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Ep.135: Philosemitism and Herbert Kickl
Far‑right leaders across Europe increasingly present themselves as defenders of Israel and the Jewish people despite long histories of antisemitism — and they often do so while vehemently criticizing Muslim communities. A recent example is
Ep.134: Live Behind the News on Germany, the High North, and Media
Straight talk on what's behind the news, recorded live at the Full Circle (https://fullcircle.eu/) in Brussels. Katrin Prybil (https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrin-pribyl-445b28a7) of Reportrois explains how the far right's wins in German sta
Ep.133: How the EU Learned to Love the Chicago School
A revolt against modern-day monopolization is brewing in Europe. Among the responses is creation of a New Competition School to challenge the European Commission's deference to corporate power under the influence of the so-called Chicago Sc
Ep.132: The Velocity of Extremism
How did far-right politics go mainstream so quickly? Pundits frequently cite distrust of elites, concerns about migration, and economic anxieties. But these factors alone don't adequately explain how illiberalism and identitarianism spread
Ep.131: Remigration and Metapolitics
Make no mistake: the far right's push for remigration — the mass removal of non-European immigrants, and of certain minority citizens too — is both serious and strategic. Yes, the European mainstream is still resisting it, and anti-Nazis an
Ep.130: Live Behind the News on Disinfo, Deportations, Corruption
Straight talk on what's behind the news, recorded live at the Full Circle (https://fullcircle.eu/) in Brussels. Estelle Nilsson-Julien, a reporter with Euronews (https://fr.euronews.com/profils/2662), describes the killings of two very diff
Ep.129: Sovereignty and Software
A handful of American technology companies provide the backbone for much of the world's digital activity, including in public services. But with the current US administration signaling a shift to autocratic government, dystopic scenarios ab
Political Communication in the New Age of Spectacle
Sedate and unflashy international institutions are in a struggle for attention in this new age of spectacle. In a step change aimed at addressing the challenge, the European Commission, the EU's executive body, last year paid a group of con
Ep.127: One Energy Shock After Another
Energy prices have exploded as a result of the Trump Administration's war on Iran. It's another opportunity for Europe to shield itself against the kind of fossil fuel shock that hit four years ago when Russia curtailed gas supplies to Euro
Ep.126: Freedom in the Age of the Algorithm
Tech bros like to blabber about AI and the end of the world. But the more plausible catastrophe they'll unleash is severe inequality and economic distress. As anger and panic grows over the automation of labor, the technology industry is ca
Ep.125: The Geopolitics of Whiteness
European leaders are failing to pushback against racist messaging from the Trump Administration, signaling their acceptance of a new geopolitics of whiteness. Among the most recent examples is a standing ovation for US Secretary of State Ma
Ep.124: Machiavellian Moment in the Arctic
Germany and Sweden are among states deploying troops to Greenland. Yet Trump's power play for the island in the wake of his Venezuela raid has left much of Europe bewildered. As author and historian Luuk van Middelaar (https://luukvanmiddel
Ep.123: Owned, Extorted, and Gaslit
Since returning to the White House on Jan. 20, Donald Trump has imposed one-sided tariffs on the European Union, forced the bloc to commit to buying vast quantities of American natural gas, and effectively threatened annexation of Greenland
Ep.122: Anti-LGBT as a Strategic Threat
The lurch rightwards in our politics has brought a wave of disinformation and discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and intersex people. As well as exacerbating prejudice, the anti-LGBTIQ+ campaigns, many supported by US evan
Ep.121: Ungoverning the EU
The buzzword in Brussels is https://commission.europa.eu/law/law-making-process/better-regulation/simplification-and-implementation/simplification_en. In reality it’s a euphemism for sweeping deregulation and it marks a dramatic U-turn for
Ep.120: Hungary’s Deepening Dependency on Russian Oil
Three years ago, as part of efforts to weaken Putin's war chest, the EU banned imports of Russian crude oil. But those countries with a high dependency on Russia were allowed to continue importing, the idea being they needed more time to ad
Ep.119: Post-Truth Nation
There is an expanding landscape of lies, distortions, and half-truths shaping global politics. The latest instance is the immediate blame heaped on the left for the killing of Charlie Kirk despite evidence that right-leaning attacks are mor
Ep.118: Putting Guardrails On Playing God
The recent European heatwave killed (https://www.imperial.ac.uk/media/imperial-college/grantham-institute/public/publications/institute-reports-and-analytical-notes/Climate-change-tripled-heat-related-deaths-in-early-summer-European-heatwav
Ep.117: Countdown to Budapest Pride
Millions of people in more than a hundred countries march at Pride festivities each year. Attendees come mostly to express support for lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans gender, queer and intersex people — the LGBTQI+ community. And although Pri
Ep.116: Gaza, Staatsräson, and von der Leyen
An initial wave of support for Israel after the Oct. 7, 2023, attack in which Hamas killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages has been eclipsed by 20 months of reprisals in which Israel has killed nearly 55,000 Palestinians in Gaza includin
Ep.115: A Real Nuclear Option for Orbán's Hungary
Call it the real nuclear option for bringing Viktor Orbán's Hungary to heel — but also call it a risky thought experiment. Tom Theuns (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-theuns-9332ab152/) of Leiden University wants to empower the EU to sever
Ep.114: High Noon for the Digital Services Act
Musk, Zuckerberg and Vance have stomped into the EU's canteen, overturned the tables, smashed the glasses, and drawn their pistols. They are scanning a crowd of bewildered Eurocrats and asking menacingly: who really wants a fight over what
Ep.113: Germany, Gramsci, and the Rise of the AfD
Following the horrors of Nazism, the post-war far right needed to proceed strategically, and patiently, if it was ever to stage a comeback. Some far-right actors in Europe and in particular the French Nouvelle Droite took the Italian politi
Ep.112: Resisting Nazi-era Narratives at the European Parliament
There are many more politicians and policymakers from the far right on our TVs, in our social media feeds, and in our legislatures. They have a new swagger and an even more conspicuous disdain for their adversaries. "They act like they own
Ep.111: Trump, The Tech Coup, and the EU
Big Tech bosses. Their immensely profitable corporations. And the fabulously wealthy venture capitalists who fund them. They are gaining power over the destinies of nations. Yet they also contribute to injustice and inequality, even in area
Ep.110: Philosophy and Future Generations
Close your eyes. Imagine a young person you know and care about. Picture them at age 90. And then think about the kind of world you want to leave them. Is it ridden by conflict and chaos? Or is it peaceful and habitable? Such thought experi
Ep.109: Ministry for the Future IRL
There's a lot of talk right now about future generations. Ursula von der Leyen of the European Commission says she'll create a portfolio with responsibilities for intergenerational fairness (https://commission.europa.eu/document/download/e6
Ep.108: Accountability in the Von Der Leyen Era, Greece, Pfizer, Iran
Border violence. Hostage diplomacy. Vaccine purchases. Just some of the areas where opaqueness in EU decision-making can erode public trust and ultimately democracy. These also are areas where accountability journalism like freedom of infor
Ep.107: Shame, Falsification, Normalisation of Radical Right, EU Vote, The Lonely Olive
How did politics long deemed unacceptable go mainstream so quickly? Pundits have blamed disinformation, social media and growing distrust of elites. But these factors don't adequately explain how illiberalism and identitarian ideologies hav
Ep.106: Palestinian State, Ireland, Tony Connelly, James Joyce
Ireland and Spain are to grant formal recognition to a Palestine state as soon as this month. The move puts Dublin and Madrid at odds with most other EU states and with the United States. Sweden is the only other state to have recognised Pa
