Latest Podcasts - Island Talks

Figure It – Episode 19: Cypriots are more pro-solution than you think (6/5/2025)

Cypriots are far more in favour of a federal solution of the Cyprus problem than we might think: yes, even when you get quite specific with the questions. In this episode Sapienta Economics Director, Fiona Mullen, talks to University of Cyprus Professor of Social Development and Psychology, Charis Psaltis, about the survey methodology and why attitudes towards a bizonal bicommunal federation are becoming more positive. You can find the conjoint survey paper mentioned in the podcast here. You can find Charis’ new Substack newsletter on surveys here. And you can find the full Infogram in the episode image here.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 47: Both oppressed and completely free: S.African poet Phillippa Yaa de Villiers talks about her identity journey (6/5/2025)

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South African poet and performance artist Dr. Phillippa Yaa de Villiers discusses her identity journey with Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope, reflecting on her experience as a mixed-race African and adoptee raised by a white family in apartheid South Africa; a journey that placed her in the paradoxical position of being both oppressed and completely free.

Figure It – Episode 18: US tariffs might hurt Cyprus in unexpected ways (25/4/2025)

In this episode of Figure It, economic historian Dr Alexander Apostolides of the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance talks to Sapienta Economics Director Fiona Mullen about how US tariffs could affect Cyprus in ways that policymakers might not be expecting. He also gives some advice on what policymakers could be doing to ensure resilience in these uncertain times.

Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 59: En son Facebook’tan pilaki gönderiyorduk, biz ne ara… (18/4/2025)

Garip Zamanlar ekibi modaya uydu ve yapay zekaya karikatürlerini yaptırdı. Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan'ın hazırlayıp sunduğu Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde enfes bir muhabbet yapıldı: Yapay zekanın en yeni halleri, gelmiş geçmiş en iyi diziler, Sertaç'ın Chicago ziyareti, pek sayın Musk ve Trump beyefendiler, Warren Buffet'in fello gibi hep su yüzünde kalması, Bill Gates'in gelecek tahmini, global ekonomideki son gelişmeler, tekmili yine bu programda...

KaleidHERscope – Episode 46: Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks about her documentaries (15/4/2025)

Producer and director Nefin Dinç speaks to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about her documentaries including Wine Dark Sea that narrates the profound changes brought about by global warming in the Mediterranean, and The Other Town, a documentary about the Other and how natives of a Greek and Turkish town insist on keeping myths built on enmity alive, about what inspires her and also why stepping back and reevaluating is necessary at this stage in her journey.

Sesta – Episode 15 (final): On Love and Grief with Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss (10/4/2025)

Sesta-embracing the colours of culture! In this fifteenth and final episode of Sesta, Meltem Burak hosts Victoria Harwood Butler-Sloss. Victoria is an actress, voice over artist, filmmaker and writer. Above all, she is a storyteller. Throughout the podcast, Victoria elaborates on the instrinsic relationship between love and grief, and how this relationship has been inspiring her work such as her documentary Cyprus Summer 1974, her first book The Seamstress of Urfa, and her upcoming book Love in Aleppo. More about Victoria on http://www.planetvix.com/about.html .

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 28: Cultural heritage activist, media professional, diaspora personality & mother of 3 boys. Meet Elly Symons (10/4/2025)

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In the 28th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Elly Symons, vice president of the Australian Parthenon Committee, co-founder Acropolis Research Group, cultural heritage activist, former model, media professional, businesswoman and public speaker - and a mother of three boys. With roots from Agros in Pitsilia, Troodos, she is a well-known member of the Cypriot diaspora in Melbourne, Australia.

KaleidHERscope – Episode 45: Chris Mavrou (Birth Forward) & Andreas Christodoulou (Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations) speak about RespectWATCH (29/3/2025)

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Chris Mavrou, advocacy & communications coordinator for Birth Forward and Andreas Christodoulou, Director of Operations of the Cyprus Federation of Patients’ Associations (CyFPA) speak to Magda Zenon on kaleidHERscope about RespectWATCH; a project designed to develop an advocacy strategy and WatchDog mechanisms to ensure Respectful Maternity Care in Cyprus.

Nicosia Uncut – Episode 59: Geneva done. What’s now for Cyprus and where is the EU in this? (25/3/2025)

On 17 and 18 March, the Cypriot leaders and the guarantor powers met with the UN Secretary General in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting was named as informal and nobody was sure what the expected outcome would be as the positions of the sides were clearly not bridgable. In the end, a number of confidence building measures were announced. Appointment of a new envoy was also agreed. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss the result of the informal meeting, the new format of the Cyprus talks, geopolitical setting, strained relations on both sides of the Atlantic, and what's next for Cyprus!

Terra Nullius Cyprus – Episode 27: Oceanographer – physicist by heart, geophysical fluid dynamicist at heart: Meet Navid Constantinou (22/3/2025)

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In the 27th episode of Terra Nullius Cyprus, meet Navid Constantinou, an oceanographer who has studied, lived and worked in Athens – Greece, San Diego – USA, New South Wales – Australia and is now a ‘new-ish’ member of the Cypriot diaspora in Victoria, Australia. He is a senior lecturer at the School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at Melbourne University and chief investigator at the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Weather of the 21st Century.