Best Verba Manent Podcasts (2025)

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EP 75 - PROcrastination 42:39

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11d ago42:39

42:39

Yeah we all procrastinate. It took me a month to upload this podcast online. But is it really a problem? Of course, not all procrastination is born equal, scrolling for one hour is not the same as gossiping with your best friend. With Fred and Miriam we discussed about when our procrastination instincts kick in. Things we suggested throughout the s…

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EP 74 - Shared Thesis Terapy Session 59:36

6M ago59:36

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Writing a thesis is an unique experience that comes with its own practical and emotional challenges. It's like escalating a mountain, but when you start you have no idea where the peak is, what trail you should take and what will you encounter along it. In this episode, I talk about this journey with Fred and Mariam, who were both writing a thesis …

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Representing Green Youth (EP 73) 30:07

1+ y ago30:07

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The transition to a sustainable economy needs effective representation in order to be fair. The Federation of Young European Greens offers a space for youth voices to be amplified. In this episode I had a chat with Luca Guidi, who is running as co-spokesperson for the FYEG.

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We had Dinner with Buddhist Nun Bop Yo Sunim 20:04

2y ago20:04

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Food is deeply interlinked with community building, offering opportunities for socialization and encouraging the creation of patterns of co-dependency and cultural exchange. We discussed this with Buddhist Nun Bop Yo Sunim.

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I want bread (Seoul State of Mind EP 10) 35:27

2+ y ago35:27

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Food makes you homesick quick. In a very chaotic episode featuring Kenza, Fede and Elias, we talked about how our eating habits have changed and what we miss from home. We also cover extensively the relation of Fede with his hamster.

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To be or not to be... on tik tok (Seoul State of Mind EP 8) 29:52

2+ y ago29:52

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We are all critical towards social media, but we can't live without them. We discussed about this paradox, and some solutions to it.

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At the Soul of Seoul (Seoul State of Mind EP 7) 36:49

2+ y ago36:49

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We all live Seoul in different ways, finding our own spaces and rituals within it. Today, we talk about those spaces with Cerni and Andrew.

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AI, Ahi Ahi Ahi ! (Seoul State of Mind EP 6) 24:02

3y ago24:02

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When chat GPT came, we all panicked : the age of machine superiority had finally come. Now, after a few months, we have a more realistic sense of what AI can do, and what are its limits. From cheating to boosted productivity and emotional support : we talk about the potential of AI in education and love realtions with Tori and Su from South Korea.…

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Vroom Vroom in My Tuk Tuk (Seoul State of Mind EP 5) 32:06

3y ago32:06

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When you have a two months long break and you are based in Seoul there is one thing you do : travel! Today Juliette, Marcos and Martin share with us their experiences, their "oh I am going to die" moments and ofcourse some tips on how to make the best out of your trip. Because we are getting cooler and cooler, we even added games to the show now (s…

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B!tch I am Stylish (Seoul State of Mind EP 4) 20:31

3y ago20:31

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One thing Korea is know for is it's high beauty standard, and that is for a reason. Tune in to learn more about how Tao and Catylin learned to engage with the different estetic expectations placed on them here, and how that has affected their style and self perception.

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Hotline Bling (Seoul State of Mind EP 3) 27:24

3y ago27:24

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Drake the type of guy to enter in a “no I love you more” fiight with his girlfriend while talking on the phone. To avoid making such rookie mistakes, we asked Julia and Anna to explain us how to have a successful long distance relationship. Tune in to learn more :)

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I wish I knew (Seoul State of Mind EP 2) 23:33

3y ago23:33

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For those of you who have already traveled abroad, you know what a pain it can be to take care of all the administrative procedures with VISA, travel authorizations and paperwork, especially when going to a place that is more or less far from your home. Today we dive into those challenges with Mads and bAndrew (the b is silent) hoping to come up wi…

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Bursting the Bubble (Seoul State of Mind EP 1) 26:41

3y ago26:41

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One of the hardest parts of moving into a new city is integrating into the local community. This is even more challenging if you are in a big metropolis and you don’t speak the language. As a result, you might end up in bubbles that are too thick to burst. Having been in Seoul for quite some time, Nolan and Mackenzie share their thoughts about meet…

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Yes Being a Gym Bro is a Sport (Cultured Carrots ep 18) 18:36

3+ y ago18:36

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Or is it? In this episode we talk about sports and university-life with two very sporty people and one impostor (it's up to you to figure out who is who). Enjoy!

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Oh my god, and they were roomates!? (Cultured Carrots ep17) 38:04

3+ y ago38:04

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When you move out for university, you might end up sharing an apartment with friends, for better or for worse. We’re here to learn from your experience living with people who aren’t your family: whether you get along dealing with chores, if you spend a lot of time together, etc. Come listen to Mason and Emma as they trash talk on their roomies!…

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The Cook Club (Cultred Carrots Ep 16) 36:24

3+ y ago36:24

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Who is the friend you turn to when you want to eat a nice dinner? Who’s that one person you can count on to have good advice on the dish you’re making? Today, Maud will offer her perspective on cooking, so you can be inspired to be the chef for your next dinner! Tune in to see what they have to bring to the table.…

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The Class Ceiling: Why It Pays to be Privileged Daniel Laurison and Sam Friedman 40:10

4y ago40:10

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With a combination of quantitative data analysis and qualitative first-hand accounts, Friedman and Laurison unveiled the complexity of meritocracy beyond the promises of political rhetoric. Shedding light on the prevalent class pay gap in the U.K., where one’s socioeconomic background largely influences one’s career choices and trajectory, we come …

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College Life: Do’s and Don'ts 28:53

4y ago28:53

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What are some of the best advice you can give to us 1st year students going into the 2nd year of our college life?

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It's International Love (Cultured Carrots Ep 14) 28:28

4y ago28:28

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Date, hook-up, lover, partner, etc. Love and its derivatives are quite everywhere in our daily lives. During our university years, we have and most probably will experience relationships going beyond friendship. Is the dating culture in our international environment different from your home country’s? Are sexy looks really that effective? Lian (fro…

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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Why are some countries richer than others (Inkling Episode 2) 32:42

4y ago32:42

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The Wealth and Poverty of Nations, written by David Landes and published in 1998, provides a contentious take on the reason behind Europe’s economic take-off by the end of the Middle Ages. Through a comparative approach, Landes boldly claimed that historically unique cultural values of curiosity, novelty, and property protection empowered European …

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Growing Pains (and Pains) In College (Cultured Carrots Ep 13) 29:11

4y ago29:11

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There is a version of college that each person has conjured up in their minds. Perhaps you were expecting a huge campus, parties every weekend, a secret poet society, a chill schedule and eating pain au chocolat for breakfast- perhaps the latter is mostly true (your secret is safe with us). Nonetheless, we all have a different perspective and take …

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"People in Europe don't know how to party" (Cultured Carrots Ep 12) 22:34

4y ago22:34

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Parties are an essential aspect of student life. They help us get rid of stress and pressure, and construct social contact. When noticing differences between parties of people of the same nationality, we wondered what it would be like for an international student to discover another culture when changing countries. How does the party experience dif…

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Capitalism and Inequality: Coincidence or Inevitability? (Inkling Ep 1) 32:49

4y ago32:49

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Breaking down the key ideas of one of the most famous works in recent years, Piketty's Capital in the 21st century, we'll look at how wealth and income inequality has surged in the past decades. What do these changes imply for the system of meritocracy and people's social mobility? What does Piketty propose to do to counter the rising social and ec…

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My friends Say I have Changed (Cultured Carrots - Ep 11) 27:56

4y ago27:56

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As we have moved away from our friends and family for university, which often implied going to a different country, we have begun to notice changes in our behavior, mentality, approach to life, etc. When visiting our hometown and its people, we might have found this change has affected our relationships with our friends and family who we left behin…

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The escape of Danny Fenster (Write the Wrongs - Episode 38) 8:02

4y ago8:02

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The military junta in Myanmar seized power from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Since then, military authorities have cracked down on protests and dissent, killing some 1,269 people and arresting more than 10,000, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners, an advocacy group monitoring the situation…

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The Right to Die (Write the Wrongs - Episode 37) 11:43

4y ago11:43

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The international human rights law protects and defends human rights which are premised on the fundamental right to life. However, a right to a dignified life does not seem to include a right to a dignified end. More controversial is whether doctors or anyone else has the right to make medically informed decisions about whether death would serve so…

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Jamal Khashoggi: a controversial assassination (Write the Wrongs - Episode 36) 14:09

4y ago14:09

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The Saudi Arabian journalist Jamal Khashoggi was assassinated while at the Saudi Consulate of Istanbul on October 2, 2018. Despite being close to the Saudi royalty, and even maintaining a friendship with Osama bin Laden, he progressively drifted apart from their mentality and entertained pro-democracy ideas. Although now solved, his case remains co…

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Tsitsi Dangarembga, fighter for human rights in Zimbabwe (Write the Wrongs - Episode 35) 9:24

4y ago9:24

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Writer and filmmaker Tsitsi Dangarembga received in 2021 the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade. Her artistic work and her activism emphasized the mechanism of oppression, linked with gender, colonialism and racism intrinsic to the Zimbabwean society.

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A Teenage Migrant Domestic Worker’s Salary Withheld for 10 Years (Special PERSPECTIVES - Episode 34) 19:48

4y ago19:48

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A migrant domestic worker who came to Lebanon when she was a teenager faced extreme abuse at the hands of her employers for over 10 years. From having her salary withheld to being cut-off from having contact with the outside world, Sajita Lama is one of many abused domestic workers in Lebanon that was inhumanely treated and is still currently seeki…

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The Paradoxes and Problems of Universal Human Rights (Write the Wrongs - episode 33) 9:46

4y ago9:46

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This entire podcast is devoted to raising awareness on human rights abuses happening across the world to people of all origins and nationalities. We’ve seen abuses in the likes of countries such as Malaysia, Ethiopia, Egypt and the US. We dream of a future of social and political justice, but who can hold these states accountable, and on what basis…

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Bride trafficking at the southwest borders of China (Write the Wrongs - episode 32) 8:11

4y ago8:11

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About 21,000 women and girls from northern Myanmar were forced into marriage in just one province of China from 2013 to 2017. These women and girls are usually tricked by brokers who promise well-paid employment across the border in China where they are sold for around 3000 to 13000 dollars to Chinese families seeking a daughter-in-law for their ad…

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The massacres of Colombia’s human rights defenders (Write the Wrongs - episode 31) 9:37

4y ago9:37

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“A man once told me that to be a leader in this country, one needs to carry a coffin at all times.” Such is the current state of dangerosity human rights defenders and social leaders face in Colombia. The once praised 2016 peace accord passed between the government and the biggest armed group of the country proves meaningless as massacres rose, lea…

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The plight of cancer patients in Lebanon (Write the Wrongs - episode 30) 8:36

4y ago8:36

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You’re scrolling through instagram on a lazy evening and you come across Rania, your classmate, announcing online that she is planning to visit home for a while and asking her followers what medicines they need that she could bring back from France. She asks you and her friends from university for donations, anything, and you wonder what kind of ho…

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Martin Lee, a fight for democracy (Write the Wrongs - episode 29) 6:52

4y ago6:52

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The famously proclaimed father of democracy in Hong Kong finds himself behind bars today. Martin Lee is the eighty-two-year-old barrister-politician who has been convicted, just like other prominent faces from the city, for the pro-democracy protests of August 2019. But how did he get here? Why did he come out of political retirement? How did the s…

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Criminal justice in the US (Write the Wrongs - episode 28) 7:59

4y ago7:59

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Criminal justice in the US

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'TikTok Girls' Haneen Hossam and Mawadda al-Adham (Write the Wrongs - episode 27) 10:39

4y ago10:39

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Ever since the 2013 coup in Egypt, an increase in the harassment of journalists, bloggers, activists and now TikTok content creators posed the question of discrimination, especially since the targetted people are almost all women. While the government is accused of constantly monitoring the way women are represented in media (cinema, TV, and other …

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PERSPECTIVES - Ganapathy: another victim of Malaysian police violence (Write the Wrongs Special Episode 26) 17:11

4y ago17:11

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He was a cow’s milk trader and father of two. What was initially supposed to be aiding the police at Gombak Police Station into the whereabouts of his brother turned into a 12 day lock up, followed by a sudden admittance into the Intensive Care Unit at Selayang Hospital. Mysteriously, five days later- Ganapathy is pronounced dead. What happened? Wh…

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Win Htet Oo : Boycotting the Olympics to protest (Write the wrongs - episode 25) 6:33

4y ago6:33

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Win Htet Oo, a promising and talented swimmer, withdrew from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to protest against the military coup in Myanmar, responsible for a repression that killed over a thousand people. The IOC, which didn’t answer any of his petitions, is accused of letting perpetrators of crimes against humanity compete under their neutrality princip…

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Evergrande: A Giant Crunch (Write the Wrongs - episode 24) 6:31

4+ y ago6:31

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Evergrande is China’s second largest real estate developer and its revenue accounts for 2% of China’s GDP. Recently a credit crunch (which basically means a lack of cash) has made anxious investors worried about the bets they took in the company with their lifelong savings. The crisis came about both due to over-borrowing and a blunt state interven…

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Lady al-Qaeda (Write the Wrongs - Episode 23) 7:57

4+ y ago7:57

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Aafia Siddiqui, also known under the name ‘Lady Al-Qaeda’ for her potential affiliation with the group, was imprisoned in 2010 for 86 years. Strangely enough, none of the charges against her included being a terrorist. This complex case was highly debated because of the different versions of the story each party claimed as the truth. LINK https://w…

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Gurnam Singh Chanduni, leader of farmer protests in India (Write the Wrongs - episode 21) 7:37

4+ y ago7:37

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In this episode of Write the Wrongs, we will focus on Gurnam Singh Chnaduni, a farmer who has become an important representative of the anger of the farmer population of India. Indeed, new farm laws are not accepted by an important part of the population, leading to huge protests all over the country.…

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Kris Wu: new rise of MeToo in China (Write the wrongs - Episode 20) 4:43

4+ y ago4:43

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Kris Wu is the most influential Chinese celebrity to face criminal charges since the global #MeToo root in China in 2018. The story of the young Ms Du marked sparked a new wave in the movement, with the country's netizens wrapped in a very polarized debate.

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In the name of Journalism (Write the Wrongs - Episode 19) 3:29

4+ y ago3:29

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In war-torn Afghanistan, history repeats itself. In 2021, as in 1996, the situation of women is threatened by the Taliban forces. Learn more about Zahra Joya, a journalist who through her work, fights against the discrimination of women in her country. Some ressources: - after-the-taliban-takeover-will-an-all-female-afghan-news-site-survive 36_Zahr…

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Growing Up (Cultured Carrots - Episode 11) 15:50

4+ y ago15:50

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This episode is the sixth in a March series that has continued to April tackling heavy topics uniting cultures, the one dealing with growing up, the notions associated and social expectations associated with this phase ineveryone's lives.

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Conflicts in Northern Ireland (Write the Wrongs - Episode 17) 7:18

4+ y ago7:18

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This episode covers the historical snapshot behind the current violence and conflict between the Protestant loyalists and the Catholic nationalists in Northern Ireland, and how this troubled past is defining the future of the younger generation. Featuring Paul Brady's 'The Island'.

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Refugees Issues in America (Write The Wrongs - Episode 16) 7:50

4+ y ago7:50

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In this episode of Write the Wrongs, we explore the humanitarian, political and human-rights aspects of the sudden surge in illegal migration along the US-Mexico border as well as the reaction of the current and previous US administrations to this domestic crisis and their major shortcomings in addressing this situation.…

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Religion (Cultured Carrots - Episode 10) 15:24

4+ y ago15:24

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This episode is the sixth in a March series that has continued to April tackling heavy topics uniting cultures, the one dealing with religion, the way it affects your life and the community you are part of it.

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Pornography : How Does It Affect The Image Of Women (Write The Wrongs - Episode 15) 12:22

4+ y ago12:22

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Welcome to the last episode on the topic of pornography. In it we navigate the often contradictory studies on its influence on the image of women in our society. Is pornography just another tool of the patriarchy? Find out listening to this episode!

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War Crimes in Ethiopia - International intervention? (Write The Wrongs - Episode 14) 4:37

4+ y ago4:37

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This episode continues looking at war crimes taking place in Ethiopia, but this time from an international intervention approach. We looked at international bodies such as the UN and Amnesty International’s responses, as well as briefly noting the Biden administration and the neighbouring regional countries’ actions.…

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Sexuality and Sexual Orientations (Cultured Carrots - Episode 9) 18:10

4+ y ago18:10

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This episode is the fifth in a March series that has continued to April tackling heavy topics uniting cultures, this one dealing with sexuality, sexual relations, and sexual orientations.