Podcast Episodes

What’s going on in Malta?

“There are crooks everywhere you look now," Malta's top investigative journalist wrote on her blog in 2017. "The situation is desperate.” Half an hou…

6 years, 2 months ago

President of the European what now?

This week we travel to the heart of the continent to ask: who is Ursula, and should you give a damn about her?

This special episode was made with hel…

6 years, 2 months ago

Europe’s colonial past and present

Europe's museums are facing growing calls to give back treasures stolen during the colonial era. But what about colonial hand-me-downs that can be fo…

6 years, 3 months ago

Postcards from Europe: Herstedvester

For this special episode, we're taking you inside Herstedvester, a maximum-security prison in Denmark.

Herstedvester houses prisoners with serious me…

6 years, 3 months ago

The Other Europeans

This week we’re celebrating Europeans who refused to let boundaries get in the way of things. The historian Orlando Figes is here to talk about the c…

6 years, 3 months ago

Loggerheads

This week, the fight for Romania's forests. Two of the country's forest rangers have been suffered brutal deaths since September. Who would do such a…

6 years, 3 months ago

A Polish teenage diarist

Renia's diary spent decades locked in a bank vault. Like many teenagers, she had used it to vent about stupid fights with her friends and to record t…

6 years, 3 months ago

Invisible ink

This week, the female writers that Europe forgot. Carme Font Paz is leading a fascinating project aimed at uncovering the scribblings of European wom…

6 years, 4 months ago

Toxic elements

This week, the fight for LGBT rights in Poland. A horrible pattern has been repeating itself in Polish cities: far-right thugs turning up to hurl egg…

6 years, 4 months ago

Podchraoladh

This week, the beauty of the Irish language. Our guest is Darach Ó Séaghdha, whose wonderful book and podcast are a celebration of a language that ma…

6 years, 4 months ago