The Europeans

🚨 NEW EPISODE 🚨

We think this week’s episode might appeal to a few of you here, because we’re speaking to the founder of this very platform - @Gargron@mastodon.social - about his decision to step back from the helm and the future of ethical, supervillain-free online communities.

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/europes-anti-elon

Yesterday we heard that our podcast host - Podbean - will no longer deliver dynamic ads to listeners in the EEA/EU/UK, effective immediately.

This is the kick up the ass we needed to finally migrate our show to a European hosting provider. Does anyone have good experience with a European provider that offers dynamic ad insertion?

🚨 We have a new episode out! 🚨

This week we discuss...

- strategies for staying sane whilst trying to make positive change in the world.
- the successful European Citizens’ Initiative that will make it easier for European women to procure abortion across borders
- A very bad week for Yanis Varoufakis (feat. Kylie Minogue)

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/how-to-keep-going-when-the-world-feels-broken

We've recently gained quite a lot of new followers here on Mastodon (Hi, everyone!)

If you're wondering who we are... We make a weekly podcast and newsletter about Europe that

- isn't boring
- isn't just for people inside the Brussels bubble
- celebrates a Europe much bigger than the EU
- covers politics and policy but also European book, tech, film and TV recommendations
- is rigorously fact-checked but doesn't take itself too seriously

Check us out in your pod feeds!

This video is gold. The Norwegian Consumer Council entertainingly satirising the crappy tech that is making things increasingly shitty.

https://vimeo.com/1168468796

🚄✈️ Why is it still so hard to choose a train over a plane?

On many long-distance routes in Europe, choosing the train can feel like a borderline heroic decision. It’s often more expensive, takes longer, and can be less reliable when connections are tight.

This week we spoke to cross-border rail advocate @jon@gruene.social about what Europe would need to change to make rail the obvious choice, not a moral gesture.

Here’s his recipe. THREAD:

#trains #travel #europe #infrastructure

We're crowdsourcing: Who is Europe’s answer to Zohran Mamdani?

Left-wing politicians who:
✅ Nail social media
✅ Challenge the establishment
✅ Speak to everyday struggles

Who stands out in your country?

🚨 We have a new episode out today 🚨

What if our societies supported us to rest, to look after our families, and to enjoy ourselves and our communities as much as we’re encouraged to generate capital?

In this week’s episode, we’re joined by writer and activist Emma Holten to explore feminist economics: a radical rethinking of how we measure value.

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/how-feminist-economics-could-change-europe

🚨 Our latest episode has just chugged into your podcast platforms 🚂

This week, we're chatting with @jon@gruene.social about Europe’s train woes, the fight for better cross-border travel, and the new European Rail Passengers’ Union.

Plus: social media bans for youth, an Olympics broadcast fail, and a herd of crime-fighting llamas 🦙.

https://www.europeanspodcast.com/all-episodes/when-will-europe-get-the-trains-it-deserves

#Europe #Podcast #CrossBorderRail #Trains