The International Podcast

Alexis Eremia is a Romanian social entrepreneur who co-founded Impact Hub Vienna.

Note: This episode is recorded live during The International Talks 2025.

Aryasb Feiz is an Iranian Oscar-longlisted filmmaker whose animated short films have won festival awards worlwide. Watch his movies Mr Indifferent and Tomorrow.

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Benjamin James is an American architect and the founder of Atlas, the software that empowers content creators to build virtual worlds in a fraction of the time with generative 3D AI.

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Andrei Stefan is a Romanian former professional chauffeur. He drove bands like Linkin Park, Iron Maiden, Pink Floyd, Maneskin, etc.

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Shane Grace is an Australian media and policy researcher with over 20 years of experience. His new book, "Greater Than a Tourist - Austria," is now available.

Tetyana (Polovenko) Kohansal is a Ukrainian entrepreneur, managing partner of ks actuaries, and author. Her new book, "Sammy and the Secret of the Golden Coins," is available now.

Dr Kenneth Dekleva is an American practicing psychiatrist, a former American diplomat, a Salzburg Global Fellow, a REAL Mental Health Foundation Ambassador, and a spy novelist. His new novel, set in Vienna, "The Russian's Diplomat Wife," is available on Amazon.

Aron Lúis Gilbertsson is an Icelandic-German pilot and flying teacher for Diamond Aircraft. Watch Aron flying https://www.instagram.com/aronluiis/

This episode is recorded flying a Diamond Aircraft plane and at their hangar in Wiener Neustadt.

Adriana Bestea is a Romanian psychotherapist under supervision. Get in touch for a free 30-minute consultation in English. https://adrianabestea.com/

Sophie Nicolas is an Australian financial coach for women. Follow her on Instagram @financial.feminist

Trevor Carlin is an American ex-marine and American Football player for Vienna's WU Tigers in the Austrian College Sports League.

Primaël Quémerais is a French entrepreneur who co-founded SecurEat and recently founded Ospaces - an innovative co-working and event space concept in Vienna. https://ospaces.org/

Rebecca Spanos is an Italian-British citizen who co-founded the Network of International Women in Austria. https://niwa-at.org/

She's also a private chef focusing on vegetarian/vegan recipes. https://www.rebeccaspanos-privatechef.com/

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Katy Witkowski-Strutz is an American customer success manager at Canva. She's passionate about access to higher education, multiculturalism, and media freedom.

Roberta Kostadinova is the finance and operations manager at TrendingTopics and was named a Forbes 30 Under 30 for her initiative Tsarski Pishtovi - a project for civic education in Bulgaria. https://www.instagram.com/tsarski.pishtovi/ (in Bulgarian)

Sagi (Jay) Zilbershatz is a serial entrepreneur who has been living in Vienna after living in Canada, Italy, and Israel. He founded the marketing agency Vsible and the tourism agency Secret Tours Worlwide, which started in Vienna and offers boutique tours for locals and tourists worlwide. https://secretvienna.org/

Dr. Alina Nikolaou is Director and Curator of TEDAI Vienna, the first TED event in Europe dedicated to groundbreaking ideas on Artificial Intelligence. https://www.alinanikolaou.com/

Born and raised in Mexico City, for the past ten years Alfredo has lived in Madrid, Berlin, and now Vienna.

After his Netflix movie Como caído del cielo, his new series Cada Minuto Cuenta premieres on Amazon Prime on November 8. Follow Alfredo on Instagram.