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In this episode, host Mark Adam Harold sits down with Marcel Čas, former head of Slovakia's Institute for Culture Policy, to explore the challenges of implementing data-driven cultural policy in Eastern Europe. From navigating political discontinuity to building trust in post-communist societies, Marcel shares insights on why evidence-based decision-making in culture is both crucial and difficult to achieve.

In our debut episode, we sit down with Dr. James Rhys Edwards, the project director of OpenMusE, to discuss how data, metadata, and technology are reshaping the music landscape. From the impact of COVID-19 on local music scenes to the challenges of fair compensation in the streaming era, we dive deep into what it takes to build music ecosystems that are truly competitive, fair, and sustainable.