Episode 42: The Orbán effect — Mr. Data Protection — Harassment at EU gender equality agency
Kati Marton, a veteran reporter and author now with the Committee to Protect Journalists, talks to host Ryan Heath about how the reelection of Victor Orbán in Hungary will impact media freedom in Euro...
12 Apr 201832min
Episode 41: Bill Gates — Judging junkets — Greek MEPs' special stopover
Bill Gates, the Microsoft founder and philanthropist, is this week’s main guest. He talks to Ryan Heath about the work of his foundations, the next EU budget and the Oxfam scandal. And we talk to Poli...
5 Apr 201836min
Episode 40, presented by Edelman and PAC: Brexit Countdown — Guy Verhofstadt — Brussels Press Revue
With a year to go until Brexit, we take stock of where things stand and what lies ahead. The European Parliament's Brexit Coordinator, Guy Verhofstadt, talks to EU Confidential's executive producer, A...
29 Mar 201837min
Episode 39: Lithuania's Linas Linkevičius — Artificial Intelligence — Naughty MEPs
Russia, artificial intelligence and MEPs who are famous for the wrong reasons all feature in this week’s episode. Host Ryan Heath talks to the foreign minister of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius, about h...
22 Mar 201830min
Episode 38: President Margvelashvili of Georgia— Ryanair's Michael O'Leary
On this episode Ryan talks to Giorgi Margvelashvili, the president of Georgia who is a doctor of philosophy and was in town for the German Marshall Fund’s Brussels Forum. Following that Michael O’Lear...
15 Mar 201839min
Episode 37, presented by DowDupont: Marianne Thyssen — Lulwah Al Khater — Selmayr vs the world
Ryan Heath talks to Marianne Thyssen, the European Commissioner for employment, about how she wants to overhaul EU policies on jobs, education and training to face up to globalization. She also talks ...
8 Mar 201848min
Ep. 36 : Tony Blair interview — Food bank furor — MEP of the week
Tony Blair came to Brussels this week with a clear message, delivered in this week's interview: I’m trying to stop Brexit, and there’s only one shot left — European immigration controls. If that idea ...
1 Mar 201837min
Episode 35, presented by Raytheon: Ben Hodges — Munich Security Conference — Brexit blockbusters
This week's episode features a review of the Munich Security Conference and an interview with Ben Hodges, who recently retired as commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe. Also on the podcast: ou...
22 Feb 201837min
