Welcome to our Soul and the City Podcast Series! The WEPodcast is a community podcast which endeavours to debunk city lifestyle stereotypes, make artistic strolls with fun, one city at a time, but more importantly absorb, dissect, reflect and empower socially aware international dialogue, together with local wordsmiths, event organizers, witty artists and art enthusiasts.
This is the 2nd episode of our podcast series:
Bridges, Stags, Liberties and Biases: The Oxymoron of Amsterdam – Autumn Edition
In this Episode:
00:01: Intro to the Podcast, presenting the title, welcoming the two co-hosts and the four guests.
04:10: Intro to Amsterdam as a city of contradictions and the legend of the Harlem boy
06:40: The three pillars in the quest of the soul and the oxymoron of Amsterdam
07:10: Demographics of Amsterdam and the live-and-let-live attitude
08:20: Ennio on being black in Amsterdam and on the live-and-let-live concept
11:00: Sahand on freedoms/openness for Amsterdamers vs. migrants/guests, the historical roots of migration, the financial freedoms linked to affordability and financial ease. The paradox of freedom.
15:00: Ennio on the modern city vs. the time capsule.
15:40: Soar on the contradictions of Amsterdam
16:36: Sahand on the regulated, conservative, practical freedoms of Amsterdam
19:30: Eve on inclusion, diversity and advocating for unheard voices. Education and creativity. The meaning of purple.
23:35: Nafiss on advocating for women’s rights in Amsterdam. Amsterdam’s daily oxymoron. Diversity: past versus present changes. The diversity fatigue.
32:24: Sahand on the demographics of the city vs. suburbs/wider metropolitan area. The variety of ethic backgrounds. Diversity and inclusion: cultural vs. financial institutions. The various pairs of glasses.
37:02: Ennio on the demographic numbers
39:10: Parallelism with Berlin and Prague
41:00: Sahand on storytelling. The shared human core elements/values, the individuality and universality of storytelling. The Dutch openness vs. the Iranian introversion
49:30: Romanian similarities
50:20: Debunking stereotypes: the coolest things of Amsterdam
1:01: Events and projects in Amsterdam
1:12: Ending notes
With many thanks to: @evy, @nafiss, @sahand, @ennio, @daniel, @soar.
———- (c) A production by Soul and the City, 2021. SaC is an international undertaking aiming to explore, stimulate and promote socially engaged multicultural dialogues through artistic, educational and entertaining projects worldwide. Music track credits: by pixabay.