Podcast Episodes

EP167: Dropshipping under fire, Brazil's X ban, and Chinese EV tariffs (w/ Matthias Bauer)

Episode 167

We're back from our summer break ! In this week's episode: dropshipping companies are under fire by a Dutch consumer watchdog, Brazil has banned the use of the social media platform X -- our colleagu…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

EP166: Beer sales down in NL, Germany alone against EV tariffs, and The gene-editing pendulum (w/ Amrit Nanda)

Episode 166

In this last episode before the summer break, we address falling beer sales in the Netherlands, and the ongoing Council battle of tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. Also, Amrit Nanda from Plant ET…

Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

EP165: Thank you for supporting us !

Episode 165

A brief hello this week. No regular episode. Last one out next week. Hustling before the summer break!

July 11, 2024

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Published on 1 year, 2 months ago

EP164: Encryption & AI (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)

Episode 164

Yaël Ossowski joins us this week to discuss the latest regulatory news for end-to-end encryption and artificial intelligence in the European Union. Regulators seemingly doing, again, more harm than g…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

EP163: Barcelona removes Airbnb licenses, Apple facing fines and Ryanair's OTA fight (w/ Dara Brady)

Episode 163

In this week's episode, we discuss the mayor of Barcelona's measure to cut Airbnb licenses, we bring on Yaël Ossowski to explain Apple facing new potential fines for self-preferencing, and Chief Mark…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

EP162: Car tariff debate (w/ Jan Burdinski)

Episode 162

Jan Burdinski is back on the podcast to discuss the most recent decision by the European Commission to consider tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles.

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June 20, 20…

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

EP161: False discounts, Swiss ECHR backlash, and European elections 2024 (w/ Pieter Cleppe)

Episode 161

Pieter Cleppe joins us on this week's episode to discuss the European elections that happened last week. Also in this episode: online retailers face fines in the Netherlands for deceptive discounts, …

Published on 1 year, 3 months ago

EP160: VPNs & Spatial computing (co-hosted with Chad Swarthout)

Episode 160

This week's episode is co-hosted with CCC board member Chad Swarthout, who joins us to discuss his views on the use of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and the use of VR headsets like the Apple Vision …

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

EP159: Paris hotel drops and European elections

Episode 159

Due to last minute changes, no guest this week, but a short episode with two news stories regardless: Paris faces Airbnb prices and hotels during the Olympics that do not increase as much as planned,…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago

EP158: New Dutch government, EU Tech Loop, and Georgia's Future (w/ Adam Bartha)

Episode 158

In this episode we talk about the incoming Dutch government, a new CCC project in Europe called EU Tech Loop, and we host EPICENTER Director Adam Bartha to discuss the protests in Georgia against the…

Published on 1 year, 4 months ago