Episode 76: Cost of Living: No Country for Young People
Welcome back! In this episode, we focus on one of the most important issues facing many of us: the cost of living crisis. It's time to question how we got here, look into the social and political effe...
20 Dec 202217min
Episode 75: The Environmental Cost of the War in Ukraine
It's almost nine months since the start of Putin's invasion of Ukraine. Rarely mentioned in coverage or analysis of the war is the ecological impact of it and how this is playing out today in Ukraine,...
22 Nov 202215min
Episode 74: COP27: Barred from the Climate conversation
COP27 has just kicked off! Despite having official invitations to international climate summits, many young Global South organisers find their visa applications to European countries rejected, sometim...
8 Nov 202214min
Episode 73: After Modernity: Citizenship Beyond the Nation State?
Welcome back! In this episode, we explore the concepts of citizenship and of nation states - two norms which are rarely questioned in Europe today - and how they are evolving in today's world. What do...
27 Okt 202221min
Episode 72: Swedish Elections and the Mainstreaming of the Far Right
On 11 September, Sweden went to the polls to elect a new government. In this episode, we look into what the results might mean for the country, how Swedish politics has gradually shifted to the right ...
13 Okt 202215min
Episode 71: The Unhealthy Geopolitics of a Sovereign Europe
In this episode, Luiza Bialasiewicz explains why thinking pandemic geopolitics through the lens of 'health sovereignty' ignores the geographies of vulnerability that connect us all.Published in 29 Nov...
6 Okt 202217min
Episode 70: What the Recent IPCC Report Means for Europe and the World
Welcome back! This summer has shown - once again - that extreme weather events like heatwaves, droughts, and wildfires are becoming more frequent and intense as a result of the climate crisis.In this ...
22 Sep 202215min
Episode 69: The Road to a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty
In this episode, we talk all about coal, oil, and gas. When it comes to keeping fossil fuels in the ground, COPs will only get us so far. Peter Newell outlines an alternative approach: A Fossil Fuel N...
18 Maj 202217min
