The Life Light – Επεισόδιο 14: Julio Kompoloi: Ξεκινώντας από τον εαυτό σου (8/2/2022)

Μέσα από τη δική του πορεία ο Julio εμπνέει την αλήθεια προς τον εαυτό μας και τον κόσμο. Συζήτηση που είχαμε βλέπουμε τη δική του οπτική για την αφύπνιση του εαυτού του και του κόσμου γύρο του μέσα από τη μουσική.  Το podcast Life Light παράγεται και παρουσιάζεται από την Anna Michael.

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Sesta – Episode 2: Review of Andreas Karayan’s Dark Tales (6/2/2022)

Sesta-embracing the colours of culture! In this second episode of Sesta podcast, Meltem Burak reviews Andreas Karayan`s award-winning book Dark Tales. Andreas Karayan is an author, artist and critique from Nicosia. Dark Tales is the second book of Karayan`s literary autobiographical pentalogy in English. Dark Tales is a bildungsroman elaborating on the harmonised artistic and sexual self-realisations of the author. It was translated to English in 2014 by Irene Noel-Baker, and won the National Prize for Literature in the same year. Dark Tales was published by Armida Publications which is a Nicosia-based publication house specialising in Eastern Mediterranean literature.

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Buffering – Episode 12: Elections, elections and animal welfare (27/1/2022)

They are back! Buffering podcast of the two Cypriot journalists, Esra Aygın and Yiorgos Kakouris, continue to bring you dispatches from the alternate Cypriot universe. In this episode, they provide you all the insights of the elections in the north and the latest developments towards the upcoming Presidential elections in the Republic of Cyprus. And they prove to be an animal friendly podcast!

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Decode Cyprus – Episode 1: Evaluating the Turkish Cypriot elections (25/1/2022)

Decode Cyprus - because in Cyprus, nothing is as it looks. In this first episode of Decode Cyprus, Esra Aygın and Lefteris Adilinis, two journalists from Cyprus discuss the Turkish Cypriot parliamentary elections that took place on 23 January 2022. The results are as follows: Faiz Sucuoğlu's UBP (right-wing nationalist): 39.61% -24 seats; Tufan Erhürman's CTP (left-wing social democrat): 31.91% - 18 seats; Fikri Ataoğlu's DP (right-wing liberal): 7.42% - 3 seats; Kudret Özersay's HP (centrist): 6.69% - 3 seats; Erhan Arıklı's YDP (right-wing of the Turkish origin voters): 6.44% - 2 seats. Total 50 seats. TDP (left-wing social…

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The Life Light – Επεισόδιο 13: Η εμπλοκή στα κοινά και ο σκοπός μας (19/1/2022)

Η εμπλοκή του Μάριος Επαμεινώνδας με ΜΚΟ ως εργαλεία που μπορούν να δώσουν νόημα στη ζωή.  Μια συζήτηση που θα σε οδηγήσει βήμα βήμα προς τη κοινωνική συνείδηση και τη δημιουργία της εσωτερικής ικανοποίησης. Το podcast Life Light παράγεται και παρουσιάζεται από την Anna Michael.

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Nicosia Uncut – Episode 34: Cyprus: The land of pipe dreams (14/1/2022)

Cyprus is the land of impossible fantasies. One side thinks that the international community is now ready to accept a "two-state solution" in Cyprus, the other tries to play a global chess-game with a non-feasible, unrealistic "East Med Pipeline Project", something which was doomed to fail from the beginning. In this episode of Nicosia Uncut, Andromachi Sophocleous and Kemal Baykalli discuss how the East Med Pipeline Project has falsely been promoted as a diplomatic success story for the internal consumption by the Greek Cypriot politicians. In the local scene, we have the elections mood in the air: The Turkish…

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Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 25: Büyük istifa dalgası gerçek mi? (13/1/2022)

Dünyada, ama özellikle de ABD ve İngiltere gibi ülkelerde, başını gençlerin çektiği bir büyük istifa dalgası olduğu söyleniyor. Bunun gerçek mi, abartı mı, dönemsel bir oluşum mu yoksa yeni bir çalışma kültürü değişimi mi olduğuna dair tartışmalar devam ediyor. Garip Zamanlar'ın bu bölümünde, Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan, büyük istifa dalgasını, Don't Look Up filmini ve peated whisky'i tartıştılar. Sosyal medyada takipçilerini etkileme potansyeli taşıyan "influencer"leri ve içerik üreticilerini teğet geçtiler. Yeni yıl beklentilerini hiç konuşmadılar. Island Talks istasyonundaki - www.islandtalks.fm - yeni kültür podcast programı "Sesta"yı (hazırlayan Meltem Burak) herkese tavsiye ettiler.

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The Life Light – Επεισόδιο 12: Διοχετεύοντας το σκοπό μας για ένα καλύτερο κόσμο (11/1/2022)

Μια συζήτηση για το εθελοντικό έργο του Μάριου Αντονίου στο Sistema Cyprus καθώς και άλλες δράσεις του που πρόκειται να εμπνεύσει τη δική σου πορεία.

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Sesta – Episode 1: On the Meanings of Saint Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Paşa Cami (9/1/2022)

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In this first episode of Sesta, Meltem Burak talks about Saint Nicholas Cathedral/Lala Mustafa Paşa Cami which is one of the most important cultural heritage sites in Famagusta and Cyprus. She explains the architectural and political meanings of the building, and its historical significance. Also, she elaborates on the contemporary meaning of the centuries old gothic mosque for present-day Cyprus, from a personal standpoint, as a person from Famagusta.  

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Garip Zamanlar – Bölüm 24: Podcast en iyi küvette dinlenir (23/12/2021)

2021’in son Garip Zamanlar programında Evren İnançoğlu, Kemal Baykallı ve Sertaç Sonan yılın bir muhasebesini yapıyorlar. Ama bu muhasebede ne ekonomik krizler ne de siyasi sıkıntılar var. Sertaç Sonan’ın İstanbul ve Berlin izlenimleri; Evren İnançoğlu’nun yılın en iyi film adayları ve Kemal Baykallı’nın istifayı basan genç kuşağa dair aktarımı Garip Zamanlar’da..

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