Episode 5: Ukraine elections, murder of Gdańsk mayor and public intellectuals

In this episode of the Talk Eastern Europe podcast, co-hosts Maciek Makulski and Adam Reichardt give a preview of the upcoming presidential elections in Ukraine; discuss the tragic events in Gdańsk with the murder of the mayor Paweł Adamowicz; and go through the newest issue of New Eastern Europe magazine which focuses on public intellectuals and their role in Central and Eastern Europe today. Highlights1.30: Ukraine presidential elections preview7.00: Discussion of the murder of the Gdańsk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz14.00: Public intellectuals and the new issue of New Eastern Europe Show notes and linksUkraine elections coverage: http://neweasterneurope.eu/category/ukraine-elections-2019/“Local governments are the foundation of democracy” A conversation from 2016 with Paweł Adamowicz (the late mayor of Gdańsk): http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/01/15/local-governments-are-the-foundation-of-democracy/“Pawel Adamowicz: Gdansk mayor and standard-bearer for civil rights and liberal values in Poland” Adam Reichardt’s obituary in The Independent: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/pawel-adamowicz-death-gdansk-poland-mayor-civil-rights-liberal-values-a8740886.htmlIssue 1/2019: Public intellectuals. What is their place, role and responsibility today? http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/01/02/issue-1-2019-public-intellectuals-place-role-responsibility-today/“Where there is word, there is responsibility for mankind” .A conversation with Basil Kerski, director of the European Solidarity Centre in Gdańsk. http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/01/02/word-responsibility-mankind/“The dramatic turn of political discourse in Romania” By Paul Gabriel Sandu: http://neweasterneurope.eu/2019/01/02/dramatic-turn-political-discourse-romania/ Music featured in the podcast licensed under the Creative Commons license 3.0Opening theme: Sum of My Fears by Dazie Mae: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dazie_Mae/Last_Jazz_in_Paris/03-1518107-Dazie_Mae-Sum_of_My_FearsRailroad's Whiskey Co by Jahzzar: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Jahzzar/Home/Railroads_Whiskey_Co