A New Era Begins for Dialogos Radio as we Launch our Talk Radio Format!

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dialogos cropped After a protracted hiatus, we at Dialogos Radio are excited to announce the return of our broadcasts, with a new season of programming and a fresh, new format!

Ever since 2010, when we first launched our weekly programs on KVRX 91.7 FM in Austin, Texas, our “trademark” has been our weekly interview series. During this period, in parallel with the Greek economic crisis, we had the opportunity and privilege to broadcast interviews with notable Greek and international personalities, on a range of issues of importance to Greece and to Hellenism more broadly.

Times change, however, and along with this, so does our capacity to consistently produce relevant and high quality radio programming on a consistent basis, as do current circumstances and needs with regard to the broadcast of important and resonant topics for our audience. As a result, we have made the decision to try something new and fresh: a weekly talk radio format in its truest sense, featuring meaningful and extensive discussion and dialogue on contemporary issues covering a wide range of potential topics, from politics and economics to culture, music, the arts, and sports.

Journalist and blogger Andreas Giatras

Journalist and blogger Andreas Giatras

Joining us for this new format will be regular guests, who will join producer and host Dr. Michael Nevradakis for these weekly talk radio-based broadcasts. For our English-language edition, we will primarily be joined by instructor and author Evans Agelissopoulos, while for our Greek-language broadcasts, we will be joined by journalist and blogger Andreas Giatras. On occasion, we will also be joined by other special guests, always with the goal of presenting content of interest and substance for our audience.


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We will launch this new format with our Greek langauge edition during the week of December 14-20, 2019, and this will be followed by the relaunch of our English-language broadcasts. As always, our broadcasts will be heard across our global network of affiliate stations, which encompasses 25 radio stations across five countries, four continents, and online. Our broadcasts will also be available via our podcast, and via YouTube and Mixcloud.

It’s an honor for us to have the opportunity to continue our broadcasts and to present this new format to our audience. It is our hope that we will be in a position to continue our independent, non-profit, non-commercial programming well into our second decade of existence and beyond.

19-year-old Greek-American Fashion Designer Despina Kotsis Speaks to Dialogos Radio

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64893839_447021405854491_5023739636002848768_nDialogos Radio closes out its 2018-2019 broadcast season in style, featuring an interview with up-and-coming Greek-American fashion designer Despina Kotsis, who at the age of 19 is already taking the world of fashion by storm with her line of streetwear, Minx.

Kotsis, who is based in New York City, spoke to Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series about her Minx label of streetwear, the celebrity and design inspirations behind her clothing line, her recent first-ever visit to Greece and her impressions of the country, how her clothing line is inspired in part by Greek themes, and her future plans for Minx.

Hear this fascinating interview all this week on the English-language broadcasts of Dialogos Radio, or via any of the following methods:

This interview has also been featured on GreekTV.com!

This Week: Analyst Jim Jatras Discusses the Prespa Agreement, Developments in the Balkans, U.S. Foreign Policy

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jimjatrasThis week on Dialogos Radio, the Dialogos Interview Series returns with a detailed discussion featuring analyst Jim Jatras, a former U.S. diplomat and former policy adviser to U.S. Senate Republicans. Jatras makes regular appearances in the media and writes geopolitical analyses regularly for a number of outlets.

He joins us this week to speak about a myriad of contemporary political and geopolitical issues, including the Prespa Agreement, developments in the Balkans, the eastward expansion of NATO, the potential development of so-called “Greater Macedonia” and “Greater Albania,” the foreign policy of the Trump administration, Russiagate, Brexit, the potential schism within the Orthodox Church, and much more.

Hear the interview this week (May 22-28) on our English-language broadcasts, or via one of the following means:

International Law Scholar Francis Boyle on why the Prespa Agreement Might be Illegal

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prespa2Is the Prespa Agreement establishing “North Macedonia” illegal? Can it be overturned?

Renowned scholar Dr. Francis Boyle of the University of Illinois spoke to Dialogos Radio and analyzed how the Prespa Agreement may violate international law and conventions, and the legal avenues through which the agreement can be challenged.

Hear our interview here:

Dialogos Radio Podcast: https://dialogosmedia.org/?page_id=15
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikCMV4qqViU
Mixcloud: https://www.mixcloud.com/dialogosmedia/international-law-scholar-francis-boyle-on-the-legality-of-the-prespa-agreement-dialogos-radio/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/dialogosmedia/francis-boyle-on-the-legality-of-the-prespa-agreement-dialogos-radio

Dialogos Radio Special on the 28th of October, “Oxi” Day

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ohiDialogos Radio is proud to present a special half-hour special edition of its program, commemorating the 28th of October, widely known as “Oxi” Day, or the day in which Greece said “no” to the request of the Axis powers to enter and occupy strategic positions within Greece and to move their troops through Greece on the way to North Africa.

This half-hour broadcast recounts the events of October 28, 1940 and Greece’s involvement in the war which followed, while looking at what the word “oxi” means in our present-day context. Patriotic music of that era is also featured. The program was produced with the assistance and collaboration of Anthe Mitrakos of Portes Magazine.

The special broadcast is available via our podcast and will also air on selected radio stations and programs throughout the world, including Hellenic Heartbeats Radio in Chicago.

Eight Years After EU-IMF Bailout, Greece Sees Poverty, Suffering

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Workers of state hospitals take part in an anti-austerity rally in Athens, Wednesday, March 15, 2017. Hundreds of workers in the country's health system staged a rally opposing austerity measures which will affect their sector. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Anti-austerity rally in Athens, March 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Yorgos Karahalis)

Dr. Michael Nevradakis of Dialogos Radio discusses the realities in Greece which contradict the narrative of a “Greek exit from the crisis.”

Far from “bailing out” Greece, the impacts of eight years of harsh austerity are manifested in a marked increase in poverty, suffering, and want. And far from “ending,” the austerity measures attached to Greece’s three successive “bailouts” are slated to continue for decades to come.

 

Read this article here: https://www.mintpressnews.com/eight-years-after-eu-imf-bailout-greece-sees-poverty-suffering-and-want/248860/.

Our Interview with Éric Toussaint on Greece’s Debt, in Mint Press News

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mintpressnewsOur recent interview with Éric Toussaint, spokesperson of the Committee for the Abolition of Illegitimate Debt (CADTM) and scientific director of the Greek Debt Truth Commission, has been published on Mint Press News.

In this interview, Toussaint discusses how SYRIZA and Yanis Varoufakis betrayed Greece, the legitimacy of Greece’s debt, the legal options available to Greece today regarding its debt, and the global debt epidemic.

Find this interview here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/sellouts-room-eric-toussaint-greek-debt-crisis-syriza-betrayals/235924/.

Austerity and Disaster Capitalism in Greece and Puerto Rico: Two-Part Interview

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mintpressnewsIn a two-part series of interviews for Mint Press News with Déborah Berman-Santana, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College in Oakland, California, we take a look at the situation on the ground in Puerto Rico and its colonial and economic similarities with Greece. Part one of the series focuses on Puerto Rico’s economic crisis and colonial status and its striking similarities with Greece, while part two focuses on the “recovery” in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria, and the destructive effects of disaster capitalism.

Part one: https://www.mintpressnews.com/colonization-of-land-and-mind-the-struggle-for-a-post-colonial-puerto-rico/234196/.

Part two: http://www.mintpressnews.com/puerto-ricos-recovery-efforts-have-been-stymied-by-its-colonial-status/234296/.

Our Latest for MPN: How To Become A Greek Oligarch In Seven Easy Steps

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mintpressnewsIn our latest piece for Mint Press News, titled “How To Become A Greek Oligarch In Seven Easy Steps,” we take a factual yet satirical look at the intertwined relationship between the current government of Greece and a new breed of oligarchs, exemplified by the cases of Ivan Savvidis and Dimitris Maris. Far from fulfilling its pre-election pledge to “crush” the oligarchs, the current SYRIZA-led government has demonstrated its willingness to “play ball” with the oligarchy, and particularly those oligarchs who are politically favorable to the supposedly “radical leftist” SYRIZA.

Find this article here: https://www.mintpressnews.com/how-to-become-a-greek-oligarch-in-seven-easy-steps/232971/.

Transcript: Déborah Berman-Santana on the Puerto Rico-Greece Connection

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deborah2The transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with Déborah Berman-Santana, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College in Oakland, California. This interview was recorded prior to the impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico, and aired on our broadcasts for the week of September 27-October 3, 2017. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today on Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series for our first broadcast of the 2017-2018 season is one of our regular guests, Déborah Berman-Santana, who is a retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College in Oakland, California. Deborah will speak to us today about the latest taking place in Puerto Rico, an island that especially recently has been ravaged on multiple fronts, and which presents many similarities with what we’re seeing on an ongoing basis in Greece. Déborah, welcome back to our program.

DBS: Thank you, glad to be here.

MN: Let’s begin with perhaps the most pressing issue of all, Hurricane Irma and its aftermath. What was the impact of the storm on Puerto Rico and how was the island able to respond? Continue reading

Our Interview with Economist Spiros Lavdiotis Published in Mint Press News

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mintpressnewsOur recent Dialogos Radio interview with economist and former Bank of Canada analyst Spiros Lavdiotis has been published in Mint Press News, under the title “Ancient Greece Could Hold The Key To Solving Today’s Debt Crisis.”

In this interview, Lavdiotis discusses the present-day economic situation in Greece, the modern-day origins of austerity, the reasons why he believes “Grexit” is the best and only option for Greece, and discusses what ancient Greece could teach us about dealing with debt.

Find this interview here: https://www.mintpressnews.com/ancient-greece-hold-key-solving-todays-debt-crisis/229812/.

Interview on Greek Water Privatization Published in Mint Press News

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mintpressnewsOur interview with Maria Kanellopoulou of the Greek activist organization “Save Greek Water,” has been published in Mint Press News.

In this interview, Kanellopoulou discusses the impending privatization of Greece’s major water utilities, the potential impact privatization would have on Greek economy and on the quality of water in Greece, and on the experience of water privatization in other European countries.

Find this interview (in English) here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/greece-forced-to-sell-public-water-utilities-under-eu-imposed-privatization-plan/228479/.

Transcript: Interview with Professor of Political Economy Mark Blyth

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markblyth4The transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with Brown University professor of international political economy Mark Blyth. This interview aired on our broadcasts for the week of February 10-17, 2017. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today on Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series is political scientist and Brown University professor of international political economy Mark Blyth, author of such books as “Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea.” Mark, welcome back to our program and thank you for joining us today.

MB: Always a pleasure, Michael.

MN: We’ve spoken in past interviews about austerity, and of course, about your book, “Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea.” Looking at the past couple of years and at the present in Europe, is there any sign, any indication at all, that the policies of economic austerity that are being pursued have had any sort of positive outcome? Continue reading

Our Interview with Professor Mark Blyth Featured in Mint Press News

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mintpressnewsOur recent interview with Brown University professor of international political economy Mark Blyth, author of “Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea,” has been featured in Mint Press News. In this interview, Blyth discusses the economic policies of the Trump administration, Brexit, austerity, Grexit, and other hot-button topics.

Find this interview here: https://www.mintpressnews.com/economist-mark-blyth-delves-into-rising-inequality-populism-around-the-world/225384/.

Our Article on Political Developments in Brazil and Similarities with the European South

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mintpressnewsOur latest article, taking a look at political developments in Brazil preceding and following the ouster of democratically-elected president Dilma Rousseff, and the many similarities and parallels which exist between Brazil and the European South, including Greece, has been published in Mint Press News. This article focuses on the politics of the previous Workers’ Party governments in Brazil and whether they were truly progressive, the harsh austerity which has been implemented by the non-elected president Michel Temer, and the many similarities of Brazil’s situation with countries like Greece.

Find this article here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/brazils-manufactured-coup-the-shock-doctrine-returns-to-latin-america/224823/.

This Week: Interview with Mark Blyth on Trump, Brexit, Greece and more

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markblyth1This week on Dialogos Radio, the Dialogos Interview Series will feature a timely interview with Brown University professor of political economy, author and analyst Mark Blyth. Blyth will speak to us about global economic developments, including the policies likely to be pursued by new U.S. president Donald Trump, Brexit and its likely impact on the British economy, the real reasons why voters chose Trump and Brexit, the state of the economy in Greece, the results of austerity in the EU, and much more.

Tune in for this interview this week, on Dialogos Radio!

Interview with Professor Bahar Leventoglu on Turkey, Published in Mint Press News

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mintpressnewsOur recent interview with Duke University professor of political science Bahar Leventoglu has been published in Mint Press News. In this interview, Leventoglu analyzes last summer’s failed coup attempt and its aftermath, and the Erdogan government’s move towards autocratic rule.

Find this interview here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/turkeys-dangerous-descent-towards-dictatorship/224370/.

This Week: Interview with Professor Bahar Leventoglu on Developments in Turkey

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baharleventogluThis week on Dialogos Radio, the Dialogos Interview Series will feature an interview with Duke University professor of political science Bahar Leventoglu. Prof. Leventoglu will speak to us about all of the political developments in Turkey, especially in light of last summer’s attempted coup, will discuss the ongoing conflict with the Kurds in Southeastern Turkey as well as Turkey’s involvement in the Syrian conflict, government crackdowns on opposition political parties and media outlets, and a host of other hot-button issues relevant to the entire Eastern Mediterranean region.

Hear this interview, as well as some great Greek music, this week on Dialogos Radio!

This Week: Interview with Renowned Physicist Dimitri Nanopoulos

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nanopoulos2This week on Dialogos Radio, the Dialogos Interview Series will feature an exclusive interview with world-renowned physicist and researcher Dimitri Nanopoulos. Dr. Nanopoulos is the Mitchell/Heep Chair in High Energy Physics at Texas A&M University, has been a research fellow at CERN and is a research fellow at Harvard University, was formerly president of the Academy of Athens, and has been awarded with the Onassis International Prize and the Enrico Fermi Prize for his research.

In this week’s interview, Nanopoulos will discuss his life, career, and research, contemporary issues and developments in the field of physics, his tenure as president of the Academy of Athens, the Greek “brain drain,” and numerous other highly interesting topics.

Tune in for this interview, plus our commentary of the week and some great Greek music, this week exclusively on Dialogos Radio!

Transcript: Interview with Déborah Berman-Santana on Crises in Puerto Rico and Greece

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deborah1The transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with Déborah Berman-Santana, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College in Oakland, California. This interview aired on our broadcasts for the week of September 15-21, 2016. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today on Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series is Déborah Berman-Santana, recently retired professor of Geography and Ethnic Studies at Mills College in Oakland, California. Deborah will speak to us about the latest economic and political developments in Puerto Rico, which is facing an economic crisis similar to that in Greece, and she will discuss the similarities that she has seen between Puerto Rico and Greece, after spending some time in Greece recently. Deborah, welcome to our program today.

DBS: Thank you!

MN: Getting us started, describe for us the history of the economic exploitation of Puerto Rico. What has the impact of colonialism been on Puerto Rico’s economic viability?

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Our Interview with Déborah Berman-Santana on the Crisis in Puerto Rico and Similarities with Greece

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deborah1In our latest feature for Mint Press News, we had the opportunity to interview Déborah Berman-Santana, retired professor of geography and ethnic studies at Mills College in Oakland, California, on the ongoing economic crisis in Puerto Rico, the island’s recent so-called “bailout” by the federal government of the United States, the actions of “vulture funds” in Puerto Rico, the legitimacy of the nation’s debt, the impacts of the island’s colonial status on its economy and political system, and on the many similarities between the crisis in Puerto Rico and the crisis in Greece, based on Santana’s two recent, extensive visits to Greece.

Read the full interview (in English) here: http://www.mintpressnews.com/wall-street-vultures-descend-debt-ridden-puerto-rico/219562/.

Transcript: Interview with Investigative Journalist and Bestselling Author Greg Palast

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greg-palastThe transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with investigative journalist, bestselling author, economist, and filmmaker Greg Palast. This interview aired on our broadcasts for the week of June 2-8, 2016. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today here on Dialogos Radio for this week’s edition of the Dialogos Interview Series is one of our regular and most prominent guests, investigative reporter, filmmaker, and bestselling author Greg Palast, author of books such as Vulture’s Picnic, Armed Madhouse, and The Best Democracy Money Can Buy. Greg, thanks for taking time out of your hectic schedule to join us once again.

GP: You’re very welcome, anytime.

MN: You’ve been spending the past few months on the road, from what I understand, as part of your new film project, taking an investigative look at the state of democracy and election fraud in the United States today. What have you been seeing, over the course of the primary season these past few months?

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Our interview with Investigative Journalist and Bestselling Author Greg Palast, in Truthout

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truthoutOur recent interview with internationally renowned investigative journalist, bestselling author, economist, and filmmaker Greg Palast has been featured in Truthout. In this interview, Palast discusses the economic crisis and austerity in Greece, his belief that Greece should immediately ditch the euro, the origins of the euro, neoliberalism and recent political and economic developments in Latin America, and election fraud in the United States. Additionally, he talks about his latest crowdsourced documentary film project, as well as the release of his latest book, “Vulture’s Picnic,” in Greek.

Find the interview here: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/36580-greg-palast-on-us-election-fraud-and-neoliberalism-gone-amok-in-latin-america-and-greece.

This Week: Interview with Nikolaos Chatziandreou of the “Acropolis of Athens” Online Campaign

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acropolisofathensThis week, Dialogos Radio returns after a brief hiatus! On our broadcast this week, the Dialogos Interview Series will feature a timely and relevant interview with Nikolaos Chatziandreou of the Acropolis of Athens (www.acropolisofathens.gronline campaign, for the return of the Acropolis Sculptures from the British Museum in London, to Greece. In this week’s interview, Chatziandreou will talk about the sculptures and their historic and cultural significance, about the efforts that are taking place to secure their return and the various legal and diplomatic issues that are involved, and about his online campaign and petition calling for the sculptures’ return to Greece.

In addition, we will feature our commentary of the week segment, plus some great Greek music! All this and more, this week exclusively on Dialogos Radio!

Transcript: Interview with Despina Kreatsoulas of the Politismos Museum of Greek History

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despinakreatsoulasThe transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with Despina Kreatsoulas, the co-founder of the Politismos Museum of Greek History. This interview aired on our broadcasts for the week of March 31-April 6, 2016. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today on Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series is Despina Kreatsoulas, co-founder of the Politismos Museum, a recently-launched online museum of Greek history and culture. Despina will speak to us about the museum, the idea behind it, its mission and its exhibits. Despina, thank you for joining us today.

DK: Thank you so much for this opportunity, we’re happy to be here with you today.

MN: Share with us some words about how the idea for an online museum of Greek history and culture came about, and how the Politismos Museum was founded.

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Transcript: Interview with International Law Expert Francis Boyle

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boyleThe transcript of Dialogos Radio’s interview with international lawyer and professor Francis Boyle of the University of Illinois. This interview aired on our broadcasts for the week of February 18-24, 2016. Find the podcast of this interview here.

MN: Joining us today on Dialogos Radio and the Dialogos Interview Series is international lawyer and professor of international law at The University of Illinois Dr. Francis Boyle. Boyle has served as legal counsel to the Palestinian Authority, to Hawaiian independence groups, and served on the legal team which led to the conviction of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney for war crimes. Professor Boyle, welcome to our program today.

FB: Well, thank you very much for having me on, and my best to all my friends in Greece. Great country, great people. I spent about two weeks traveling around in 1974, and another two weeks traveling around in 1982.

MN: Wonderful…well, let’s get started by talking about the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission and the case which led to the conviction of George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld, Alberto Gonzalez and others in absentia for war crimes. Tell us about this commission, and about this case that you were a part of, and its aftermath.

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“I Stand With Greece” – Turkey “Opens the Floodgates” :: Dialogos Radio – Week of March 9-15, 2020

kastaniesThis week on a special English-language edition of Dialogos Radio, producer-host Dr. Michael Nevradakis, along with author and ex-university lecturer Evans Agelissopoulos, discuss in detail the rapidly changing developments following Turkey’s decision to “open the floodgates” and release hundreds of thousands of migrants towards Greece and Europe.

Topics that will be covered on this week’s broadcast include the following:

  • Are Greece’s borders really “closed” or does the sea passage towards Greece remain open while the media narrative focuses on the pressures at the mainland border with Turkey?
  • Are the Greek and Turkish governments mutually taking advantage of this situation for their own ends?
  • In Greece, might we be headed towards the establishment of a national unity government?
  • Will the current government attempt to proceed with the construction of “closed” migrant camps, but this time on the mainland?
  • Are the “refugees” really escaping war and violence in Syria or are they from elsewhere?
  • Are these developments leading to the resurrection of patriotic sentiment in Greece?
  • What was the outcome of Erdogan’s recent meeting with Vladimir Putin and what can be expected from Erdogan’s meeting with EU officials?
  • How are the mainstream media, the “left” and the “alt-right” each framing the narrative surrounding the migrant crisis through their own biased lens?
  • How is #IStandWithGreece being co-opted by “patriotic” Greek organizations that have not supported Greek national issues in the past?
  • How is it that Turkey does not have one reported Coronavirus (Covid-19) case when it operates as a transit point from countries where there have been outbreaks of the virus?
  • Finally, what’s behind the politics of open borders and free migration?

All this and more will be discussed in detail on this week’s special edition of Dialogos Radio—hear it via our network of affiliated radio stations worldwide during the week of March 9-15, 2020, or online via our podcast, YouTube, or Mixcloud: