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    The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

    The Europeans is a fresh and entertaining weekly podcast about European politics and culture, recorded each week between Paris and Amsterdam with fascinating guests joining from across Europe. This multiple award-winning podcast fills you in on the major European politics stories and other European news of the week, as well as fun and quirky nuggets that have been missed by most media outlets. Hosted by Katy Lee, a journalist based in Paris, and Dominic Kraemer, an opera singer in Amsterdam, The Europeans covers everything from elections and climate policy to the best new European films and TV shows. We also produce investigative podcasts about everything from the European farming lobby to oat milk. Yes, oat milk. Katy and Dominic are old friends, and the warmth and intimacy of their conversations will soon make you feel like you’ve known them a long time too. They approach topics with a light and humorous tone that makes The Europeans stand out from other European news podcasts, while remaining journalistically rigorous and meticulously fact-checked. The Europeans has been recommended by The New York Times, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, The Financial Times, and many other outlets. Katy Lee, a British-French reporter, has written for major outlets including The Guardian, Politico Europe, Agence France-Presse (AFP), Foreign Policy and The New Statesman for more than a decade, covering French and European politics and more recently, climate change. Dominic Kraemer, a British-German opera singer, performs across Europe when he is not co-hosting The Europeans, with roles recently at the Staatsoper in Berlin, the Dutch National Opera and the Münchener Biennale. The Europeans’ team is completed by producers Katz Laszlo in Amsterdam and Wojciech Oleksiak in Warsaw. You’ll hear them joining Katy and Dominic from time to time, particularly during investigative episodes like ‘The Oatly Chronicles’ and ‘The Big-Agri Bully Boys’. The Europeans’ breezy, informal approach to covering European news has won awards such as a Covering Climate Now award for an episode about the Swiss women who sued their government at the European Court of Human Rights demanding more climate action; Germany’s prestigious CIVIS Media Prize for ‘Mohamed’, an episode that explores the everyday life of a young undocumented man in Amsterdam; and best LGBTQIA+ short at the MiraBan UK Film Awards for ‘Josh and Franco’, the coming-of-age story of a father and son, both gay. Our guests have included everyone from major figures in European politics such as Alexander Stubb, now the President of Finland, and Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, to star chefs Asma Khan and Christian Puglisi, celebrated illustrator Christoph Niemann, and environmentalist George Monbiot. Since launching in 2017, we’ve talked about everything from elections in France, Italy and many more countries besides, to the politics of halloumi cheese in Cyprus, to why Donald Trump is so hard for TV interpreters to translate. We pride ourselves on covering European politics, European news and European culture from a pan-European perspective. You’ll often hear stories on The Europeans from parts of the continent that don’t usually receive enough attention from major international media outlets, especially Central, Eastern and Southern Europe. You might enjoy The Europeans if you also enjoy one of these other podcasts: The News Agents, On the Media, Today in Focus, Inside Europe, The Journal, EU Confidential, The Daily, The Globalist, Reasons to be Cheerful, The Media Show, Power Play, and The New Statesman. Whether you’re already a European news nerd, or simply someone who’d like to be better informed about what’s happening across Europe, The Europeans is the podcast for you. Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/europeanspodcast

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    So Nearly A Eurovision Hit Mar 02, 2023
    Show notes

    We're deep into the selection process for the world's most ridiculous music competition, with artists across the continent vying to be chosen as their nation's Eurovision entry. But what happens to the songs that don't actually make it to the contest? This week we've got a joyful interview with Monty Moncrieff, whose podcast Second Cherry gives some love to the nearly-Eurovision hits that still deserve a listen. We're also talking about Elly Schlein, Italy's new leader on the left, and an eyebrow-raising decision by Malta's prison service.

    This week's Isolation Inspiration: 'Euphoria' and 'Tattoo' by Loreen; 'The Last Soviet', and bonus entry 'Email to Berlin' by Double Date.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    00:23 Continental drama and bird noises
    02:36 Good Week: Elly Schlein
    12:13 Bad week: Malta's prison service
    22:09 Interview: Monty Moncrieff on nearly-Eurovision hits
    34:50 Isolation Inspiration: Loreen and 'The Last Soviet'
    38:44 Happy Ending: A Roman dildo?

    Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Valeria Feb 23, 2023
    Show notes

    An overnight career change. Switching the language you love in. This week, how war transforms your life in ways you’d never expect.

    This is the final instalment of our award-winning mini-series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like, a co-production by The Europeans and Are We Europe, made in cooperation with the Allianz Foundation. You can find the other episodes, which take us from Italy to Belarus, here.

    Our regular show will be back next week. Thanks as ever to the listeners who support this podcast so that we can keep making it. You can chip in at patreon.com/europeanspodcast.

    Thanks for listening.

    Producers: Katz Laszlo and Valeria Fokina

    Sound design: Katz Laszlo

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Editor: Katy Lee

    Editorial support: Wojciech Oleksiak and Dominic Kraemer

    You can find Valeria on Instagram here.

    Music: The Kiffness x Boombox - Remix of Andrii Horolski singing ‘Oy u luzi chervona kalyna’; коники by Tik Tu; Vesna, Baby and Alambari by DakhaBrakha; Valeria Fokina covering ‘I Will Survive’ by Gloria Gaynor; When It Hits You and The Final Cut from Epidemic Sound. Theme music by Jim Barne. SFX from Freesound.org.

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Spies, wolves and taxes Feb 09, 2023
    Show notes

    There's been a steady drip-drip of revelations for months now that an alarming number of people in Greece have had their phones tapped. Who is behind this mass snooping, and why are they doing it? This week we call up our favourite Greek-splainer Nick Malkoutzis to unravel a complicated scandal. We're also talking about oil and gas companies' bonanza profits, and the wolf that killed Ursula von der Leyen's pony.

    Nick is the co-founder and editor of MacroPolis. You can find The Agora, his excellent podcast on Greek politics, here.

    This week's Isolation Inspiration: Cunk on Earth and The Making of Modern Ukraine (on Youtube here and on Spotify here).

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    00:23 Duolingo fraud
    02:22 Bad Week: Ursula and the Wolf
    08:03 Good week: Filthy-rich oil and gas giants
    18:35 Interview: Nick Malkoutzis on Greece's snooping scandal
    30:48 Isolation Inspiration: 'Cunk on Earth' and 'The Making of Modern Ukraine'
    34:25 Happy Ending: Hercules rises from the sewer

    Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Germany’s Gonna Germany Feb 02, 2023
    Show notes

    Germany’s government has faced international criticism in recent weeks for dithering over whether or not to send tanks to Ukraine. The Leopard 2s are finally on their way — but why is Europe’s richest country so reluctant to look like a military leader? This week we’re diving into the psychology of Germany’s foreign policy with Sophia Besch, Europe fellow at the Carnegie Endowment. We’re also talking about Czechia’s anti-populist new president, and a bitter row over wine labels.

    You can follow Sophia on Twitter here and find out more about her work here.

    This week’s Isolation Inspiration: Stromae’s Tiny Desk Concert and ‘The Door’ by Magda Szabó.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    00:00 Good Week, Fast Week
    02:50 Good Week: Bye-bye Babiš
    11:08 Bad week: The Great Wine Label Row
    22:00 Interview: Sophia Besch on how Germany sees its place in the world
    39:27 Isolation Inspiration: Stromae’s Tiny Desk Concert and ‘The Door’ by Magda Szabó
    41:33 Happy Ending: Sharks in Liverpool


    Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    The dark side of fine dining Jan 26, 2023
    Show notes

    When legendary Copenhagen restaurant Noma announced that it's planning to close its doors, its star chef René Redzepi said that producing his kind of elite cuisine had become 'unsustainable'. The restaurant, and others like it, have faced vocal criticism over working practices ranging from exploitative unpaid internships to gruelling 16-hour days. This week we speak to Lisa Lind Dunbar, an industry veteran and critic of Denmark's restaurant working culture, to try to understand how fine dining went so wrong. We're also talking about Polish bison, why Turkey is blocking Sweden's NATO bid, and the Irish president's vision of a blissfully homework-free childhood.

    You can follow Lisa on Instagram here. This week's Isolation Inspiration: Paolo Sorrentino's 'Hand of God', and 'Ukraine: Under the Counter', reported by our very own Katz Laszlo for Rough Translation / Radiolab.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    00:00 The Europeans, brought to you by ChatGPT
    03:49 Good Week: A proposed homework ban in Ireland
    10:15 Bad week: Why Turkey is blocking Sweden's NATO bid
    20:55 Interview: Lisa Lind Dunbar on Denmark's broken restaurant industry
    39:03 Isolation Inspiration: 'The Hand of God' and 'Under the Counter'
    42:07 Hooray for Polish bison

    Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Andrea Jan 19, 2023
    Show notes

    This week, a story about being incredibly sure you’re right about something, and then realising you weren’t. We’re heading to Cyprus for the latest instalment of our award-winning mini-series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like.

    This series is a co-production by The Europeans and Are We Europe, made in cooperation with the Allianz Foundation. You can find the other episodes, which take us from Italy to Belarus, here.

    Our regular show will be back next week! Thanks as ever to the listeners who support this podcast so that we can keep making it. You can chip in at patreon.com/europeanspodcast.

    Thanks for listening.

    Producers: Wojciech Oleksiak and Andrea Solomonides

    Scoring, sound design and mixing: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Editors: Katz Laszlo, Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

    Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Theme music by Jim Barne.

    With special thanks to Eleni Tzialli and Hilmi Tekoglu.

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Merry Christmas And A Penis Morning To You Dec 15, 2022
    Show notes

    *Content warning: This episode contains some colourful language and a discussion of what happens to letters to Sinterklaas*

    It's our final episode of 2022! This week we're getting into the festive spirit with Berlin-based historian Kathrin Schwarz, creator of an entire series of Christmassy European podcasts. We're also talking about Belgium's Sinterklaas postal failure, and why a 1970s Eurovision hit has gone viral in Ukraine.

    This episode was recorded live on Zoom in front of an audience of our supporters! Thank you so much to everyone who chips in so that we can keep making The Europeans. You can join us at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    Kathrin's podcast, available in German, is called 'Have yourself a very European Christmas - Adventskalenderpodcast'. You can find all 24 episodes here on Spotify, as well as on Apple. You can also follow Kathrin on Twitter here or Instagram here, and find her latest work on witches in Brandenberg here.

    This week's Isolation Inspiration: @balthazar_theblackmagus and 'Limbic' by Peter Scapello.


    04:01 Good Week: Goeiemorgen, morgen

    09:56 Bad Week: The great Sinterklaas postal failure

    18:03 Kathrin Schwarz on Christmas in the EU

    29:13 Isolation Inspiration: @balthazar_theblackmagus and 'Limbic' by Peter Scapello

    31:11 Happy Ending: Fighting loneliness at the supermarket checkout


    Thanks for listening! We'll be back in January.


    Hosts: Dominic Kraemer and Katy Lee

    Producers: Katy Lee, Wojciech Oleksiak and Katz Laszlo

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina


    This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.


    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com


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    Kathrin's Recipe: Sardine sandwiches with Christmas cognac

    Ingredients

    200 ml béchamel sauce*

    4 slices of toast

    50 g grated Gruyère cheese

    1 tin of sardines in olive oil (115 g)

    1 teaspoon mustard

    1 tablespoon lemon juice

    1/4 teaspoon chopped thyme

    salt

    black pepper

    *Melt butter, mix with flour, then steadily milk in at medium temperature

    Preparation

    Bring the béchamel sauce to boil in a small saucepan over medium heat.

    Add the mustard, thyme, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Stir only briefly and remove from the heat. Place 2 slices of toast in a small ovenproof dish.

    Spread half of the resulting mixture on the toast slices in a bowl, then arrange the drained sardines and half of the grated cheese on top.

    Top with the remaining slices of toast and pour over the remaining béchamel sauce and grated cheese.

    Place in the oven preheated to 220 °C and bake for 10-15 minutes until the surface is lightly browned and the cheese melts.

    Tip

    Before baking, place a lemon slice on each sandwich as a garnish or sprinkle with chives.

    The Surprising Queer History of Poland Dec 08, 2022
    Show notes

    In 1932, Poland became one of the first countries in Europe to decriminalise homosexuality; today it's one of the most hostile on the continent when it comes to LGBTQ rights. This week historian Kamil Karczewski joins us to discuss Poland's little-known history as a queer pioneer, and what has changed since. We're also talking about France's crackdown on domestic flights and Ireland's amazingly successful experiment with the four-day week. Oh, and we pay a visit to the EU metaverse, so that you don't have to.

    You can follow Kamil on Twitter here, and visit the EU's Global Gateway metaverse site here. Good luck, and let us know if you make it inside!

    This week's Isolation Inspiration: Règle 30, TechTrash, and Inside the Mind of a Cat. You can follow the Savitsky Cats on Instagram here.

    Don't forget to sign up to support the podcast this week if you'd like to join the live recording of our Christmas episode on December 12! We're hugely grateful to everyone who chips in so that we can keep making the show. You can join us at patreon.com/europeanspodcast, and many currencies are available.
    Thanks for listening!
    02:22 Good Week: France's crackdown on domestic flights
    09:36 Bad Week: The EU's metaverse fiesta flop
    22:23 Interview: Kamil Karczewski on Poland's little-known queer history
    38:16 Isolation Inspiration: Règle 30, Tech Trash, and 'Inside the Mind of a Cat'
    42:22 Happy Ending: Ireland's four-day working week is a roaring success

    Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Is China trying to police people in Europe? Dec 01, 2022
    Show notes

    When reports emerged of Chinese 'police service stations' operating in Europe, alarm bells began ringing across the continent. But what exactly is going on at these sites, and how worried should we be about them? This week we ring Yuan Yang, Europe-China correspondent at the Financial Times, to get a better understanding of how China works beyond its borders. We're also talking about Viktor Orbán's controversial scarf and the right not to be 'fun' at work.

    You can follow Yuan on Twitter here and read her reporting on China's offshore police stations here.

    This week's Isolation Inspiration: 'The White Lotus', Season 2, and The Playlist. Our interview with newly-minted astronaut Dr Meganne Christian, from February 2019, can be found in this episode: The Most Isolated Place on Earth'.

    Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    03:04 Bad Week: Scarfgate

    08:09 Good Week: The right to not be fun

    15:35 Interview: Yuan Yang on China's 'overseas police stations'

    29:20 Isolation Inspiration: Season 2 of 'The White Lotus' and 'The Playlist'

    32:22 Happy Ending: Europe's new astronauts

    Producer: Katy Lee

    Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak

    Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina

    This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family.

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

    Good Five Years, Bad Five Years Nov 24, 2022
    Show notes

    The first episode of The Europeans aired five years ago this week! To mark this very special occasion, producers Katz and Wojciech join Katy and Dominic to look back on how Europe has changed in the half-decade we've been making this podcast.

    Many thanks to the amazing people who've taken the time to speak to us over the years. In this episode you heard:

    Franz Kubacyk - 'Translating Trump, Defending Deneuve', January 2018
    Katz Laszlo - 'How the hell do you make an EU law?', February 2020
    Tom Moylan - 'President of the European what now?', December 2019
    Pasi Sahlberg - 'Finnish Lessons', April 2021
    Andrei Popoviciu - 'Pushbacks', November 2019
    Remco Yizhak Cooremans - 'It takes more than two, baby' - June 2022
    Grace Ly - 'France's Invisible Asians', November 2020
    Patrick Gathara - 'Eurafrica', February 2020
    Natalie Lamprou - 'Cheese Diplomacy' - April 2021
    Sara (episode 3 in our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like) - November 2021
    And thank you for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify.

    A video of friendly wolves can be found here.

    04:10 Good Five Years: Solar energy
    10:48 Bad Five Years: Western naivety
    15:55 Good Five Years: Wolves
    21:46 Bad Five Years: Media freedom in Central and Eastern Europe
    33:42 An ode to governments that came and went
    35:32 Franz Kubacyk on Translating Trump
    38:46 Tom Moylan on the secrets of the European Commission building
    39:53 Pasi Sahlberg on Finland's education system
    42:14 Frontex and Fortress Europe
    43:48 Remco Yizhak Cooremans on recognising rainbow families in the Netherlands
    44:51 Grace Ly on France's Invisible Asians
    45:45 Patrick Gathara on Eurafrica
    47:34 Natalie Lamprou on halloumi diplomacy in Cyprus
    49:47 Sara: trahana, and three Albanias

    Artwork for this episode by our lovely listener, Luisa Balaban.

    Twitter | Instagram | hello@europeanspodcast.com

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