EU Confidential
Episodes
Ep 154: Commission's €750B recovery plan — Battles ahead — Making 'Parlement' funny
28 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The European Commission this week unveiled a sweeping €750 billion proposal to get the EU's economies back on track. POLITICO's budget guru Lili Bay...
Coronavirus edition #11: Reviewing Europe's response — Challenges ahead — Behind-the-scenes peek
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As countries ease lockdowns and try to move toward normality, we take stock of Europe's response to the coronavirus so far. We pick out key themes and...
Ep 153: Merkel & Macron's Recovery Fund — Economist Lucas Guttenberg
21 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It was big and bold and came out of the blue — Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron took Europe by surprise with a plan for a €500 billion EU recover...
Coronavirus edition #10: MEP Pascal Canfin on green recovery — Back-to-school questions
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How green will Europe's economic revival be? Pascal Canfin, the chair of the European Parliament's environment committee, outlines what MEPs want to s...
Ep 152: Timothy Garton Ash — Second wave — War on leaks
14 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Timothy Garton Ash, professor of European studies in the University of Oxford, doesn't mince words about the challenges — and opportunities — faci...
Coronavirus edition #9: Talking Tedros: WHO chief in spotlight — Sweden's light-touch lockdown
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We turn the spotlight on World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the man at the center of a global public health crisis and a geop...
Ep 151, presented by the Croatian presidency: Coronavirus quandaries — New British Chamber CEO
07 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What standards should we expect from politicians, professors and public health experts as they guide us through this crisis? And where does science en...
Coronavirus edition #8: Pledge drive — Getting philosophical — Brussels post-lockdown plans
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Pledges of billions of euros to fight the coronavirus rolled into a conference hosted by the European Commission on Monday — but how much of that mo...
Ep 150: Chinese propaganda — Economist Thomas Piketty — Brussels love bus
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
French economist Thomas Piketty has some big ideas about how Europe should respond to the coronavirus crisis. He shared them in a livestreamed convers...
Coronavirus edition #7: Commissioner Elisa Ferreira on economic recovery — Critical seasonal workers
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Elisa Ferreira, the European commissioner for cohesion and reforms, is directly involved in crafting the EU's economic response to the coronavirus. Sh...
Ep 149: Europe's recovery — Virtual Council — Anything but corona
23 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
EU leaders met virtually to try to forge a path toward economic recovery — and they found a way not to disagree, by deciding in advance not to try t...
Coronavirus edition #6: Belgium death toll explained — Antibodies vs. immunity — AI & COVID-19
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Why is Belgium’s coronavirus death toll so high? And will antibody tests be the panacea to ending lockdowns in Europe? POLITICO's Sarah Wheaton and ...
Ep 148: Coronavirus Twitter chat — The Brussels Effect — Virtual Parliament
16 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How have the EU and the U.K. handled the coronavirus crisis so far? Our podcast team took your questions on that subject in a live Twitter chat. Liste...
Coronavirus edition #5: How Europe failed coronavirus test — Auto industry impact — MEP Bas Eickhout
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our senior health reporter Sarah Wheaton reviews the key moments of this crisis so far and answers the big questions on how Europe ended up here. You ...
Ep 147: Who's running Britain? — Exit strategy U-turn — Virtual Brussels tour
09 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Who's running Britain? Does anyone have a plan to get us out of lockdowns? And what's behind the battle over corona bonds? We try to answer all these ...
Coronavirus edition #4: Pandemic preparations — Behind the masks — Coronavirus apps
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
David Alexander, a professor of risk and disaster reduction, explains how governments should prepare for a pandemic and why leaders seem to be in a st...
Ep 146: Jobs Commissioner Schmit — Lockdown limits — Corona bond bungle
02 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Schmit, the European commissioner for jobs and social rights, is our special guest — discussing the Commission's plan to help people sta...
Coronavirus edition #3: Testing questions — Corona bond debate — Dr. Herman Goossens
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Herman Goossens, a professor of microbiology and coordinator of an EU group studying how to combat the coronavirus, is our special guest. What would h...
Ep 145: Italian lessons — Democratic distancing — ONE Campaign's Gayle Smith
27 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
POLITICO's Silvia Sciorilli Borrelli in Rome shares her thoughts on what the rest of Europe can learn from Italy's response to the coronavirus. Our pa...
Coronavirus edition #2: European Commissioner Ylva Johansson — Vaccine confusion — 8 more weeks?
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We hear from someone directly involved in the EU's response to the coronavirus crisis: Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson. The Swedish commissi...
Ep 144 In Focus: Energy, presented by Shell: Europe on hold — COVID-19 leadership — Energy battles
19 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
As COVID-19 paralyzes Europe, our podcast panel describes daily life right now in Paris, Berlin, London and Brussels. We also look at how Emmanuel Mac...
Coronavirus edition #1: Shutdowns & lockdowns — Europe's response — What airlines want
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
POLITICO brings you a special edition of the EU Confidential podcast focusing on the coronavirus crisis. This is the first in a series of extra episod...
Ep 143: Italy in coronavirus lockdown — Elections in France — UK's Tom Tugendhat
12 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life under lockdown in Italy: This episode of EU Confidential leads off with a conversation with Silvia Sciorilli-Borrelli in Rome about how Italy's a...
Ep 142, presented by Goldman Sachs: EU in crisis mode — Super Tuesday — Syrian doctor Amani Ballour
05 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
From Brussels, Berlin, Paris and London, we break down responses to the coronavirus across Europe. How are politicians and the general population in e...
Ep 141: Europe's coronavirus response — Carnival & anti-Semitism — Valdis Dombrovskis interview
27 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of EU Confidential explores how Europe is responding to the coronavirus, with POLITICO's senior health reporter, Sarah Wheaton. We also t...
Ep 140: EU's €1 trillion summit — Herman Van Rompuy — A digital vision
21 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We go inside the special summit on the EU budget as leaders battle over plans likely to be worth more than €1 trillion over seven years. Among those...
EU Confidential #139, presented by the Croatian Presidency: Munich Security Conference special
16 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We go inside one of the world's top gatherings of political leaders, military commanders, ambassadors and policy experts — the Munich Security Confe...
Ep 138, presented by the Croatian Presidency: German mess — 'Greta syndrome' — Anders Fogh Rasmussen
13 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest EU Confidential, ex-NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen weighs in on the future of European defense and the global artificial intelligence ...
Ep 137: Margrethe Vestager interview — Macron in Poland — Revisiting enlargement
06 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Margrethe Vestager, the European Commission’s executive vice president for digital, is the main interview guest in this week's EU Confidential podca...
Ep 136: Departing Brits debate — Huawei fallout — EU budget crunch
30 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of EU Confidential bids adieu (or is it au revoir?) to the U.K. as an EU member. You'll hear a lively debate with outgoing British MEPs J...
Ep 135, presented by Goldman Sachs: PM Xavier Bettel — Prof. Mary Beard — David Miliband
23 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
This EU Confidential episode comes to you from Davos, Switzerland where the POLITICO team has been covering the 50th edition of the World Economic For...
Davos Confidential #3, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump address — Solvay's CEO — Quantum computing
22 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 3 of POLITICO's Davos Confidential podcast series, our Editor-in-Chief Stephen Brown breaks down Donald Trump's address on Tuesday at the W...
Davos Confidential #2, presented by Goldman Sachs: Trump day — Workforce transformation
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On Day 2 of Davos Confidential, we preview Donald Trump's much-anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum. Who's considered the most "controversia...
Davos Confidential #1, presented by Goldman Sachs: World Economic Forum preview
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
POLITICO heads to Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum this week — bringing you a special daily podcast series from the snowy mountains w...
Ep 134: Geopolitical tussles — EU's green cash — New Zealand's EU envoy
16 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of EU Confidential, Europe is on the foreign policy defensive again after Russia and Turkey seized the initiative in Libya. But did Pu...
Ep 133, presented by Gilead: Europe's Iran reaction — 2020 EU resolutions — New AIDS epidemic
09 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast welcomes the New Year with a spirited discussion about Europe's response to the U.S. assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. W...
Ep 132: Top 2019 moments — UK vote fallout — Deepfakes — Catalonia's Alfred Bosch
19 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the last episode of 2019, the EU Confidential podcast crew selects their top political moments of the year — from the launch of the Brexit party ...
Ep 131, presented by ERT: EU summit — Climate confusion — Gentiloni on geopolitics
13 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's podcast comes from the EU summit in Brussels, where new European Council President Charles Michel claimed agreement on the Continent going...
Ep 130, presented by ERT: UK general election special
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The U.K. general election is the focus for a special edition of POLITICO'S EU Confidential podcast. Our team of journalists looks at the possible outc...
Ep 129, presented by Shell: Hot mic NATO summit — Former French ambassador Gérard Araud
05 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It wouldn't be a meeting of world leaders these days without a spat or two, and NATO's 70th anniversary celebration near London was no exception. POLI...
Ep 128, presented by the Martens Centre: Commissioner Avramopoulos — New Commission standouts
28 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the new episode of EU Confidential, we talk migration and security with the EU’s outgoing commissioner for home affairs, Dimitris Avramopoulos. T...
Ep 127: European Parliament VP Katarina Barley — EU’s missing Iran response — All eyes on NATO
21 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The podcast crew debates the EU’s response — or lack thereof — to the wave of protests rocking Iran and Tehran's latest violation of the Iran nu...
Ep 126: Madeleine Albright — New plan for EU hopefuls — Macron's worldview
14 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright talks about the divisions that emerged in Europe after the Cold War — and what the EU can do about...
Ep 125: Oettinger interview — Pompeo hits the Wall — Romania's Commission pick
07 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the new EU Confidential podcast, the EU's outgoing budget chief Günther Oettinger opens up on his decade in Brussels. POLITICO's Carmen Paun has ...
Ep 124: Macron to China — Populist resurgence — UK election & DUP's Jeffrey Donaldson
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the brand new episode of EU Confidential, we talk China, populism and British politics. With Emmanuel Macron heading for China and top German offic...
Ep 123, presented by ExxonMobil: Juncker's legacy — Spain’s EU minister Marco Aguiriano
24 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest episode of EU Confidential, we talk EU enlargement, Jean-Claude Juncker's legacy, Brexit and Syria. And we have an interview with Spain'...
Ep 122, presented by BP: Brexit deal — European Council behind the scenes — Greek PM Mitsotakis
18 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This special episode of EU Confidential takes you inside the European Council summit in Brussels which signed off on the brand new Brexit deal. POLITI...
Ep 121: Goulard rejected — Sondland in hot water — Green MEP Daniel Freund on EU transparency
10 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Commission drama, impeachment battles, countries struggling to leave and join the EU, and fights over transparency in politics — they’re all here ...
SPONSORED CONTENT: As farms go digital, possibilities for decarbonization grow
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the special branded episode of EU Confidential Goes Green by Bayer: The episode focuses on digital tools being used on European farms, and the new ...
Ep 120, presented by ExxonMobil: Boris’ Brexit proposal — Latvia’s Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš
03 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On our latest episode of the new EU Confidential, POLITICO's Annabelle Dickson unpacks Boris Johnson's new Brexit plan. Meanwhile in Brussels, confirm...
Ep 119, presented by the European Commission: Von der Leyen’s rejection woes — Labour’s Keir Starmer
26 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s episode takes us to London, New York and around the Continent. We start in Brussels, where members of the European Parliament rejected t...
Ep 118, presented by BP: Georgian President Salomé Zourabichvili
19 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our just-released podcast, we review the week in European politics and speak to the president of a small country with big geopolitical challenges. ...
Ep 117 Special Edition: US Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland
15 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a special edition of the EU Confidential podcast, U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland speaks with POLITICO’s Ryan Heath about the state of ...
Ep 116, presented by Bayer: Swedish Enviro Minister Isabella Lövin — Commission’s Green New Deal
12 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The new episode of POLITICO's EU Confidential podcast is part of our "goes green" series. And the timing could hardly be better, with Ursula von der L...
Ep 115, presented by the European Commission: Brexit drama — MEPs Caroline Voaden and Judith Bunting
05 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our brand new podcast focuses on the Brexit drama in London — but not just from a British perspective. POLITICO journalists Rym Momtaz (based in Par...
Episode 114, presented by Shell: Ryan Heath signs off
30 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode the POLITICO team turns the tables on Ryan Heath, who finishes as host of EU Confidential this episode, and interviews him about the h...
Episode 113, presented by Citi: Megan Richards
22 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Heath interviews Megan Richards, a Canadian who spent three decades working for the EU, rising to be one of its top officials in digital and late...
Episode 112, presented by Bayer: Electrification Alliance's Kristian Ruby
08 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we’re going Green again: Ryan Heath talks to Kristian Ruby who runs Eurelectric and the Electrification Alliance, as a way to clean our en...
Episode 111 — Inside UK Parliament's groping, harassment, bullying problem; Jacob Rees-Mogg reaction
01 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As Boris Johnson's begins his term as U.K. prime minister on a fast and furious Brexit course, Annabelle Dickson asks the Conservative leader of the H...
Episode 110: Author Peter May - Boris begins - Martin's move
25 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Best-selling author Peter May talks about his political thriller set in Brussels, The Man With No Face, just republished four decades after he wrote ...
Episode 109, presented by BP: Mette Grolleman — Debating EU presidency corporate sponsorship
18 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mette Grolleman runs the biggest lobbying office in Brussels — FleishmanHillard — and isn’t tempted to return to the Berlaymont to work for he...
Episode 108 — Paul Adamson, godfather of Brussels lobbying scene
11 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In our latest podcast episode, we discuss the life of a lobbyist, the latest in the Brussels hustle, and the recent transatlantic twitterstorm. This w...
Episode 107: Moonshot Venture's Mark MacGann —— President Ursula von der Leyen?
04 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A surprise European Commission presidential nominee landed on Brussels this week: the polished and much-criticised defense minister of Germany, Ursula...
Episode 106, presented by Bayer: Can capitalism save the planet?
27 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest in our occasional series focusing on green issues, we ask whether capitalism can save the planet. The European Commission held a sustain...
Episode 105, presented by Romania's EU presidency: David Miliband & political rebrands
20 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
David Miliband speaks to POLITICO’s Brexit editor James Randerson in our feature interview this week. It’s delicious timing, given the U.K. is get...
Episode 104: Jean-Claude Juncker & Shada Islam
13 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hear European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker in conversation with POLITICO's Florian Eder, discussing Trump, Brexit and more.Also this week,...
Episode 103: Danny Alexander — Debating the Trump visit
06 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a week full of world-shaping history, from the 75th D-Day anniversary to the 30th anniversary of the Tianamen Square massacre, our feature intervie...
Episode 102: Martin Selmayr — EU election results
30 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A look back at the European Parliament election results, and a look ahead to the race for EU top jobs. Ryan Heath interviews Martin Selmayr, the power...
Episode 101: Bruno Le Maire and EU election preview
23 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Bruno Le Maire, French minister of economy and finance, outlines his big ambitions for collecting tax from giant companies, creating a eurozone budget...
XX Factor Episode 5 — UK: Annunziata Rees-Mogg, and MPs Mary Creagh, Jo Swinson, and Helen Whately
19 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
After three years of divisive Brexit debate and voting in the United Kingdom, POLITICO's Annabelle Dickson surveyed the damage and opportunities that ...
**Episode 100** presented by Bayer: Air pollution, killing us softly?
16 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For EU Green Week and EU Public Health Week, we go to an issue at the intersection of those themes: air quality. The World Health Organisation attribu...
Episode 99: Frans Timmermans and Margrethe Vestager, rivals for European Commission president
09 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We have a double-header this week: interviews with both Frans Timmermans (Socialist) and Margrethe Vestager (Liberal), two rivals to become European C...
XX Factor Episode 4 — What can Europe learn from around the world?
07 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Hosted by Sarah Wheaton and featuring Corinna Horst, Lina Aburous, Jacinda Ardern and Lulwah Al Khater, this episode takes us from the Middle East to ...
Episode 98: EU Presidential Debate highlights
02 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we offer you highlights from Monday's 95-minute EU presidential debate in Maastricht, co-moderated by EU Confidential host Ryan Heath....
Episode 97: Manfred Weber, EPP EU presidential candidate
25 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week it's a short episode: just a 20-minute interview with Manfred Weber, the person in pole position to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as European ...
XX Factor Episode 3: Women in election media coverage, featuring Marietje Schaake, and Italy
23 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Why do female candidates and politicians receive more negative coverage than men, and why are they seen as less newsworthy? In this episode we look at...
Episode 96, presented by BP: Decoding election betting, polling and journalism
18 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The European Parliament has wrapped up its current five-year term, and the election campaign now enters into a final five-week sprint. This episode fe...
Episode 95: For & Against the EU — Sandro Gozi & Anders Vistisen
11 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
For or against the EU? It's the biggest European question of all — and we tackled it in a debate in front of an audience in Brussels this week as th...
Episode 94: Emily Thornberry on Labour, Brexit and foreign policy
07 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Emily Thornberry, the U.K. Labour Party’s shadow foreign secretary, is our guest in this special edition of EU Confidential. The show was recorded o...
Episode 93, presented by Bayer: MEP climate debate — Can the EU avert disaster?
04 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Are we headed for climate disaster, and is the EU the solution? That's the question we ask in the second episode of "EU Confidential Goes Green,” th...
Episode 92, presented by Bayer: Amanda Eichel and Stockholm mayor Anna König Jerlmyr
28 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The first of six special EU Confidential Goes Green episodes between March and September 2019.This episode is all about cities and features interviews...
XX Factor 2 – MEP Mairead McGuinness and the women shaking up Irish politics
26 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Irish MEP Mairead McGuinness, vice president of the European Parliament from Ireland’s ruling Fine Gael party, talks Brexit, the Irish border and ab...
Episode 91: EU summit — Brexit, Orbán & liberals — Flemish Culture Minister Sven Gatz
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
It's a summit special this week. POLITICO’s Andrew Gray, Rym Momtaz and Florian Eder discussed the topic du jour, Brexit, as EU leaders gathered in ...
Episode 90, presented by Naftogaz: Twitter's Nick Pickles — Syria conference — AKK's vision
14 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Nick Pickles, Twitter’s senior policy strategist, is our main guest. He responds to heated criticism of Twitter’s handling of free expression, mis...
XX Factor 1 - Women, power and the EU election
12 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to the first episode of our new mini-series on women, power and the EU election — a fortnightly spin-off podcast from POLITICO's EU Confiden...
Episode 89: UAE parliament president Amal Al-Qubaisi — Polling guru Cornelius Hirsch
07 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast features Amal Al Qubaisi, president of the United Arab Emirates' Federal National Council, making her perhaps the most senior fe...
Episode 88: Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand Prime Minister
28 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In a week of geopolitical ping-pong we take a break to dive deeper into the politics of well-being and what it takes to be a great political communica...
Episode 87 — Richard Grenell and Miroslav Lajčák at the Munich Security Conference
21 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast focuses on the Munich Security Conference, one of the big events on the global political calendar. It features two interviews fr...
Episode 86: Jeremy Hunt, UK Foreign Secretary
19 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
U.K. Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt talks to POLITICO's Ryan Heath in this extra edition of our podcast.Hunt once took heavy fire from Brussels for mak...
Episode 85: UK Labour's John McDonnell — Is Strasbourg tearing MEP families apart?
14 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week's feature interview is a 15-minute highlight reel from John McDonnell's already famous interview with POLITICO's London Playbook editor Jack...
Episode 84: The Bellingcat team — Marietje Schaake MEP — U.S ambassador to EU Gordon Sondland
07 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This week we bring you the revenge of the geeks! Bellingcat is the world's most surprising and one of its most successful journalism ventures. Founder...
Episode 83: Facebook's Nick Clegg
31 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook's new global head of public affairs gives his first public interview since starting the job to Ryan Heath. Clegg addresses a growing number o...
Episode 82, presented by BP: Wopke Hoekstra — Sarah Kate Ellis — Brok rocked
24 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
POLITICO's Ryan Heath brings you two podcasts in one from the World Economic Forum — our final daily Davos Confidential show also doubles as your re...
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 3 - Amnesty's Kumi Naidoo — WHO chief Tedros
23 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kumi Naidoo, secretary-general of Amnesty International, talks to POLITICO's Ryan Heath in our latest pop-up podcast from the World Economic Forum.Rya...
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 2 - Helle Thorning-Schmidt & Tim Berners-Lee
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former Danish prime minister and current head of Save the Children International, is our main guest in today’s pop-up po...
Davos Confidential 2019: Ep 1 - Setting the scene — Nico Rosberg — Resilience ratings
22 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
POLITICO’s Ryan Heath is back with another series of daily podcasts from the World Economic Forum. In our first episode of the 2019 edition, Ryan as...
Episode 81: Historian Felix Klos — Divided Europe in data
17 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the winds of right-wing populism sweep through the world's biggest democracies, from India to the United States, and Brazil to the European Union, ...
Episode 80: Netflix's David Hyman
10 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix plans 153 original shows in Europe in 2019, worrying local broadcasters and delighting consumers. That level of ambition also leaves the compa...
Episode 79: Gayle Smith — New Year's resolutions & predictions
03 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Gayle Smith, a former journalist and now campaigner against extreme poverty, is our main guest. In our podcast panel, Alva Finn and Lina Aburous discu...
Episode 78: Carles Puigdemont — Ai Weiwei — Tajani awards
20 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Former Catalan president Carles Puigdemont and Chinese artist Ai Weiwei are our main guests, interviewed live on stage by POLITICO's Ryan Heath.Also, ...