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Monday, June 8, 2020 Belarus: The ambiguous neighbour of the EU? Online debate

This debate was live streamed on Facebook and YouTube and republished here as a podcast. This is the second debate organized in the framework of the p...

Monday, June 1, 2020 Episode 39: COVID clampdown in Chechnya

Information coming out of Chechnya is hard to come by. It is controlled by the tight grip of the Republic’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov. This episode attemp...

Sunday, May 24, 2020 Episode 38: China’s unlikely interest in Lithuania

For the last several years China has viewed the region of Central and Eastern Europe as an opportunity to gain a foothold in the European Union and in...

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 Debate: What are Polish / German views on the East?

This debate took place live online an May 13 2020. The debate examines how Poland and Germany view the region of Eastern Europe. Both countries have a...

Friday, May 15, 2020 Episode 37: Update on Armenia

It has been two years since Nikol Pashinyan has come to power after the Velvet Revolution in Armenia. In this episode Adam catches up with Richard Gir...

Friday, May 8, 2020 Episode 36: Complicated neighbours. Romania-Moldova relations in the spotlight

Developments in relations between Romanian and Moldova have raised a lot eyebrows lately. After Moldova’s pro-European government has fallen to be rep...

Wednesday, April 22, 2020 The war in Donbas and why it still matters

On April 20th 2020, New Eastern Europe convened an online live discussion which examined the latest issue of New Eastern Europe and brought some of it...

Wednesday, April 15, 2020 Episode 35: The future(s) of Eastern Europe

This episode takes a look at the current state of the Eastern Partnership and discusses a new report that outlines possible scenarios for future devel...

Thursday, April 2, 2020 Episode 34: Pandemic, power and Putin forever

This episode takes an in-depth look at the political developments in Russia and analyzes the changes that were made in order for Vladimir Putin to sta...

Thursday, March 26, 2020 Episode 33: Ukraine reshuffles the government

Adam and Maciek open the episode with a discussion on how the coronavirus situation is developing in the Eastern Partnership countries. They also high...

Wednesday, March 18, 2020 Episode 32: Addressing the challenge of climate change

Episode 32 of the Talk Eastern Europe podcast takes a snapshot of how some countries in Eastern Europe are trying to slow the effects of climate chang...

Sunday, March 8, 2020 Episode 31 –Berlin to host POSTWEST Theatre Festival

Maciek and Adam are back in the latest episode of Talk Eastern Europe! This episode is dedicated to the upcoming POSTWEST Transcultural Festival which...

honest review 456 on 4/18/2024

Excellent podcast about Eastern Europe. Each week they provide an in-depth (yet fun and relatable) podcast on the events across Eastern Europe. I recommend it to all.
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KaceyRaye on 4/7/2023

Really easy to digest, super accessible. If you are curious about this part of the world this is the best way. I binged all the previous episodes while cleaning in one weekend!
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Renéethefrog on 6/26/2019

This podcast is superior to its peers in terms of geographic coverage, covering more than just CE, it even covers South Caucasus which most EE podcasts ignore. Interesting and thought provoking discussions by its moderators.
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