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The most confusing elections of all time?
The far-right surged but the centre held; somehow the two are true at once. Nearly 100 members of the new European Parliament have yet to tell us whi…
1 year, 8 months ago
Why give a damn about the European elections?
They’re the second biggest elections on Earth. For the next four days, 373 million people are eligible to take part in the vote for the European Parl…
1 year, 8 months ago
The Big-Agri Bully Boys
Protests by angry farmers have swept across Europe this year. But from country to country, powerful groups have taken these protests over and changed…
1 year, 8 months ago
What's more endangered: wolves or Eurovision?
This week, the high drama of both European wolf policy and the Eurovision Song Contest. Wolves have made a huge comeback in Europe in recent years. H…
1 year, 9 months ago
Can food labels make us healthier?
Season 1
Across a fair chunk of Europe, we've grown used to seeing little traffic light symbols on our food packets that supposedly rate the healthiness of ou…
1 year, 9 months ago
The regime that ended with a song
Season 1 Episode 1
It’s the only revolution in world history (that we know of) that began with a Eurovision song. This week, Portugal marks 50 years since the Carnation…
1 year, 10 months ago
Why the Swiss women’s climate victory is such a big deal
Season 1 Episode 1
A group of Swiss women, all aged 64 and over, made history last week by winning the first ever climate case heard by the European Court of Human Righ…
1 year, 10 months ago
The biggest climate case that ever was
Season 1 Episode 1
We are re-airing one of our all time favourite episodes following this week's landmark verdict on the biggest climate case that ever was: KlimaSenior…
1 year, 10 months ago
Nepo great-great-great-grand-babies
Season 1 Episode 1
We all know this continent has major issues with social mobility. But having a rich ancestor from *six centuries ago* shouldn't make it more likely t…
1 year, 10 months ago
Less Beyoncé, more bouzouki
Season 1 Episode 1
This week, music and politics collide. We're talking about Greece's plan to enforce quotas for Greek-language lyrics on the radio, and the racist bac…
1 year, 10 months ago