Culture Radio by Operator

Streamed and recorded live from Theater Zuidplein, 15.11.2025.

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AIR x Operator | Stadmakerscongres 2024

Culture Radio teams up with AIR once again for a special broadcast live from the Stadmakerscongres!

Cara has invited representatives from Shadows United - a collective of Rotterdam-based artists with and without the right residency papers. 

They’ll talk about using art to humanise humanity, fight for human rights and shape our reality. 

Seb will speak to Jan Brandt from Cult Is Us, looking at the process of turning an empty Rotterdam space into a flourishing cultural venue. 

Shadows United:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shadows_united_rotterdam/
Audiotour: https://izi.travel/nl/7d89-shadows-united-audiotour/nl

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Culture Radio By Operator [21] - 15th November 2024 - City Makers Conference

For this special 'On AIR' episode at the Stadmakerscongres, hosts Eva van Breugel and Fatima Jabor talk to two nominees of last year's Van Der Leeuwprijs: Mitchel Sam Sin and Adiam Tseggai about , as well as Rinske Brand.

Mitchel Sam Sin is a programmer and organiser at MONO, Cult North, De Koepels and more. Adiam Tseggai is a multi-talented cultural entrepreneur, programmer and presenter at Femme for Change, the Rotterdam Library and more. Rinske Brand is an expert on cultural entrepreneurship, and is dedicated to fostering vibrant cities that prioritise people's needs via culture-led development, place testing, and place branding.

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On Air w/ Adiam Tseggai, Mitchel Sam-Sin & Rinske Brand - 15th November 2024

Architecture City #15

Al eeuwenlang migreert de mensheid naar de stad, want in steden is werk te vinden. In het huidige politieke klimaat staat de aankomstfunctie van de stad sterk onder druk. Nieuwkomers wordt ontraden om te komen, terwijl er genoeg banen voor het oprapen liggen. Maar ook al is er werk, dan is het ook de vraag of steden erin slagen in goede huisvesting, gezondheidszorg en gemeenschapsleven te voorzien.

In deze aflevering van Architecture City onderzoeken we het fenomeen van de stad als plek van aankomst vanuit verschillende perspectieven. Wat heeft een stad nodig om nieuwkomers goed te kunnen opvangen? Welke bijdrage leveren ontwerpers en bestuurders daaraan? En als de stad van aankomst tekortschiet, liggen er dan kansen in de publieke ruimte om toch plaats te maken voor nieuwkomers?”

Catja Edens, Teun van den Ende and Jorn Konijn will be talking to the Guest Urban-Critic Maria Vassilakou, Harmen van der Wal and Studio Selva.

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Architecture City [15] - Stad van Aankomst - 15th November 2024

IFFR is in full swing so it’s time for another Culture Radio special!

Two special guests join us this month: Cara speaks to film critic, IFFR programmer and professor of Film History and Theory at Aalto University, Olaf Möller, about this year’s Cinema Regained - one of our favorite recurring programmes at the festival. The conversation heads from Spaghetti Westerns, pre-revolutionary Iranian cinema, Sergei Parajanov, to making friends with archives, cinema in Japan, India, and Iran… a must listen for any cinephiles curious about a programmer’s process. 

And Seb sits down with Sharon Rijsenburg to talk about her film, ‘Bubbling Baby’. The documentary tracks the cultural significance of the much loved Dutch-Caribbean musical genre, particularly amplifying women’s voices and a feminist perspective.

Seb asks Sharine about the experience of making the film, watching your own movie in a theatre for the first time and the pressures of winning the RTM pitch award.

Photo: Bubbling Baby

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Culture Radio by Operator [22] - 2nd February 2025 - IFFR Special

Seb and Cara dedicate this episode of culture radio to Rotterdam’s web of DIY bookstores, publishing collectives, writers & zine-makers.

Cara meets with Moose M. Goosen (@moshin) from and so on books (@and_so_on_books) to discuss the importance of community in bookstores, finding first edition Valerie Solanas in a kringloop in the Netherlands, and finding kindred spirits among DIY bookstore culture in Rotterdam over the past few years.

Seb is joined by Lianne Enkhuizen from The Base Bookspace (@thebasebookspace) live in the studio to talk about her love of literature, platforming black authors, thoughts on representation and marketing in the book publishing industry, and how to run a nomadic bookstore.

Cara also speaks with Ash Kilmartin (@ask_kilmartin) from Short Pieces That Move! (@shortpiecesthatmove), photographed here by Bart Lunenburg. SPTM! are a reading and writing group as well as a DIY publishing house with an emphasis on collective learning and permission-giving: the permission to experiment, sometimes for the first time, with writing, and to work with or against English as a material. Ash & Cara discuss the links between independent radio & book-making culture and the importance of accessibility in publishing (aka how to make the best book for the lowest price) 📚

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Culture Radio by Operator [23] - 2nd March 2025

Culture Radio returns with a record store special! Seb H. riding solo today, tune in for extended interviews with the teams behind beloved Rotterdam record stores Clone & Offbeat. We hear Nathan & Jelmer’s staff picks from the first quarter of 2025, plus an in-depth chat about the shifting landscape of electronic music. And as Offbeat celebrate their second anniversary, Chris and Boaz talk about the journey so far, how Discogs has changed the game and the crazy world of Record Fairs.

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Culture Radio by Operator [24] - Record Store Special - 31st March 2025

Recorded live at Time is the new space during Motel Mozaique Festival 2025

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Culture Radio by Operator [25] - 18th April 2025 - MOMO'25 Special

Culture radio returns today with a special episode on last month’s Nous’klaer festival.
For this edition we set up a mini studio on the festival site and recorded interviews with five participating artists. Tune in at 13.00 to hear words of wisdom from Nicola Cruz, Hervé, Nelly, Slikback and Oberman. A big shout out to the whole team behind the festival for another killer edition. We can’t wait to see what comes next!

The tracks included in today’s episode are:

Nicola Cruz - Cryptic Nature
Nicola Cruz - Tudo e ilusao
Kid Who - Warez House
Shoal - Last Piece
Slikback - Revolve
Lenxi - Nothing More Than A Memory

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Culture Radio by Operator [26] - 17th July 2025 - Nous'Klaer Special

Online community radio station and cultural platform based in Rotterdam.

We broadcast a variety of live shows, from music to science and sports, featuring international DJ's, artists and guest speakers weekly since 2017. We are committed to support emerging talents and to engage the local community and beyond. Our main goal is the overall cultural development through diverse initiatives.

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