LW #53: CO2 Panic, Driving Exams, and News From October 29th - November 6th, 2019
While Otto and Olevs cover major international stories from far away in New York City, Joe and Matīss discuss questionable journalism about potential CO2 regulations, the blacklisting of a popular Rus...
6 Nov 201958min
LW Interviews: Latvia's Honorary Consul to Texas Peter Ragauss
Listen to Olevs and Otto interview Peter A. Ragauss, who serves as the Honorary Consul of Latvia to Texas, U.S., and a board member at the Baltic-American Freedom Foundation. He is an American Latvian...
1 Nov 201941min
LW #52: Birthdays, Bottle Deposits, and News from October 24th - 28th, 2019
Otto, Olevs, and Kris join Joe and Līga in Jelgava to celebrate the Latvia Weekly Podcast's first birthday and discuss a range of issues including a new bottle deposit system, a change at the top of S...
27 Okt 20191h 2min
LW #51: Super Strawberries and News from October 17th - 23rd, 2019
Otto and Olevs join Joe all the way from Berlin to discuss their most recent Baltic security initiatives as well as frost-resistant strawberries, Latvia's aging and CO2-happy car fleet, Jelgava's unha...
25 Okt 20191h 2min
LW #50: Budget Bagged and Delivered and News from October 11th - 16th, 2019
As they celebrate their 50th episode with a new theme song by sports correspondent Jorens Šteinhauers, Otto and Joe discuss the topsy-turvy week that Latvia's ministers had, with Finance Minister Jāni...
16 Okt 20191h 17min
LW #49: A Bad Week for (Former) Mayors and News from October 3rd - 10th, 2019
With Otto busy preparing for the important yearly Riga Conference, Joe covers domestic drama such as the arrest of former Mayor of Daugavpils Rihards Eigims, renewed charges against current Mayor of J...
10 Okt 201958min
LW #48: Minister Šuplinska's Rough Week and News from September 25th - October 2nd, 2019
This jam packed episode starts with a slate of bad news for Minister of Education Ilga Šuplinska and her Jaunā konservatīva partija but hardly ends there, with major stories including changes to citiz...
2 Okt 20191h 12min
LW #47: Calling Liepāja and News from September 18th - 24th, 2019
Otto and Joe make a call to new Liepāja resident Kris Akenfelds to discuss newly announced plans for increased rail service to "the city where wind was born," while sports correspondents Jöran and Oli...
24 Sep 20191h 6min
