The spiritual master, an author of multiple commentaries and original texts, visits Vilnius every year to give teachings of the Buddhist philosophy. Geshe Tinley is a devote disciple of HH Dalai Lama XIV. He came to live to Russia in 1993, and Lithuania is the only foreign country where he…
The professor from Berklee College of Music in Boston came to speak at the annual conference of mythologists in Vilnius. She also gave several classes to local students and kindly agreed to talk for a record. The conversation occurred at a busy pizzeria in the Old Town of Lithuanian capital.…
Ignas met Christoph Schäfer, an elementary particle physicist, visiting CERN in 2014. He was an excellent guide. Three years later, in 2017, they met in Palanga (Lithuanian seaside), where Christoph was on vacation with his wife Kristine and a children. Christoph kindly agreed to talk about CERN policy, particle search,…
Joanne Harris released her most famous novel, “Chocolat” in 1999. She arrived at the Literary Festival in Vilnius in November 2018. The conversation took place at the Old Town Hotel, “Shakespeare”. I would like to ask you, have you formed your worldview by this time? Oh, what an interesting question.…
I heard of Kaz after my friend Eleonora Jonušienė invited him to Lithuania to speak at a conference of animators. Later I read his comic books “Underworld”, “Sidetrack City”. I felt that the author does not fit into the frame of “Spongebob” co-creators image. We talked in outdoor café in…
Writer and literary researcher Professor Hans-Ulrich Treichel arrived to Vilnius International Book Fair to meet readers of his novel “Pražuvėlis”. We talked in his hotel room in February 2019. How do you feel after spending a couple of days in Lithuania? I came without any preparation. Usually, when I’m…
We spoke with Vytautas Landsbergis on November 28th, 2018 in Vilnius, for the final chapter “The Absolute Truth” of the documentary “Three”. This interview was video recorded. The text initially appeared in Lithuanian language on the blog “Maratono laukas” on March 2nd, 2019. I will start freely asking you: in…
I met and talked to Jonny Benjamin in November 2018, where he and his savior and fellow man Neil Laybourn came to attend a suicide prevention conference. How would you like to be introduced? I work in mental health. I call myself a mental health campaigner or an activist in…
The interview took place in November 2018, in Vilnius, when Alan Lightman, an American writer, physicist and social entrepreneur, was invited to speak at a literature festival. The interview was recorded during filming at the Vilnius Planetarium, hoping to use its fragments for the film “A Random Event”. The photo…
The interview was recorded in the fall of 2018 when Ronald Kessler visited Lithuania in support of Ambassador Vygaudas Ušackas’ ambition to formally stand for the office of President of Lithuania in 2019. So, I have read your book, “The Trump White House”, and realized that you are a very…