Podcast

Our podcast “Think. Debate. Inspire.” was launched in January, 2023. The podcast is hosted by Atje Drexler, Senior Vice President and Dr. Pradnya Bivalkar, Senior Project Manager at the Robert Bosch Stiftung. Our hosts invite one Richard Weizsäcker Fellow every month to discuss some of the most pressing global challenges of our times. The conversations revolve around a wide range of issues, such as foreign policy, global governance, climate change, health, and education. The podcast presents ideas and approaches for joint global responses to international problems.

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Episode 22: Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin talk about the impact of the changing...

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Carlos Alvarado Quesada and Farhana Yamin about the impact of the changing international order on climate change negotiations and mitigation efforts.

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Episode 21: Bernhard Straub talks about the legacy of Robert Bosch, the Robert Bosch...

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Atje Drexler and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Bernhard Straub about the legacy of Robert Bosch, the Robert Bosch Foundation and the Robert Bosch Academy.

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Episode 20: Bogolo Kenewendo talks about development cooperation and climate finance

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Atje Drexler speak with Bogolo Kenewendo, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, an economic diplomacy professional and former Cabinet Minister of Investment, Trade, and Industry in Botswana, about the evolution of development cooperation, the challenges it faces currently and climate finance.

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Episode 19: Jay Rosen talks about American media and presidential elections

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Jay Rosen,  Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, an American author, journalist and professor for Journalism at the New York University. They discuss the developments in the American media over the past decades and how they influence the American presidential elections. 

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Episode 18: Kavita Ramdas talks about Feminism and Feminist Foreign Policy

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kavita Ramdas,  Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Feminist and philanthropic consultant. They discuss about the evolution of the discourse around Feminism and Feminist Foreign Policy.   

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Episode 17: Nisreen Elsaim talks about the interconnection between Climate Change, Armed...

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker speaks with Nisreen Elsaim, Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow and Climate and Youth Activists, about the complex interconnection between climate change, armed conflict, and involuntary migration and how better governance, fresh ideas of younger generations, and more global responsibility by wealthier nations can bring hope in an otherwise depressing situation. 

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Episode 16: Reetta Toivanen talks about police violence and racial profiling

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Reetta Toivanen about police violence, what racial profiling means, how it manifests itself and some of the measures that can be taken to tackle this issue.

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Episode 15: Sanam Naraghi Anderlini talks about peace building and prevention of extremism

 In this episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire.”, our hosts Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Sanam Naraghi Anderlini about what attracts people towards extremism, her work in peace building and violence prevention.

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Episode 14: Cathy Mulligan talks about digital technologies and challenges in regulating them

In this epsiode of “Think. Debate. Inspire.”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Cathy Mulligan about digital technologies and the challenges in regulating them. 

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Episode 13: Bogi Eliasen talks about secondary prevention and healthcare

In this epsiode of “Think. Debate. Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Bogi Eliasen about different aspects of healthcare and the variety of challenges it currently faces.

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Episode 12: Anasuya Sengupta talks about decolonising the internet

In this epsiode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Anasuya Sengupta about decolonising the Internet, hierarchy of knowledge systems and how all of it is interconnected.

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Episode 11: Senem Aydın-Düzgit about modern day Turkey, President Erdoğan and...

In this episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Senem Aydın-Düzgit about modern day Turkey, President Erdoğan and Anti-Western sentiments.

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Episode 10: Ece Temelkuran and Doug Saunders talk about social cohesion and polarisation of...

In this special episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Ece Temelkuran and Doug Saunders about social cohesion, political polarisation in Germany and elsewhere.  

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Episode 9: Kate Crawford talks about Artificial Intelligence

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kate Crawford about the impact of Artificial Intelligence on politics, society and the environment.

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Episode 8: Amy Sample Ward talks about non-profit technology

In this episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Amy Sample Ward about non-profit technology and the role it can play in addressing societal inequalities.

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Episode 7: Kamal Amakrane talks about climate emergency and the future of the Atoll Island...

In this special episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Kamal Amakrane about climate emergency, its implications for the Atoll island nation states in the Pacific and what the global community needs to do.

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Episode 6: Constanze Stelzenmüller talks about Transatlantic relations

In this special episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with Constanze Stelzenmüller on how the Transatlantic relations have evolved over the past decades, the upcoming presidential elections in the United States of America as well as the dynamics of a changing world order. 

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Episode 5: Dennis Shirley and Rana Dajani talk about education, identity and wellbeing

In this special episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire” Henry Alt-Haaker speaks with Dennis Shirley, a professor for Education and Rana Dajani, a molecular biologist. The conversation focuses on various aspects of education, the interconnection between reading, identity and wellbeing.

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Episode 4: Fiona Hill talks about impacts of post-industrialization on societies, the rise...

In this episode of "Think. Debate. Inspire.", Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the highly popular foreign policy expert Fiona Hill from the United States. The conversation focuses on the impacts of post-industrialization on societies and the rise of populism across the world.

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Episode 3: Obiageli Ezekwesili talks about the changing world order and relations between...

In this episode of “Think, Debate, Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned economic policy expert and transparency and good governance activist Obiageli Ezekwesili from Nigeria. The conversation focuses on changing world order, challenges for democracies across Africa and last but not least, the recently concluced Nigerian elections.

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Episode 2: Ekaterina Schulmann talks about domestic politics in Russia and its impact on the...

In this episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire.” Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned political scientist Ekaterina Schulmann from Russia. The conversation focusses on domestic politics in Russia, taking a pulse of the Russian society and its impact on the ongoing war in Ukraine.

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Episode 1: Kumi Naidoo talks about Climate Justice

In this episode of “Think. Debate. Inspire”, Henry Alt-Haaker and Pradnya Bivalkar speak with the renowned climate and human rights activist Kumi Naidoo from South Africa. The conversation focusses on the climate justice, successes and failures of the COP27 in Egypt as well as the need for a stronger global cooperation.  

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The hosts

 

Atje Drexler is Senior Vice President for Futures and Networks at the Robert Bosch Stiftung.

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Dr. Pradnya Bivalkar is Senior Project Manager at the Robert Bosch Academy.

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Henry Alt-Haaker was Senior Vice President of the Robert Bosch Stiftung and headed the Strategic Partnerships and Robert Bosch Academy department.