Tales From Sessions

E46 Nathan leaves the podcast, and a lesson on knowing when and how to leave

Fri, 10 Feb 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Nathan leaves TFS and in this sendoff episode the team chats about handovers, knowing when to call it quits, and doing what you feel is right. Listen until the end to hear how the podcast will continue its life in the future.

We would love to also receive your messages if you have anything to say about the podcast, or share with us stories. The podcast will continue on and we will slowly but surely respond to your interest or messages.

email: talesfromsessions@gmail.com

Thank you Nathan!

E45 Intergenerational discussions on future innovations in EYP with Anastasia Khairova

Fri, 27 Jan 2023 04:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Anastasia Khaiorva who as a philosophy gradute and educator helps us entangle the old and new ways of doing and thinking some things in EYP. Maybe there is a future of TOs and Attack Speeches written through ChatGPT...?

E44 Yet another EYP year comes to an end with Leonoor Wijdeveld

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 04:00:00 +0000

The co-Editor of the 97th International Session of the EYP in Kortrijk, Leonoor, joins us for a reflective talk on EYP friendships, dynamics, ISs and sponsorship. We think this is the best way to close the 35th year of EYP, just sharing stories on all the things we love (or not) in EYP.

E43 Writing the EYP History Book

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 03:00:00 +0000

We are joined by the co-Editors of the EYP History BookMia Cecilie Pedersen and Anouck Guillot to talk about the process of gathering EYP history bits and pieces, and trying to make the first EYP History book out of it.

E42 Philosophising EYP's processes with Barış Kastaş

Fri, 25 Nov 2022 03:00:00 +0000

E42 Philosophising EYP's processes with Barış Kastaş

E41 Things EYP can do and AI can't: self-reflection with Dilge İmer

Fri, 11 Nov 2022 03:00:00 +0000

E41 Things EYP can do and AI can't: self-reflection with Dilge İmer

E40 Fuckups #4 Humour de toilette

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Fuckups is back with Ugnė Alškaitė and Nareh Honarchian

Warning: episode contains unsavoury humour

E39 EYP Kosovo's New Beginnings

Fri, 16 Sep 2022 02:00:00 +0000

The story of going past the old NC board of EYP Kosovo and creating the first sessions during and after the pandemic

E38 Not nepotism, more circle jerk with Âli Okumuşoğlu

Fri, 02 Sep 2022 06:20:00 +0000

E38 Not nepotism, more circle jerk with Âli Okumuşoğlu

E37 Non Violent Communication with Martin Neumann

Fri, 19 Aug 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Finally available is the proper edit of the NVC episode, join us as Martin takes us to the depths of a topic everyone in EYP should know about

E36 Accessibility to EYP's Education and Opportunities with Adelaide Di Maggio

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 02:05:00 +0000

Accessibility to EYP's Education and Opportunities

E35 Special Protocol of EYP's Relationships Methodology with Jelle de Ruiter

Fri, 22 Jul 2022 02:00:00 +0000

E35 Special Protocol of EYP's Relationships Methodology with Jelle de Ruiter

E34 EYP as an Addicition and as an Opportunity with Alina Khan

Fri, 08 Jul 2022 02:00:00 +0000

E34 EYP as an Addicition and as an Opportunity with Alina Khan. We reminisce about our time in EYP, realising how addicted we were to being in this EYP environment. Join us with Alina as we dive into one of our deepest conversations to date.

E33 EYP: A series of unpaid internships with Stella Celine Kim

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 02:00:00 +0000

Having been involved with EYP for nearly a decade and just finishing her postgraduate studies, Stella is currently moving towards her professional life and shares her experience in the think tank industry.

E32 A logistical review of how to manage "the grind" in EYP with Christopher Nölte

Fri, 10 Jun 2022 02:00:00 +0000

While his EYP adventure began in Finland, Chris is originally from Berlin and spent much of his time at EYP travelling around Europe. Wherever he went, he took EYP with him. Focused on organising and media while at EYP; he is currently pursuing his master's degree in Supply Chain Management, and his EYP experiences continue to shape him. In this episode, the conversation focuses on how EYP external knowledge and supply chain insights could be used to make the organising process go more efficiently. What is the best way to strike the right balance between well-being and stepping outside of your comfort zone?

E31 (De)brief conversation about culture and identity in EYP with Sabina Şancu

Fri, 27 May 2022 02:00:00 +0000

E31 (De)brief conversation about culture and identity in EYP with Sabina Şancu

E30 FuckUps #3 - Safe Person Training Material

Fri, 13 May 2022 02:00:00 +0000

FuckUps returns with Âli Okumuşoğlu, Edvin' Ceman, and Milica Mijatović

E29 Unkinking Knowledge Sharing in EYP with Laura Joël

Fri, 29 Apr 2022 02:00:00 +0000

How do we do knowledge sharing in EYP? Do we even do it? Come listen to our chat with the freshest IS President, Laura Joël!

E28 Managing the EYP bubble with Nikos Pavlos Kotzias

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 02:00:00 +0000

In this episode we discuss the difficult relationship between EYP and our lives outside of it

E27 The TFS Team Assembles with Realdo Silaj and Katie Kiely

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 02:00:00 +0000

After a year of airtime, the podcast team gets two new hearts pumping blood through the project. Realdo Silaj and Katie Kiely join us to discus the podcast and our plans for the incoming year.

E26 Agora on Security Kiev - ASK Forum with Tetiana Korniichuk and Kseniia Choni

Fri, 18 Mar 2022 03:00:00 +0000

The Ukrainian IS in 2014 had to be transformed into an IF because of the Russian invasion. Come listen to the incredible story of Ukrainian resilency and the stories around it.

E25 Wellbeing, training, and understanding teambuilding with Joshua Fitzgerald

Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:00:00 +0000

Joshua has been putting togerther a new interactive training guide for EYP and we found it a perfect excuse to dip into a variety of topics.

E24 Perspectives of Education with Mariam Kunchuliya

Fri, 18 Feb 2022 03:00:00 +0000

A long time member of EYP Ukraine Mariam Kunchuliya joins us to give insight on the vacuum organisations like EYP fill in, in the field of political education

E23 Board Ethics, Evaluations, and Ego With Natalia Senatorova

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 03:00:00 +0000

Due to the nature of the organisation, our volunteers tend to form quite diverse understandings of what the roles entail. This often leads to situations where leaderships can have very different expectations of their teams. With Natalia we discuss navigating the system from the perspectives of team member and leader.

E22 Nuances of Leadership with Samuel Nelemans

Fri, 21 Jan 2022 03:00:00 +0000

In this episode we cover nuances of leadership in EYP and how the different approaches we assume are the best are always less black and white than one might think

E21 Laws and Policies With Alastair Payne

Fri, 07 Jan 2022 03:00:00 +0000

EYP policies have delevoped a lot in the past few years and many aspects come from the legal requirements for organisations. In this episode we take a dive into EYP UK's history and talk about the finesse of these rules.

E20 Fuckups #2 - Conspiracy Theories

Fri, 24 Dec 2021 03:00:00 +0000

Our second take on all the things we've seen go wrong. Our guests for this episode are Jeroen Blom and Anastasia Zhuchkova

E19 The EYP Connection with Realdo Silaj

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 03:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Realdo who as a chairperson of Milano IS went through the formative human connection EYP can make between you and people you've never met face to face. This episode focuses on those connections and our stories of humans we've come close to on the way

E18 Surviving EYP with Austris Cirulnieks

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 03:00:00 +0000

Austris joins us to discuss the more and less perilous parts of our EYP journeys

E17 Training culture and T4ET

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 03:00:00 +0000

Valeriya Boyko and Karen Caramelo Alves (external trainer of the Azerbaijan T4ET '21) join us to discuss topics around training, focusing on moving to a more available digital format.

E16 Presiding Milano IS with Rebecca Smith

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The President of the first digital IS shares her experience of leading a team through months of uncertainty

E15 Founding EYP Luxembourg with Mathieu Lohr and Patrick Azvdo

Fri, 15 Oct 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The founders of EYP Luxembourg reminisce how the NC took its first steps

E14 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion with Isa, Marilou, and Jana

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 02:00:00 +0000

We are joined by Isa Cantalapiedra, Marilou Pelmont, and Jana Degrott to discuss how EYP has changed in becoming a better place for everyone to feel welcome.

Note: Isa is working on this topic as a part of the International Office but joins the podcast as herself, not a representative of the IO.

E13 TFS Looks for Volunteers and Projects!

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Your favourite EYP themed podcast is looking for volunteers to help us develop the project and focus on what we are good at.

The call is still open!

Apply as a brand manager or sound engineer here: https://forms.gle/ht4Dy5EVPThSDueb7

E12 Media in EYP with Anastasia Lvova

Fri, 03 Sep 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Anastasia joins us to talk about media teams, the moral implicantions about reaching different audiences and organising such teams

Open Calls Extra 1 - Ankara IF '22 + T4ET '21

Thu, 26 Aug 2021 10:19:20 +0000

Introducing a new concept to dive deeper into soon to be open calls for officials in EYP sessions

E11 Selection Panels with Lars Kieni

Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:00:00 +0000

Selection Panel Shenanigans.

E10 FuckUps #1

Fri, 06 Aug 2021 02:00:00 +0000

A group of EYPers gathers together to reminisce all the things that have gone horribly and hilariously wrong in their time.

Guests: Niks Bērziņš, Maria Skorokhod, and Elisa Martinelli

E9 Growing through HOing with William Goyet

Fri, 23 Jul 2021 02:00:00 +0000

The Head Organiser of Rennes IS and influential figure in EYP FR William Goyet joins us to discuss international sessions and the EYP experience

E8 Organisational Structures with Marek Navrátil

Fri, 09 Jul 2021 02:00:00 +0000

A previous GB Member Marek joins us to talk about EYP's internal structures and how they match up to real life

E7 Feedback Culture with Sebastian Hojas

Fri, 25 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Sebastian Hojas joins us to dive deep into feedback culture within EYP.

E6 EYP in Belarus with Maria Skorokhod

Fri, 11 Jun 2021 05:00:00 +0000

Maria Skorokhod, the ex-president of EYP Belarus joins us to discuss the curiosities of arranging events in a country where legality keeps changing.

E5 Engaging Leadership in EYP with Arman Gasparyan

Fri, 28 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000

Talking with Arman Gasparyan about different ways to engage people from a leadership perspective during sessions

E4 Training Culture in EYP with Maria Manolescu

Fri, 14 May 2021 15:26:53 +0000

In E4 Maria Manolescu walks us through the history of training in EYP, giving us an insight into how our organisation moved to having trainings as its core driver.

E3 The Birth of EYP Bosnia and Herzegovina with Haris Kusmic

Thu, 29 Apr 2021 21:00:00 +0000

In E3 Haris Kusmic tells his story of co-founding EYP Bosnia and Herzegovina.

E2 Innovation in EYP with Chris Tripp

Fri, 02 Apr 2021 14:31:44 +0000

In E2 we catch up with Chris Tripp to discuss innovation in EYP, from the creation of Direct Responses more than 15 years ago, to more recent trends of giving delegates a stronger voice.

E1 Laax IS with Nora Wilhelm

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 23:08:42 +0000

Episode 1 with the Head Organiser of Laax IS; Nora WIlhelm

E0 What is this Podcast for?

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 22:36:41 +0000

Introduction to the hosts and podcast concept