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Nicosia Uncut – Episode 65: Will negotiations resume in 2026? (Part 2) (23/12/2025)

In the last month of 2025, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli produced two consecutive and special episodes. Recorded a few days after the first part, the second part focuses on the outcome of the first meeting of leaders with the UN Secretary General's Special Envoy Maria Angela Holguin Cuellar. What are the positions of sides when it comes to resuming the negotations? Are we going to see new confidence building measures being implemented? How does the international developments impact the talks? Should we expect to see any progress during Cyprus' EU Presidency? What role the international…

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 64: What does the election of Tufan Erhürman mean? (Part 1) (9/12/2025)

In the last month of 2025, Nicosia Uncut producers Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli produced two consecutive and special episodes. The first episode focused on the election of Tufan Erhürman in the first round with 63% vote as well as the internal and external dynamics leading to the replacement of previous Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar. What role the Turkish government played in the Turkish Cypriot elections? How did the voters respond? Does 63% mean Turkish Cypriots overwhelmingly endorsed a federal agenda? Will Turkey agree to the resumption of talks? How is Erhürman being regarded in the Greek Cypriot…

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 68: 2025’e veda ederken (26/12/2025)

Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan senenin bu onikinci Garip Zamanlar bölümünde 2025'i masaya yatırdılar! Yıla damga vuran olaylar, yapay zekanın geldiği aşama, Avrupa ve ABD arasındaki Atlantik ittifakının çatırdaması, seneye damga vuran filmler, Jack Nicholson, Stephen King, yazların sıcak ve kurak olması, yapılan seyahatler, Spotify'da en çok dinlenen şarkılar, daha neler neler. Yakında 12 yaşını kutlayacak olan Garip Zamanlar bir yılı daha dinleyicileyle birlikte kapatıyor olmanın kıvancını yaşıyor.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 62: Catherine Ferrin, a domestic abuse educator & using drama to raise awareness about gender-based violence (23/12/2025)

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Catherine Ferrin, a domestic abuse educator/activist from Northern Ireland spoke to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope during the 16 days against gender-based violence (GBV) about using drama and group interaction to raise awareness about many complex issues including GBV.

Figure It – Episode 20: why a Cyprus bank windfall tax would be a bad idea (19/12/2025)

In this episode Sapienta Economics Director, Fiona Mullen, discusses proposals for a bank windfall tax put forward by the Progressive Party of Working People (AKEL) in November and the many reasons why it is a bad idea. This podcast comes from an article that first appeared in Sapienta Cyprus Snippets at sapienta.substack.com.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 61: Ambassador Androulla Kaminara on the U.S. Gaza plan & the crossroads at which the EU presently finds itself (8/12/2025)

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Magda Zenon of kaleidHERscope caught up with Ambassador Androulla Kaminara to speak about gender and diplomacy, about the U.S. Gaza plan that the UNSC recently endorsed, about UNSR on the OPT Francesca Albanese and about the cross roads at which the EU presently finds itself.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 60: Jane Houng, founder of Becky’s Button Initiative for women’s safety against harrasment (18/11/2025)

Read more about the article KaleidHERscope – Episode 60: Jane Houng, founder of Becky’s Button Initiative for women’s safety against harrasment (18/11/2025)

Jane Houng, founder of the Becky’s Button Initiative speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about how she tries to bring light to the darkness following the tragic murder of her daughter in 2017.Jane will be hosted at an event on 1 December 2025 at Ledra Palace as part of the #16Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign.This is the link to the event https://fb.me/e/6R0G90jFPConnect with her on Instagram.And for more information, click here - Home - Becky's Button.

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 67: Performatif erkekler, Tinder ve speed dating (17/11/2025)

Karşı cinsi etkilemek adına -mış gibi yapan, entellektüel erkek imajı çizen erkekler gerçek mi yoksa bu da gereksiz bir kategorilendirme çabası mı? Çevrimiçin eşleşme uygulamaları artık yaygın bir eğilimi mi temsil ediyor? Kuzey Kıbrıs'ta speed dating organize etmeye çalışanların başına ne geldi? Yeni seçilen New York belediye reisinin eşiyle uygulama üzerinden tanışmış olması da mı mesaj değil? Hinsistan kökenliü Müslüman ve yurtdışı doğumlu demokratik sosyalist bir belediye başkanı Trump'a bir mesaj mı? Lanthimos'un Bugonia'sı nasıl bir film? Lanthimos demişken sinema duayenleri Evren ve Sertaç Dogtooth, The Lobster, Poor Things ve diğerlerini masaya yatırıyor. Kemal'in seyahat programı nasıl şekilleniyor? Maltalıları…

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 66: Sentetik biyoloji ve kellere bedava olan şeyler (28/10/2025)

Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan sentetik biyoloji ve yapay zeka konularında yaşanabilecek riskleri, nobel ödüllerini,okudukları kitapları ve izledikleri filmleri tartıştılar. Karaborsaya düşen kitaplar. Orta Avrupa şehirleri niye Kemal'in arka bahçesi gibi oldu? Hong Kong başka bahara. Gulaş kırmızı çizgimiz. Kellere bedava olan ne? Global ekonomi nereye gidiyor? Altın ve gümüşte son durum ne? Kıbrıs ağzı niye yabancı akademisyenlerin ilgisini çekiyor?

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 63: One week before the critical Turkish Cypriot election: What to expect? (13/10/2025)

The Turkish Cypriots will go to the ballots to elect a Turkish Cypriot leader on 19 October 2025. The main contenders are the incumbent Turkish Cypriot leader Ersin Tatar, who has been adovcating a two-state solution for the solution of the Cyprus problem and Tufan Erhürman, leader of the opposition, who advocates returning to the talks for a bicommunal, bizonal, federation based on political equality. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss the campaigns, positions and talking points of this election as well as possible outcomes locally and internationally. Are the Greek Cypriots ready…