Can jihadists rebuild the country peacefully? How is the balance shifting between the major powers with vested interests in the region? How will the developments affect the battle fronts from the Middle East to Ukraine?

Sotiris Roussos, a professor at the University of the Peloponnese specializing in International Relations and Religion in the Middle East, helps us unravel this complex situation.

Jessica Yellin is an American award-winning journalist and former CNN chief White House correspondent. She has also worked for ABC and MSNBC. In 2017 she launched News Not Noise, an independent news brand with over 1 million subscribers and followers across Instagram and other digital media and a byword that reads “We give you information not a panic attack”. We reached out to discuss arguably the most turbulent pre-election period ever, the distinction between fair coverage and hate speech and what does she think November 5 will look like. Our conversation make’s note of the Washington Post’s decision not to endorse a candidate, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and the much talked-about challenges of trust and the echo chambers.

Joan and Kathryn were adopted from Greece in 1955 under strange circumstances. They were part of an international adoption scandal that sent thousands of Greek babies to America during the Cold War years. Join journalist Katerina Bakogianni as she tries to unravel what exactly happened. "Born Greek - Made American" is a co-production of Melon Media and iMEdD. It is based on the book “Adoption, Memory and Cold War Greece: Kid pro quo?” by Gonda Van Steen (University of Michigan Press 2019). “Born Greek - Made American” has been nominated in the “Moment of Compelling Storytelling” category at the 2024 International Women’s Podcast Awards.

A cross-border investigation by journalist Kostas Koukoumakas on the illegal and legal cannabis economy, through reporting in Greece, North Macedonia, and Albania. Parts of the investigation have been published in "BBC News", "VICE" and also in the newspapers "DIE ZEIT" and "Courrier International". In this podcast, you will listen to the original audio excerpts, unpublished material, and fresh interviews covering the latest developments on the issue. Suggested listening mode: Start with episode 1 (Albania) and continue in succession to unravel the thread of the investigation as it actually moved forward.