Episodes

  • Why the UK can't keep calm and carry on

    Why the UK can't keep calm and carry on
    Jun 25 2026
    Keir Starmer resigns, 10 years of Brexit, postcards from a heatwave. Plus: Spanish corruption, DW's Freedom of Speech Award, Czech media strike and a banned Russian ballet.
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    55 mins
  • Law or politics? Citizenship and Palestine Action

    Law or politics? Citizenship and Palestine Action
    Jun 18 2026
    The removal of German citizenship and its history, the UK's Palestine Action ban, and an exclusive interview with the EU's Culture Commissioner. Then: a dark week for Norwegian royalty, Albania's flamingo protests, a check-in with post-election Hungary, Italy's depopulation issue, and Vienna's social housing. ++ Archive credits: Deulig Woche 370, Bundesarchiv, 79343.
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    55 mins
  • Immigration debate, Swiss-style

    Immigration debate, Swiss-style
    Jun 11 2026
    Switzerland's knife-edge referendum, Kosovo's former president on the country's post-election malaise, and questions over Irish exports to Russia. Then: a night and dream special featuring a Berlin-based sleep doctor, Amsterdam’s night mayor, DW's sleep-deprived Kyiv correspondent, and a whole load of Norwegians drunk on the midnight sun. ++ https://tinyurl.com/4jswz8zs ++?maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss
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    55 mins
  • Cory Doctorow's digital jail-break

    Cory Doctorow's digital jail-break
    Jun 4 2026
    As the EU publishes its digital sovereignty plans, we've come up with a little techno-utopian package of our own. Our guest throughout is tech and solar-punk author Cory Doctorow: join us as we explore queer social media take-backs, French AIs, Finish super-computers, Croatian Wikipedia and all the reasons why this might just be the moment in which things start to change for the better.
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    55 mins
  • Turkish democracy – the endgame?

    Turkish democracy – the endgame?
    May 28 2026
    Another blow to Turkey's embattled democracy, the Czech kick-boxing champion turned anti-bullying activist, the inside story of Finland's gamer-industry boom, and the iconic moped disappearing from Italy's streets. Then: music in exile and what we got wrong about Pinocchio.
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    55 mins
  • Who is Andy Burnham, the man with his eye on Britain's top job?

    Who is Andy Burnham, the man with his eye on Britain's top job?
    May 21 2026
    Who is Andy Burnham—and is he ready to challenge Keir Starmer? PBS' Alexander Heffner on the growing power of mayors. What’s at stake in Cyprus’ elections? Then—Turkey’s warning over French troop plans, social media bans for minors, red deer vs. Loch Lomond, and Spain’s renewable energy edge. https://www.pbs.org/show/open-mind/&maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss
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    55 mins
  • Euro(di)vision: where glamour meets geopolitics

    Euro(di)vision: where glamour meets geopolitics
    May 14 2026
    UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is hanging by a thread. An investigation uncovers troubling ties between a professor at Germany’s Federal Police Academy and the far right. And Eurovision returns, amid fresh controversy. Plus: a former pilot calls for a ban on private jets as Cannes gets underway, and how Ukraine is transforming its energy system under fire.++ https://shorturl.at/nAuU4 ++?maca=en-podcast_inside-europe-949-xml-mrss
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    55 mins
  • The end of the two-party system in the UK?

    The end of the two-party system in the UK?
    May 7 2026
    What the UK local elections could mean for the country’s political system, how troop and tariff disputes are worsening relations between Germany and the US, and controversies surrounding a new report on France’s public media. Then: a deep dive into bioacoustics and how AI can support biodiversity research.
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