it is just down to, like, Order guards are under a lot of stress and pressure and they don't have much time to spot the fakes. They're getting crushed by people. Yeah. So a lot of it is just making sure that they can spot some of these easier to identify orgery trends and to make a quicker decision before it gets to the point of really having to do an in -depth examination of the document. 00:06:32    JACK GAINES Yeah, I would imagine that you would see forgery trends because people would be going to the same forger and they would be doing similar patterns until that turned away. 00:06:41    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. 00:06:41    JACK GAINES And what's it like working with all these different border guards from different countries? I mean, everyone has got to be a little different, but the same. 00:06:49    COLLEEN RYAN For me, it's interesting because I'm one of the few who has worked in policing, worked in this operational arena, kind of understands a lot of what they've done. And so you kind of speak the same language. It's interesting to hear from them, like what they view as their biggest security challenges and what their biggest day -to -day challenges are in terms of their work life. Because you see common trends across a lot of the services. A lot of them can be underpaid and that contributes to staff turnover. And so then that means you go back to a country to do more training because you have new staffs. But then to see how a country's security... You know, their perspective in terms of their biggest border security threats in Albania, where I trained in June, might be different from Bulgaria, where I trained last month. But, you know, it's still the commonalities of document forgeries, imposters, making sure your airports are secure and things like that. So I like talking with the border guards, such a different perspective across each country. Right. 00:07:51    JACK GAINES I think that's really helpful that you have a law enforcement background. helps break that ice. 00:07:58    COLLEEN RYAN I understand the perspective, but we're really just there to help and to fill the gaps that their service might not have the time or the funding to provide additional training because they've got the whole spectrum of border security issues to deal with within their service. And so that's where our organization or other international organizations doing these types of projects come in is just fill the gaps and help them develop their capacity. Especially with some other countries we train for where Frontex, maybe they're not working in that country. So then we can help supplement other EU or Frontex or IOM or UN initiatives and help to harmonize border security standards across Europe, South Caucasus, Central Asia. 00:08:45    JACK GAINES I don't want to just keep circling around Ukraine. Is there any stories you have from some of the other countries you worked with? What's your favorite beer hall story on those? 00:08:53    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, I mean, most of my stories are with Ukraine because I've trained Ukraine so much. So I'm happy to talk about that. Yeah, I feel very fortunate so far in the last year and a half to have trained almost 50 Ukraine border guards. And I was able to go to meet with their administration and their main forensic center in June to do a needs assessment to see how we could keep supporting. to make sure we weren't duplicating efforts from other international organizations or other bilateral initiatives there because we do know it's a crowded space there. 00:09:28    JACK GAINES I'm sure talking to them, you could figure out pretty quickly what those border guards needed, even if they were getting training from two or three organizations, if they weren't hitting it on the head. Yeah. And what was nice for us is we were able to actually shadow them on their train from out west as entered from. 00:09:38    COLLEEN RYAN was nice for us is we were able to actually shadow them on their train from out west as entered from. Shamashil, Poland, and went to Lviv. And so we got to board on the Ukrainian side and just seeing what they're dealing with in terms of doing document checks aboard the trains now and the different challenges they have with that as opposed to what it would be like to check a document at the airport. It's a very different perspective and it gives you insights on things like lighting and being able to see different security features in the passport. With the lighting on the train and the time of day when they're doing the document check, the technical equipment that they have aboard and that may not be connecting to the cell tower or have service as the train moves. And so it gives you a different perspective to actually be there and see it instead of just hearing about it over a Zoom call or in a sterile training environment. And so then building on that. We've been able to take some of those lessons learned and put them into our training where we're encouraging them and reminding them to say, hey, how would you see this in different types of light settings, running different types of simulations, so it more accurately reflects the conditions that they'll be doing the document checks in. So what's coming up next? 00:10:57    JACK GAINES What's the future of training? Do you have anything interesting coming up that you want to promote? 00:11:02    COLLEEN RYAN Yes, through the rest of the year, we have a couple more study visits. And these are important because they help the border guards to learn from other counterparts. They will look through how this country that they're visiting manages their forgery desk at an airport or in their border service. And it really helps with networking and sharing more information in terms of what they're seeing in terms of detecting trends or alerts on forged documents. We've got a couple of study visits coming up next week. I'll be in Madrid with another group from Ukraine. The following week, I'll be with Albania and Milan. And then a week after that, I'll be in Dublin, Ireland with forensic experts from Ukraine's border service to round out the year. So it's a busy stretch right now. That's very cool. 00:11:50    JACK GAINES Do these multinational engagements, do they ever end up with countries with border guards doing a bilateral agreement on border protection? Or do they ever work on... building something like Eurogest, where if they find a forger from multiple countries, they'll work together to try to find out where the route is. Is that multinational cooperation starting to build, or have you seen it? 00:12:14    COLLEEN RYAN On a smaller level with us, we do see that. So at the operational level with these border guards, even in -country, being able to message colleagues around their own country. Or the experts that do our trainings are active document experts serving in their border service. So now they've got another resource, say, if we're using experts from Spain or the Netherlands or UK or Italy, then these trainees now have another resource to flag potential trends and forge documents or to ask questions if they're unsure. And then, you know, moving ahead, we'll be looking to do some more joint training between two or three countries. Especially if we do it with bordering countries, it will really help that collaboration to, say, connect the two participating states. And now they've got operational contacts to ping across the border to say, hey, we're seeing this. What are you seeing? Things like that. So it's a good opportunity for us to foster that collaboration and increase the information sharing with us through the training or study visits. Right. Because it's so important to have that contact. 00:13:23    JACK GAINES to have that contact. It's one thing when you see an issue and you want to reach out and you have to make that cold call and figure out who's the right person. It's better if you've made a contact, you know someone from training, you can just say, hey, what's this and what's going on? And they can just plug you in with the right person and then Zoom. You know, a problem's fixed versus making it a whole, oh, you have to talk to our embassy and our embassy has to write our embassy. And so it's great that those kind of cross -border contacts are being made because. Even though so much of Europe is dominated by the Schengen, there's still issues with legal immigration and criminal movement that each country still monitors what's going on and partners. And then those that are outside the Schengen zone, it's just as important for them to actually have that contact so they can partner and work on things to quickly spot forgeries, theft, criminal activity, then stop it before it becomes rampant. So that's awesome. 00:14:22    COLLEEN RYAN And it's just it's it's the first building block of really increasing that cooperation, especially with your neighboring state and contributing towards that angle of integrated border management and jointly managed VCP. So even being able to have frontline document inspectors from two neighboring countries being able to reach out, that's just your first building block to building that relationship. So, yeah, it's always useful to have those contacts. Must be fun to be in the middle of it. Yeah. And it's really rewarding. To get your group of border officers on day one, you've got 20 to 30 border officers from all across their country, wherever we're training, they're virtual strangers, and to see them learn to open up and engage and to learn from our experts and then start to share some of their challenges with me and to build those relationships, whether it's in a group or with our experts or with OSCE, it's super rewarding because then you just get to keep building from there and asking, okay, what's next? What do you need next in addition to these document trainings? What do your forensic experts need or what do your border control officers need? So, yeah, it's really rewarding to be able to deliver when you've got the funding and you've got the interest of participating states and to help them manage their borders better. 00:15:37    JACK GAINES You know, we kind of forgot to talk about who OSCE is, Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe. You want to give me a brief overview of what the organization is? Yes. But it does. 00:15:50    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. So the OSCE is world's largest regional security organization, the state of 57 participating states. And we operate on a consensus -based approach where all participating states have to agree. And we utilize an approach of comprehensive security. And so this really helps us to support our participating states in developing. their security sector and to enhance resilience and to develop capacity to address transnational threats. So my border security management unit is situated within the Transnational Threats Department. So that's our goal is to help participating states build their capacity to confront a wide array of transnational threats that can harm their national security and pan security more broadly. Right. Now, when I think security, I think of NATO. 00:16:38    JACK GAINES I think of NATO. So you've got to be a little different. NATO is, of course, a military organization that deals with security from conflict, either deterrence or response to conflict or crisis, disaster. What is it that OSCE does in terms of security? 00:16:55    COLLEEN RYAN Our three dimensions are political, military, economic and environmental, and human dimension. So what you would traditionally think of as human rights. And so being able to take that comprehensive approach opens up. a library of opportunities for us in terms of what we can provide support on. And so my unit's mandate stems from our border security management concept that the OSC Ministerial Council adopted in 2005. So our mandate in terms of border security is pretty broad. And I think our bread and butter really is helping to develop capacity of our participating states and providing technical assistance. I mean, our unique added value is that we can provide this tailored approach and we're pretty responsive when participating states do approach us with needs. So it's a bit different from NATO since we're not providing military support. We're looking at long -term institutional capacity buildings, whether it's in border security, policing, security sector agencies. That's the core of our work. And can you talk about what the application process was like to get involved? It's different for each job. So OSC, you either have secondments, like when I am on, where your national authority nominates you, or you have the professional contract where OSC directly hires you. So for mine, I had to apply through my seconding authority in the U .S., and I was competing amongst the Americans who wanted to be nominated. And so then once I got past that, then the U .S. put my name forward in the process, and then it was straight into the OSC hiring process. It's a written exam, and then it was an oral interview, and then it's shortlisted, and you go from there. But if it's a contracted offer, obviously you skip the secondment stage of it, and it's applying straight to OSC in the typical HR process. So it's a little different. You just have to look at the job posting and if it's a secondment or not. 00:19:01    JACK GAINES They give you a salary. 00:19:02    COLLEEN RYAN Do they give you a housing allowance? 00:19:02    JACK GAINES give you a housing allowance? 00:19:04    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, it's about when I was paying in the U .S. The really fun expense was moving my cats over. So that it's a week in a housing allowance. But it's different for contracted. So it really just depends on which job you're going for, contracted or second. 00:19:22    JACK GAINES Had you traveled internationally before you joined this position? 00:19:26    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, I had traveled quite a bit. Back when I was still a police officer, I liked to take my leave time to go over to Europe. So I did travel a bit. But never officially. It was always first travel. It was always tourist travel. Yeah, no, I had very, very little duty travel as a cop. 00:19:43    JACK GAINES But I bet that travel helped with your application to say, yeah, I've been to Europe and I've toured around, even though I was a tourist. 00:19:50    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah, and travel is just a great educator. And I know it's expensive and not everyone can do it. Travel just gives you good life experience, especially if you're doing it solo and traveling in Europe and interacting with different cultures and just finding your way and being able to navigate and step outside of your American comfort zone. If you're looking to work internationally, in addition, obviously, to the job experience and language and whatnot, travel is just such a good educator and a good way to end your horizons. Right. And I'll tell you what, traveling and living someplace, 00:20:23    JACK GAINES living someplace, It's a whole new experience because you learned the trains when you traveled, but now you got to find out, get a lease and what that takes. 00:20:32    COLLEEN RYAN Yeah. And then if you don't speak German or you don't speak the local English, that adds another layer of complexity. So yeah, you're absolutely right. The difference between living somewhere and traveling is huge. 00:20:43    JACK GAINES But it's fun. And actually, once you've lived overseas, you start to do quirky things, I find. Like, I'll travel and I'll go to a grocery store just to see how they do their business there. Yeah. You know, you go to restaurants, but see how laundry is done or, you know, just how the public services are done because you think, man, if I had to live here, I'd have to drag my trash to the backyard this time. Or over here, they take it on the street or the Germans, they have to have a lockbox. 00:21:12    COLLEEN RYAN What's been really interesting for me is my American friends hear me speak now and they think I'm starting to lose my accent and I can't tell where I'm from or I'll... interact with Europeans over here and they can't quite pick up on my American accent and I think I'm from the UK or Ireland or Australia. So that's been a really interesting experience because I don't think about it. I just talk and just the little things that come when you're living abroad. 00:21:37    SPEAKER_00 Okay. I think we got everything we wanted. Is there anything left that you want to draw on the table? 00:21:44    COLLEEN RYAN As I've mentioned, I firmly believe that any type of security cooperation, defense cooperation is built on relationships and trust. And so there's two of the Ukrainians in particular that I've become close with because they joined our training last year. And then this year they served as trainers for us and they've joined a few study visits. And so through that, we've developed trust and become friends. So now it's gotten to a point where they know I'm a huge Swifty. Oh, no. 00:22:14    SPEAKER_01 no. 00:22:16    COLLEEN RYAN You're a Swifty? Yeah. 00:22:16    SPEAKER_01 a Swifty? 00:22:19    COLLEEN RYAN So they'll ask, oh, what's the Taylor Swift song we should listen to for this trip? Or what's your favorite Taylor Swift song these days? And it's just a funny example of how this all starts with just building those relationships and getting people's trust when you're working with your partner nations. Sure. 00:22:38    SPEAKER_01 I thought maybe you brought Taylor Swift to the border and you couldn't get her across. 00:22:44    COLLEEN RYAN No, but I did give them Taylor Swift friendship bracelets when I was in Ukraine in June. 00:22:50    SPEAKER_01 Oh my gosh. I was going to say, next time you see them, they'll be like, hey, still have my Taylor Swift. They had them in London last week, so they still have them. 00:22:57    COLLEEN RYAN week, so they 00:23:02    SPEAKER_01 They probably feel obligated, like I can't take it off. She'll think less of me. 00:23:10    SPEAKER_01 It was quite funny. Cool. 00:23:14    SPEAKER_01 But yeah, you're right. It's those relationships, right? You build them and then you can reach out and the people are there. It's so much easier than a cold call. So much easier. That's half the job. 00:23:25    COLLEEN RYAN On one hand, you can joke about Taylor Swift, but then on the other, they can come to you with more training needs or more requests for specific areas of engagement. 00:23:34    SPEAKER_01 Yeah, they know they're safe to do it. Yeah, exactly. By just talking to you. Yeah. 00:23:39    SPEAKER_01 Well, cool. Okay. Well, I got it. And I will say just one more thing that I should mention. 00:23:43    COLLEEN RYAN I will say just one more thing that I should mention. I'm able to do all this work because I'm very lucky that the U .S. mission has fully funded my project and recognize the importance of OSCE as a multilateral line of effort to strengthen international security and broaden our engagement. Honestly, the amount of funding they've given me has been a huge boost and really made this work possible. So I feel like I have to give them a shout out here. 00:24:11    SPEAKER_01 Cool. All right, Coley. Well, thanks a bunch. All right.

Since January 1, Moldova has been grappling with an energy and political crisis whose outcome remains uncertain. In the middle of winter, Gazprom stopped supplying gas to Transnistria, a self-proclaimed independent Moldovan region run by pro-Moscow separatists, after a transit contract with Ukraine expired.

Back in November, Moldova's President Maia Sandu was narrowly re-elected to a second term, despite alleged Russian interference. Sandu partly owes her victory to the vote of the largely pro-European diaspora, which represents almost a third of the Moldovan population and 20 percent of the electorate. But back home, part of the population remains firmly attached to its Soviet past and is denouncing the election result. The topic is divisive, even within families. Our correspondent reports.

What happens in Moldova? Why was the election so close? How has Russia tried to hijack the elections in Moldova? Are Moldovan and Romanian languages different? What are the generational and regional differences in Moldova? We talked to an actual Moldovan (they aren't that rare..) about this often overlooked country. Recorded in October 2024. Recommended sources for further information: Rise Moldova https://www.rise.md/english/Vlad Lupan, on Twitter: @VladLupan Paula Erizanu @paulaerizanu Denis Dermenji https://www.rferl.org/author/denis-dermenji/bmvkqtVictor's book recommendation: Playing the Moldovans at Tennis: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/994023.Playing_the_Moldovans_at_Tennis Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 13th of January, 2012 the Italian cruise ship Costa Concordia struck a rocky outcropping off the coast of Italy. The ship lost power and propulsion, and came to rest on its starboard side, just meters from the island of Giglio. Panic and chaos ensued on board, with over 4000 passengers and 1000 crew. Captain Francesco Schettino altered the planned course of his ship to perform a sail-by salute, close to Giglio, without informing Costa operations. His mistress, Moldovan dancer Domnica Cemortan, was on the bridge at the time of the accident. Twenty-seven passengers and five crew were killed in the accident, and countless more were injured. Schettino and other deck officers abandoned the helpless ship well before all the passengers were off the ship, earning him the nickname, "Captain Coward." Voice actors: Dawn Napolitano: Andrea Davis, passenger Marwan Saidi: Commander Gregorio DeFalco, Italian Coast Guard Allen Nail: Captain Francesco Schettino Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs is written, edited, and produced by Rich Napolitano. Original theme music by Sean Sigfried. For images and sources, please visit https://shipwrecksandseadogs.com/blog/2024/12/10/the-costa-concordia/. For ad-free listening to Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs and many other fantastic history podcasts, subscribe to Into History at IntoHistory.com/shipwreckspod. You can support the podcast in multiple ways! Make a one-time donation at buymeacoffee.com/shipwreckspod Subscribe to Into History at IntoHistory.com/shipwreckspod Buy some Merch! Follow on Facebook, Threads, Instagram, and BlueSky: @shipwreckspod Tell a friend! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports the UAE arrested three Uzbek nationals for the killing of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi.

AP correspondent Charles de Ledesma reports a rabbi living in the United Arab Emirates is missing, and there are concerns he may have been kidnapped.

Today I'm speaking with Dr. Sanda Moldovan, an expert in oral health and longevity. In this episode, we dive into the fascinating connections between oral care and overall health, exploring how maintaining a healthy mouth can contribute to a longer, more vibrant life. Dr. Moldovan shares valuable insights on the latest research and practical tips for optimizing oral hygiene as part of a holistic approach to wellness. Dr. Sanda Moldovan is a renowned periodontist, nutritionist, and an internationally recognized expert in oral health and wellness. With a focus on integrating holistic health principles into dental care, Dr. Moldovan emphasizes the vital role that oral health plays in overall well-being. She is also a published author, speaker, and frequent media contributor, known for her innovative approaches to longevity and preventive care through oral health. Timestamps 00:00 Introduction to Biological Dentistry 02:48 Understanding the Oral Microbiome 06:02 The Link Between Oral Health and Systemic Diseases 08:47 Optimal Oral Health Routine 11:50 The Role of Advanced Techniques in Oral Health 15:12 Fluoride and Its Controversies 17:55 Mercury Fillings and Safe Removal 20:46 Cavitations and Their Impact on Health 24:05 Oral Longevity and Aging 26:52 Sleep and Oral Health 30:10 Conclusion and Resources for Biological Dentistry

Deep dive into the Moldovan election meddling - how to win (or avoid) arguments with conflict resolution - experts' 80s and ‘90s memorabilia prices (Sonic Youth shirts for £900?!) and the best pub quiz dream team— Spoiler alert - Tom Petty, Steve Winwood, and Prince.For more info and tracklisting, visit: https://thefaceradio.com/dad-la-soul-extra-time/Tune into new broadcasts of Dad La Soul Extra Time, Opposite Sundays from 6 - 8 AM EST / 11 AM - 1 PM GMT.//Dig this show? Please consider supporting The Face Radio: http://support.thefaceradio.com Support The Face Radio with PatreonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/thefaceradio. Join the family at https://plus.acast.com/s/thefaceradio. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While all eyes are on the US elections today, in Greece it seems that there is a permanent state of campaigning. After the PASOK elections a few weeks ago, SYRIZA is now preparing for its own leadership elections this month. In the meantime, internal drama in New Democracy and PASOK's improved poll numbers have caught the media's attention as well. Panos Koliastasis, adjunct lecturer in politics at the Hellenic Open University and author of the book Permanent campaigning in Greece in times of crisis, joins Thanos Davelis to look at these developments and what message they send about Greece's political scene.You can read the articles we discuss on our podcast here:Rival factions claim victory in SYRIZA delegate elections ahead of pivotal party congressND and SYRIZA contend with internal strife as PASOK advancesND's strategy against PASOK: Divide and conquerEighty years after thousands of Greek Jews were murdered, Thessaloniki's Holocaust museum is finally set to openPro-EU leader wins Moldova election despite alleged Russian meddlingMitsotakis congratulates Moldovan president on re-election

Moldova's pro-EU president Maia Sandu appears on course for a second term. The King of Spain is met by angry protesters during a visit to flood-hit Valencia. US presidential candidates make last pitch for support.

On October 20, Moldovans cast their ballots in both a presidential election and a constitutional referendum — and the results shocked many. In the referendum, which asked whether the country should change its constitution to include the goal of joining the European Union, the “yes” vote won by just over 50 percent. Meanwhile, in the presidential election, pro-E.U. incumbent Maia Sandu came in first but failed to win an outright majority.  The day after the vote, Sandu accused “criminal groups” of attempting to undermine the democratic process by working with foreign forces to try and buy as many as 300,000 votes. Now, she'll face pro-Russian candidate and former prosecutor general Alexandr Stoianoglo in a high-stakes run-off scheduled for November 3.  What does all of this say about Moldova's political landscape and future foreign policy orientation? To find out, The Naked Pravda spoke to Moldovan journalist and writer Paula Erizanu and Ecaterina Locoman, a senior lecturer in international studies at the University of Pennsylvania's Lauder Institute.  Timestamps for this episode: (3:05) Judiciary Reforms and Controversies (6:25) The Referendum and Its Implications (9:47) Election Day Atmosphere and Concerns (12:28) Post-Election Developments and Fraud Allegations (17:01) Russia's Influence and Moldova's Future (21:26) Impact of the Ukraine War on Moldova (23:14) Kremlin's Strategy and Moldova's Challenges (25:03) Public Opinion and the E.U. Referendum (30:37) Moldova's Path Forward Prefer reading over listening? Subscribe to Meduza's weekly newsletter The Beet to receive abridged excerpts from this episode. Как поддержать нашу редакцию — даже если вы в России и вам очень страшно

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This week, host Christina Ruffini and One Decision's resident spymaster, Sir Richard Dearlove, the former head of MI6, discuss former President Donald Trump's recent complaint accusing United Kingdom's Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the Labour Party of election interference in support of Vice President Kamala Harris's presidential campaign. They also talk about the Israeli intelligence that led to the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Russia's potential interference in Moldova's recent election to join the European Union. Later, Sir Richard and Christina sit down with Icelandic Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to talk about Iceland's strategic importance amid concerns over increased cooperation from Russia and China in the Arctic. 

Lebanese officials say an Israeli airstrike near the country's biggest hospital has killed at least 13 people and injured more than 50. Also on the programme: we speak to the man accused by the Moldovan government of trying to bribe people to vote against joining the European Union; and new research into a huge meteorite that hit the Earth about three billion years ago says it may have caused the biggest tsunami in the history of our planet. (Photo: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken disembarks an aircraft as he arrives in Tel Aviv. Credit: Reuters)

Russian journalist Dmitry Elovsky talks to Eamon from Lithuania about the war in Ukraine, the Moldovan referendum on EU membership, and Donald Trump. Dmitry Elovsky is Chief Editor for the YouTube channel Khordorkovsky.Live. Before the war he was Deputy Editor-in-Chief for TV Rain in Moscow.Recorded on Monday 21st October 2024. Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/the-stand-with-eamon-dunphy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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