Podcast Episodes

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, 4 months 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, 5 months 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Monarchies might seem out of date on a continent that prides itself on its democratic values, but nearly a third of Europeans still live in countries…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, 5 months 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, 5 months 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, 6 months ago

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, 6 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 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, 7 months ago