A weekly podcast that discusses the latest happenings in Latvia, hosted by Otto Tabuns and Joe Horgan
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Biggest dance party in Latvia, now even closer to you. Every day our DJ's are live on Europa+ 99.5. But you do not have to be near the radio to hear them. Just subscribe and we will do the rest to keep you up to date with the best dance music available. For more info please visit http://www.larocca.lv or email us - info@larocca.lv
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Join us for interviews and discussion with some of the best independent brewers and beer experts from around the world. We combine a mix of informative talks, brewery profiles, and roundtables that gather different brewers for a chat. The podcast releases a new episode every Thursday. Check out our YouTube channel (YouTube.com/beoirfest) or our website (BeoirFest.com) where you can see what sessions are taking place that you can join live.
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Welcome to the world's favourite Eurovision podcast! Join Rob and James every Wednesday as they chat to some of the biggest guests from the world's biggest music competition. They delve into the biggest news stories, ask the questions you want answering, and each episode brings its own challenge with the One Second Song. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @EuroTripPodcast, or drop us an email, hello@eurotrippodcast.com. The Euro Trip is brought to you by James Rowe and Rob Lilley. Hosted on ...
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Volleyball from sport court to the sand court-- from the preps to the pros and beyond. Home of College Volleyball Weekly Indoor/Beach. Episodes drop “most weeks.” Follow the pod on Instagram at @viralvolleymedia!
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Welcome to The Plague, the podcast where we look, not just at the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, but at our nation’s home-made plagues, plagues created by human socioeconomic systems, that make the coronavirus more virulent and dangerous. The coronavirus infects the human body, but what illnesses in our body politic make us more vulnerable to it? Economic inequality? Environmental devastation? Labor precarity? Alienation? We pick a different societal plague each week and talk with an expert a ...
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LW #230: Revenge of the Mosquitos, Farewell Kariņš, and News from August 20-29, 2024
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As Latvia suffers from an unusual amount of "odi," Otto and Joe discuss major stories such as growing criticism of the tax reform and budget formation process, former Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš's surprise decision to step away from politics, steps forward and back for the Rail Baltic project, a costly scam, and much more!Theme song "Mēs esam ā…
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Next up on this series of The Contest & Me Germany's Head of Delegation joins us to share her Eurovision story. She reveals what it was really like behind the scenes at Eurovision 2024, how she celebrated her nation's improved performance in Malmö, and how she deals with the criticism she receives in the role. We also go back to her early memories,…
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We begin our fourth series of The Contest & Me with a man who has arguably worked on more editions of the Eurovision Song Contest than anyone else. In his role as Senior Technical Director at the contest in Malmö he was responsible for every aspect of the show behind the scenes, and the competition in Sweden was his sixteenth time being involved wi…
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In this episode, I'm joined by Jonathan Spielberg, founder of Postcard Brewing Company in Dublin, Ireland. Jonathan, originally from New York, takes us through his journey from IT project management to becoming a key player in Ireland's craft beer scene. We delve into the challenges of transitioning from a hobbyist brewer to establishing a fully-fl…
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LW #229: Flood Damage Fallout, Stranded in Spain, and News from August 7-15, 2024
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As the high costs of rebuilding after devastating floods in southern Latvia become increasingly clear, Otto and Joe discuss the implications as well as other major stories such as a tour group of Latvian youth stranded in Spain, parliament's investigation into Rail Baltica's troubles, changes to gambling and tax laws, Latvian drones to Ukraine, and…
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The new season is almost here as the Rob & James get ready for the latest series of The Contest & Me. Each week they'll chat to well-known personalities about their love for Eurovision and their relationship with the world's biggest television show. Coming up we'll hear from those closest to events in Malmö, learn secrets from behind the scenes, an…
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LW #228: Zemgale Soaked and News from July 22nd - August 1st, 2024
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As Latvia's top athletes compete in the Olympics, much of the country continues cleaning up after a historic storm that left much of southern Latvia drenched and littered with fallen trees. Otto and Joe discuss these major stories along with a few others including data from the first month of civil partnerships, a bizarre escape across the Eastern …
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Episode 239, College Volleyball Weekly Men's Top 20: Paris Olympics Preview 07-24-24
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The CVW crew jumps back into the bandwidth to discuss some of the news that has dropped since the last NCAA MVB Championship ball dropped in May with coaching changes, hirings and other MVB related news. From there, Brad, Dan, Jay & Theo discuss all things Pairs Olympics style! We'll recognize some former D1-2 athletes representing other countries.…
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LW #227: International Aspects and News from July 10th-21st, 2024
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As Otto continues his time in Washington DC following the NATO summit, he joins Joe to discuss issues such as European Union leadership appointments, major decisions by the European Court of Human Rights, decoupling from the Russian energy grid, excellent news from train lovers, an Olympic anniversary, and much more!Photo: Baltic Security Foundatio…
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Recreating A 3,000 Year Old Egyptian Beer in Utah
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Beer was a fundamental part of life in Ancient Egypt. But what did it taste like? That's the sort of question most of would briefly ponder and then move on. Not Dylan McDonnell.He set about plans to recreate an ancient beer as accurately as possible. It turned out to be a 3 year project of deciphering ancient documents, finding ingredients that wer…
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Episode 238: Paris Olympics Episode with USA Volleyball's, Haleigh Washington
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The USA is heading back to the Olympics as reigning Gold Medalists in Women's Indoor Volleyball. Part of that history-making team in the Tokyo 2020 (2021) Olympics was former Penn St. standout and current Paris 2024 Olympian Haleigh Washington! In this Paris Olympics Episode Haleigh comes back onto the Viral Volley Podcast for a second time to talk…
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LW #226: Otto at the NATO Summit, Deadly Drivers, and News from June 28th - July 4th, 2024
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Before getting ready to celebrate America's independence day, Otto and Joe sit down to discuss some major stories of the week such as planned tough new road safety measures following a week of deadly crashes, the first few days of same sex partnerships in Latvia, more plans for renewable energy, the NATO summit, and much more!Opening and closing mu…
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LW #225: Midsummer in Maine, Boston and Latvian Sports Glory, and News from June 14th-27th, 2024
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Having just celebrated midsummer Līgo/Jāņi celebrations in the US state of Maine, Joe sits down to talk about major stories such as more headaches for both rail and road travel, Kristaps Porzinģis' success on the Boston Celtics, a final goodbye to Rezekne City Council, coalition shakeups, plant protein plans in Liepāja, and much more!Theme song "Mē…
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Episode 237: Paris Olympics Episode with Spain's & TCU's Dani Alvarez, 6/26/24
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TCU has become a national powerhouse in Collegiate Beach Volleyball in large part due to Spanish sensations Tania Moreno and Dani Alvarez. This same pair has now become TCU Beach's program-first-ever Olympians representing Spain! Dani joins Rob to discuss her beginnings in Beach Volleyball (from Tennis), trying indoor for 9 days, connecting with Ta…
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Lambic is synonymous with Brussels. The usual story is that the spontaneously fermented beer has been brewed unchanged since medieval times, a remnant of how all beers were once brewed.The story is more interesting though.Beer Historian Roel Mulder from LostBeers.com joins me to explain how Lambic beers originated in the 18th century and how they w…
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LW Interviews: Sea Buckthorn Garden "ZELT BIO" Co-founder Eduards Vilks
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To get into the midsummer spirit, Joe drives a bit outside of the city to sit down with "ZELT" Sea Buckthorn Garden co-founder Eduards Vilks to discuss his and partner Elīna's experiences in setting up a major agricultural endeavour as well as some of the most interesting aspects of the not yet so well known sea buckthorns, or smiltsērkšķi in Latvi…
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Talking Fonio Beer And Burton Union Systems At Thornbridge Brewing.
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Thornbridge Brewing in the UK are an award winning brewery that have a strong emphasis on tradition but like to take chances.They have recently linked with Brooklyn Brewery founder Garrett Oliver to brew a beer with Fonio. This is a staple grain crop in West Africa but it's not widely know outside of the area. It's hardy and grows in dry conditions…
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Episode 236: Paris Olympics Episode with Latvia's & USC's Tina Graudina, 6/16/24
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(College Volleyball Weekly/Viral Volley Podcast Crossover) We are just mere weeks away from the 2024 Paris Olympics-- and with that there are a handful of former College Volleyball Weekly, both Beach and Indoor who will be representing their native countries. One of those atletes is first-ever Viral Volley Podcast guest (December 2019), Tina Graudi…
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LW #224 Results of the European Parliament Election and News from June 7th-13th, 2024
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With the results of the European Parliament election in, Otto and Joe break down the biggest takeaways and discuss a few other stories such as the mounting costs of the Rail Baltic project, possible prosecution for a controversial former member of European Parliament, the passing of a literary giant, and more!Theme song "Mēs esam ārzemnieki" by Aar…
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A Chat With Wild East, Brooklyn's Mixed Fermentation Brewery
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Wild East was founded in 2019 by Brett Taylor, Tyler March and Lindsay Steen. Based in Brooklyn they have a focus (though by no means exclusive) on mixed fermentation and Brett-based beers. They started with 40 barrels and have since grown that by a further 100. As they say they themselves, they aim to push boundaries and open new doors for anyone …
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Episode 235, College Volleyball Weekly, Beach Top 20, Post-Season with USC's Ashley Pater, 6/6/2024
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In this special post-season episode of CVW Beach T20, Rob connects with a first-time National Champion, Ashley Pater, who was one of only two freshman starting for Head Coach Dain Blanton's 4x National Champions USC Beach Volleyball. During Ashley's pre-collegiate career she had an enormous amount of success on the beach with multiple first place/g…
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A Chat With Tom Standage, Author of A History Of The World in 6 Glasses
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Looking at the history of the world through it's 6 favourite drinks might seem a bit unusual. But this lens throws light on changes in culture as well as power throughout the ages.Tom Standage, editor of The Economist, took this approach in his book "A History Of The World In 6 Glasses," in which he traces trends through the history of Beer, Wine, …
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LW #223: Summer Arrives and News from May 20th - June 4th
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With temperatures above 30 degrees in some places, Joe discusses the hot weather as well as a few other important stories from the week. He also sits down with a few students who have participated in the ENGtegrationForUkraine project's free English lessons for Ukrainian refugees that Otto and Joe have been organizing. If you have not yet done so, …
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LW Interviews: The Organizers of ENGtegrationForUkraine
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Please support our project by sharing this link as widely as possible!https://gogetfunding.com/help-ukrainian-refugees-in-latvia-continue-learning-english-2/Joe sits down with co-host and fellow project organizer Otto Tabuns, head teacher Kris Akenfelds, and volunteer Sydnee Wilke to discuss the ENGtegrationForUkraine project to provide free Englis…
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Episode 234, Viral Volley Podcast: Brooke Nuneviller, PVF Champion, Omaha Supernovas, 5/21/24
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As we enter the summer Viral Volley Media will be doing episodes for relevant news for athletes, teams, coaches and/or other volleyball personalities from the National Teams (the "Road to Paris 2024"), Pro Volleyball Federation, Athletes Unlimited, NCAA Men's/Women's/Beach, and/or etc. Who knows, we may even throw in a couple AVP/FIVB athletes, top…
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We bid farewell to the 2024 Eurovision season
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For one final time in the 2024 season, we're here with your weekly dose of Eurovision. We choose our favourite moments from the podcast from the last 10 months, including Olly Alexander's mum, one of our favourite Eurovision winners, plus our investigative journalism skills are put to the test! To support the podcast, head to Buy Me A Coffee. Follo…
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Episode 233, College Volleyball Weekly, Men's Top 20, Special Q&A Episode, 5/20/24
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The CVW Coaching Panel wanted to get this Q&A Episode together because it's what our listeners wanted! Today we explore the expansion of the MIVA, formation of the GLVC, new teams and Division 1 & 2 expansion. Naturally, we flow into the rise of the portal and how coaches/teams view some of the different perspectives of it's availability to the ath…
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We react to the Eurovision 2024 Grand Final!
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Rob & James are back from Sweden and here to debrief everything that happened during the contest. They celebrate Switzerland's third victory as Nemo was crowned the winner, and Eurovision's first ever non-binary champion. They also discuss the fallout that continues to follow events in Malmö, Ireland's best results for over two decades, and what mi…
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LW #222: Northern Lights, International Success, and News from May 1st-14th, 2024
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The "ziemeļblāzma" (northern lights) shining above Latvia last weekend seem to have been a good sign, with singer Dons securing Latvia's best Eurovision result since 2016 and a string of victories to open the 2024 International Ice Hockey Federation Championships. Otto and Joe discuss these and other issues including more headaches for Rail Baltic,…
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Joost Klein disqualified from Eurovision 2024
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A bonus episode covering the breaking news surrounding this year's Dutch entrant, Joost Klein. To get the latest on the story, we chat to Dutch Eurovision expert and host of the Ding-A-Dong podcast GJ Kooijman, and Aftonbladet reporter Natalie Demirian. To support the podcast, head to Buy Me A Coffee. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram & TikTok or ema…
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Eurovision 2024 Grand Final Preview with the BBC & Queen Loreen
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We discuss who could emerge as the winner of the contest here in Malmö as we assess the chances of the leading contenders. In the episode we'll also hear how Luxembourg returned to Eurovision, how the BBC are preparing for the big night, and meet the reigning champion, Queen Loreen. The boys are also joined by Dutch Eurovision expert and podcast ho…
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Is Latvia qualifying the biggest shock of Eurovision week?
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We react to the results from the second semi-final after a night of shocks and surprises here in Sweden. In the immediate aftermath of the live show we speak to journalists and fans to hear their reactions, and discuss what the results mean for the likes of Latvia, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium and Malta. Then we bring you highlights from o…
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The EBU on the challenges of Eurovision in Malmö
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We quiz the European Broadcasting Union on the uniquely complex situation presented by the contest in Sweden this year as we catch up with Communications and Digital Manager Dave Goodman. Later we look ahead to the second semi-final in Malmö as we chat to Saba from Denmark, songwriter and backing vocalist Melanie Wehbe, Keiino's Tom Hugo, and anoth…
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Episode 232, College Volleyball Weekly Beach Top 20, NCAA Recap 5/7/24
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In this 2024 season finale, Kelly Belardi of Stanford Beach Volleyball and Kylie Wickley of Texas Beach Volleyball with Rob Espero discuss the AVCA All-America team honorees, along with the AVCA Top Flight recipients. In addition, the CVW crew discusses the happenings at the 2024 NCAA Beach Volleyball Championship in Gulf Shores (that moves to Hunt…
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EXCLUSIVE: Behind the scenes of Olly Alexander's Eurovision staging + Semi Final 1 reaction
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BBC Eurovision Creative Director Theo Adams tells us about the inspiration behind the UK's memorable staging this year. They give us an exclusive insight into the secret project that brought Olly Alexander and "Dizzy" to the contest, plus we ask whether we could be seeing more work on future UK entries in the years to come... Before that we discuss…
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Will Ireland finally return to the Eurovision Grand Final?
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The live shows are here, and we're back to look ahead to the first semi-final here in Malmö. With hype building about Ireland's chances, we chat to their Head of Delegation Michael Kealy on his hopes for Bambi Thug and their hopes of qualification. We also catch up with Eurovision winner Eldar Gasimov, find out more about SVT's Marcus and Martinus …
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Episode 231, College Volleyball Weekly Men's Top 20, Week 19: NCAA Recap, 5/6/24
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The entire CVW crew of Brad Rostratter of UCSD, Dan Friend of Lewis, Jay Hosack of George Mason and Theo Edwards of CSUN talk all things National Collegiate Volleyball Championship week! From the opening quarterfinals, All-America Social, semis to the finals. The guys break it down for all volleyball fans alike! They guys talk about A LOT in this m…
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All the action from Eurovision 2024 Turquoise Carpet
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We kick-start our live coverage from Malmö as we meet the artists ahead of the start of a big week here in Sweden. We try and catch up with as many of the class of 2024 as possible, plus we also manage to squeeze in a conversation with a bonus Eurovision winner! Join us tomorrow when we'll be previewing all the action from first semi-final. Grab yo…
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