Episode 11: EU rights expert Michael O'Flaherty — Poland's peril — Macron's make-up
Regular host Ryan Heath is back with an interview with Michael O’Flaherty, the head of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. The interview, recorded at the European Alpbach Forum in Austria, looks at why ...
31 Aug 201738min
Episode 10: Brexit & Ireland — John Bruton — Trump's tax break
While regular host Ryan Heath recovers from his holiday jet lag, news editor Andrew Gray presents an interview with former Irish PM John Bruton on Brexit, a roundup of the latest on Britain's departur...
24 Aug 201737min
Episode 9: NATO's Petr Pavel — German election campaign — Britain's Brexit papers
Regular host Ryan Heath is on holiday but the podcast rolls on with news editor Andrew Gray standing in once more. This week, we've dug into the archives again to bring you the highlights of a convers...
17 Aug 201735min
Episode 8: Emmanuel Macron interview — Commissioners' expenses — Brussels networking tips
Europe might be slowing down for the summer but we're still going strong. Regular host Ryan Heath is on holiday so news editor Andrew Gray stands in this week. We've raided the archive to bring you so...
10 Aug 201741min
Episode 7: Anders Fogh Rasmussen — Russia, Ukraine and the US — Greece's scapegoat statistician
This week, host Ryan Heath sits down with Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former NATO secretary-general and now adviser to Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Rasmussen talks defense spending, Trump and ...
3 Aug 201747min
Episode 6: Violeta Bulc — Ryanair to Brexit rescue? — Endless car scandals
This week Violeta Bulc, the European transport commissioner and a taekwondo black belt, explains why she’d have Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary as a Brexit negotiator to make sure planes can still fly fro...
27 Jul 201742min
Episode 5: Taavet Hinrikus — Digital Regulation — David Davis: genius or fool?
This week Mark Scott, POLITICO Europe's new chief technology correspondent, talks to us about the trends he sees as tech companies deal with the reality that their libertarian early days are coming to...
20 Jul 201737min
Episode 4: Marietje Schaake — Politics of EU-Japan deal — Parliament's PhD babysitter
This week Christian Oliver, POLITICO Europe's trade editor, talks us through the astonishing speed with which the EU completed its trade deal with Japan, and why future trade deals will not be so easy...
13 Jul 201736min
