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Mark Fonseca Rendeiro
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10/30/19 • 36 min
There is a force referred to as development that has arrived in Northern Kenya. It brings highways, wind farms, pipelines, cables, standardized education, and new towns where the government wants people to live and work. What it also brings is pollution, inequality, disappearing cultures and languages, an end to nomadic lifestyles that have existed for hundreds of years. While all this is happening, extreme weather has also arrived, taking people who have long known how to live in balance with the environment and thrusting them into the uncertainty and destruction climate change leaves in its wake.
Amidst all this struggle there is also hope. Communities have become aware of what development can do to them. They have become concious of the need to preserve knowledge and restore culture. And this is all being done not in isolation, but through sharing of experiences and strategies with communities facing the same circumstances throughout the continent and the world.
My guest today, Jillo Katelo of the Kivulini Trust, speaks of a childhood where there was balance and joy in his community. Only to be replaced nowadays by an erosion of that way of life as it increasingly under attack in the name of development and so-called economic progress. But the story doesn’t end here, listen in as Jillo talks about his home, how it is changed, and what he is doing empower communities and challenge the modern-day religion that places profit margins above humanity.
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Fiona Krakenbürger: Fermenting in Berlin & Corona Concerns
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04/15/20 • 47 min
Fiona Krakenbürger knows her home town of Berlin under normal circumstances and now knows it during Covid19 times. Whats the difference? Today on the podcast we get into Berlin over the past weeks as well as uncovering what has been going on in DC over the past months (for her). Along the way we talk about Planet Money, sourdough, serious concerns for at-risk groups, hackerspaces, ultimate frisbee, and home office politics. Very pleased to have this podcast with Fiona to share with all of you. Have a listen!
Wim Kruiswijk: Finding Messages in Bottles
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06/18/19 • 42 min
For decades Wim Kruiswijk has lived on the Dutch coast walking the beach before people arrive and after they have left. His treasure: messages in bottles. Over the years he has collected thousands, and turned beach combing into meaninful friendships. He’s also become extremely knowledgeable about why people write messages and bottles, as well as what else is happenning to the environment along the coast. Today on the podcast, in assocation with the For Keeps podcast, we pay a visit to Wim Kruiswijk to learn about his incredible experiences with messages in bottles.
The Energy of Beirut
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11/01/12 • 26 min
Ask Katherine Maher to describe the Beirut that she loves and you get stories of a place that sounds like Brooklyn, Berlin, London and Rio de Janeiro crumpled up and dropped onto the map in a region filled with anxiety, trauma, and uncertain futures. A place where life is lived to the fullest, by day and by night. And if you want art, you’ve come to the right place.
On one fine October afternoon in Amsterdam, Katherine sat down with me to tell me of Beirut and the things a visiting journalist seeking storytellers and artists should keep in mind along the way.
“Now is a very interesting time... there is an incredible level of activity and activism among civil society that I have not seen in any comparative form in the last ten years.”
Security and Ethics for Activism
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05/26/12 • 30 min
In the post-Arab spring/occupy world we’ve seen a call to action for more tools to help acitivists do what they do. We’ve also seen a hodge-podge of tools being rolled out and touted as just what activists need. But security minded observers are not impressed. In fact, in some cases, they’re horrified. In this podcast, which is plagued by a previously undetected Berlin wind, Eleanor Saitta sits down with me to go over the aspects of security and ethics that everyone involved should keep in mind as we develop and implement communication strategies for organizations and activists around the world.
Michael Schaap:The Impact of Election 2020
Citizen Reporter
12/24/20 • 63 min
- Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Live in a spacious room in Amsterdam)
- Michael Schaap
Michael Schaap is a documentary maker, a voice over artist, and an arm-chair historian who I have had the pleasure of knowing for almost two decades. For the past four years he has been watching in frustration and sadness as the US and the rest of the world, walk down a dangerous path not unlike what we’ve seen before.
Today on the podcast, an end of the year, Hanakkuh-Christmas-Kwanzaa-Festivus special looking at the glboal impact of the election in the US. And like every good holiday film, if you listen close you’ll hear an inspiring message... as well as Michael’s cat chewing on cables and documents.
Enjoy!
On Becoming a Father and The Invasion of Ukraine
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02/28/22 • 34 min
- Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Rambling when he should be sleeping. )
In a time of so much frustration, confusion and despair – a podcast is always appropriate. Especially when you couple that with the backdrop that this month I also became a father! So much joy on the one hand, so much struggle on the other, and then you have the incredibly unjust world taking another horrible turn. This monologue is the story of the rollercoaster month it has been and the mounting questions that obviously I am not equipped to answer but that doesn’t stop me from trying.
Future Co-HostTrui Hanoulle: Women Who Dare To Move
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08/22/22 • 60 min
- Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In the Netherlands)
- Trui Hanoulle (in Belgium)
For Trui Hanoulle it started as an interest in going places and learning about people. Over the past two decades what followed became a life’s work; to gather stories about women who dare to move even in the face of prejudice, stereotypes, and other elements of gender barriers.
Mubaraka Mohammadi, skate boarder, teacher / Afghanistan, photographed in Belgium Mahnaz Bahrami, trucker, motorbiker, musician / Iran Soudabeh Baharloo, long distance busdriver / Iran Venous Balouch, 12, is the only girl in Balouchistan to surf. The town of Chabahar, close to the Pakistani border in the far Southeast of Iran, is the only place with good surf waves. Remarkably, surf was introduced in Iran only in 2010, by the Irish Easkey Britton and two other Iranian women. Now most surfers are men, but Venous’ father believes firmly in his daughter’s talent and trains and supports her as much as he can. But surfing season is limited to four months only, ‘we are beginners ourselves’, says Abdulrahman. Venous should be able to go abroad and get a higher level of coaching to develop her skills and make her dream to become a professional surfer, come true. She herself helps and coaches village kids, boys and girls, to start surfing. She is an example to many. Elke Maria Löhnerz, motorbiker, teacher / GermanyToday on the podcast Trui joins me to talk about her mission and what she has seen and learned from the back of a motorcycle across continents and within cultures that many of us do not often hear from. She has also been kind enough to share photos of her project “Move She Does” which you can see here or in your podcast app as the episode plays.
The Creative Soul of Jumeirah Beach
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02/16/14 • 21 min
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How many episodes does Citizen Reporter have?
Citizen Reporter currently has 195 episodes available.
What topics does Citizen Reporter cover?
The podcast is about News, Society & Culture and Podcasts.
What is the most popular episode on Citizen Reporter?
The episode title 'Shafiur Rahman: Rohingya Refugees in Covid Times' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Citizen Reporter?
The average episode length on Citizen Reporter is 41 minutes.
How often are episodes of Citizen Reporter released?
Episodes of Citizen Reporter are typically released every 13 days, 15 hours.
When was the first episode of Citizen Reporter?
The first episode of Citizen Reporter was released on Feb 11, 2007.
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