Srdjan Garcevic

Belgrade

Host at Pokretači Podcast

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The future(s) of renewable energy, Germany and Europe (ft. Hanns Koenig)

2 weeks ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -46:48Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. The temporary collapse of the Spanish and Portuguese energy system in April 2025 showed the new challenges for energy supply and transmission, on top of the past three years which put Europe’s energy policy on a geopolitical test. What is the future of renewables and what is in store for Germany and Europe? Hanns Koenig (Aurora Energy Research, MD Central Europe) is here to explain.
The End of the End of Globalization ft. Branko Milanović

1 month ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

Branko Milanović joins me to discuss Trump's global (counter)revolution, why it was not the left that made it and, what books from the past 30 years are not obsolete. Branko's selected writings will appear in "The World under Capitalism" and "The Great Global Transformation", which appears in November 2025 will discuss the national market liberalism in the post-Globalized world.
In the Land of Resilience: Serbia Is Falling in Love with Endurance Sports

1 month ago | thenutshelltimes.com | Srdjan Garcevic

A country where endurance is much more than a sport gets into the endurance sports crazeWhile endurance and the national pride in “inat” (spite) has been crucial for Serbian history and have saved the nation several times – including during a treacherous trek through Albania in WWI – endurance sports in Serbia have been on the back-burner and the country is more famous for its achievements in tennis, basketball, and water polo thanks to the sports stars like Novak Đoković and Nikola Jokić.
Memorial game

1 month ago | thenutshelltimes.com | Srdjan Garcevic

I’ve had an idea for a Yugoslav memorial memory game since 2018 and I finally managed to pull it off. Would love to make it into a nice physical game with a little booklet explaining the history of these monuments – in the style of SpomenikDatabase- and a little map. But until then, this is it. Like this:Like Loading... Related
The National Interest and Global Britain ft. Philip Cunliffe

1 month ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Philip Cunliffe |Srdjan Garcevic

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -54:39Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Philip Cunliffe gives us a preview of his new book "The National Interest: Politics after Globalization" (out in July 2025) and we discuss Global Britain, Serbia, riots and political culture as well as what the Left and the Right get wrong about politics.
Back to Romania, back to the future ft. Sergiu Vecerdea

1 month ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:11:11Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Sergiu (https://x.com/DracoGuide) returns to explain what is going on in Romania ahead of the repeated presidential elections which have been mired in controversy after the forntrunner Calin Georgescu was not allowed to run. We also discuss how Romania dealt with its own mining protests, its night club fires, as well as Laura Kovesi superstar.
#233 Marko Nikolić o preprekama, OCRu, Nindža ratnicima i kaskadiranju

1 month ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

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Art and Politics with Pierre d'Alancaisez

2 months ago | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -1:05:55Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Pierre d'Alancaisez is a curator and critic, as well a former director of Waterside contemporary art gallery in London. We spoke about politics and art in the current moment. Noteshttps://petitpoi.net/https://verdur.in/about/https://x.com/verdur_inhttps://harpers.org/archive/2024/12/the-painted-protest-dean-kissick-contemporary-art/Discussion about this episode
The Macedonian scenario: Balkan politics with USAID (w/ Cvetin Chilimanov)

Feb 12, 2025 | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

A neighbourly chat with Cvetin Chilimanov where he is breaking down the past quarter of the century in Macedonia and how, thanks to foreign interference, including though the USAID, it became Northern Macedonia. The “Macedonian scenario” is typical of the region (and arguably the world) so do take note.
Going ballistic on defense industry and conscription ft. Moritz Vischer

Jan 22, 2025 | thebelgradist.substack.com | Srdjan Garcevic

Current time: 0:00 / Total time: -49:19Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. Moritz Vischer is an engineer in defense industry, who mostly focuses on missile systems. We spoke about work in this peculiar field, its bright and exciting future, mass conscription as well as his views on the current goings on from a Zurich vantage point.