Podcast Episodes

EP177: Even higher taxes on flights, Keep cash at home, Legal weed in NL

Merry Christmas ! Thank for listening to this podcast in 2024, and we'll be back with new episodes in the coming year.

These topics in this episode:

– New EU Commission wants to make your flights mor…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

EP176: Sharing Economy Index 2024 (w/ Emil Panzaru)

Episode 176

CCC Research Manager Emil Panzaru joins us on this episode to discuss the latest Sharing Economy Index and how they got to their findings.

Check out the report here: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/…

Published on 10 months ago

EP175: French pouches ban & Mercosur trade woes (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)

Episode 175

Yaël Ossowski is co-hosting this week's episode. We're talking about the French government getting its priorities wrong by planning on banning nicotine pouches. Also, the EU continues to struggles to…

Published on 10 months, 1 week ago

EP174: Lisbon bans night flights, Tech news, and Trump's potential tariffs (w/ Pieter Cleppe)

Episode 174

Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of …

Published on 10 months, 3 weeks ago

EP173: Trump's tariffs, Car ban reversal, and Varhelyi's hell

Episode 173

Solo for this week's episode, but with these stories:

🇺🇸 Trump's election breeds bad news for EU-US trade

⛐ 2035 car ban might go off-road

🇭🇺 Hungary's Commissioner pick facing opposition

November 7,…

Published on 11 months ago

EP172: Infinite scroll & Airbnb's future (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)

Episode 172

In this week's episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Fabio Fernandes and Bill Wirtz discuss the future of Airbnb, as well as pending regulations on auto-play and infinite scroll on social media platforms…

Published on 11 months, 1 week ago

EP171: Sausage fight, Czech goes super on trains, and Google your breakup (w/ Donald Kimball)

Episode 171

In this week's episode, Donald Kimball from the Washington Policy Center ** mistakenly said institute on the recording, apologies **, joins us to discuss what the potential breakup of Google would me…

Published on 11 months, 3 weeks ago

EP170: Message screening, Paris speed limit, and EU Commissioning

Episode 170

Going solo in this week's episodes, where I'll tell you more about the procedures establishing the next European Commission. Also in this episode: the Netherlands opposes blanket screening of instant…

Published on 1 year ago

EP169: The price isn't right (co-hosted w/ Elizabeth Hicks)

Episode 169

This week's episode is co-hosted with the CCC's U.S Affairs Analyst Elizabeth Hicks. We talk about the U.S presidential election, and the latest proposals by both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump for p…

Published on 1 year ago

EP168: Draghi's report & iPhone 16 features (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)

Episode 168

This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the competitiveness and innovation report by former Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, as well as the release of the iPhone 16 a…

Published on 1 year ago