Ep. 6 - Democracy Is a System Not a Person, with Thomas Carothers
For the sixth episode of Budapest, I was joined by Thomas Carothers — senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and one of the world's leading scholars of democratic backsliding...
11 Apr 43min
Ep. 5 - Politics Is Emotion Not Just Fact, with Catherine De Vries
Catherine De Vries is Vice Dean and Professor of Political Science at IE University, where she specialises in far-right politics, populism, and European public opinion.De Vries brings a scholar's rigo...
28 Mars 47min
Ep. 4 - The Georgian Dream Is a Nightmare, with Marika Mikiashvili
For the fourth episode of Budapest, I was joined by Marika Mikiashvili — lecturer at Alte University in Tbilisi, and Secretary for Foreign Affairs of Droa, part of the Coalition for Change, Georgia's ...
14 Mars 56min
Ep. 3 - Inside Hungary's Hybrid Regime, with Péter Krekó
For the third episode of Budapest, I spoke to Péter Krekó, director of the Political Capital Institute and one of Hungary's leading experts on disinformation, working in partnership with the European ...
28 Feb 53min
Ep. 2 – What Trade Means in the Global Disorder, with Cecilia Malmström
For the second episode of Budapest, I was joined by Cecilia Malmström — former MEP, European Commissioner, and Swedish EU Minister — one of the key figures in European Union trade policy over the past...
14 Feb 51min
Ep. 1 - The State of Democracy, with Nathalie Tocci
In my inaugural episode, I sit down with Nathalie Tocci — Director of the Istituto Affari Internazionali, former special advisor to EU High Representatives Mogherini and Borrell, and one of Europe's l...
31 Jan 56min
Trailer
Budapest is a podcast about the crisis of liberal democracy. Why it happens. How we fight back.
26 Jan 39s
