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Politics podcast from Brussels

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  • Ep.134: Live Behind the News on Germany, the High North, and Media

    September 29, 2026 · 45 min

    Straight talk on what's behind the news, recorded live at the Full Circle in Brussels. Katrin Prybil of Reportrois explains how the far right's wins in German state elections will slow EU policymaking. Katrin also speculates about why…

  • Ep.133: How the EU Learned to Love the Chicago School

    September 7, 2026 · 1 hr 10 min

    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…

  • Ep.132: The Velocity of Extremism

    August 16, 2026 · 47 min

    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

    July 30, 2026 · 53 min

    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…

  • Ep.130: Live Behind the News on Disinfo, Deportations, Corruption

    June 30, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    Straight talk on what's behind the news, recorded live at the Full Circle in Brussels.  Estelle Nilsson-Julien, a reporter with Euronews, describes the killings of two very different young men, Quentin Deranque and Henry Nowak. The…

  • Ep.129: Sovereignty and Software

    June 22, 2026 · 57 min

    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…

  • Political Communication in the New Age of Spectacle

    May 16, 2026 · 56 min

    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…

  • Ep.127: One Energy Shock After Another

    April 19, 2026 · 1 hr 2 min

    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…