History of Estonia Podcast13 Dec 2024

Interview with Holger Roonemaa: What’s going on in Putin’s military bases near the Baltic States?

Satellite Imagery Analysis: “What’s going on in Putin’s military bases behind the Estonian Border and how big a threat they really pose?” Satellite imagery analysis. What’s going on in Putin’s military bases behind the Estonian border and how big a threat they really pose us - Eesti Ekspress

Holger Roonemaa, leads an investigative team at Delfi Estii Ekspres.

His investigations have focused on money laundering and corruption, espionage and national security, and Russia's disinformation campaigns in the Baltic countries.

Roonemaa's investigations have been published by, and he is also an editor of OCCRP, an acronym for The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a global network of investigative journalists who expose crime and corruption; he has also been published in ICIJ, which stands for International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, The Daily Beast, Vsquare, BuzzFeed News, and Re:Baltica, among other outlets.

He has been repeatedly awarded the Journalist of the Year title at Estonia's national journalism awards and won the National Investigative Journalism Award in 2021.

Holger is currently studying and working as a Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan. There, he is developing an investigative journalism hub designed to bridge resource gaps, make use of high-tech investigative methods, and bolster data-driven regional partnerships.

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Politics and the World: Interview with Raimond Kaljulaid

Raimond Kaljulaid joins the History of Estonia Podcast for an interview about an article published in ERR. The link is provided below. We discussed Estonian security, his move to the Social Democrats,...

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Haldi's Story: A Tale of War and Renewal Across Two Homelands

In this episode of the History of Estonia Podcast, we get to meet Haldi Svanberg. Haldi was born into a privileged life as a Baltic German. War upset her family's life and sent them on a long journey,...

3 Apr 1h 12min

Geo-politics, Estonia's Position in these Troubled Geo-political Times, EU, NATO, & Transatlantic Relations

With Associate Professor Stefano Braghiroli Earned his PhD in Political Science from the University of Siena, ItalyHe works in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the prestigious Johan Skytte Institute ...

13 Feb 53min

Rebooting a Nation: The Incredible Rise of Estonia, E-Government and the Startup Revolution

Today, we have Joel Burke the author of Rebooting a Nation: The Incredible Rise of Estonia, E-Government and the Startup Revolution. Joel is also a fellow at fp21, a think tank focused on transformin...

9 Juni 202545min

The Forest Brothers in Estonia with General Martin Herem

In this episode, we are incredibly fortunate to have General Martin Herem, the overall commander of the Estonian Defense Forces, with us. We discuss the Forest Brothers in Estonia after World War II. ...

29 Mars 202441min

The Russian Factor in Baltic History in the 19th & 20th C with Professor Karsten Brugemann

The Russian Factor in Baltic History in the 19th & 20th C with Professor Karsten Brugemann Educational Credentials He earned the prestigious Dr. habil. (2013) from the University of Gießen(geesan...

26 Feb 202432min

The National Committee of the Republic of Estonia & Calendar of Events in February 1944

In this episode, we discuss the National Committee of the Republic of Estonia and its importance to the Estonian State's claim of the continuance of government during the Soviet occupation. Calendar o...

5 Feb 202417min