EP178: The common charger is here & Meta reverses content moderation policy (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the introduction of the common charger (USB-C) in the European Union. We also discuss the announcement by Meta to reverse its conte...
16 Jan 202538min
EP177: Even higher taxes on flights, Keep cash at home, Legal weed in NL
Merry Christmas ! Thank for listening to this podcast in 2024, and we'll be back with new episodes in the coming year. These topics in this episode: – New EU Commission wants to make your flights more...
19 Des 202411min
EP176: Sharing Economy Index 2024 (w/ Emil Panzaru)
CCC Research Manager Emil Panzaru joins us on this episode to discuss the latest Sharing Economy Index and how they got to their findings. Check out the report here: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/s...
5 Des 202418min
EP175: French pouches ban & Mercosur trade woes (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)
Yaël Ossowski is co-hosting this week's episode. We're talking about the French government getting its priorities wrong by planning on banning nicotine pouches. Also, the EU continues to struggles to ...
28 Nov 202425min
EP174: Lisbon bans night flights, Tech news, and Trump's potential tariffs (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of L...
14 Nov 202437min
EP173: Trump's tariffs, Car ban reversal, and Varhelyi's hell
Solo for this week's episode, but with these stories: 🇺🇸 Trump's election breeds bad news for EU-US trade ⛐ 2035 car ban might go off-road 🇭🇺 Hungary's Commissioner pick facing opposition November...
7 Nov 202413min
EP172: Infinite scroll & Airbnb's future (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
In this week's episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Fabio Fernandes and Bill Wirtz discuss the future of Airbnb, as well as pending regulations on auto-play and infinite scroll on social media platforms....
31 Okt 202434min
EP171: Sausage fight, Czech goes super on trains, and Google your breakup (w/ Donald Kimball)
In this week's episode, Donald Kimball from the Washington Policy Center ** mistakenly said institute on the recording, apologies **, joins us to discuss what the potential breakup of Google would mea...
17 Okt 202429min
