Weekly podcast on the events, policies and ideas that will shape the world.World in 30 minutes is curated by Mark Leonard, Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), and features top-level speakers from across the EU and beyond to debate and discuss Europe’s role in the world. It was awarded “Best podcasts on EU politics” by PolicyLab in 2019.Member of the EuroPod network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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1989 - The Firstborns of a New Age
In this bonus episode of our 1989 podcast miniseries, host Mark Leonard is joined by ECFR's young generation, all born between 1988-1990. Coming from the former GDR and Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Venezuela and the UK, they grew up in a borderless world, in a united Europe, with their parent's optimism about the future but with their teenage years shaped by the financial crisis and 9/11. So what did 1989 mean for their lives? And how will this generation influence the world and politics once it's their turn? This podcast was recorded on 18 December 2019. Bookshelf: - "Cruel Optimism" by Lauren Berlant - "The Wall" by John Lanchester - "My Parents: An Introduction" by Aleksandar Hemon - "Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow" by Yuval Noah Harari Films: - "Sonnenallee" - "Good-Bye, Lenin!" - "The Lives of Others"