The Europeans Podcast
1) Love, bees and brain surgery
This week we're celebrating those moments when Europeans are actually nice to each other. Rafael Loss, data wizard at the European Council on Foreign Relations, is on the line from Berlin to explain w...Show More
2) Three Rivers and a Sausage Fight
Itâs our second week of âcucumber seasonâ programming, and fair warning: weâre really leaning into the late-summer goofiness. This week, we go hard on German gastronomy, with a deep dive into Europeâs...Show More
3) Save the games! Preserve the bread! Guard your rabbits!
Welcome back! Weâre easing back into the swing of things after our summer holidays with a bit of âcucumber seasonâ fare. Itâs our regularly scheduled programming, just a little bitâŠsillier. This week...Show More
4) Hungary's Pride ban goes up in smoke (and glitter)
This yearâs Budapest Pride was banned in March under the OrbĂĄn governmentâs contentious âchild protectionâ law. Demonstrators were threatened with hefty fines for participating, and the government sai...Show More
5) Toxic chemicals, abortion rights, and a Nazi-era train law
Depending on where you are in Europe, your right to a safe abortion â and reproductive care in general â can vary dramatically. This week, we speak to pioneering abortion activist Rebecca Gomperts abo...Show More
6) Could Europe switch off big tech's algorithms?
The EU supposedly has some of the world's toughest laws regulating big tech. So why does it still feel like Europeans are being sucked into increasingly polarised online communities, and manipulated d...Show More
7) Is real change coming to Serbia?
Serbiaâs government has come under intense pressure since a deadly disaster at Novi Sadâs main railway station last November. Student-led protests have spiralled into a nation-wide resistance movement...Show More
8) Hungary's plight, kids' rights, and Spargelzeit
Asparagus, lesbian family rights and Viktor OrbĂĄnâs latest power plays: like all good meals, this podcast episode is perfectly balanced. German food writer Ursula Heinzelmann joins us to explain the â...Show More
9) What the hell just happened in Romania (and at Eurovision)?
Romania, Poland, Portugal... and of course, most importantly of all (?), Eurovision. It's been a huge week of voting across Europe! This week we're mostly diving into Romania's election drama with Cod...Show More
10) Europe, an unfinished love story
This week, a not-so-classic 'girl meets boy' story. BaĆak Layic, storyteller extraordinaire, reflects on what the European Dream looks like from the outside.  This story was recorded live at SPUI25 ...Show More