Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 2: She’s Mamma Mu, but not my mum! Meet Eleni Antoniou (2/11/2023)

In the second episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, it made sense to chat with the first person to ever podcast interview me. Meet Eleni Antoniou, aka Mumma Mu (well, she’s not my mum, but she is one!). Together we chat about her successful podcast, we analyze our views on the Israel-Gaza conflict and stray into gender equality, politics (of course) and some general 'couscous' as usual!

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Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 43: “1970lerden sonra insanlık sona erdi” – Murat Menteş (17/10/2023)

Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar'a Türk edebiyatının "yeni" kuşak yazarlarından Murat Menteş konuk oldu. Yaşama dair gözlemleri, edebiyata bakış açısı, yaşadığımız çağı nasıl değerlendirdiği, romanlarındaki karakterleri, Kıbrıs'ta araştırmacı yazar Orhan Kabataş'ın evindeki gözlemleri "beyefendi bir tartışma ortamı içinde" ziyadesiyle irdelendi. Kıbrıs'ın en çok dinlenen Türkçe podcastının bu bölümü demlene demlene dinleyicinin karşısına çıkıyor. Murat Menteş kimdir? Bilmiyorsanız sizi wikipedia'ya alalım.

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 8: Seagull Shahbazi, founder of the ‘Women of Cyprus’ discuss #WomenLifeFreedom revolution (16/10/2023)

Seagull Shahbazi, women’s rights activist and founder of the ‘Women of Cyprus’ initiative speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope after the first anniversary of the #WomenLifeFreedom revolution following the murder of Mahsa Amini, about why this fight is so important and that it is about more than just the hijab, what’s happening in Iran now and what she hopes will happen going forward.

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Τα αδέσποτα – Επεισόδιο 2: Queer ορατότητα στα κυπριακά media (3/10/2023)

Συζητούμε με το Γιώργη Ρεγγίνο τζαι τη Δέσποινα Μιχαηλίδου για την ΛΟΑΤΚΙΑ+ εκπροσώπηση στα κυπριακά ΜΜΕ τζαι το μέλλον της ΛΟΑΤΚΙΑ+ ορατότητας στο νησί. Τα αδέσποτα – Queer αναπολογητικά νιαουρίσματα με Μαριλένα Κυριάκου τζαι Γιάννη Χαριλάου.

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Facing Love in Cyprus – Episode 5: Forgiving yourself 100 times (1/10/2023)

Forgiveness can touch upon even the smallest inconveniences, like missing out on doing your laundry as you had promised yourself after days of procrastination. It can also involve the more challenging task of forgiving yourself for accepting abusive behavior from those around you, or even harder still, for recognizing moments when you may have been abusive.  The beauty of forgiveness is that it's something we should carry with us always.  How could you go about your life without it? How could you wake up each day knowing that you're holding yourself hostage to your past actions, replaying old words…

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 7: Chiara Rosselli: Redesigning processes can help fix politics (27/9/2023)

Chiara Rosselli, co-founder & executive director of the APROPOS Group and a speaker at the Cyprus Forum on the 29th September 2023 speaks to kaleidHERscope about how redesigning or tweaking processes can help fix politics, whether at political party level or non-profit organization level. As a process designer and a political dialogue curator since 2015, she talks about being a firm believer that a better way for the political sector to communicate and collaborate is possible, about the big challenges, her dream clients and about using conferences more effectively. For more information about : Apropos Group: https://www.aproposgroup.org/ Cyprus Forum…

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KaleidHERscope – Episode 6: African mystic, author Mmatshilo Motsei on multigenerational healing & community development (8/9/2023)

African mystic, author, healer, and midwife Mmatshilo Motsei speaks to Magda Zenon on KaleidHERscope about uncovering the old truth that Africa is great and powerful and that, because of the poisoning of our mind, our soul is afflicted, about multi-generational healing and community development and of the role of indigenous midwifery in countering obstetric violence.

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Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 42: Arjantin’den Madrid’e, Oppenheimer’den Barbie’ye (7/9/2023)

Kısa bir yaz tatili arasından sonra Garip Zamanlar geri döndü. Sertaç Arjantin ve Latin Amerika gözlemlerini paylaştı, Evren adım adım Madrid'i anlattı, Kemal üçüncü Prag deneyiminden dem vurdu. Herkes bir yerlere gittikten sonra Lefkoşa'ya geri dönüp Barbie-Oppenheimer dualitesini konuştular. Hindistan Ay'a insan gönderdi. Muhabbet bitmedi, bir saate uzadı. Kemal editleyene kadar canını yedi. Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan ile Garip Zamanlar podcast formatında 42. bölüme ulaştı.

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Τα αδέσποτα – Επεισόδιο 1: Δημιουργώντας queer χώρους (2/9/2023)

Συζητούμε με τον Δημήτρη Χειμώνα τζαι τον Λεξ Γρηγορίου του Sessions τζαι τον Diego Armando Aparicio του QueerWave για το πώς είναι να δημιουργείς queer spaces στην Κύπρο τζαι παρουσιάζουν μας τα project τους τζαι την επικείμενη συνεργασία τους. Τα αδέσποτα - Queer αναπολογητικά νιαουρίσματα με Μαριλένα Κυριάκου τζαι Γιάννη Χαριλάου.

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Facing Love in Cyprus – Episode 4: Feeling Behind in Life (1/9/2023)

Life is like a train station with everyone boarding different trains heading to various destinations. Yet, strange enough, many of us can’t shake the feeling that our train has left the station without us 🚂 In this episode we take a closer look at the  experience of “feeling behind in life” and explore the crisis that comes up when our personal goals and society’s benchmarks contrast. In a world full of so many curated timelines, it’s easy to get lost in comparison and struggle to see the beauty in our unique paths. We discuss different strategies that gently challenge…

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