International Voices with Udo Fluck

Jake Kreilick, from Lake Missoula Tea Company in Missoula, MT talks about his interactions with small tea producers in Indonesia and Kenya and how their artisan loose leaves have contributed to the diversification of tea. Listen to Udo’s conversation with Jake about his passion for tea, environmental sustainability and social responsibility, how the tea industry has changed, how climate change has...

Join Udo for his conversation with the artist, known for his highly colorful acrylic paintings of horses and cowboy figures in western landscapes, about how the "Red Rider" started his fascination with the West, meeting Norman Rockwell, leaving corporate America, and going from earthy to vibrant colors, so recognizable in his artwork today. Part three, of a three-part series titled: “Creativity Du...

Udo is joined by Willow Kipp, who shares with him who inspired her as an artist and how her passion for Native American dance regalia design, beadwork, ledger art and her large-scale murals have been both, a way for her to create something of her own and continue her peoples traditions. Part two of a three-part series titled: “Creativity During COVID“, featuring professional artists from various f...

Udo visits with Dennis Kozeluh, in Vienna, Austria, where he lives and has been active in the theater, music and musical theater world throughout central Europe since 1997, about his origins in Missoula, Montana, life, work, and his passion for the performing arts. In addition to playing in most of the major musicals in Vienna, he has performed in light and contemporary opera and operetta, has dir...

April 2021: Annita Lucchesi, founding Executive Director of the Sovereign Bodies Institute, who started the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls movement. This dialogue is being presented by two women with Indigenous heritage! The guest host for this special edition of International Voices, is Michelle Guzman, the Director of American Indian Student Services at the University of Montana...

Honoring Women's History Month, Udo is joined by Melissa Kilby, from Girl Up headquarters in Washington D.C., to discuss the global efforts in transforming a generation of girls to be a force for gender equality and social change, following the motto:” When girls rise, we all rise!”.

In this first podcast of 2021, Udo virtually travels to Missoula’s sister city Palmerston North in New Zealand to have a conversation discussing the idea of democracy itself, what strengthens and weakens democracy and how the concept of democracy relates to indigenous communities, like Chief Te Awe Awe’s tribal family, which has an 800-year history.

In this last episode of 2020, Udo talks with Ulrich Kamp, a glaciologist with an interest in environmental studies and climate change, who has researched and taught at the University of Montana and currently researches and teaches at the University of Michigan in Dearborn. Their conversation focuses on climate change and its impact on societies and cultures, among other talking points.

Udo Fluck visits with Brigitta Miranda-Freer, Executive Director of the Montana World Trade Center (MWTC) and Director of operations for the Montana Technology Enterprise Center (MonTec) and how the MWTC assists small and medium-sized businesses across Montana and how the MWTC and MonTec connect and collaborate.

October 2020: Chris Hyslop, Executive Director of the Montana World Affairs Council Udo Fluck visits with Chris Hyslop, Executive Director of the Montana World Affairs Council, about the mission, programming, achievements, future goals and relevance of the MWAC, especially regarding the importance of MWAC’s motto: “Bringing the World to Montana and Montana to the World”, during an international he...

September 2020: In this episode, Udo Fluck talks with Donna Anderson, Senior International Officer and Executive Director of the Global Engagement Office and Professor Alessia Carpoca about participating in the ACE/IIGE Rapid Response Virtual Exchange/COIL Transformation Lab, as well as about leadership, about pivoting and reinventing the services the Global Engagement Office provides during these...

August 2020: Daniel Bognar, Head of the Division of Special Education in Germany’s Ministry of Education, Wiesbaden , Hesse, Germany. Host Udo Fluck virtually meets with Daniel Bognar, former teacher, current policy maker and Head of the Division of Special Education in Germany’s Ministry of Education in the State of Hesse. Mr. Bognar also serves on the Management Board of the European Agency for...

This podcast is PART ll, of a two-part series. Udo visits with three middle school teachers and one world language high school teacher, on some of the global and intercultural teaching and learning efforts that are taking place in Missoula County Public Schools and the advantages and disadvantages of such efforts.

This podcast is PART I, of a two-part series. Udo visits with five elementary school teachers and one principal, on some of the global and intercultural teaching and learning efforts that are taking place in Missoula County Public Schools and the advantages and disadvantages of such efforts. PART II: (Will be released June 2020), Udo will continue the conversation with three MCPS middle school and...

Udo visits with Dr. Sarjubhai (Sarj) Patel, neuroscience researcher, president and co-founder of FYR Diagnostics in Missoula, chatting about the importance of global communication and collaboration in situations of extreme crisis and how much we can learn from Asia and Europe, regarding the fight against COVID-19

Udo Fluck meets Missoula Mayor John Engen at City Hall to talk about cultural programs in Missoula and the importance of multicultural programming in the community.

Udo Fluck is the Director of Global and Cultural Affairs of Arts Missoula and host of International Voices. The Structure of the Global and Cultural Affairs Office and its four service and programming branches. Outreach program into Missoula County Public Schools, offering seminars to students and teachers. City and County Employee Training Programming and Services for the Missoula Community: Upco...