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A Whale of a Taxonomy
What do nuclear energy and whale-hunting have in common? They're both at the heart of controversial debates about whether they can ever be described …
4 years ago
The Case for Colour
Taryn de Vere set herself a joyful challenge in January: to dress up each day as a household object, from a bottle of toilet cleaner to a sack of pot…
4 years ago
Malta’s abortion taboo
When the European parliament elected a new president last week, many of the headlines focused on one thing: the fact that she's against abortion. But…
4 years, 1 month ago
Energy bills, bills, bills
We're back for a brand new year of stories from across the continent. Top of the agenda is an issue that's been worrying a lot of Europeans: eye-wate…
4 years, 1 month ago
The Europeans’ Christmas Party!
We threw a little party for our last episode of the year! Producers Katz Laszlo and Wojciech Oleksiak join Katy and Dominic from Amsterdam and Warsaw…
4 years, 2 months ago
The life of a reindeer herder
It's that time of year when reindeer start cropping up on all kinds of Christmassy consumer goods, from snowglobes to Advent calendars. But for the i…
4 years, 2 months ago
The Subtle Art of Subtitling
Millions of us have spent this pandemic bingeing on international films and television, transported far away through the magic of the screen. But the…
4 years, 2 months ago
Move Fast And Fix Things
'Move fast and break things' was Facebook's corporate philosophy in its early days. Europe now wants to do the opposite when it comes to the harmful …
4 years, 3 months ago
Pushbacks
It’s dawn in the Aegean Sea. A dozen asylum seekers are crammed into a rubber dinghy, hoping to land on the Greek island of Lesbos. They are already …
4 years, 3 months ago
Trapped at the EU border
A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at the edge of the EU. Asylum seekers are finding themselves trapped in the forest between Poland and Belarus, cau…
4 years, 3 months ago