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The Agora is a podcast created by the team behind MacroPolis. It’s a political and economic analysis website based in Athens. In this podcast series, we examine political, economic and social developments in Greece. But our podcasts will also look at what’s happening in the world around us. We provide listeners with insight from our own experts and analysis from special guests. If you enjoy intelligent, lively discussion and want the bigger picture, join us for a stroll through the Agora. To ...
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Nikos Androulakis has been re-elected as leader of PASOK, the centre-left party that is hoping to establish itself as the main opposition party in Greece and, ultimately, challenge centre-right New Democracy for power. Given that Androulakis cruised to his victory, was there any point to this leadership contest? Also, where does it leave PASOK as i…
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Indonesia menghadapi situasi darurat FLW yang mengkhawatirkan, dimana jumlah makanan yang terbuang setiap tahunnya mencapai angka yang mengkhawatirkan. Menurut data BAPPENAS (2021), Indonesia menghasilkan food loss and waste sebesar 115 - 184 kg per orang per tahun pada periode 2000-2019. Dampak ekonomi dari food loss and waste ini mencapai sekitar…
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The Agora hosts a discussion on how Europe, and Greece specifically, have been handling the green transition, addressing questions like how the pivot away from natural gas is going. The basis for our discussion is three articles written by MacroPolis features editor Georgia Nakou, and senior policy analyst and partner at The Green Tank, an Athens-b…
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The European Parliament elections held in Greece on June 9 produced a few surprises, some of which could be significant for the country's political scene over the next few months and years. The ruling centre-right party, New Democracy, performed worse than opinion polls had suggested and fell below the bar set by its leader, Prime Minister Kyriakos…
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Greece is preparing to welcome a record number of tourists again this year, but their visits will take place against a backdrop of growing concern among locals about the damage being done to the islands and their way of life by rapid development. Greek policy makers face a dilemma over how to balance the growth and job creation provided by tourism,…
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After going through a really difficult time during the country’s long economic crisis, the Greek property market is booming, but that's creating a whole new set of problems. High rental and purchase prices are pricing out much of the local population as foreign investors snap up apartments and entire buildings in pursuit of profits. Host Nick Malko…
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In the wake of the Covid pandemic, the European Union launched the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) - a package of around 700 billion euros to help member states recover from the economic impact and build for the future. Greece's portion of these funds is considered vital for the country's efforts to overcome the effects of its long economic …
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Phoebe and Nick are back to examine the contrasting images of Greece abroad and how they sit side by side. A few months ago, rating agencies started to restore the investment grade for Greece's sovereign debt - more than a decade after it was lost. It was a reflection of the growing confidence that markets have in the political situation, the gover…
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In February 2023, a freight train and a train carrying dozens of passengers crashed in Tempe, central Greece, killing 57 people. A year on from Greece's deadliest train accident, many questions remain unanswered and doubts are growing about whether the truth will ever come to light regarding what caused the disaster. Opposition parties and relative…
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Five years ago SYRIZA was in power in Greece, but it is currently languishing in third place in the opinion polls and the nascent leadership of Stefanos Kasselakis is being constantly buffeted by internal disputes. In this episode, Phoebe Fronista and Nick Malkoutzis set out how the left-wing party ended up in this uncomfortable position. Nick also…
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Phoebe Fronista and Nick Malkoutzis return after a prolonged absence to discuss what's behind Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis's political dominance in Greece and whether things are more complex than they look. Their discussion was prompted by a piece Nick wrote recently for The Agora on MacroPolis's website after listening to Mitsotakis speak at…
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This episode of The Agora involves a departure from our normal format as we mark 10 years since MacroPolis was launched. During that time, so much has happened in Greece: The debt crisis, political turmoil, social upheaval, the migration crisis, diplomatic breakthroughs and impasses, and natural disasters. So, with the help of 10 friends and collea…
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Storm Daniel hit Greece in early September, leading to almost 20 deaths and widespread destruction, as well as recriminations about whether there had been sufficient warnings and anti-flood works. The villages and communities of Mount Pelion were among the worst affected by the extreme weather. Tourists and locals lost their lives, infrastructure w…
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For our final episode of the fourth series of The Agora, we take a look at what is happening just across the Aegean from Greece, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is back for a third term and already prompting questions about whether he is shifting his foreign policy. In the wake of the recent NATO summit, where he withdrew objections to…
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On the night of June 14, a fishing boat called the Adriana, packed with hundreds of migrants who had paid traffickers to get them from Libya to Italy, sank in the deep waters of the Mediterranean, about 90 kilometers southwest of the town of Pylos in the Peloponnese. It was one of the worst tragedies of its kind ever witnessed in Greece and Europe.…
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At the second time of asking, Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been re-elected as the Greek Prime Minister and his centre-right New Democracy party has won a second term in office. The June 25 elections saw the conservatives cruise to an eight-seat majority in Parliament as the collapse of their main rival, left-wing SYRIZA, continued. However, the results …
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Greeks are voting again in national elections on June 25 after an inconclusive ballot on May 21. New Democracy is set to return to power following a big victory last month. The results have raised lots of questions for the main opposition parties, SYRIZA and PASOK, but were also notable for the emergence of some new small parties. Lamprini Rori, an…
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The national elections held on May 21 in Greece produced a landslide victory for the ruling centre-right party, which posted a winning margin of more than 20 points over its main rival, left-wing SYRIZA. As the dust settles from this resounding victory for Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, The Agora host Nick Malkoutzis gathers with MacroPolis co…
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Greece is holding general elections on Sunday, May 21. The vote might lack the drama of previous elections, when the country’s fate was on the line amid a devastating economic crisis, but it could still end up being a rather complicated and tense process. The Agora returns to examine the key issues going into this ballot, who the main players are, …
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Meskipun pertama kali posting itu di tanggal 11 Maret, tapi karena 15 Maret itu ulang tahun ku, kayanya lebih spesial kalau ngerayainnya bareng-bareng di tanggal 15 Maret! Hahaha… Ga berasa si bayi kecil Cleanomic ini udah menginjak usia 5 tahun! Terima kasih banyak temen-temen #GengCuanLestari yang sudah bergabung, saling bertukar pikiran, dan ber…
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After decades of making little progress in securing the return of the Parthenon Marbles from the British Museum, Greece appears to be edging closer to a possible deal for the repatriation of the ancient sculptures. Last December, Greek daily newspaper Ta Nea reported that Greek government officials, including Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, had…
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Recently Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis dismissed concerns about media independence in his country and labelled the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) assessment of Greece as lying in 108th place in the organisation's annual World Press Freedom Index as "crap". In this episode, Nick Malkoutzis and Phoebe Fronista look into why Greece has sco…
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Since the summer, a surveillance scandal has been gripping Greece. It emerged that the leader of Greece’s third party, PASOK, was being spied on by the country’s National Intelligence Service (EYP) but that there had also been an attempt to install spyware on his mobile phone. Over the last few weeks, there have been further revelations about the u…
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The leaders of Greece’s three main parties have set out their policies, but also the political parameters, that will define next year’s elections. So, what are the key issue at stake and what will decide the outcome of the vote, or more likely votes, that are due to take place in 2023? Co-hosts Nick Malkoutzis and Phoebe Fronista discuss what we ca…
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Like so many other countries, Greece is feeling the impact of the Ukraine war in many ways, whether this is through spiralling energy costs, turbulence in the global economy, a shifting geopolitical balance or the flow of refugees into the country. In this episode of The Agora, we take a closer look at the reverberations from Ukraine being felt acr…
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Greece’s socialist party, PASOK, was the powerhouse of Greek politics since the early 1980s. However, the debt crisis that emerged from 2009 sucked the life out of the centre-left grouping. Its share of the vote fell from 44 pct that year to roughly a tenth of that in 2015 as PASOK became a toxic political brand. Recently, though, the party has bee…
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Following a deadly attack on a 19-year-old football fan in Thessaloniki in early February, the Greek government has announced new measures aimed at reining in hooliganism. However, we've been here before in Greece. So, will the latest measures actually make any difference or are they just a knee-jerk, ineffective reaction to a problem that needs a …
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Greece recently received the first six state-of-the art fighter jets it has ordered from France, hoping that their arrival marks the start of an upgrade of its military capabilities, but also an improvement in its geopolitical standing. The Rafale planes - of which Greece is expecting another 18 - touched down in Greece to much fanfare and exciteme…
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Sampai juga di episode terakhir podcast kolaborasi Cleanomic bareng Yayasan Madani Berkelanjutan. Sudah hampir 3 bulan nih kami memproduksi podcast dengan tema seputar perubahan iklim, biodiesel, kelapa sawit dan bisnis #cuanlestari. Setelah semua rangkaian podcast yang udah up di #CleanomicRadio, kita bakal tutup episode podcast bareng Yayasan Mad…
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Hallo, ini adalah episode terbarunya Cleanomic Radio hasil kolaborasi antara Cleanomic dan Yayasan Madani Berkelanjutan! Masih melanjuti obrolan bisnis lestari, episode kali ini adalah salah satu episode yang aku personally ga sabar banget untuk share ke kalian, karena kita akan membahas Bisnis Lestari dan Pentingnya memahami Komitmen Iklim bareng …
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The Greek economy is back in focus on this episode of The Agora as we take a peak at the 2022 budget and a closer look at broader trends and challenges. MacroPolis co-founder Yiannis Mouzakis provides a whistlestop tour of the budget, explaining its key elements and what obstacles the Greek government's economic plan could encounter next year. Two …
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Selain inisiatif yang memang akan dijalankan oleh pemerintah, sektor swasta sebenernya juga punya andil yang besar dalam mengurangi emisi lho. Apalagi mengingat hampir 2/3 emisi karbon industrial hanya dihasilkan oleh 90 perusahaan di seluruh dunia. Bahkan ada studi yang menyebutkna bahwa 71% emisi gas rumah kaca yang dihasilkan dari kegiatan manus…
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In the wake of the COP26 meeting, The Agora analyses what Greece brought to the discussion and how this tallies with the efforts being made on the ground to tackle the climate crisis. The head of policy at WWF Greece, Theodota Nantsou, evaluates the Greek authorities' actions. With the help of journalist Evridiki Bersi, we also take a closer look a…
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Google baru-baru aja nih ngeluarin daftar hal yang paling banyak di search orang sepanjang tahun 2021, nah untuk topik lingkungan, salah satu kalimat yang banyak diketik nih di google adalah “dampak perubahan iklim”. kalau ngomongin perubahan iklim, salah satu strategi pemerintah Indonesia untuk mengatasinya adalah dengan mengembangkan biodiesel. N…
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Yagi Natural adalah salah beauty startup favorit ku, buat ku Yagi itu #cuanlestari banget, selain karena emang cocok dengan produk mereka, mereka konsisten banget mengedukasi konsumennya untuk tau lebih lanjut soal bahan baku, rantai pasok, dan praktik2 bisnis yang berkelanjutan. Di podcast episode kali ini, kami berdiskusi langsung bareng Dara, co…
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Melanjuti obrolan seputar perubahan iklim, kelapa sawit dan biodiesel, dalam episode kali ini, Cleanomic Radio dengan berkolaborasi dengan Yayasan Madani Berkelanjutan ngobrol dengan Faris Razanah Zharfan, Founder dari startup #cuanlestari yang namanya Beli Jelantah. Di episode sebelumnya kita udah sempet apa sih biodiesel, terus biodiesel dibuat d…
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Melanjuti diskusi seputar krisis iklim, kemarin di episode 1 podcast kolaborasi cleanomic dan yayasan madani ini, kita udah bahas mengenai Biodiesel dan sempet disinggung kan mengenai pentingnya tata kelola perkebunan kelapa sawit yang keberlanjutan. Hal ini penting karena mayoritas bahan baku biodiesel di Indonesia masih berbasis kelapa sawit. Tap…
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The outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel was a ubiquitous figure during the Greek crisis, often making her a target for the frustrations generated by the austerity policies she and her party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), advocated. Some of that is water under the bridge now and her recent visit to Athens was accompanied by compliments …
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Cleanomic seneng banget kali ini bisa partneran dengan Madani Berkelanjutan untuk bahas lebih mendalam beberapa isu yang berkaitan dengan krisis iklim dalam rangkaian series podcast di #CleanomicRadio. Isu perubahan iklim ga bisa dipungkiri akan menjadi topik yang bakal kita bahas sehari-hari, dari mulai konferensi #COP26 di Glasgow sampe cuitan Bu…
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Kesadaran masyarakat Indonesia akan pentingnya air minum dan sanitasi yang aman sebagai hak dan kebutuhan sehari-hari masih cukup rendah, terbukti dari 19,1 juta penduduk Indonesia yang masih membuang air besarnya ke saluran air, kali, sungai tanpa diolah dahulu, dan sebanyak 7 dari 10 masyarakat Indonesia masih minum dari sumber air minum yang men…
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Greece recently signed two major defence deals, one with France and another with the USA. On this episode, Nick Malkoutzis and Phoebe Fronista examine the significance and implications of these agreements. MacroPolis foreign policy analyst Alexandra Voudouri explains why we should take note of these pacts, which include the purchase of at least thr…
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Kalian sering ga sih denger jargon FAIR TRADE atau perdagangan adil. Apa sih artinya ini? Nah, di episode kali ini kita bahas tuntas kriteria fair trade di Cleanomic Radio bareng Intan S. Wahyoe, yang merupakan konsultan fairtrade dari organisasi Fairtrade NAPP. Fairtrade NAPP (Network of Asia and Pacific Producers) adalah sebuah jaringan produsen …
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Setelah di podcast sebelumnya kita bahas pentingnya air minum dan sanitasi aman, kali ini kita akan dengarkan bagaimana cara menjamin air minum aman dari hulu hingga ke hilir. Jaminan aman hulu hingga hilir ini penting karena air harus melewati berbagai macam tahapan dari sumber hingga akhirnya sampai ke konsumen dan di tiap tahap itu ada bermacam-…
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Earlier this month, Greece lost one of the most emblematic figures of its modern era, composer Mikis Theodorakis, who died on September 2 at the age of 96. Theodorakis was a multi-talented and multi-faceted figure who left his mark due to his radical politics and public interventions as well as his ground-breaking music, which blended Greek popular…
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Dengan semakin banyaknya putusan pengadilan yang memenangkan perkara atas gugatan terkait lingkungan dan perubahan iklim, para pelaku usaha sebenernya harus benar-benar memperhatikan kebijakan dampak perubahan iklim pada usahanya karena saat ini potensi liabilitasnya semakin nyata. Baru-baru ini aja, pengadilan negeri Jakarta Pusat mengabulkan guga…
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Sejak beberapa tahun terakhir, aku sama aldy lumayan sering baca and mantengin konten-konten seputar FIRE, Financial Independent and Retire Early. Jadi FIRE ini tuh ada komunitasnya sendiri yang intinya orang-orang yang kerja keras untuk nabung 70% dari pendapatannya untuk diinvestasiin ke reksadana index sampe jumlah tertentu, yang akhirnya membua…
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Supaya rumah kita lebih ramah lingkungan, selain memilah dan mengurangi sampah dan menghemat energi, rumah kita juga harus memperhatikan sistem sanitasinya karena sanitasi yang buruk bisa mencemari air dan lingkungan serta berpotensi menimbulkan penyakit! Jadi, gimana sistem sanitasi yang benar supaya rumah kita jadi ramah lingkungan? Yuk, dengarka…
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Bulksource adalah toko bahan makanan ramah lingkungan (eco-grocery) yang menghadirkan konsep belanja ramah lingkungan dan zero waste. Sedikit berbeda dengan minimarket pada umumnya, store ini menjual kebutuhan sehari-hari mulai dari makanan, sampai produk kesehatan tanpa menggunakan kemasan. Store ini menyediakan barang-barang yang sehat & berkelan…
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Air adalah sumber kehidupan, kita pasti ga bisa jauh-jauh dari air, baik untuk yang diminum maupun urusan kamar mandi, karena air adalah kebutuhan dasar manusia. Tapi ternyata menurut data Survey Kualitas Air Minum Rumah Tangga Kementerian Kesehatan (SKAM RT) dan Badan Pusat Statistik saat ini baru ada rata-rata sekitar 11 dari 100 rumah tangga di …
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Minggu ini kami punya episode baru bareng Soraya Cassandra, co-founder dari Kebun Kumara. Mudah-mudahan kalian udah cukup familiar yah, tapi yang belum tau, Kebun Kumara adalah sebuah usaha (yes, they are a solid business!!!) yang punya menawarkan beberapa jasa, antara lain workshop / edukasi, menyediakan benih tanaman serta landscape design. Kami …
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