Podcast Episodes

Millennial History: Sicily, Mafia and Falcone

Aki grew up in Sicily. On May 23, 1992, the mafia blew up the highway behind his grandmother’s house, killing a judge named Giovanni Falcone.

Since D…

4 years, 3 months ago

Voice notes from Ukraine

Before the war, Vladimir was a film producer and Yuriy was a journalist. Daria works in marketing, Andrii is a musician, and Anna is a human resource…

4 years, 3 months ago

Army boots

We're struggling to process what has happened on this continent over the past week. With events moving incredibly fast on the ground, we wanted to re…

4 years, 4 months ago

Let Them Entertain Us

This week, the case for culture: keeping it free, and keeping it funded. We're talking about the state of artistic freedom in Poland; plus, the state…

4 years, 4 months ago

WTF, housing market?

From Ireland to Croatia, the cost of housing has been shooting up across this continent, leaving rising numbers of people homeless and millions strug…

4 years, 4 months ago

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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 6 months ago