De Balie

De Balie

Een podcast over politiek, maatschappij en cultuur.

  1. Free Speech, an Origin Story with Pieter Omtzigt and Fara Dabhoiwala

    18시간 전

    Free Speech, an Origin Story with Pieter Omtzigt and Fara Dabhoiwala

    What is freedom of speech, and who is allowed to make use of it? In his book What Is Free Speech? The History of a Dangerous Idea, historian Fara Dabhoiwala traces the origins of free speech, examining for whom it was invented and the cultural implications it holds today. Is free speech under attack in our present day society – and what then is exactly under attack? Free speech has become a key issue in the culture wars. Elon Musk bought X, in part to protect free speech on the platform. In practice, this has meant scaling back moderation, allowing disinformation, and “shadow-banning” minorities. Freedom of speech has never been a neutral concept, Dabhoiwala argues. Emerging from the ideals of the Enlightenment, free speech became an individual right, but in practice it was largely restricted to white European men. If free speech never was an absolute right, what does that mean for how it has developed over the following centuries into what it has become today? In this programme Fara Dabhoiwala and Pieter Omtzigt will explore why Europeans and Americans differ so much in their approach to free speech and explain the current transatlantic fight over free expression, media platforms, and government regulation. Moderator: Yoeri Albrecht In collaboration with: Universiteit van Amsterdam Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 59분
  2. Dear stranger: what does it mean to lose a home? With Ece Temelkuran

    2일 전

    Dear stranger: what does it mean to lose a home? With Ece Temelkuran

    Across the world, the number of refugees, exiles, and displaced people continues to rise. More and more individuals find themselves politically homeless, economically excluded, or estranged within their own countries. Over the past decade, Ece Temelkuran has warned that the erosion of democracy does not happen overnight. To those who believed “it can’t happen here,” she has insisted: it will. In her new book,  Nation of Strangers: Rebuilding Home in the 21st Century, journalist Ece Temelkuran – who herself left her home country Turkey because of the authoritarian turn it took after the failed coup of 2016 – turns to the urgent question of belonging. Through a series of intimate letters from one stranger to another, she explores what it means to lose a home — and how we might begin to rebuild one in a fragile and uncertain century. Ece Temelkuran (1973) is an award-winning writer. In 2012, she was dismissed from her position at a Turkish newspaper after writing critically about the Erdoğan government. Her earlier book, How to Lose a Country: The Seven Steps from Democracy to Dictatorship, examined the gradual steps through which democracies can slide into authoritarianism. The Dutch edition of Nation of Strangers will be published in March. She has recently been longlisted for the women’s prize for non-fiction. Programme editor: Rosalie Dielesen In collaboration with: Studio Julian Hetzel, Uitgeverij Pluim and 360 Magazine Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 7분
  3. Georgi Gospodinov on the Weaponization of Nostalgia

    4일 전

    Georgi Gospodinov on the Weaponization of Nostalgia

    How is nostalgia used as a political weapon? The acclaimed Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov (Time Shelter, The Death and the Gardener) explores the relationship between collective memory and identity in contemporary Europe. Populist politicians are merchants of nostalgia. But what happens when the desire to preserve the past overtakes the will to shape the future? Georgi Gospodinov explores how collective memory is shaped, used, and misused. Having lived through a communist dictatorship, Gospodinov warns for grand stories and favors the small, the personal and the particular. Georgi Gospodinov won in 2023 the International Booker Prize with Time Shelter, in which he tells the story of a ‘clinic of the past’ offering Alzheimer’s patients spaces recreating different decades of the twentieth century. Soon the clinic attracts healthy people seeking refuge from an uncertain present. Gospodinov’s most recent book, The Death and the Gardener (2025), is about a son who mourns his father and, in doing so, looks back on the communist past. Georgi Gospodinov (1968) is a Bulgarian writer, poet, and playwright. His debut, Natural Novel (1999), was an international success, followed by The Physics of Sorrow (2011) and Time Shelter (2020), which won the 2023 International Booker Prize. His work has been translated into more than 35 languages and is known for its unique blend of history, philosophy, and sharp social observation on Europe’s past and present anxieties. Gospodinov’s writing frequently explores themes of memory, nostalgia, and the way history repeats itself. Programme editor: Ianthe Mosselman Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 45분
  4. Blik op femicide met Saskia Belleman, Janine Janssen, Songül Mutluer en Barbara Godwaldt

    5일 전

    Blik op femicide met Saskia Belleman, Janine Janssen, Songül Mutluer en Barbara Godwaldt

    Femicide is de laatste jaren een ingeburgerde term in het publieke debat geworden. Maar hoe geschikt is dit begrip om huiselijk geweld te begrijpen? De politiek lijkt de noodzaak van concreet beleid om de veiligheid van vrouwen te vergroten in te zien. Zo maakte het vorige kabinet 10 miljoen euro vrij voor de bestrijding van femicide, wil de huidige coalitie het wettelijk mogelijk maken dat bedreigde vrouwen het politiedossier van hun partner in kunnen zien en heeft de gemeente Rotterdam een speciaal actieplan opgesteld. Maar wat kan de samenleving concreet doen tegen femicide? En hoe geschikt is deze term als lens om naar gendergeweld te kijken? Ontsnapt daardoor minder dodelijk, maar veel vaker voorkomend, huiselijk geweld niet aan onze blik? Deze editie van Kennismakers onderzoeken we wat femicide is, onderzoeken we wat de mogelijke blinde vlekken van dit containerbegrip zijn en kijken we naar wat we kunnen doen. Welk beleid wordt momenteel opgesteld om gendergerelateerd geweld aan te pakken, en wat is werkelijk effectief? Met Rechtbankverslaggever De Telegraaf Saskia Belleman, Lector Geweld in Afhankelijkheidsrelaties en hoogleraar Criminologie & Rechtsantropologie Janine Janssen, Kamerlid PRO Songül Mutluer en Specialist intieme terreur en femicide bij de Blijf Groep Barbara Godwaldt. Over de serie Kennismakers: Zijn narcisten aan de macht? Heeft gentech de toekomst? Gaan we gezond oud worden met de zorgrobot? In Kennismakers leggen we actuele maatschappelijke vraagstukken tegen de lat van de laatste inzichten uit de wereld van wetenschap en onderzoek. In gesprek met onderzoekers, spraak- en opiniemakers én het publiek over de kennis die onze samenleving verandert. In samenwerking met: Regieorgaan SIA Programmamaker: Sylvia Vegter Moderator: Monique Hindriks Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 32분
  5. In conversation about the epic novel Theodoros with Mircea Cărtărescu and Jan Willem Bos

    4월 28일

    In conversation about the epic novel Theodoros with Mircea Cărtărescu and Jan Willem Bos

    Can obsession turn an impossible dream into reality? In conversation with the master of modern surrealism Mircea Cărtărescu about Theodoros, a novel about the rise of an unlikely emperor. Theodoros is set in the nineteenth century and follows the extraordinary life of the otherwise ordinary Teodor, the son of two servants of a Romanian aristocrat. Raised on stories of Alexander the Great told by his Greek mother, he becomes obsessed with the idea that he too is destined for greatness — and everything else must give way to it. His improbable life path eventually leads him to Ethiopia, where he ascends the throne as Emperor Tewodros II. Theodoros is a surreal epic, written in rich, distinctive prose. About the speakers Mircea Cărtărescu (Bucharest, 1956) is considered one of the most important voices in contemporary European literature. His novels and poetry have been widely translated and awarded, and his acclaimed novel Solenoid was hailed by the European press as a masterpiece. Jan Willem Bos (1954) translated more than twenty-five novels, short-story collections, and poetry collections from Romanian. He has also published numerous articles and written several nonfiction books about Romania. Remo Verdickt (1992) is a literary scholar and specialised in Mircea Cărtărescu’s work. He wrote several articles about him, including in De Standaard and Los Angeles Review of Books. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher in literature at KU Leuven.  Programme editor: Ianthe Mosselman Moderator: Remo Verdickt In collaboration with: Roemeens Cultureel Instituut Brussel Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 34분
  6. Simone de Beauvoirs ‘De tweede sekse’ herverteld met Alicja Gescinska, Elma Drayer, Frida Boeke en Simone Milsdochter

    4월 26일

    Simone de Beauvoirs ‘De tweede sekse’ herverteld met Alicja Gescinska, Elma Drayer, Frida Boeke en Simone Milsdochter

    Wat is de relevantie van Simone de Beauvoir drie feministische golven later? De Pools-Belgische filosoof Alicja Gescinska wekt ‘De tweede sekse’ van Simone de Beauvoir opnieuw tot leven. In 1949 analyseerde Simone de Beauvoir in ‘De tweede sekse’ haarscherp hoe het ervoor stond met de vrouwenemancipatie nadat de eerste feministische golf was gaan liggen. Stemrecht was weliswaar bereikt, maar nog altijd waren vrouwen economische afhankelijk van, en achtergesteld aan de man. Die afhankelijkheidsrelaties maken, zo luidt het filosofische adagium dat onlosmakelijk met De Beauvoir verbonden is, dat je niet als vrouw geboren wordt, maar tot vrouw gemaakt. Wat is de relevantie van Simone de Beauvoir nu de vierde feministische golf gaande is? De Pools-Belgische filosoof Alicja Gescinska wekt ‘De tweede sekse’ opnieuw tot leven en haalt De Beauvoir naar de eenentwintigste eeuw. Is het niet de man die behoefte heeft aan emancipatie? Alicja Gescinska is een Pools-Belgische filosoof, schrijver en publicist. Afgelopen jaar verscheen van haar hand Vrouwen in duistere tijden, tien biografische portretten van vrouwen van blijvende betekenis, onder wie Rosa Luxemburg, Anna Achmatova, Hannah Arendt en Barbara Skarga. Met dit boek is ze genomineerd voor de Socrates Wisselbeker. Deze maand verschijnt in de serie De originelen ‘De ontdekking van de vrouw’, een filosofisch monoloog waarin Gescinska ‘De tweede sekse’ opnieuw vertelt. Programmamaker: Veronica Baas Moderator: Frida Boeke In samenwerking met: Uitgeverij Athenaeum en Filosofie Magazine Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 37분
  7. AI at War: On AI, Mass Surveillance and Cyberwarfare with American Journalist Shane Harris

    4월 24일

    AI at War: On AI, Mass Surveillance and Cyberwarfare with American Journalist Shane Harris

    The Anthropic-case shows how interlinked tech companies and intelligence agencies are. With national security journalist Shane Harris we explore mass surveillance, cyberwarfare and the shifting balance of power in a changing world order.  Tech company Anthropic (known for chatbot Claude) made headlines because they refuse to allow their AI models to be used by the Pentagon for mass surveillance of American citizens and autonomous weapons systems. OpenAI, led by Sam Altman, has no problem with that and is supplying the technology to the U.S. government that Anthropic (for now) refused. Meanwhile Anthropic has been sanctioned by Donald Trump. Tech moguls have become essential partners in national security. With American journalist Shane Harris, we ask what role technology companies play in the modern security apparatus. How is cyberwarfare reshaping the global balance of power? And what are the implications for privacy, civil rights and democratic governance in the years ahead? About Shane Harris Shane Harris is a staff writer at The Atlantic. He has written about intelligence, security, and foreign policy for more than two decades. Previously, he was a staff writer for The Washington Post, where he was part of the team that won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for coverage of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. For his work as a writer, podcaster, and filmmaker, he has received the James Beard Media Award, the Gerald R. Ford Prize, the George Polk Award, and an Emmy nomination. He is the author of two books, The Watchers and @War. Programme editor: Senna Felius Moderator: Yoeri Albrecht Made possible by: Vfonds Zie het privacybeleid op https://art19.com/privacy en de privacyverklaring van Californië op https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

    1시간 55분

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