The Djokovic case in the podcast “important today”: “Just embarrassing!”

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The Djokovic case: “Just embarrassing!”

Belgrade: A poster showing Serbian tennis player Novak Djokovic hangs on a building

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The unvaccinated tennis pro Novak Djokovic, who is not allowed to play, corona deniers on the streets and the big question: How do we as humans, again (more) humanly deal with each other?

“I find the whole process quite embarrassing from all sides!” Says political scientist and Stern columnist Jagoda Marinić in the current episode (#191) of “Today important” on the Novak Djokovic case. Since yesterday it’s clear: The world number one will not be there at today’s starting signal for the “Australian Open”. Off to the plane, bye and bye. The Serbian tennis star was expelled from Australia by a court ruling on Sunday. While Australia is happy that no exceptions are made for stars in corona policy, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic is pissed off. He sees the expulsion as a conspiracy and an insult to the Serbian nation and has said Australia would respond. The author Jagoda Marinić finds all this behavior simply unworthy – and warns that we must stop seeing athletes as role models.

Eight months of lockdown

The relief of the Australian population at the expulsion of Novak Djokovic is mainly due to the fact that hardly any country in the world has had such a long lockdown as Australia. The lack of understanding of exception rules for celebrities is understandable. Australia was locked down for a total of eight months. Meanwhile, people were allowed to leave their homes for a maximum of one hour a day and only for essential activities. The journalist Claudia Loeber-Raab has lived in Melbourne for 20 years and describes in “Today Important” (#191) how the psyche of the people and the country’s economy have suffered from the measures. Nevertheless, the number of people infected and people who died from Corona in Australia is low. So could this path also serve as a model for Germany?

Michael Abdollahi

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Podcast “important today”

Sure, opinionated, on the 12: “today important” is not just a news podcast. We set topics and initiate debates – with attitude and sometimes uncomfortable. Host Michel Abdollahi and his team speak out for this star– and RTL reporters with the most exciting people from politics, society and entertainment. They let all voices have their say, both the quiet and the loud. Anyone who hears “important today” starts the day well informed and can have a well-founded say.

The saddest day of the year

Yes, indeed, today January 17th is the saddest day of the year. The British psychologist Dr. Cliff Arnall calculated with a formula. Always on the third Monday of the year is the so-called “Blue Monday”, which becomes so infinitely sad due to the coincidence of several factors: The weather is usually bad, many bills have to be paid, the first salary is a long time coming and the first resolutions in the new year are often gone again. At the same time, Dr. Arnall in an interview that he didn’t want to discourage people with his calculations, but on the contrary wanted to encourage them with “Blue Monday” to look positively into the future. In this sense: From now on it can only get better.

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