Life in the Cracks

What We Listened to in 2019

1 January 2020

Podcasts have seen a steady rise in popularity in 2019. While Visegrad Insight publishes written news and reports on the future of the Visegrad Group countries and the wider region, we also keep an eye out for interesting audio recordings. Here are some of our favourite 2019 podcasts.

Our favourite 2019 podcasts cannot overlook the small but noteworthy contribution we have made in the last year. The hosts of In Between Europe regularly focus on Central European affairs in their podcast. Following the publication of our report on Scenarios for cohesive growth, we spoke with them about the current state of EU budget negotiations and the impact of regional politics on the economy.

The spectre of 1989

Similar to our favourite reads, our selection of 2019 podcasts is characterised by 1989 and the legacy of transition in Central and Eastern Europe. Several outlets found inspirations in the events of thirty years ago and produced recordings that are well worth your time.

Sean’s Russia Blog took the collapse of communism as the main angle and made a recording available from the British Association for Slavonic & East European Studies that took place in April earlier this year. Participants included Timothy Garton Ash, Bridget Kendall and Jens Reich, each of them notable witnesses to the developments in 1989, albeit from a different position and perspective.

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Quincy Cloet

Dr Quincy R. Cloet is a specialist in the history and politics of international organisations, based in Poland. He is an award-winning historian with academic and media publications in the areas of international politics, history, European studies and human rights.

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