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Crossing Cultures

Crossing Cultures

Assaf Neiger
Education, Sports & Recreation

A podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life.

12 - Episode #12 - Voting & Democracy
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  • 12 - Episode #12 - Voting & Democracy

    There were about 30 different political parties competing in the Israeli national elections (to the Knesset) in September 2019, of which 10 finally got seats at the Knesset. All voting is done using paper ballots, and the votes are counted manually. The right to vote is given at the age of 18 and is never revoked as long as one holds a valid Israeli citizenship. Technically, a court can legally revoke a citizen's right to vote if they are unfit to handle their own affairs, but no Israeli court has ever been called to question such a case. In case of high treason, and under very special circumstances, the ministry of internal affairs can revoke one's Israeli citizenship and thus de facto revoke that person's right to vote in Israel. In Israel, Prisoners can vote. All political parties receive a budget and airtime in the national broadcasting service to air their infomercials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9h3lxIK-2o Voter Turnout (% of people who voted): 72.34% In Venezuela voters have to be 18 Voters are identified by their ID and fingerprint and then the little finger is dipped in hard-to-remove ink that prevents a double vote. After voting it is common to see people posting their ink-dyed fingers on social media. Nonetheless, voter turnout in Venezuela is 46.07% Obama's cancer gun Voter turnout in Japan was around 48.8% Japan has a double-parliament system with two houses: • The House of Representatives (衆議院 Shūgi-in) • The House of Councillors (参議院 Sangi-in) Citizen must vote where they are registered as residents. Youtube candidate that ran for office: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDxkTJ87VC0&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2Bheyy7MiLukjyIIGUgJLaNIOBWBM0_rVZZ2-X5_H_y6axv_6yry4kmpo Astro Boy In the US some states allow an "Absentee vote", which means citizens can mail in their vote without having to physically go to the voting stations. Some states require a reason to allow a citizen to vote via absentee voting, others provide the option to do so without the need to explain and only 3 states, Colorado, Oregon and Washington, conduct all their voting via absentee vote. The supreme court of the United States deemed it unconstitutional to deny people of color from voting in 1965, Felony disenfranchisement became the law in 1974 In Hungary citizens receive a "Knocking note" by mail, telling them where and when they can vote. Citizens vote for their district representative and for the national assembly. In Hungary you cannot vote while you are in Prison, but you can vote once you get out. Hungarian Two-tailed Dog Party detailed its program on national television: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMYTIMHzKmM&t=175s Gombóc Artúr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yw-PPjGPPLg

    Mon, 23 Sep 2019 - 49min
  • 11 - Episode #11 - Dating & Relationships (Part 2 - Guys)

    Crossing Cultures Podcast is a podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life. Help us spread the word by liking, sharing and subscribing! 🙏 Also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossingCulturesPodcast 👍 On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/CCpodcastYT Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastCultures 🐤 So after talking to the girls and getting their point of view, we listen to what the guys have to say on Dating and relationships 💕💘. If you want to know how it's like dating in Belgium, Brazil, Mexico and the US - Join us! Let us know if you agree and how things are where you're from. Thanks to our wonderful guests: Daniel, Héctor, Tom & Evan

    Wed, 11 Sep 2019 - 52min
  • 10 - Episode #10 - Dating & Relationships (Part 1 - Girls)

    Crossing Cultures Podcast is a podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life. Help us spread the word by liking, sharing and subscribing! 🙏 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossingCulturesPodcast On YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/CCpodcastYT Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastCultures 🐤 Today we talk to the girl on Dating and relationships 💕💘. If you want to know how it's like dating in Austria, Brazil, China, Israel and the US - this is for you. Let us know if you agree and how things are where you're from. Thanks to our wonderful guests: Hanna, Roni, Sarah, Tanja and Noa

    Wed, 11 Sep 2019 - 52min
  • 9 - Episode #9 - Arts & Museums

    A podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life. Today we talked about Art & Museums 🎨🖼🏛, artists and art movements from Venezuela, Japan, France and the US! Help us spread the word by liking, sharing and subscribing! YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/CCpodcastYT Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CrossingCulturesPodcast Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastCultures Artists you should check out (that we talked about): 👩‍🎨🎨🖼️👨‍🎨 Thank you to our guests: Tetsu Daniel Noemie Gunther Venezuela: 🇻🇪 Carlos Cruz-Diez Jesús Rafael Soto Yucef Merhi Armando Reverón Japan: 🇯🇵 Ukiyo-e Takashi Murakami Tadanori Yokoo France: 🇫🇷 Niki de Saint Phalle USA: 🇺🇸 Sally Mann

    Mon, 26 Aug 2019 - 45min
  • 8 - Episode #8 - Women in the Workplace

    Please consider subsribing, liking and sharing this video if you like it and want to see more! Facebook: https://tinyurl.com/CCpodcastFB YouTube: https://tinyurl.com/CCpodcastYT Twitter: https://twitter.com/PodcastCultures A weekly podcast where guests from all over the world talk about subtle, surprising, intriguing and bizarre cultural differences in everyday life. In this episode we talk about "Women in the Workplace", join us to here how women are leading and achieving in the tech and business industry all over the world: 👩🏼‍⚕👩🏻‍🌾👩🏽‍🍳👩🏾‍🎓👩🏼‍🎤👩🏾‍🏫👩🏻‍🏭👩🏿‍💻👩🏼‍🔧👩🏽‍🔬 🇦🇹 Brigitte Bierlein is the current Chancellor of Austria. 50% of businesses in Austria are started by women, except for the startup scene, that has less than 10% of businesses started by women. In German the word for woman (Frau) is a feminine noun, but 'miss' or 'girl' (Fräulein, Mädchen) are masculine nouns. 👍 In Vienna, you can use the word "Oida" for almost everything. Check out this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuXR5... 💻 Michaela Novak-Chaid is the CEO of HP in Austria. 🇧🇷 🤰🏻 Brazil has a 4 month maternity leave (possibly turning into 6 monthes) with an option to take a leave without pay for another 6 months. 👍 "Cool" in Carioca (Rio de Janeiro slang) is "Maneiro". 👩‍🔧 Maria Silvia Bastos Marques. 🇨🇳 ❄️ It gets really cold in Changchun (长春市) in the winter. 🧛‍♀️☠️⛵ Ching Shih (鄭氏) was a Chinese pirate leader who terrorized the China Seas during the early 19th-century. She commanded over 300 ships manned by 20,000 to 40,000 pirates. 👍 拉风 (Lā fēng), lit. "Pulling the wind" is a slang term that means "Cool". 👵🥣🌶️ Tao Huabi (陶华碧), known in China as Lao Gan Ma (老干妈), meaning "Old Grandmother" is a Chinese self-made billionaire and producer of China's No.#1 spicy sauce. 🇹🇼 Taiwan has seen a rise in women entering the police force. 👍🍆 The word "屌" (Diǎo) litteraly meaning "d*ck" is used to describe something cool. 👩‍⚖️Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) is the current president of Taiwan and the first East-Asian country leader to legalize same-sex marriage. 👩❤️👩👨❤️👨 🇺🇸 ⛹️‍♀️⚽ Megan Rapinoe is captain of the US womens soccer (football) team that lead the team to the 2015 and 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup victory). ❌📋 Illegal questions during a jpb interview: https://www.monster.com/career-advice... Peggy Johnson is the vice president of Microsoft.

    Mon, 12 Aug 2019 - 49min
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