Rotaract Talks

Welcome to Rotaract Talks! This week we meet author, comedian, and engineer, An(drew) Tarwin to talk about all the fantastic ways humor can make our lives better. Find his books here: Humor that works The United States of Laughter Find his website here. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This episode we're meeting Paul Kolbe for a chat about cyber security and much more! Some subjects we touch on are the Solar Winds cyber attack, the Internet Research Agency, the Stuxnet on Iran, and the possible vulnerabilities of renewable energy. Paul served for 25 years in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations in a variety of foreign and domestic roles, including as Chief of Station, Chief/Central Eurasia Division, and Balkans Group Chief. His overseas assignments included operational and leadership roles in the former Soviet Union, the Balkans, Southeast Asia, Southern Africa, and Central Europe. He was a member of the Senior Intelligence Service and is a recipient of the Intelligence Medal of Merit and the Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal. Mr. Paul Kolbe is the Director of the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center. Books recommended We are Bellingcat The Billion dollar spy Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Join us for this fascinating conversation with economist and investor Micheal O'Sullivan. He is the author of ‘The Levelling’, which outlines what’s next in politics, economics, finance and geopolitics in the post globalization era and a former member of the WEFs Council on the New Economy and Ireland’s National Economic Social Council. The books mentioned in the podcast: The Levelling by Micheal O'Sullivan The Hacker and the State by Ben Buchanan Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In this episode we're meeting David Burkus, an author, former professor, and contributor to the Harvard Business Review, among other things. David is the author of Friend of a Friend where he explores how networks operate from a scientific point of view and how we can use that knowledge to excel in both our personal and professional lives. Connection Fox CRM Listen to this episode to learn how to build, maintain, and leverage a network, regardless of your career path. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Jack's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold. https://www.amazon.com/Under-Influence-Putting-Peer-Pressure/dp/0691193088 Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In this episode we're meeting David Burkus, an author, former professor, and contributor to the Harvard Business Review, among other things. David is the author of Friend of a Friend where he explores how networks operate from a scientific point of view and how we can use that knowledge to excel in both our personal and professional lives. Listen to this episode to learn how to build, maintain, and leverage a network, regardless of your career path. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Jack's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold. https://www.amazon.com/Under-Influence-Putting-Peer-Pressure/dp/0691193088 Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In part two of our discussion with James M. Olson, former chief of Counterintelligence at the CIA we discuss his time in Vienna, lived experiences as a CIA officer, and the present and future of espionage. James' book. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In part one of our interview with former CIA chief of counterintelligence, James M. Olson, we discuss aspects of the career as a CIA officer and his path into the CIA as well as the role he played in some of the most decisive moments in the cold war. James' book. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Robert H. Frank is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972. His book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work explores how trends and social needs influence our behaviour, but how can knowing that change your life? Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Frank's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold. Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Robert H. Frank is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Economics at Cornell University, where he has taught since 1972. His book Under the Influence: Putting Peer Pressure to Work explores how trends and social needs influence our behaviour, but how can knowing that change your life? Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Frank's book can be found on amazon or anywhere books are sold. Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks) Support the show

This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Jack Barsky, a former KGB agent who served in the USA from 1978 to 1988. His story is absolutely unique and in this interview we complete his journey in America. What happens when the FBI comes knocking and you're a retired KGB spy? Jack's book. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Jack Barsky, a former KGB agent who served in the USA from 1978 to 1988. His story is absolutely unique and in this interview we begin his journey in East Germany, a path that will leave him on a solo mission behind the iron curtain. Jack's book. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This week Rotaract Talks speaks with Hunter Hustus, former technical advisor on strategic deterrence and nuclear intergration. In this discussion we speak on ideas such as mutually assured destruction, low yeild nuclear weapons, and the unique nature of nuclear weapons. Both from the psychological aspect and the devastating damage that they may cause. Rotaract Talks is a project by Rotaract Sweden with support from World of Rotaract. Please remember to like, subscribe, and share this podcast with your friends and fellow Rotaract and Rotary members. If you want to support the podcast, please consider doing so on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/rotaracttalks https://www.amazon.com/Myth-Nuclear-Revolution-Politics-Security/dp/1501749293/ref=sr_1_1?crid=19VMZ21PVD9B7&dchild=1&keywords=the+myth+of+the+nuclear+revolution+by+keir+lieber+and+daryl+press&qid=1596554048&sprefix=keir+lieber+,aps,257&sr=8-1 https://www.rand.org/pubs/papers/P1472.html P.S. Happy birthday to Angus and Mackenzie Lockhart. Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This week we speak with Moderate Swedish member of parliament, Margareta Cederfelt on the importance of diplomatic recognition of the Republic of China in Taiwan and its admittance to the World Health Organization. She's been a vocal supporter of the movement for over 20 years and shows no signs of slowing now. In fact, it is more important than ever, considering the recent developments with the Covid-19 pandemic. Join us for this fascinating discussion and a surprising recommendation at the end. Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Check out this fascinating project by the Rotaract Club of La Reforma in Guatemala City. Together with Rodrigo and Luis we discuss how they are delivering thousands of food packages to families in need in Guatemala and how you can do it too! Get in touch with them if you also want to make a difference. Find them at: Facebook: @ClubRotaractLaReforma E-Mail: clubrotaractreforma@gmail.com Instagram: @rotaract_reforma Link to the project website: https://www.despensaparacompartir.com/ Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This week on the Rotaract Talks podcast we meet Marc Buckley, a global food reformer and sustainable futurist to discuss the UN SDGs and issues around Covid-19. Marc has been a party delegate to the UNFCCC COP events and a factor in many organizations working to ensure a sustainable future for all of us. Learn more and find Marc's own podcasts here: https://marcbuckley.earth/ Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

Anders Brännström is joining us for the third Rotaract Talks episode. Anders is a strategic advisor at Basalt with a background in the Swedish Defence Forces. Between 2016 and 2018 he led the multinational Viking-18 war games and was pior to that the chief of staff, arméchef, for the Swedish Army. Join in as we discuss leadership, crisis preparedness, and defence through the lens of four decades in the military. Anders' reading suggestion is: Sun Tzu's The Art of War. Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In episode two of Rotaract Talks we talk to Stina Berge, the secretary general of the Yennenga Progress foundation. This innovative organization is working in Burkina Faso to build welfare societies on a micro level, bringing together local communities and expertise from the public and private sector to create sustainable societies in places where no functioning welfare state exists. Learn more at: https://www.yennengaprogress.se/about Music credit: Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

This week on Rotaract talks we are discussing our first Rotaract project, this time with ALExEurope president Maria Vittoria. ALEx is a leadership program founded in Stockholm in 2019 and has now expanded to the European level. Tune in! Find out more here: alexeurope.com Blues Sting by Alexander Nakarada Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Support the show

In episode one of the Rotaract Talks podcast we talk to Paul Ronge, an award winning Swedish journalist and media expert that has since 1998 become one of Sweden's leading experts within the field of crisis management in media. In this episode we discuss among other things the accusations against Joe Biden and Donald Trump, as well as the tools you'll need to manage a PR crisis or scandal. Link to an accompanying powerpoint: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15YIboZImgx7JUACNWbW8x8vJeCiv3eBR/view?usp=sharing Blues‌ ‌Sting‌ ‌by‌ ‌Alexander‌ ‌Nakarada‌ ‌ Link:‌ ‌https://filmmusic.io/song/4943-blues-sting‌ ‌ License:‌ ‌http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/‌ ‌ ‌ Support the show