The Global Inn

Young and stressed in Greece

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:41:47 -0000

In this episode we take a closer look on how it feels to be young and stressed in Greece. Inspired by a recent research about the health and well being of people in Europe (Infra4nextgen),we talked about our anxiety and it's relationship with the quality of greek education system. How is it for a young person to live in Greece? Why do we have so much anxiety? What can we improve? A conversation about our experience!

Hostess: Christina Olga Panagiotou

Guest: George Apostolos Rampotas

Editor: Alexander Jejlid

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Voices of the next Europe: challenges and hopes

Wed, 15 Oct 2025 12:05:36 -0000

What do young people really think about EU ? In this episode we're interviewing a young guest who is giving his perspective about EU, outside the borders. What are the challenges that this generation is going to face the next years? What is the main dysfunction right now? What are the struggles of a non EU citizen living in an EU country? An interesting conversation about the future of EU from the next voices of EU.

Host: Christina Olga Panagiotou Guest: Jesús Duran Editor: Alexander Jejlid

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

What you missed in January 2025

Sat, 01 Feb 2025 05:00:15 -0000

We are back! Welcome to the January 2025 episode of News-Sweep in which we dive into seven of the most important news of January!

In this episode, we cover the inauguration of new US President Donald Trump and his recent political statements. Turning to the Middle East, we touch upon the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. In California, the wildfires left massive devastation and in Tibet a powerful earthquake rocked the region. We also dive into the New Orleans truck attack, which shook the US on New Year’s Day. Furthermore, Canada will have to find a new prime minister as Justin Trudeau announced his resignation.

To include some joyful news, we celebrate Thailand as the first Southeast Asian country to legalize same-sex marriage!

Sadly this will be the last episode from the two of us (for the time being) - thank you for listening!

Produced by Anne Rønnestad and Amelie Fischer

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Christmas Special: 2024 Global Politics Round Up

Sat, 28 Dec 2024 03:46:41 -0000

In this special Christmas edition of The Global Inn, the team have picked some of the most prominent events in politics from each month of 2024 to take a look back and reflect on what will certainly be a year for the history books.

See you in 2025 and have a lovely holiday and New Year!

Produced by Marion Agape Simakungwe, Sara Seregni and Amelie Fischer.

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This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

What you missed in December 2024

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 00:26:53 -0000

Welcome to this episode of News-Sweep, in which we dive into six of the most important events that shaped December 2024 so far! We will cover South Korea’s political crisis as their president Yoon Suk Yeol first declared martial law and then got impeached. In Mayotte and other parts of South East Africa, a cyclone left massive devastation.

We will talk about Georgians protesting against their government’s decision to suspend accession negotiations with the EU, as well as about the Assad regime collapsing in Syria. We will also dive into the aftermath of the shooting of HealthcareUnited CEO Brian Thompson, which caused far-reaching public responses.

To end the year with some hopeful news, we celebrate Ghana electing its first ever female vice president: Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang!

Produced by Anne Rønnestad and Amelie Fischer

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

What you missed in November 2024

Sat, 07 Dec 2024 03:43:04 -0000

Welcome to this episode of News-Sweep, in which we dive into seven of the most pivotal events that shaped November 2024!

From Donald Trump’s re-election as US President to the G20 summit’s discussions in Brazil, this month has been nothing short of extraordinary. We’ll explore the devastating floods that struck Spain, as well as alarming new climate reports signaling a hotter future and the unfolding humanitarian crisis in Sudan. We will also unpack the implications of the arrest warrant issued against Benjamin Netanyahu. But it’s not all bad news- nature has offered a glimmer of hope: the once-thought-extinct snail species, Partula tohiveana, has made a triumphant return to the wild.

Produced by Anne Rønnestad and Amelie Fischer

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Highlights from The Global Inn’s U.S. Election Theme Month

Sat, 30 Nov 2024 07:00:54 -0000

After the end of another thrilling election cycle, we’re taking a deep dive into our favourite moments from our U.S. Election Theme Month. We spoke to Greg Soulliere, Academic Language Advisor at the University of Gothenburg, about his thoughts on the American voting system and prospects for the future of politics in the country. The Global Inn team also discussed the Presidential debate and what insights could be drawn about the candidates and their policies.

Follow The Society of International Affairs on Instagram: @UFGBG

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

What you missed in October 2024

Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:12:27 -0000

In this episode we will be giving you an overview of some of the most important news of October 2024. In each episode of this show, we aim to include events from different continents, while keeping it short. At the end, you will always hear some good news!

Produced by Anne Rønnestad and Amelie Fischer

This is a podcast from K103 Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

The 2024 U.S. Presidential election - What you need to know

Sat, 12 Oct 2024 03:29:51 -0000

In this episode of The Global Inn, we will be giving you an overview of the 2024 Presidential election.

Our team will be explaining how the electoral college voting system works and will be giving a brief description of the two candidates who are running for office.

We will then be inviting Investigative Journalism student, Owen, to the show to get his opinions on the key events of the election cycle so far.

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Produced by Marion Agape Simakungwe, Anne Rønnestad, Amelie Fischer and Alexander Khan

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Israel-Palestine conflict Part 2 - Michael Schulz

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:58:46 -0000

Part two of our in-depth series on the Israel and Palestine conflict. Recorded on the 7th of May 2024, this episode features an interview with Michael Schulz, a peace and development expert and professor at Gothenburg University. We discuss Israeli and Palestinian societies, the outcomes of the war, and elections in the region.

Produced by Abigail Hartshorn, Benedetta Zirillo, and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Israel-Palestine conflict Part 1 - Helena Lindholm

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 05:31:51 -0000

Join us on The Global Inn as we dive into part 1 of our series on the Israel and Palestine conflict. In this episode, recorded on the 7th of May 2024, we interview Helena Lindholm, a peace and development research professor at Gothenburg University. We'll explore the conflict's generalities, underlying ideologies, public reactions, and much more.

Produced by Abigail Hartshorn, Benedetta Zirillo, and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Anna Maria Corazza Bildt

Sat, 15 Jun 2024 00:53:00 -0000

In this episode of The Global Inn, hosts Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov interviews Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, one of Liberalernas candidates for the European Parliament. Anna Maria discusses her reasons for switching from Moderaterna in 2023 and impact of her constituents. The conversation covers the EU’s role in the Russian-Ukraine conflict, Ukraine’s candidacy for EU membership, strategies for managing the EU’s migratory crisis, and the EU’s response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. Join us for and insightful conversation on these critical issues.

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Hosts: Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 24: European Election & turmoil in Argentina

Fri, 14 Jun 2024 06:01:45 -0000

In week 24's news-sweep, The Global Inn covers the results of the European Election, turmoil in Argentina after controversial economic reform and the impact of war in Ukraine on climate change.

Hosts & research: Abigail Hartshorn.

This is a podcast form K103 Gothenburg Student Radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg.

News week 23: Mexican and Indian elections

Fri, 07 Jun 2024 06:34:33 -0000

In week 23's news-sweep, The Global Inn covers the Mexican and Indian elections and journalists' issues when reporting on the ever-present climate crisis.

Hosts & research: Benedetta Zirillo and Abigail Hartshorn.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 22: Hong Kong convicts 14 activists of subversion, South African and Mexican elections

Thu, 30 May 2024 13:54:03 -0000

On the Global Inn's menu for week 22, we talk about the South African and Mexican elections, Hong Kong's Court's controversial verdicts and Lavrov's statements regarding Russia's nuclear deterrence plans.

Hosts & research: Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 21: Landslide in Papua New Guinea & the Iranian president dies in a helicopter crash

Mon, 27 May 2024 14:37:54 -0000

In this week's episode of “The Global INN,” Benedetta and Soltan take a look at some of the week’s major events. Among them are the landslide in Papua New Guinea, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s invitation of world leaders to a summit, ICC prosecutors’ arrest warrant for Benjamin Netanyahu and Yahya Sinwar, the Iranian president dies in a helicopter crash, and Rishi Sunak’s announcement of the upcoming election.

Hosts & research: Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 20: Spain's Socialists win Catalan vote & world’s top climate scientists expect global heating to blast past 1.5C target

Tue, 14 May 2024 15:18:50 -0000

Amongst week 20's main events were Putin's appointment of a new defence minister, the Socialists' victory in the Catalonia elections and the US's assessment of the latest developments in the Gaza Strip. Listen to Harry, Soltan and Benedetta in this week's episode of the Global Inn news-sweeps!

Hosts & research: Harry S. Roll, Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 19: Putin's begins his fifth term as president and Pro-Palestinian student protests spread across Europe

Thu, 09 May 2024 07:33:56 -0000

In this weekly instalment of the Global Inn's News Sweep, Abigail, Benedetta and Soltan sum up a few of week 19's critical events. Amongst them are: the inauguration of Putin's fifth term of presidency, Brazil's declaration of a "state of calamity" and the ongoing Pro-Palestinian student protests that are now spreading all across Europe.

Hosts & research: Abigail Hartshorn, Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 18: College protetsts in the US and war in Ukraine

Fri, 03 May 2024 10:09:03 -0000

Abigail and Benedetta present important events from the past few days, from the floods in Brazil and China to the ongoing college protests in the US.

Hosts & research: Abigail Hartshorn and Benedetta Zirllo.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 17: Protests in United States universities and plastic pollution attributed to multinationals

Fri, 26 Apr 2024 15:13:25 -0000

Abigail, Benedetta and Soltan make summary of the most important news of the past week, including pro-Palestinian protests in the US, antifascism monologue in Italy, power plant pollution ban in the US and UN resolution about arms race in space.

Hosts & research: Abigail Hartshorn, Benedetta Zirllo and Soltan Bayramov.

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 16: Smoking ban in the UK & flash floods in the UAE and Oman

Fri, 19 Apr 2024 15:08:47 -0000

Abigail, Benedetta and Soltan summarise important events from the past week, including a smoking ban in the UK, flash floods in the UAE and Oman, controversial legislature in Georgia potentially harmful to the media as well as an update on the conflict between Iran and Israel.

Hosts: Abigail Hartshorn, Soltan Bayramov and Benedetta Zirillo

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 15: Trump's abortion statements & negotiating ceasefire in the Gaza Strip

Fri, 12 Apr 2024 07:59:20 -0000

In this week's episode of "The Global Inn", Soltan, Abigail and Harry discuss some of the week's major events. Amongst others are Donald Trump's controversial statements regarding abortion rights; the ongoing negotiations for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip; the first-ever climate case victory in the European Court of Human Rights and Russia and China's newly deepened collaboration.

Hosts: Abigail Hartshorn, Soltan Bayramov and Harry Roll

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News Week 14: Turkiye's elections & Georgia's foreign agent law

Fri, 05 Apr 2024 13:35:33 -0000

In week 14's new sweep, recorded on April 4th, 2024, Abigail Hartshorn, Benedetta Zirillo and Soltan Bayramov take a look at some of the week's major happenings. Namely, they focus on the Israeli attack on the Iranian embassy in Damascus, the humanitarian crisis in Gaza, Turkiye's elections and Georgia's controversial foreign agent law.

Hosts: Abigail Hartshorn, Soltan Bayramov and Benedetta Zirillo

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

News week 13: Global sea levels rising & EU's nature protection plan

Tue, 26 Mar 2024 14:28:40 -0000

In week 13's new sweep, recorded on March 26th, Abigail Hartshorn, Soltan Bayramov and Harry Roll take a look at some of the week's major events. Amongst them is the rising of global sea levels, the EU's nature protection plan, the US's abstention in the UN's ceasefire vote, Russia's terrorist attack and its admission of war status and Senegal's presidential elections.

Hosts: Abigail Hartshorn, Soltan Bayramov and Harry Roll

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio & The Society of International Affairs in Gothenburg

Who are The Taliban?

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:26:02 -0000

Listen to a new episode of The Global Inn, where this time we discuss, The Taliban. Who are they? What are their goals and ideology? What is their structure and what can we expect from them in the future?

The guest of this episode, senior researcher of peace and conflict studies Florian Kühn, will help us answer these questions and understand The Taliban.

Tune into K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2 pm on Saturday to visit the best Inn in the world!

Hosts: Meki Ali Hussain, Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio

The unequal vaccine distribution

Tue, 11 Jan 2022 10:11:29 -0000

Vaccines are now making a difference in how people can live their lives. But that is not the case in all parts of the world. The Global Inn is here with a brand new episode to look at how the unequal vaccine distribution is affecting the global south.

Ida and David talk to expert Edmé Domingues Reyez to learn how Latin America has been affected by the pandemic and how their vaccination process is going thus far. The different initiatives to upheave the unequal distirbution of vaccines, such as Covax and The Peoples Vaccine are being discussed. Edmé is pro one of the initatives and we have a long discussion as to why.

You can listen to the show live on K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2pm on Saturdays. Hosts: Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio

The Future of the EU

Wed, 19 May 2021 08:23:42 -0000

On this Europe Day, Amanda and Harry talk about current events in the European Union. Hans Dahlgren, Sweden's Minister of EU Affairs, joins the conversation and addresses some of the challenges the EU is facing. This includes everything from EU cohesion and migration to climate change.

Tune into K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2 pm on Saturday to visit the best Inn in the world!

Hosts: Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio

Democracy on the front(line) - military takeover in Myanmar

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 12:13:04 -0000

What's happening in Myanmar right now, you might be asking yourself? Listen to the latest episode of The Global Inn to find out! Harry and Amanda interview a frontline medic who is risking it all for democracy. He shares his perspective on the situation from the ground, somewhere in Myanmar. The second guest of the episode, freelance writer and expert on Myanmar Axel Kronholm, helps to clear up how the situation has developed over time and why. There will also be an extra interview about the Rohingya minority in Myanmar released soon.

Tune into K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2 pm on Saturday to visit the best Inn in the world!

Hosts: Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio

US Foreign Policy - What Can the World Expect

Fri, 22 Jan 2021 17:55:26 -0000

Salomon and Amanda talk about the future of US foreign policy and the challenges ahead. Merrick Tabor, Political Scientist at Stockholm University, joins the conversation and talks about the broad characteristics of US foreign policy and what the world can expect from the President Joe Biden.

Tune into K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2 pm on Saturday to visit the best Inn in the world!

Hosts: Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio

Welcome to The Global Inn!

Fri, 20 Nov 2020 15:41:05 -0000

We are excited to announce our new show The Global Inn.

A show about what is happening on this planet we call Earth. The first topic concerns the 75th anniversary of the UN, so we talk about The Future of Global Governence.

We had the honour of having this conversation with Jan Aart Sholte, Professor of Global Transformations and Governance Challenges at Leiden University.

Tune into K103 Gothenburg Student Radio at 2 pm on Saturday to visit the best Inn in the world!

Hosts: Salomon R-Masaka, Amanda Alagic, Harry S. Roll och Ida P. Ekspong

This is a podcast from K103 Gothenburg Student radio