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The Europeans

Each week we trawl the continent of Europe for the most interesting stories to cover and the most fascinating people to interview. This semi-serious, semi-silly, Brexit-free show, from a reporter in P... Read more

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The brands that Karl built

The brands that Karl built

 This week, the kid from Hamburg who grew up to become one of the most powerful forces in global fashion. Karl Lagerfeld... Read more

25 Feb 2019

31mins

Ranked #2

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May 15: The winner takes it all, the loser takes a selfie

May 15: The winner takes it all, the loser takes a selfie

First up, hello new listeners! We’ll be dropping a bonus ep shortly to explain what this is all about, but this week’s m... Read more

14 May 2018

35mins

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What's going on in Malta?

What's going on in Malta?

“There are crooks everywhere you look now," Malta's top investigative journalist wrote on her blog in 2017. "The situati... Read more

10 Dec 2019

25mins

Ranked #4

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The most isolated place on Earth

The most isolated place on Earth

This week we're stretching the definition of Europe to the limit and travelling all the way down to the French-Italian r... Read more

19 Feb 2019

34mins

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Jan 16: Translating Trump, Defending Deneuve

Jan 16: Translating Trump, Defending Deneuve

Your favourite plucky Parisian reporter and glamorous Amsterdam opera singer are BACK. Episode 6 is about two people wit... Read more

15 Jan 2018

31mins

Ranked #6

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A bar in Budapest

A bar in Budapest

In Budapest, going out for a drink can be a political act. For the final episode of 2019, Dominic takes us to Auróra, a ... Read more

17 Dec 2019

21mins

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Loggerheads

Loggerheads

This week, the fight for Romania's forests. Two of the country's forest rangers have been suffered brutal deaths since S... Read more

5 Nov 2019

23mins

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Why are monarchies still a thing in Europe?

Why are monarchies still a thing in Europe?

Monarchies might seem out of date on a continent that prides itself on its democratic values, but nearly a third of Euro... Read more

15 Jan 2020

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Europe's colonial past and present

Europe's colonial past and present

Europe's museums are facing growing calls to give back treasures stolen during the colonial era. But what about colonial... Read more

26 Nov 2019

28mins

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October 30: Everyone's free to vote (and wear sunscreen)

October 30: Everyone's free to vote (and wear sunscreen)

This week: freedom. Freedom to vote, freedom of speech, and freedom to attempt a robbery in Belgium even when you're not... Read more

30 Oct 2018

30mins

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Feb 6: Build your own Europe, baby

Feb 6: Build your own Europe, baby

This week on The Europeans, two interviews about building things from scratch. We speak to in-house IKEA designer Sarah ... Read more

6 Feb 2018

30mins

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SPECIAL EPISODE: Bursting the Bubble, Part 1

SPECIAL EPISODE: Bursting the Bubble, Part 1

Katy's never voted in a European election before. This week she tries to make amends by figuring out, finally, what the ... Read more

21 May 2019

40mins

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August 21: The G-Spot of Europe

August 21: The G-Spot of Europe

This week, sex and the internet. For once it's not us making the filthy innuendos, although Dominic does his best. It's ... Read more

20 Aug 2018

31mins

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May 22: A wedding and no funeral

May 22: A wedding and no funeral

This week we're going back to the 1970s to look at two great mysteries: an unsolved murder in Norway, and Britain's ever... Read more

21 May 2018

37mins

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The skies over Skopje

The skies over Skopje

This week, the city where you can taste the air on your tongue. We're going to Skopje with the Macedonian writer Aleksan... Read more

11 Feb 2019

23mins

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Long Distance

Long Distance

This week, the distances travelled in search of love and safety. The Finnish novelist and playwright Saara Turunen has w... Read more

11 Mar 2020

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A Polish teenage diarist 

A Polish teenage diarist 

Renia's diary spent decades locked in a bank vault. Like many teenagers, she had used it to vent about stupid fights wit... Read more

29 Oct 2019

31mins

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Stick it to the grown-ups

Stick it to the grown-ups

 This week's guest is ten years old and one of the fiercest, smartest people we've ever had on this podcast. Lilly Platt... Read more

5 Feb 2019

30mins

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Syria, Kosovo, Brussels and the mountain

Syria, Kosovo, Brussels and the mountain

Countries all around Europe are dealing with the same dilemma: what to do with citizens who went to join ISIS. Tiny Koso... Read more

13 May 2019

35mins

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April 17: Once Upon A Time In Hungary

April 17: Once Upon A Time In Hungary

Gather round, children, it's story time. This week in The Europeans, the dark tale of how Hungary's Prime Minister Vikto... Read more

16 Apr 2018

29mins

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