The Upfront Podcast
Nina Geraldine Mueller
Welcome to The Upfront Podcast, where you can listen to compelling in-depth, honest, and thought-provoking conversations with international guests from all walks of life.
The aim is to raise awareness and amplify the voices of change-makers, thinkers, experts, leaders, and community influencers, to discuss current events, share personal stories, answer uncomfortable questions, and have upfront discussions important to our lives and society because knowledge truly is power.
This podcast covers topics people typically do not discuss, including societal fragmentation, politics, relationships, mental health, religion, community, civil rights, and lifestyle.
This is an independently produced podcast, without any media network affiliations. Please subscribe and leave a review so that The Upfront Podcast can reach more people!
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Eitan Chitayat | Narrative & Counterpropaganda
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05/16/24 • 79 min
Eitan Chitayat is a creative director, copywriter and brand-builder, and founder of the Natie Branding Agency in Tel Aviv. Eitan has been delivering branding campaigns for B2C and B2B clients for over 25 years. He has lived in Hong Kong, London, Tel Aviv, New York, and Boston, working with clients such as Google, Volkswagen, American Express, and Toyota, as well as Israeli companies like Amdocs, NICE, The Jewish Agency for Israel, and Taglit. In 2015, he created the viral video "I'm That Jew" which has been viewed over 15 million times on various platforms. He also gave a TED talk about why he created the piece. He's consistently been an advocate for Israel and the Jewish People, gaining a following on social media, but since October 7th he has dedicated all of his time to fighting Jew hatred and anti-semitism, focusing on building Jewish pride.
We are speaking about his advocacy work, how we as a minority need to get better at advocating for ourselves to change the current narrative, and how we should be talking to our Jewish kids about how to deal with what’s going on and how to explain this spreading hatred. Eitan and I are also talking about the value and importance of integrity, as we attempt to find a reason behind so much misinformation being spread about Israel, the war, and the Jewish people, with age-old blood libels resurfacing, holocaust inversion and relativization and other forms of antisemitism, as well as who is leading, driving and funding the pro-Hamas/anti-Jewish, supposedly pro-Palestinian demonstrations.
Eitan on Instagram
Natie Branding Agency
Website "I'm That Jew"
Website "She's That Woman"
Eitan's Podcast "I'm That"
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End of Year 2022
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12/16/22 • 1 min
Patrick Jones | Putting Yourself Out There
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08/11/22 • 49 min
Patrick Jones is a journalist, originally from New York, now living in South Carolina, and host of the "That Gives Me Anxiety Podcast". Patrick and Nina discuss dealing with expectations of hosting a podcast, mental health, conspiracy theories, death, politics, and other fun stuff.
You can find the “That Gives Me Anxiety Podcast” at the following links and wherever you get your podcasts.
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/Thatgivesmeanxietypodcast/
Twitter https://twitter.com/GivesanxietyPod
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thatgivesmeanxietypodcast
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgCOITNlRi_K7JP9QxBK-vQ/
Patrick's other podcast, “Death Space: Filling The Void” you can also find on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/deathspacepodcast/
Patrick’s personal page https://www.instagram.com/patrick_e_jones/
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Juliet Taylor | Destigmatizing Mental Health Issues
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07/28/22 • 48 min
My guest on this episode is Juliet Taylor, who grew up in a Jewish modern orthodox family in London, England. Juliet moved to Israel 9 years ago and worked as the educational director for a school. In the midst of her daily life, a mental health crisis slowly crept in and altered her life. Juliet was able to change her perspective on life and focus on what she values most, which eventually brought her to express her feelings through art in her spoken poetry. She has just finished her master’s degree in early childhood education.
We are speaking on working towards eliminating the stigma of mental health issues, going through countless lockdowns and war by yourself, and what ultimately matters most.
Find Juliet and her spoken poetry on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/julietmariataylor/
Find helpful resources for mental health support at https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm
Global Mental Health Resources https://checkpointorg.com/global/
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Maysa Resende | Challenging The Beauty Industry
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07/21/22 • 43 min
Maysa Resende is originally from Brazil, and she moved to Israel in 2016 to do her Ph.D. in Biotechnology Engineering at Ben Gurion University (BGU). She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at Tel Aviv University (TAU), and during the pandemic, she founded a brand of natural and sustainable cosmetic bars called "Bars from Mars".
We are talking about consumer behavior, greenwashing, the impact on sales through “clean” claims, and what natural and chemical ingredients in cosmetics mean. Maysa will also share what it took to establish a sustainable brand of her own.
Find Maysa on Instagram or on Facebook.
Find the "Bars from Mars" at https://barsfrommars.com, and on Facebook or Instagram.
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The Essence
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06/23/22 • 5 min
Nina is giving an update on what is happening with The Upfront Podcast, how it will go on, and what the true, important essence of this podcast is.
Send in your comments, remarks, and opinions in writing or as an audio recording through one of these channels and while you're at it, give us a follow.
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Sam "Disabledreamer" | Gender Identity, Disability & Mental Health - Part 1
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01/27/22 • 33 min
In this episode, my guest is Sam (they/them). Sam and their family moved to Israel from California when they were 11 years old and became an advocate for intersectional disability and mental health. Sam is a writer and is currently also studying. We are talking about gender identity, disability, mental health, and how Sam handles living with cerebral palsy.
Find Sam on Instagram and on their website.
Subscribe and listen to The Upfront Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. You can find us on Instagram, Facebook and on our website.
For support, please visit https://en.eran.org.il or call *3201 (in Israel).
For support in other countries, please visit https://www.helpguide.org/find-help.htm or look up your local mental health helplines.
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Ruth Peri | Is Peace Possible in The Middle East?
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01/20/22 • 55 min
Ruth Peri was born and raised in a small town in Bulgaria, close to the Romanian border. She lived in Berlin and eventually moved to Israel 8 years ago. In Tel Aviv, her roommate invited a guest over for dinner one night and that is how Ruth came into contact with Muhammed from Ramallah in the West Bank. This encounter inspired her to participate in the work of local NGOs and she discovered the commonalities of Jews and Arabs coexisting in Israel. During a visit back home in Bulgaria, Ruth was arrested and jailed for trying to help a refugee that had fled the oppressing forces of the Hamas in Gaza. Two years ago Ruth then co-founded HOLY LOCAL ALIENS, which is an organization and community that brings people of different backgrounds together that usually don’t have the chance to interact.
We are discussing the continuous conflict between Israel, Gaza, and the West Bank, which most recently has amounted to an unprecedented amount of missiles being fired towards Israel in May of last year.
Find Ruth Peri and Holy Local Aliens on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/holylocalaliens and on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/holylocalaliens/
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Dr. Eyal Dujovny | Anthropology & Society
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12/16/21 • 62 min
On today’s episode, Nina is speaking with Dr. Eyal Dujovny, an environmental anthropologist who has lived in many different countries has then been working as a licensed tour guide in Israel for the past several years and had started a podcast for tour guides. They will be discussing Dr. Dujovny’s fascinating career, what his experience with various travel groups and different cultures has been like, the current situation in Israel regarding the last war and the handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, and a variety of aspects of the Middle East conflict, in Israel and the West Bank.
Find the “Tour Guide Confidential” podcast at https://tourguideconfidential.com. For inquiries, contact Eyal via email at [email protected] or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/israelwitheyal.
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Jolanda Spiess-Hegglin | Victim Blaming Rhetoric
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02/16/23 • 47 min
My guest today is Jolanda Spiess Hegglin, a journalist and former Swiss politician. One harrowing night, everything changed for her. In the aftermath, her name was extensively used in Swiss tabloid media in attempts to ruin her reputation and to victim blame, while Jolanda was trying to come to terms with what had happened to her and to seek legal accountability. Now, Jolanda is an activist against gender-based violence and has founded an NGO called netzcourage. Jolanda still, to this day, is receiving misogynist hatred, harassment, and threats, while she is working on vindicating her name and taking sole ownership of her story.
We are talking about the personal story of one incredibly courageous woman who has taken on what feels like an entire nation’s victim blaming rhetoric. We will also talk about how everything that has happened to Jolanda has uncovered a dysfunctional justice system, law enforcement victim blaming and revictimization, and how evidentiary material was being disregarded. Jolanda and I will also discuss the impact of the #Metoo movement on Switzerland, the discrimination of minorities, and the dangerous rise of incels in Switzerland.
Donations to #Netzcourage https://netzcourage.ch/spenden/
Find out more about Jolanda on https://www.jolandaspiess.ch/
Instagram instagram.com/jolandaspiess
Facebook facebook.com/jolandaspiess
Twitter twitter.com/jolandaspiess
Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/jolandaspiess/
Mastodon https://mastodon.social/@[email protected]
Helpful Links
Netzpigcock.ch https://www.netzpigcock.ch/en/
Netzcourage on the web www.netzcourage.ch
Victim Help Hotlines (US) https://victimconnect.org/resources/national-hotlines/
Hotline & resource directories (international) https://ibiblio.org/rcip/internl.html and https://www.rcne.com/links/sources-of-help-for-survivors/
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FAQ
How many episodes does The Upfront Podcast have?
The Upfront Podcast currently has 37 episodes available.
What topics does The Upfront Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Culture, Society & Culture, Society, Psychology, Equity, Geopolitics, Feminism, Knowledge, Podcasts, Civil Rights, Education, Awareness, Sustainability and Politics.
What is the most popular episode on The Upfront Podcast?
The episode title 'Alejandro Salas | Corruption Unpacked' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on The Upfront Podcast?
The average episode length on The Upfront Podcast is 45 minutes.
How often are episodes of The Upfront Podcast released?
Episodes of The Upfront Podcast are typically released every 7 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of The Upfront Podcast?
The first episode of The Upfront Podcast was released on Dec 5, 2021.
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