Podcast Episodes

Long Distance

This week, the distances travelled in search of love and safety. The Finnish novelist and playwright Saara Turunen has written beautifully about what…

5 years, 11 months ago

The God Lobby

You might not think of the corridors of Brussels as a particularly spiritual place, but all kinds of religious groups are jostling for influence ther…

5 years, 11 months ago

Why is Greece’s refugee policy such a mess?

In 2015, the 'migrant crisis' was the front page story of every newspaper in Europe. Today more than 42,000 people are still stranded on the Greek is…

6 years ago

Eurafrica

This week, a tale of two continents. Katy speaks to the Kenyan writer Patrick Gathara about Eurafrica, an idea that informed the European project aft…

6 years ago

What just happened in Ireland?

Something huge just happened in Irish politics, but as outsiders it's difficult to understand what exactly. Naomi O'Leary from the excellent podcast …

6 years ago

How the hell do you make an EU law?

We've been wondering how on earth the European Union makes laws for 27 countries at once. Producer Katz Laszlo went to the beach to find out.

This is…

6 years ago

Fanya and the Forest

This week, Katy heads to the forest in Lithuania. Ahead of International Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27, we're talking about memory politics wi…

6 years, 1 month ago

Why are monarchies still a thing in Europe?

Monarchies might seem out of date on a continent that prides itself on its democratic values, but nearly a third of Europeans still live in countries…

6 years, 1 month ago

A fisherman goes to Brussels

This week, a story that puts the romance back into European policy negotiations. What does a ninth-generation Catalan fisherman have to do with a law…

6 years, 1 month ago

A bar in Budapest

In Budapest, going out for a drink can be a political act. For the final episode of 2019, Dominic takes us to Auróra, a very special bar at the heart…

6 years, 2 months ago