Euroscopic Podcast

It’s been a busy few months since our last episode — in more ways than one. A lot has happened in the world, in Europe, and to our little podcast. After much behind-the-scenes work, we are pleased to relaunch our weekly roundup of news around and affecting Europe — this time with friends in high places. Euroscopic is partnering with the Brussels-based, nonprofit news platform EUobserver , which ha...

Here we are. Again. Only this time it’s worse because the next time is always worse. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit euroscopic.substack.com

Russia can keep hammering away at Ukraine for as long as Vladimir Putin wants to. Unfortunately for Ukraine, its defense relies on pesky democratic consensus, which is far less predictable than authoritarian whim. Listen above, get it on your favorite podcast platform, or watch the full episode on YouTube: Check out the menu for this episode — and do subscribe to our YouTube channel ! This is a pu...

If there are three issues the European Union seems unable to solve, but loves to debate, it’s migration, borders, and enlargement. All three have come together this week, and will push us into next. Check out the menu for this episode — and do subscribe to our YouTube channel ! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit...

For our tenth episode, we are trying something new: LIVE. Euroscopic streamed live to YouTube on Saturday, Sept. 23. If you missed it, have a listen (or watch) back here . Check out the menu for this episode — and do subscribe to our YouTube channel ! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit euroscopic.substack.com

Germany interrupts your brunch to bring you this important emergency message. But don’t worry — it’s just a test. Not a test: earthquakes in Morocco, floods in Libya, and the EU’s responsibility regarding both. Meanwhile, Martin walks us through what’s at stake with the race to lead the European Investment Bank, while William wonders why anyone should care about the State of the Union address that...

Clearly someone needed to make a lot of caponata in Spain, because $500,000 worth of olive oil got stolen. That’s a headache for the world’s largest producer of olive oil, but not as bad as getting listed as a terrorist organization, which the United Kingdom is poised to do for Wagner. Ukraine is also shaking things up militarily. The main dish: Yet more examples trickling in of how the center-rig...

The European Union enforces the rule of law against American tech giants while helping upend it in Tunisia. Whether keeping migrants at bay or planes in the air, the line between control and chaos can be very thin. If it weren’t, Russian gas would probably appear less appealing, and French and German industry wouldn’t be begging for a handout. Martin and William have their plates full, as summer v...

Apparently, we still need reminding to avoid flying Ryanair. That is not an issue for Vladimir Putin, who kept his digital distance from this week’s BRICS summit in South Africa. Getting arrested there would have been a bad look. But maybe not as bad as his lunar lander smashing into the Moon. Closer to home, Germany may (or may not) be Europe’s “sick man” once again, but that won’t stop Martin fr...

No better way to start the week than with homemade donuts, thanks to Martin (but actually Martin’s kid). Russia tells ECOWAS to do what I say not what I do, while just about everyone but us seems to be on vacation. That leaves a media hole to fill bigger than any donut’s. Martin and William discuss how both media and political voices have fallen short on the never-ending story of unmitigated migra...

It’s pouring in Europe, while things are heating up in western Africa. The war in Ukraine is not going anywhere. Literally. And all these things are strangely, albeit not surprisingly, connected. Martin and William look at events this week and their blowback on European politics. Read the rundown here. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access...

William hates smoking in Germany, and now the WHO does, too; Martin isn’t fooled by Meloni’s Belt-and-Road complaints; and European powers play in the sandbox of foreign intervention and get blinded in Niger. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit euroscopic.substack.com

Martin takes us on the wild ride of Spanish elections; William ponders our hot mess of summertime climate hell; and, of course, there’s no avoiding Israel — as much as we might like to. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit euroscopic.substack.com

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