Chat to people worldwide through 'The World Talks' - sign up and take part here
Fancy a chat with someone in Ukraine, South Korea, Brazil or Ghana, or a Russian in exile?
This is your chance to take part in The World Talks – a brand new project from the Daily Mirror.
An offshoot of our ground-breaking Britain Talks series, this time around readers will have the chance to sign up and meet people from all over the globe.
Newspaper and online audiences are taking part from a range of fascinating countries including Ukraine, South Korea, Brazil, South Africa, Ghana, India, Germany, Italy, Mexico and South Africa.
One of the publications taking part is the exiled Meduza website – which was banned from Russia in January this year. This means you could be matched with a Russian exile, or even someone still inside the country.
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Applications go live today, and the day for meeting up online is Sunday June 25th.
Chats can take as long as you want them to – we’d recommend 20 minutes as a minimum.
Discussions are totally private and will take place in English. You can discuss anything you like via any videocall platform you prefer, or just via an old- fashioned phone call.
All you have to do is fill in a brief questionnaire to help us match you with someone completely different from you – and who lives far away.
Fill out our questionnaire to sign up for our World Talks programme below
Join our new global initiativeWe will only be able to use your details to keep in touch with you about the project.
Once you’ve been matched, we will put you in touch with each other by email– and then you can decide between you when and how to have your meeting.
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be showcasing some conversations that have already taken place all over the world as part of our border-busting project.
As one participant, Becky Gamester-Newton, tells us: “The World Talks is a really lovely idea to connect you to new people. We can all become a bit closed off, and it’s very important to hear different views.
“Because of social media algorithms you only tend to see content and views from people with similar interests. Especially working from home, I don’t see many people apart from the people I already know in my circle, like the mums on the school run.”
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The World Talks is the first worldwide program by My Country Talks, a global non-profit that helps societies around the world connect over the issues that divide them through 1:1 conversation.
Nottingham Forest fan Becky Garmester-Newton is taking part (Humphrey Nemar.)As an official partner, tens of thousands of Daily Mirror readers have taken part in different discussions since the project began – first through Britain Talks, which brought together Brits across the Brexit divide, and later through Europe Talks, which partnered UK citizens with people from all across Europe.
The World Talks is your unique opportunity to meet someone from a totally different country, context and mindset to talk about global issues.
As Becky says: “I would definitely encourage people to sign-up to The World Talks. You’re only giving up 30 minutes of your time to chat to a new person. You have got nothing to lose!”
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