The Gen Z Global Affairs podcast is dedicated to engaging and informing Gen Z about various international affairs, crises, and dynamics in preparation to be contributors and decision-makers in the future. We also have a weekly newsletter that gives a summary of all the week's most important global events that you can subscribe to on our website! You can reach us by email at genzglobalaffairs@gmail.com or visit our website at genzglobalaffairs.com.
Gen Z Global Affairs
Claim This Podcastby Dana Adibifar
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The Gen Z Global Affairs podcast is dedicated to engaging and informing Gen Z about various international affairs, crises, and dynamics in preparation to be contributors and decision-makers in the future. We also have a weekly newsletter that gives a summary of all the week's most important global events that you can subscribe to on our website! You can reach us by email at genzglobalaffairs@gmail.com or visit our website at genzglobalaffairs.com.
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Recent Episodes
March 7, 2023
The Iran Series: A Conversation with Michael Metrinko- Foreign Service Officer, Peace Corps Volunteer/Diplomat, and Hostage During the Iran Hostage Crisis
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> In this episode, our host Dana interviews Michael Metrinko, a foreign service officer, Peace Corps volunteer/diplomat, and hostage during the Iran Hostage Crisis about Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and Hostage Crisis. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Shortly before he graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and then departed for Peace Corps training, Michael Metrinko watched the flames that erupted on the Washington horizon following the assassination of Rev. Martin Luther King. It was a portentous scene, signifying vast social and political change, and one that Metrinko would see again and again in his 25 years of service outside the United States. Some version of martial law, police brutality, mob violence, terrorism or bloody revolution were hallmarks of almost every place he served.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Turkey and then 3 more years with the Peace Corps in </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Iran prepared him for several years more years as a Foreign Service Officer in both of those</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> countries, and he witnessed the Turkish-Cypriot War, the rise of ethnic hostility in Turkey, the</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> heavy hand of Hafez Al -Assad’s police during an assignment to Syria, and then the frenzy and</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> violence of events as Iran fell into revolution. He was taken to prison twice in Iran, once in</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Tabriz in 1979 because he had remained behind as the only U.S. official in western Iran in an</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> effort (ultimately successful) to help 4 Americans and 4 other westerners escape from the</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Tabriz prison. That was followed by a return to Iranian prison later that same year in the</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> better-known 444 days of the Hostage Crisis. Both were harsh experiences.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> In the early 1980s, he was assigned to Krakow, Poland, for 3 years, and watched as the Polish </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">Solidarity Movement crashed up against the Communist government. And then on to Israel in</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> 1989 for 4 years as Consul General in Tel Aviv, where he closely witnessed the ongoing</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Palestinian intifada. And the Persian Gulf War, when Iraq’s Saddam Husseinn repeated the air</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> attacks over Israel that Metrinko had already experienced in 1980 when Saddam Hussein l</span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">aunched his invasion of Iran and Metrinko was in an Iranian prison under aerial bombardment.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> There were, of course, some quiet times in Washington and abroad, but 9/11 changed the </span><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">world. Metrinko was called out of retirement and asked to go to Kabul to help the newly</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> opening embassy for 30 days. That “30 days” turned into more than 5 years in Afghanistan,</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> with a series of Embassy-related and military-advisory positions that led him over much of the</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> country. A second assignment in Yemen took him there for several months to help the Embassy</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> in Sana’a, and the war in Iraq resulted in his two deployments into that combat zone in 2004</span> <span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> and 2009. And now? His focus is on helping Afghan refugee students adjust to their new lives in America.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style= "font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-hansi-theme-font: major-bidi; mso-bidi-theme-font: major-bidi; color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"> Stay tuned for our next episode and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter which you can do by visiting our website <a href="http://genzglobalaffairs.com/"><span style= "color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;">genzglobalaffairs.com</span></a>. Questions, comments, feedback, or requests for future episodes and topics? Send us an email at genzglobalaffairs@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter!</span></p>
March 7, 2023
The Iran Series: A Background of Iran
<p>In this episode of the Gen Z Global Affairs Podcast, our host Dana provides a historical and political background of Iran. Stay tuned for our next episode and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter which you can do by visiting our website <a href= "http://genzglobalaffairs.com/">genzglobalaffairs.com</a>. Don't forget to follow us on social media! Questions, comments, feedback, or requests for future episodes and topics? Send us an email at genzglobalaffairs@gmail.com</p>
February 6, 2023
The Russia-Ukraine War: A Conversation with Gen Z Ukrainian Student and Activist, Catarina Buchatskiy
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, our host Dana interviews Gen Z Ukrainian student and activist, Catarina Buchatskiy. She is the co-founder of the Shadows Project, a youth-led Ukrainian cultural organization. Catarina grew up in Kyiv, Ukraine, and watching the annexation of Crimea shaped her passion for national security and foreign affairs. She is now a student at Stanford University majoring in International Relations with a focus on International Security.</span></p> <p><br /> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Stay tuned for our next episode and don’t forget to subscribe to our newsletter which you can do by visiting our website</span> <a href= "http://genzglobalaffairs.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">genzglobalaffairs.com</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Questions, comments, feedback, or requests for future episodes and topics? Send us an email at genzglobalaffairs@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow us on Instagram and Twitter!</span></p>
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