Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Stephen R. Shalom This is what AI thinks this episode was about: In this episode of Citizen Reporter, host Bicycle Mark engages in a substantial dialogue with Steve Shalom, an emeritus professor known for his deep understanding of moral philosophy, particularly as it pertains to war. As they convene in January 2025, the conversation revolves around the concept of “just wars” and how society defines what constitutes a just versus an unjust conflict. Mark establishes the cont...
Jan 29, 2025•50 min•Ep. 558
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro In this episode, I take you through my mail-in ballot. As people cast their ballots today, I delve into the mechanics of my mail-in ballot, which combines the alleged responsibilities of citizenship with my inconsistent knowledge on who is who on this ballot im filling out. We even look at some ballot initiatives worth big moneys; fun fun fun! According to AI: The episode serves not just as an exploration of my ballot but as a commentary on broader themes of political engag...
Nov 05, 20240•Ep. 557
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro As the American election draws ever closer, Mark ponders how AI could maybe help run any not for profit independent podcast. He also dives into the familiar struggle with publishing quickly and fighting the big companies vs joining them in an effort to just keep your content online and reach people. Later some chit-chat about how he used to accidentally nullify all his ballots in Dutch elections only to discover after 10+ years his votes never counted. This leads to some ja...
Oct 18, 2024•33 min•Ep. 556
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In Haarlem, The Netherlands) Matthew Dons (In Tokyo, Japan) In this episode, the podcast delves into a profound exploration of memory, media, and the intricate tapestry of social issues through the lens of Matthew’s journey with cancer and the evolution of a community-focused initiative in Japan. Mark reflects on an ongoing nostalgic radio trip down memory lane, to a time before the seismic events of September 11, 2001. He highlights the sense of carefree normalcy during t...
Oct 05, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 555
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Im in the kitchen preparing a meal for the family with just enough time to describe a little radio activity I’ve been working on. It involves listening back to talk radio programs from the end of the summer of 2001 and the leadup to 9/11. Hearing how people spoke and thought back then which is, of course, extremely familiar as I was there and these programs are from my home region. All this through the lens of what we are living through in 2024 and the ways we think and fun...
May 18, 2024•28 min•Ep. 554
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Instead of the interview style podcasts this program has been about for almost 2 decades, today we’re back to the other great tradition of old school personal publishing — the monologue.
Oct 26, 2023•26 min•Ep. 553
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Janelle Ward Janelle Ward and I were once eager grad students at the University of Amsterdam where we dove head first into the world of personal publishing before most of the world had any idea what this was or why it would matter. 20+ years later, we are communications professionals, somehow still sitting in the Netherlands, watching events unfold online and offline. The past few months, with the growing unrest and major changes taking place at social media companies, we w...
Apr 14, 2023•51 min•Ep. 552
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In Haarlem, NL) Matthew Dons (In Tokyo, JP) Matthew Dons is back! And after having been diagnosed with terminal cancer over 6 years ago; that’s saying something! Today on the program we continue to follow his story of life, not after cancer, but with cancer. Including the launch of his new online course to help combat the misinformation that has found its way into every corner of the internet. “Making Cancer History” is the course he is teaching and people around the world...
Dec 07, 2022•58 min•Ep. 551
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In the Netherlands) Trui Hanoulle (in Belgium) For Trui Hanoulle it started as an interest in going places and learning about people. Over the past two decades what followed became a life’s work; to gather stories about women who dare to move even in the face of prejudice, stereotypes, and other elements of gender barriers. Mubaraka Mohammadi, skate boarder, teacher / Afghanistan, photographed in Belgium Mahnaz Bahrami, trucker, motorbiker, musician / Iran Soudabeh Baharlo...
Aug 22, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 550
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In Haarlem, The Netherlands) Iuliia Skubytska (In Sarajevo, Bosnia) Today on the podcast we are joined by the Ukraine director of the War Childhood Museum, to hear about the work they do and how it is being impacted by the ongoing invasion. I’d like to also inform you that if you appreciate the unique and impactful work they are doing, they could really use your help. Please go to warchildhood.org to find out how to make a monetary donation....
Jun 28, 2022•43 min•Ep. 549
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Rambling when he should be sleeping. ) In a time of so much frustration, confusion and despair – a podcast is always appropriate. Especially when you couple that with the backdrop that this month I also became a father! So much joy on the one hand, so much struggle on the other, and then you have the incredibly unjust world taking another horrible turn. This monologue is the story of the rollercoaster month it has been and the mounting questions that obviously I am not equ...
Feb 28, 2022•34 min•Ep. 548
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Elmine Wijnia Legendary blogger, writer, crtical thinker and my friend of many years — Elmine Wijnia joins me to talk about the big life changes, be in location, the insane buying of a new home, the having of a kid, and all that stuff that sometimes happens in this life. Listen in and join us as we reflect on the how and why of choices made and journeys taken....
Jan 29, 2022•57 min•Ep. 547
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Christopher Lydon Once a year I have the great pleasure of spending a few days in Boston with my dear friend and audio legend Christopher Lydon. We listen to Duke Ellington, pour over audio for his next program, and find time to turn on the microphone and have our “state of the world” conversation. Having missed our standing appointment during the pandemic, this year I managed to cautiously get back to Boston, back to my happy place; sitting across from Chris and discussing...
Dec 03, 2021•38 min•Ep. 546
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Amsterdam, NL) Tara Brown (In Vancouver, BC) Sean Bonner (In Vancouver, BC) Tara Brown and Sean Bonner are some of the most creative and curious people I’ve ever known. Among the many things they are fascinated by, there are NFT’s; which coincidentally have also become something of a curiousity over the past years. Today on the podcast, to better understand NFT’s and what is possible and where the conversations around them have gone and could yet go, Tara and Sean are my g...
Oct 27, 2021•50 min•Ep. 545
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (in The Netherlands) Kaustuv Pokhrel (in Nepal) Kaustuv Pokhrel’s path as an activist and advocate for young people has taken many interesting and unexpected turns. As the most recent lockdown in Nepal grew ever longer, we decided it was a good time to sit down and record these stories of his work as both a radio host and an organizer around youth, identity and self-expression. Listen in and enjoy! Masterpeace Nepal Dajjuvai...
Aug 01, 2021•49 min•Ep. 544
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In Amsterdam) Matthew Dons (In Tokyo) Matthew Dons was told five years ago that he had less than one year to live. 5 years later, he is still living with terminal cancer. The struggle has not gotten easier yet at the same time Matthew has gained a wealth of knowledge about health care costs, cancer treatment options, humanity and I would argue… life itself. Today on the program, recorded some weeks before his major surgery he is struggling to recover from currently, we tal...
Jul 21, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 543
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (in Amsterdam) Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (in the Hague) Picture it: You meet someone new who introduces themselves to you. You proceed to start a conversation, but you notice this person’s voice sounds exactly like that of a childhood friend. In that moment, although you’re supposed to be listening to the conversation, you’re also thinking back to those days and that person. You’re there but you’re somewhere else. Budhaditya Chattopadhyay is very interested in the “somewhere...
May 08, 2021•54 min•Ep. 542
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (In Amsterdam) Madge Weinstein (Calling from Chicago) Legendary podcaster and esteemed political commentator Madge Weinstein returns to the program to update the gentle audience on what life is like when there are vaccines for covid but people somehow still manage to make each other sick. Y east Radio is my favorite podcast. Eat This Hot Show may have ended. Pod Save The Queens in about “The Crown” 538 isn’t really related but Madge mentioned them....
Apr 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 541
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Bilal Ghalib (Paris, France) Beyond the loss, the distance, and the isolation brought on by the global pandemic, Bilal Ghalib has found creative and effective ways to keep learning; about himself, his loved ones, and humans in general. He also has never stopped experimenting with ways of connecting with people or tapping into his own talents and fears. Today on the podcast, we spend the hour speaking with Bilal about his reflections over the pas...
Apr 04, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 540
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (in Amsterdam) Dave Brightbill (in Tallahassee) When the global pandemic broke out, David Brightbill was struggling to make it home to his cooperative community in Florida. In the months that followed he faced a personal health scare and became aware of the shortages of PPE among first responders in his region and across the country. Now over a year into the pandemic, he is part of a network of maker space s that rose to the occasion – providing that much needed equipment. ...
Mar 09, 2021•56 min•Ep. 539
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (in Amsterdam) Madhavan Pillai (in Ooty) Back in the winter of 2016, Madhavan Pillai welcomed me with open arms and warm conversations in the mountainous tranquility of Ooty, Tamil Nadu, India. He was new to the city and we talked about the kinds of projects in art and photography that he hoped to make a reality for the community. 4 years later, Maddy’s creativity and commitment is as contageous as ever. Today on the podcast, Madhavan Pillai speaks about his experiences ove...
Jan 24, 2021•42 min•Ep. 538
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (in Amsterdam) Vin from Jersey (In Jersey (obviously)) When you’re conerned about the state of the legislative and executive branch following a horrendous attack on congress – call Vin from Jersey, he’ll straighten us all out.
Jan 11, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 537
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (At home in Amsterdam, NL) Alexander Rendeiro (in his room in New Jersey, US) In the spirit of celebrating the holidays and spending time, virtually, with your loved ones, this holiday edition of CTRP features an interview with my nephew: Alexander Rendeiro. Since we can’t be together in person, he joins me from New Jersey to discuss what his year has been like as a high school student and an avid connoisseur of music, gaming, and all things internet. But not cereal. Don’t ...
Dec 30, 2020•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 536
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro (Live in a spacious room in Amsterdam) Michael Schaap Michael Schaap is a documentary maker, a voice over artist, and an arm-chair historian who I have had the pleasure of knowing for almost two decades. For the past four years he has been watching in frustration and sadness as the US and the rest of the world, walk down a dangerous path not unlike what we’ve seen before. Today on the podcast, an end of the year, Hanakkuh-Christmas-Kwanzaa-Festivus special looking at the gl...
Dec 24, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 535
Mark Fonseca Rendeiro Shafiur Rahman Over the past 4 years documentary film maker Shafiur Rahman has been regularly back and forth from his home in the UK to the Rohingya Refugee camps in Bangladesh. Until the Covid-19 pandemic struck. Now 10 months into this global crisis on top of an already nightmarish situation for millions of Rohingya people, Shafiur has used these months to find new and creative ways of raising awareness and helping improve life for refugees living in the camps. Today on t...
Dec 07, 2020•42 min•Ep. 534
John Aravosis has been fighting for a better country and a better world for over 30 years. As a journalist and a commentator, despite all his experience, he says there has never been anything as confounding and threatening as the current president of the United States. Scary times in America. Yet somewhere in the madness, John also talks about where he finds hope, possibility, and humor. Today on the podcast we hear about what he’s seeing in Washington DC, and talk about the state of the media a...
Sep 07, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 533
South Africa is not a place where keeping a distance from one another matches the traditions of how communities have survived and thrived for generations. But since March of this year, the nation has lived with restrictions, lockdowns, closures and limits of social activities familiar to many people around the world. Meanwhile, the ongoing struggle with gender based violence rages on, though it is not clear if this is a new chapter with real change on the horizon or just a continuation of injust...
Jul 30, 2020•51 min•Ep. 532
The longest running mashup podcast in the world started in London under the name Radio Clash where to this day Tim sits behind the mic. A member of the original podcasters generation, he has seen trends emerge and disappear, crises, change, the good the bad… the odd.. all of it. And then came Covid19. Today on the podcast, from Lockdown London, it’s Tim from Radio Clash to talk music, politics, culture, gentrification, London, BLM, and more. Songs in today’s podcast come from the following episo...
Jul 02, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 531
Cornelius Kibelka somehow got on the last flight from Europe to Brazil before they closed the border earlier this year. Upon arrival he was greeted by a São Paulo under lockdown, and a nation deeply divided about how to deal with a virus along political lines. Today on the podcast he tells us what he is seeing, feeling and hearing in the most populous city in Brazil and what it all might mean for the weeks and months to come....
Jun 17, 2020•40 min•Ep. 530
Before there was youtube, twitter, or any other major platform for sharing video content, Ruud Elmendorp was producing content from the continent of Africa for the internet. His focus, then and now: everyday life. With the onset of the global pandemic, Ruud is where he has been for the past two decades, trying to report on daily life from a region that doesn’t get the global headlines that North America and Europe do. Today on the podcast, Ruud Elmendorp joins us from Tanzania, to talk about lif...
Jun 08, 2020•42 min•Ep. 529
