Selected published stories, interviews, radio and TV appearances
16 April 2024, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - a feature on Alexander Dugin, one of the ideologists behind Russia’s militant backsliding.
This is just one sample of my current work as a director (researcher, writer and video/ graphics editor) of video features for the analytical show Povestka (“Agenda”) on Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty.
I have also been responsible for conceptualizing and executing all of the show’s visual and motion artifacts, including its overall brand expression and style, its intro, outro and background animations and titles.
16 November 2023, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Debunking Fake Reports about Ukraine Selling Arms to HAMAS. This is just one sample of my current work as a director (researcher, writer and video/ graphics editor) of short analytical pieces for the daily current events show Face to Event on Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty
5 September 2023, my interview to Voordat de Bom Valt, a Dutch podcast series hosted by well known tv presenter Jelle Brandt Corstius (here wearing the Secret Word T that I designed at the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine). We talked about my film Animated Diaries of War: COFFEE and about preserving war testimonials in the form of art. The podcast is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podtail.
July 2023, my chapter in the new English-language edition of Marta Obiols Llistar’s book, now called “A Successful Education”, about self-directed education, education without coercion.
18 June 2023, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - The Great Firewall: my column about the mounting wave of restrictive legislation targeting vulnerable kids' and teens' rights to access online resources and gender affirming care (in Russia, the US and China)
July 2022, The Institute of Network Cultures (INC Amsterdam) Theory on Demand reader: Dispatches from Ukraine/ Tactical Media Reflections and Responses - Essay, Time Is Dead and Meaning Has No Meaning
3 May 2022, Apache.be (Belgian analytical publication) - interview: Russian Journalists with their Backs against the Wall
5 April 2022, NPO1 (Dutch radio 1) - "Ukraine Has more of a Future than Russia", guest appearance at Dutch Radio 1
3 April 2022, NRC Handelsblad - interview with the leading Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad about my open letter to the European Council, Parliament and Commission in support of independent Russian journalists
8 April 2022, NPO Human (Dutch public broadcaster) - interview, "At Least Ukraine Does Have a Future"
29 April 2022, Ansa (Italian News Agency) - interview about my open letter to the European Council, Parliament and Commission in support of independent Russian journalists
4 October 2018, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - The US, the Netherlands and Canada Accuse Russian Military Intelligence (GRU) of Cyber Attacks Across the Globe. One sample of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
9 January 2018, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty - Artificial Co-Author: A new edition of I, Robot by Isaac Asimov features an extra chapter co-written by AI. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
28 May 2018, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - "Putin, Speak for Yourself!" Interview with Hand de Borst who lost his daughter Elsemiek in the MH17 crash. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
25 march 2017, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - The Frightened Face of the Donbas. Interview with photographer Pierre Crom on his new book about Ukraine. One sample of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
15 February 2017, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Who is on Your Plate? Interview with Documentary Filmmaker Alina Kneepkens. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
3 July 2017, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - You Don't Need a Script. Dutch Experimental Filmmaker Frans Zwartjes Turns 90. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
19 April 2019, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - "I'm Blessed with a Healthy Dose of Hatred towards Humanity". A newly found interview with Gerard Reve. One sample of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
30 May 2016, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - New Russian App: When A Rainbow Is Not Just A Rainbow. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
12 December 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Zoological Anarchism. Interview with Timothy Snyder about Hitler, Putin and the danger of a new genocide. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
25 July 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Not to Fail the Death Exam. Interview with neurosurgeon Bert Kaiser about brain tumors and euthanasia. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
30 April 2015, Amsterdam TV, Greg Shapiro's United States of Europe - interview
8 May 2015, Een Vandaag (Dutch TV Ned1) - Western leaders are avoiding Victory Day Parade in Moscow
19 June 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Facebook Shall Answer. The social media platform under pressure from European privacy regulators. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
4 April 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Break Free from Putin's Embrace. Can Europe oppose Russia in consolidated manner? One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
22 March 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Do We Even have Mothers? Interview with documentary filmmaker Masha Novikova. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
In May 2022, Marta Obiols Llistar released the second, updated edition of her beautiful book 18, An Unschooling Experience, this time in Spanish, under the title #vidasincole. I’m honored to have been asked to write the closing chapter, Carta de mi amiga. The chapter briefly tells our family’s story and explains why we’re leaving Europe.
9 March 2020, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Dignity vs. Cynicism. The start of the MH17 Trial in The Hague. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
24 Juli 2014, Een Vandaag (Dutch TV Ned1) - Interview on the national day of grief: In the aftermath of the MH17 tragedy, has it changed The Netherlands?
7 March 2015, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Raisins as the Symbol of Love. Interview with Roel van Duijn, one of the leaders of the Dutch PROVO movement about the 1960s revolution. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
11 February 2015, Een Vandaag (Dutch TV Ned1) - Does it make sense to negotiate with Russia?
15 September 2014, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - The Pain Made Me Quiet: In July, when the first remains of victims of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH17 were returned to The Netherlands, Amsterdam-based Russian journalist and Radio Svoboda Correspondent Sophia Kornienko was there to gather reactions from relatives and officials
30 Juli 2014, Hollandse Zaken (Dutch TV Omroep MAX, Ned2) - Guest appearance. Should we boicot Russia?
5 February 2014, Studio MAX Live (Dutch TV Ned1) - The controversial Olympics in Sochi
29 December 2014, Het Parool - Putin's Postmodernist War Going On For Years
6 December 2013, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - 'Putin's Games' Sheds Light On Corruption, Abuse In Sochi. One of the several hundred stories and radio reports I did for Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty between 2005 and 2019.
2 June 2010, Wegener Media (Twentse Courant Tubantia, De Stentor, De Gelderlander, Brabants Dagblad, BNDeStem, Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant, Eindhovens Dagblad, De Limburger/Limburgs Dagblad) - Jealous. Column on the Dutch Election Campagne
3 January 2013, NRC Handelsblad - Column: Rusland gijzelt met nieuwe wet z’n eigen weeskinderen (On the Russian adoption ban)
27 September 2012, NRC Handelsblad - Column: Je zou bijna terugverlangen naar de Koude Oorlog (On the shutting down of Radio Free Europe because the US gave up on Russia)
22 January 2009, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - Dutch Lawmaker Wilders Faces Charges Over 'Fitna' Film
14 September 2008, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - 'Pasternak Could Not Imagine What Vladimir Vladimirovich Imagines'. Interview with Georgian Composer Giya Kancheli about the Russian invasion in Georgia.
6 February 2008, Andere Ogen by Dutch TV company BVN - Guest appearance
5 March 2008, Andere Ogen by Dutch TV company BVN - Guest appearance
27 February 2008, Andere Ogen by Dutch TV company BVN - Guest appearance
16 April 2008, Andere Ogen by Dutch TV company BVN - Guest appearance
4 April 2008, The Management Team magazine - ESSAY. Gezien door vreemde ogen: In Nederland mag je gewoon meedoen. ('Seen by a Stranger: In The Netherlands You're On.') Includes photo session
1 February 2007, Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty - World: 'I'm A Frustrated Prosecutor': Interview with Carla Del Ponte
7 March 2007, Amsterdam Weekly - Kristel Clear. Emmanuelle Speaks Out as Sylvia Again. Interview with Sylvia Kristel
9-15 November 2006, Amsterdam Weekly - Equal Therefore Superior: Talking Europe's fascist structures with Tom Lanoye
22-28 June 2006, Amsterdam Weekly - Repatriating Malevich
6-12 July 2006, Amsterdam Weekly - Big-belly pundit and local lekkerbek Johannes Van Dam donates his chunky Dutch cookbook collection to UvA
23-29 November 2006, Amsterdam Weekly - Three Documentary Filmmakers discussing the year's program at Amsterdam's IDFA
May 2009, TimeOut Amsterdam - New Mom to Be. Birthing options between the hospital and the homestead
June 2007, LIFESTYLE (Summer Attachment to newspaper VEDOMOSTI) - No News from God. The dangers and Charm of Cambodia
November 2008, TimeOut Amsterdam - Amsterdam Neighbourhoods Column: De Bijlmer
December 2008, TimeOut Amsterdam - Amsterdam Neighbourhoods Column: Museumkwartier
January 2009, TimeOut Amsterdam - Amsterdam Neighbourhoods Column: Oud West
October 2008, Time Out Amsterdam - Amsterdam Neighbourhoods Column: Rivierenbuurt
November 2008, TimeOut Amsterdam - Russian Traces in Amsterdam
November 2004, Amsterdam Filmmuseum official publication Zine - our Dual professional MA in Presentation and Preservation of the Moving Image class (I'm the second person on the left)
14 December 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Whatever Happens, Don't Mention the War
24 February 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - WiFi Service needs Notebook Users
2 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - HotMarket Gets New Plant
24 February 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Russian Post Boosts Image in Cyberspace
27 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Hi-Tech Movie Screen Explosion Coming Soon
5 March 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - IP Telephony Reaches City
27 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Experts: Lack of Sex Education Fuels Illness
25 May 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Playing Safe With Medical Services
2004, The St.Petersburg Times - MTS to Expand to Regions
22 June 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Two Russians and American Win Nobel Prize
18 June 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Stakes Run High for Oil Spot
24 August 2004, The Moscow Times - War-Time Legends Help Sell Real Estate in Karelia
20 February 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Digital Tax Filing in 2004?
27 February 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Many Milestones Passed As IT Links the County
23 March 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Virtual Reality Center Puts Locals in Control
6 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Hazy Laws Hinder Wireless Traffic
13 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Liberal Economists Plug Their Vision for Russia
20 April 2004, The St.Petersburg Times - Finns, Russians Share Borderline Experience
10 July 2000, Transitions Online (tol.org) - Who Is Pulling Russia's Strings?