Worlds Apart
From a riddle inside an enigma to a gas station masquerading as a country – the Western understanding of Russia, according to the Russians themselves, has long been void of... understanding. With relations now at their lowest point since the...
Worlds Apart is a fast-paced, in-depth discussion on the most pressing issues facing the world today.It strives to depart from the traditional Q&A form of interview in favor of a more emotive and engaging conversation. Host Oksana Boyko is not afraid to ask the hard questions that others avoid, with the aim of promoting intelligent public debate.
- Soviet or Russian? Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld, Norwegian journalistFrom a riddle inside an enigma to a gas station masquerading as a country – the Western understanding of Russia, according to the Russians themselves, has long been void of... understanding. With relations now at their lowest point since the...
- Pop politics? Ft. Carl Hagen, Norwegian politician
Populism is such a popular political allegation that it’s lost almost all meaning. If any politician, regardless of their beliefs, can be labelled a populist, isn’t all politics populism of some sort or other? To discuss this, Oksana is... - Crime doesn’t pay? Jo Nesbo, bestselling Norwegian author
When a book sells millions of copies in dozens of languages, it must have picked up on something that’s both current and eternal, culture specific and universal. That’s a huge challenge to pull off once, but how does one do that with... - Rude awakening? Ft. Nicolai Petro, political science professor at University of Rhode Island
Donald Trump bowing out of a G20 meeting with Vladimir Putin doesn’t seem like a big deal, given the already poor state of affairs between the two countries. But the manner in which it was cancelled – over Twitter, without as much as a... - Mean about town? Michal Murawski, anthropologist of architecture at UCL
Karl Marx famously claimed that it's the being that determines consciousness rather than vice versa – a maxim that Russian city planners have recently taken to heart with much greater eagerness than their Soviet predecessors. As the wave of... - Evil in good? Ft. Paolo Genovese, Italian film director
The struggle between good and evil for the human soul is the oldest plot in history, central to the Bible and almost all the books that came after it. How can that story, which has been told millions of times, be made to seem timely? To discuss... - Out Of Place? Ft. William Hill, Global Fellow at the Wilson Center & author of No Place for Russia
Among the many differences that Russia and the West have on the Ukrainian crisis, the starkest is what it signified in their relations. For many in the West, it was a sudden break-up with an ungrateful and violent partner. For many in Russia, it... - Algorithms of culture? Lev Manovich, professor of computer science
Pics or it didn’t happen. This phrase has long left the confines of internet forums and become a life dictum for a vast array of people – young and old, housewives and prime ministers. As more and more people partake in visualizing the... - Engineered inequality? Jason Hickel, anthropologist at the University of London
It took a quarter of a century since the collapse of the Soviet Union for the issue of inequality to resurface at the center of political and economic debate – this time in the West. Some would even argue it has already sparked a populist... - Rights gone wrong? Peggy Hicks, director at the UN Human Rights Office
Seventy years after the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration on Human Rights, in many parts of the world, it’s still a declaration rather than a lived reality. And that’s not only because upholding human rights is hard work...
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