Hey,Holla Forums! Posted this on /int/ first but no response there. Anyhow, I'm Kristaps Andrejsons from Riga, Latvia - and I'm a podcaster and a journalist. Been here for a while, for those of you who might be here long enough, I'm the guy who found a crossbow in the forest and who managed to get an interview with the Hungarian ambassador after someone here invited everyone to mail them support e-mails when they were not letting the migrants in.
Anyhow, I run a show called The Eastern Border where I talk about the history of the Soviet Union and how it was like to actually live there. ( theeasternborder.lv) Now, that podcast has a quite decent audience, and sometimes, I do spinoff episodes, about politics - where the original intent was to introduce Americans to how parties and politics work in other countries, although sometimes me and my guests just talk about USA politics in general. I like to grab people from both sides on the show, and just have a completely free, non-pc discussion about how things are and how they should be. So, this month, I want an episode on Germany. I have a liberal person already, so if anyone of you, right wing guys are here and want to be on the show, please, e-mail me to theeasternborder at gmail.com - I've delivered to the chans before and won't fail this time either. Audience is pretty big too, for a completely indie show - about 55,000 listeners, so be ready to prepare for this and have good arguments. Oh, and next month we're doing Sweden, so feel free to mail about that too.
Pic: Old logo of the show, as Holla Forums won't let me re-post the new one so soon.
Ryder Watson
Have a bump
Asher Ortiz
Bump.
Jacob Ward
Heck, if you have any comments on the situation in Germany but are afraid to reveal your personality on the show/by sending an e-mail, you can post it here, and post stuff I should ask the more liberal guest. I just want a good show that makes people think, is all.
Levi Sullivan
Have a bump. But you should be aware that not many Germanbros will answer you right now, since it's in the middle of the night there. Maybe make another thread some other time again?
Dylan Price
Well, it's early saturday morning here too. I'm two hours ahead of them. :) Hoped that Holla Forums would be more active at night. But most likely will re-post this anyway.
Also, feel free to check out the show in general. I got blacklisted in Russia because of this thing.
Colton Carter
No way, I remember the email idea but left pol for a while and never knew anything came of it, link us OP.
Josiah Smith
Oh dear. That was in May. Got published in the newspaper I worked in at the time "Ludzas Zeme" in…well, back then when the e-mail thing was going on. Now I just podcast and live about 300 km away. I translated the interview to English, remember posting it on Holla Forums and on Dan Carlin forums. (Which are sadly closed now for some reason.) I'll look in the archive, will try to dig it up. But basically, it wasn't that spectacular, she just stated that Hungary isn't racist against muslims, they just want to stop illegal border crossing but that the refugees don't want to do things the proper way and are uncontrollable. Oh and that the western media makes Hungary look bad. But I'll look into this, e-mail me to the podcast mail, so that if I dig up the English translation somewhere, I can send it to you. But this legit happened. Sent that letter, asked for an interview, being a journalist, and they accepted. I remember even posting pics on Holla Forums.
Joseph Taylor
Thanks for the effort user, what are you planning to talk about in regards to Germany? Also, currently listening to an episode about War in Afghanistan, initially put off by my general connotation's of a podcast Ive go to say really comfy stuff.
Jace Russell
Hey, thank you! That afghanistan episode is where I finally felt like I'm getting the hang of this podcasting thing. About Germany - History of political parties, main political players, their ideologies, main political challenges, milestone events and watershed moments - basically, the political series is a spinoff where I try to facilitate actual thinking in people - either by having two people with opposite views debate something or just explaining to my mostly american listeners, how politics actually work in other countries. Firstly, because I'm a prudentist - believing that problems should be solved in a way that's actually rational and thought out, with debates and many opinions instead of idealogically charged pseudosolutions which don't really solve anything. And secondly so that you have a better idea of what to actually expect and have some background if said country actually comes up in your news. It's important, because my show started when I heard complete and utter bullshit about Russia on Slate's political gabfest. So, decided to take matters in my own hands, really.
Jack Brown
Interasting. bamp. Any Germanbros up to it? If you do don't embarrass the Vaterland.
Carter Roberts
This doesn't seem organic and the OP clearly isn't much of a poster here. This strikes me as suspicious. OP, can you better prove your allegiance?
Christopher Adams
thank you smith
Jaxon Bennett
Can't help, but I'm a fan of the show.
Dominic Lopez
Ahh, I remember that thread about your grandfather. Sorry about that bro.
Luke Peterson
He has been on Holla Forums for at least two, maybe three years. His grandfather worked as a civil engineer for the Germans from memory.
Nathan Brown
Friendly bump. All the other germans are awake now, maybe someone will come along. Otherwise, give it another try in the Deutsch/pol/
Evan Kelly
I'm in. How do I contact you?
Nathan Campbell
How to contact?
Ryder Gomez
OP's website probably has his contact info.
Logan Ross
send mail to theeasternborder at gmail.com also, site has info.
Namefagging only when necessary, as my name's pretty much public knowledge anyways by this point.
Yep, the same guy. And…thank you.
Noah Sanders
PALINDROME DIGITs
Carter Perry
Can people stop shilling their podcasts here
Anthony White
I was the OG of podcast-shilling. Accept no substitutes.