Best Current Affairs Podcasts (2024)

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (13.9.2024 16:00)

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week, what you can look forward to next week and of course read some letters from listeners and play some music for you.

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week. (13.9.2024 16:00) 23:41

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week, what you can look forward to next week and of course read some letters from listeners and play some music for you.By STVR

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The Heat Is Off 1:08:30

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Church of England rev with a difference Jamie Franklin sits down to talk about the big issues in Church and state. This time: Are Labour targeting their political enemies by taking away their Winter fuel allowance? Bring blankets to church instead of expecting warm buildings, says Net Zero clerical guru. An Ibiza-themed rave in Peterborough Cathedr…

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Here’s How 175 – Rolling the Dice 1:08:46

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Professor Colin O’Gara is Head of Addiction Services at St. John of God Hospital and author of the book Gambling Addiction In Ireland: Causes Consequences and Recovery. ***** There is a pattern, I suppose it’s so well-known that it’s a cliché, of people mellowing their view as they get older. One version is the famous […]…

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Welcome to Chomsky-World (w/ Bev Stohl) 43:59

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This episode originally aired on August 22, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! Bev Stohl ran Noam Chomsky's office for over two decades. In her wonderful book Chomsky and Me(OR Books) she discusses the sometimes chaotic, never boring inside of Chomsky-world, with thousands of correspondents and visitors from around the worl…

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Gattaca 1:02:15

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In Episode 22, Clare and Masha are discussing the amazing 1997 film, Gattaca. In our conversation we look at the science and ethics of gene editing, including the advocacy for an update in the law to eliminate hereditary disease. We explore the fascinating theories of genetics and the impact on us of our DNA, with particular reference to Robert Plo…

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Political Pontifications: Part 1 (ep 355) 56:00

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On this week’s collected, connected conversations (the sixth in our summer series): a political perusal of the prerogatives of power. The first in our three-part look back at the allure and limits of mainstream political participation, we begin with a Trudeau triple-header, a Liberal dose of discussions about the only federal leader this podcast ha…

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The story of Wold Kidan Grant, a native of Jamaica, who lives in Slovakia for over 30 years. (12.9.2024 16:00) 21:24

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The story of Wold Kidan Grant, a native of Jamaica, who, perhaps thanks to chance, or in his words, fate, settled in Slovakia and has been living here for over 30 years. We will learn more about his trip to Slovakia, why he decided to stay here and how he volunteered in the Slovak House for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (12.9.2024 16:00)

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The story of Wold Kidan Grant, a native of Jamaica, who, perhaps thanks to chance, or in his words, fate, settled in Slovakia and has been living here for over 30 years. We will learn more about his trip to Slovakia, why he decided to stay here and how he volunteered in the Slovak House for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris.…

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Martin Posch from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the so-called Slovak State. Local History Košice 1944-45. (11.9.2024 16:00) 25:06

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On 9 September, we commemorate the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Holocaust and Racial Violence in Slovakia. Our colleague Martina Šimkovičová Greňová interviewed Mr Martin Posch from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the so-called Slovak State and its measures during the Second World War. Patrícia Fogelová and Veronika Szeghy-Gayer from the…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (11.9.2024 16:00)

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On 9 September, we commemorate the Memorial Day of the Victims of the Holocaust and Racial Violence in Slovakia. Our colleague Martina Šimkovičová Greňová interviewed Mr Martin Posch from the Slovak Academy of Sciences about the so-called Slovak State and its measures during the Second World War. Patrícia Fogelová and Veronika Szeghy-Gayer from the…

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Konvergencie Festival and Chamber music discussed by cellist and festival organizer Jozef Luptak (10.9.2024 16:00) 26:24

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Ben Pascoe talks with cellist and festival organizer Jozef Luptak about this years Konvergencie Festival as well as the past, future and current state of Chamber music.By STVR

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (10.9.2024 16:00)

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Ben Pascoe talks with cellist and festival organizer Jozef Luptak about this years Konvergencie Festival as well as the past, future and current state of Chamber music.

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (9.9.2024 16:00)

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In this Monday show, Paťka and her friend Adelka are going to walk around a village in Western Slovakia in Trnava region, Smolenice. They are going to talk about its rich history and culture, historical sights and some natural landmarks that visitors might not know about and are worth to see.

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Smolenice village, its rich history and culture. (9.9.2024 16:00) 26:45

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In this Monday show, Paťka and her friend Adelka are going to walk around a village in Western Slovakia in Trnava region, Smolenice. They are going to talk about its rich history and culture, historical sights and some natural landmarks that visitors might not know about and are worth to see.By STVR

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (8.9.2024 16:00)

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week, what you can look forward to next week and of course read some letters from listeners and play some music for you.

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Week in Slovakia (7.9.2024 16:00) 26:47

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What was the week like in Slovakia? News overview and picks of the week with Martin Bednárik. HEADLINES: The beginning of the new school year marked with bomb threats, rumoured acquisition pf Pegasus by the Slovak Intelligence denied and part of the culture community declares a strike alert while police officers sign a petition asking for better wo…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (7.9.2024 16:00)

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What was the week like in Slovakia? News overview and picks of the week with Martin Bednárik. HEADLINES: The beginning of the new school year marked with bomb threats, rumoured acquisition pf Pegasus by the Slovak Intelligence denied and part of the culture community declares a strike alert while police officers sign a petition asking for better wo…

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How Do We Actually Dismantle Mass Incarceration? 46:06

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This episode originally aired on August 20, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! It's long been recognized that the U.S. criminal punishment system is aberrational, cruel, and broken. Our prison population is outrageously large. But how do we actually begin to dismantle the system? Premal Dharia, James Forman Jr., and Maria H…

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Week discussed (6.9.2024 16:00) 23:37

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week, what you can look forward to next week and of course read some letters from listeners and play some music for you.By STVR

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (6.9.2024 16:00)

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Ben and Patka recap what happened the past week, what you can look forward to next week and of course read some letters from listeners and play some music for you.

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Keir Boredom 1:22:46

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Church of England revs with a difference Thomas Pelham, Jamie Franklin and Daniel French sit dow to talk about the biggest issues in church and state. This time: Major new church survey reveals a high level of openness to robot ministers. Starmer's first major speech reveals that he is going to try to tax us and bore us to death at the same time. O…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (5.9.2024 16:00)

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In an interview with Tomáš Ganz, you will learn about his two-month experience as a mathematics and chess teacher in Africa, where he was involved in educating children in conditions very different from those in Europe. He will talk about the life in Africa, challenges of the African education system and about how this mission enriched him personal…

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Slovak Movies Today (5.9.2024 16:00) 4:31

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In an interview with Tomáš Ganz, you will learn about his two-month experience as a mathematics and chess teacher in Africa, where he was involved in educating children in conditions very different from those in Europe. He will talk about the life in Africa, challenges of the African education system and about how this mission enriched him personal…

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An Israeli Journalist Excoriates His Country's Destruction of Gaza 45:31

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This episode originally aired on August 15, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! Gideon levy is one of Israel's leading dissident journalists. His new book The Killing of Gaza: Reports on a Catastrophe is perhaps the harshest condemnation of Israel's war on Gaza from any Israeli. Levy joins us to explain why he believes his f…

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (4.9.2024 16:00)

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This year, Slovakia’s oldest marked hiking trail turned one hundred and fifty years old. This follows last year’s celebration marking 150 years since the establishment of Slovakia’s first hiking club. Today, the tradition of hiking and the upkeep and marking of trails lives on in the KST, The Slovak Hikers Club. To learn about the history of the gr…

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Slovakia’s oldest marked hiking trail turning 150 years. Katarinka, 16th century monestary. (4.9.2024 16:00) 27:27

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This year, Slovakia’s oldest marked hiking trail turned one hundred and fifty years old. This follows last year’s celebration marking 150 years since the establishment of Slovakia’s first hiking club. Today, the tradition of hiking and the upkeep and marking of trails lives on in the KST, The Slovak Hikers Club. To learn about the history of the gr…

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Fjuzn festival in Bratislava: Why it is important and what we can look forward to. (3.9.2024 16:00) 24:13

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The 19th edition of the Fjuzn festival will take place in Bratislava at the end of September, in preperation for the festival dealing with foreigners living in Slovakia today, Ben Pascoe talks with the organizers of the festival about why the festival is important and what we can look forward to.By STVR

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (3.9.2024 16:00)

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The 19th edition of the Fjuzn festival will take place in Bratislava at the end of September, in preperation for the festival dealing with foreigners living in Slovakia today, Ben Pascoe talks with the organizers of the festival about why the festival is important and what we can look forward to.

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Slovakia Today, English Language Current Affairs Programme from Slovak Radio (2.9.2024 16:00)

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This show is dedicated to one of the most renowned photoreporters in Slovak history, Ladislav Bielik. On the anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Ladislav's son, Peter Bielik dedicated one of the most iconic pohotograps made by his father to the Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Theatre.

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Ladislav Bielik - one of the most renowned photoreporters in Slovak history. (2.9.2024 16:00) 23:06

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This show is dedicated to one of the most renowned photoreporters in Slovak history, Ladislav Bielik. On the anniversary of the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968, Ladislav's son, Peter Bielik dedicated one of the most iconic pohotograps made by his father to the Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Theatre.By STVR

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Constitution Day Special (1.9.2024 16:00) 27:29

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By STVR

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This episode originally aired on August 2, 2024. Get new episodes early at patreon.com/CurrentAffairs! David Livingstone Smith is one of the leading scholars of dehumanization in the world, the author of books like Less Than Human: Why We Demean, Enslave, and Exterminate Others, On Inhumanity: Dehumanization and How to Resist It, and Making Monster…

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