Ever wonder what it’s like to sit in on one of ELF’s panel discussions? This week, Ricardo Silvestre (Movimento Liberal Social) brings listeners along with him to the 2024 Freedom Games in Łódź. You’ll get a front-row seat to a conversation featuring Polish MP Aleksandra Kot (Nowoczesna), and even join in on a playful political game with Ricardo and Leszek that shows how serious ideas can mix with a bit of fun.

This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of.

Liberalism Sexy again at Freedom Games 2024 with Aleksandra Kot

Former U.S. President Barack Obama told a London audience that the world is living through a period of “profound change and enormous uncertainty,” with democracy under strain from both authoritarian tendencies and the disruptive force of technology. Holly Hostettler-Davies, an Associate Editor with Youth Journalism International, reports. 

Obama to London crowd truth matters, even when it's painful, by Holly Hostettler-Davies

Mix of Super earth anthem and cytaackermann's We're going down song

hope you enjoy this song

Born to Dive for Democracy

Is the Green Deal dead or is it just resting? Does it make sense for Europe to create ambitious climate goals without the United States and China? And what should we know about climate-focused industrial partnerships of the European Union?

Leszek Jazdzewski (Fundacja Liberte!) talks with Susi Dennison, a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR), where she acts as Chief of Staff to the Director and leads the European Power programme as well as the organizational growth and transformation process. Her topics of focus include strategy, politics and cohesion in European foreign policy; climate and energy, migration, and the toolkit for Europe as a global actor. Tune in for their talk!

This podcast is produced by the European Liberal Forum in collaboration with Movimento Liberal Social and Fundacja Liberté!, with the financial support of the European Parliament. Neither the European Parliament nor the European Liberal Forum are responsible for the content or for any use that be made of.

Can We Build Consensus on Climate Policy? with Susi Dennison

On a distant, resource rich planet, a helldiver squad is deployed to secure a vital mining facility. The mission is routine, but as they delve deeper into the planet's crust, they uncover ancient, pulsating alien structures that seem to hum with a malevolent energy. These aren't the typical bugs or automatons; this is something far older, something that subtly twists the minds of those who linger too long. One by one, the squad members begin to exhibit strange behaviors, muttering forgotten languages, seeing visions of a unified, terrifying consciousness. The protagonist, the last sane helldiver, realizes that Super Earth's fight for democracy is against an enemy that doesn't just kill the body, but corrupts the very soul. The beauty of the planet's untouched caverns becomes a claustrophobic nightmare, and the shivers are born from the dawning horror that even victory might mean succumbing to an insidious, alien influence, making them a puppet in a war they no longer understand. The ultimate sacrifice isn't dying for Super Earth, but losing oneself to protect its ideals from a foe that redefines what it means to be alive.

The Whispering Core

Stranded on a desolate, ice covered moon, a lone helldiver, designated 7-Alpha, lies broken amidst the wreckage of their Pelican. The mission was a disaster, the extraction failed, and the rest of the squad is gone, swallowed by the relentless blizzard and the alien horrors it concealed. Severely wounded, armor breached, and comms dead, 7-Alpha is barely conscious, their breath ragged, each gasp a struggle against the freezing air. Hallucinations begin to set in, the faces of fallen comrades, the stern gaze of a Super Earth recruiter, the comforting drone of propaganda. Death whispers, a cold embrace promising an end to the pain, but something deep within, a primal, ingrained loyalty to Super Earth and the ideals of Managed Democracy, refuses to yield. Every shattered bone, every frozen muscle screams in protest, yet 7-Alpha drags themselves forward, weapon clutched tight, driven by a stubborn refusal to die unavenged, to let Super Earth down. The line between life and death blurs, but the hell-diver pushes back, a defiant spark against the encroaching darkness, proving that even when all hope is lost, a helldiver fights until the last beat of their loyal heart.

Last Breath for Liberty

Eric Bronner, one of the co-founders of Veterans for All Voters, spoke with WORT's Zoe Sullivan about efforts to expand the spectrum of political voices represented in primary elections.
Photo by Richelle Wilson courtesy WORT News

Eric Bronner of Veterans for All Voters on How To Stand Up for Democracy

Christopher B. Zeichmann, scholar of religion and antiquity, joined me in an enlightening discussion about his new book, Radical Antiquity: Free Love Zoroastrians, Farming Pirates, and Ancient Uprisings, released through Pluto Press. 

We take an uncommon ground-level tour through the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Instead of viewing this period and place through the myopic lens of the elites of these societies—the so-called Great Men of History—Zeichmann impresses upon us the radical forms of democracy that were being practiced and the peoples that were practicing them during this period. 

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392 / Radical Antiquity / Christopher B. Zeichmann

Reporter Carlos Fra-Nero explains how he learned about the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights by singing in a concert in Auburn, Maine and what the experience meant to him. 

Singing the Bill of Rights changed me, by Carlos Fra-Nero

https://savageminds.substack.com/p/joti-brar-0bf
Joti Brar, chair of the Communist Party of Great Britain (Marxist–Leninist CPGB-ML), discusses the compassionless media coverage of the genocide in Gaza and the obfuscation of the horrors of the siege in Gaza.

Savage Minds - S5 E1 Joti Brar

Young musician trying to make fan music for Dragon Age and Helldivers 2 while keeping strong feeling inside as if it was emotional song. Also thanks to my friends for their voices!

I am musician not artists, so arts here are made by ai.

On Patreon you can follow on photographs I post and maybe unreleased songs. Thank you for support.

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