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- EP122: Threads vs Twitter, Germany bans fossil fuel heating, and FairShare? (w/ Konstantinos Komaitis)
In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
📱 Meta launches competitor to Twitter
🇩🇪 Germany bans new fossil fuel heating from 2024
🌐 Should streaming services pay telecom companies ? (w/ Konstantinos Komaitis)
Note: It was announced after we recorded the episode that Meta's new platform "Threads" won't be available in EU app stores.
Follow Konstantinos Komaitis on Twitter @kkomaitis.
Find out more on his website: https://www.komaitis.org/
July 6, 2023
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29 min - EP121: Dutch only & Breton targets tech giants (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)
This week's episode is co-hosted with Yaël Ossowski from Consumer Choice Radio. In this episode:
🇳🇱 The Netherlands might require you to speak Dutch in their universities
📱EU Commissioner Breton targets U.S tech firms
Follow Yaël Ossowski on Twitter @YaelOss.
Listen to Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/radio/
June 29, 2023
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31 min - EP120: Eco-terrorists banned, Plastic taxes, and Do you want an empathise? (w/ Kristian Niemietz)
In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🇫🇷 France bans "eco-terrorist" group
♸ New plastic taxes are paid by consumers
🏥 Instead of a doctor, will the NHS make you see an "empathist"? (w/ Kristin Niemietz)
You can follow Kristian Niemietz on Twitter @K_Niemietz. Follow the IEA @iealondon
Find Kristian's book: https://iea.org.uk/publications/universal-healthcare-without-the-nhs/
June 22, 2023
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33 min - EP119: AI debates & Green Deal realities (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We cover:
👨💻 Are there any dangers associated with AI chat bots?
🇪🇺 The political realities of the European Green Deal
You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.
Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher
June 15, 2023
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32 min - EP118: Package travel, Cancer discrepancies, and Animal research (w/ Kirk Leech)
In this week’s episode of ConsEUmer:
🧳 New regulation might affect pre-payed package travel
🫁 Sweden beats lung cancer and there’s a reason (w/ Fred Roeder)
🐁 The importance of animal research (w/ Kirk Leech)
You can follow Kirk Leech on Twitter @kirk_EARA.
Find out more about the European Animal Research Association here: https://www.eara.eu/
June 8, 2023
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29 min - EP117: Tax Magic & TAP Turbulence (w/ Jorge Teixeira)
This week's episode is aviation-heavy:
💶 The study by T&E on kerosene taxes is just very wrong
🇵🇹 The political scandal surrounding Portugal's national airline (w/ Jorge Teixeira)
(also, the date is June 1st for this episode, not June 2nd as I said in the episode... my bad!)
June 1, 2023
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34 min - EP116: European wine war, mega-Meta fine, and Central bank control (w/ Parker McCumber)
In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:
🍷 Italy is still fuming over Ireland's alcohol label
🇪🇺 The EU fines Meta over a billion Euros
💱 What are the dangers of CBDCs? (w/ Parker McCumber)
You can follow Parker McCumber on Twitter @Parker_McCumber.
Read his article in the American Thinker here: https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/05/a_centralized_bank_digital_currency_would_harm_our_economy.html
May 25, 2023
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31 min - EP115: First ride-shares, then everything else (w/ Omar Chatah)
This week's episode is dedicated to the full interview we did with Omar Chatah, Senior Government Affairs Manager at Careem, an app that started with ride-hailing, but now also brings you food and groceries.
You can follow Omar Chatah on Twitter @omarmchatah.
You can find the Careem documentary that Omar mentioned on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/TS-8Gl1KAPA
May 18, 2023
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36 min - EP114: EU taxes, Southern France bans swimming pools, and VPNs (w/ Viktor Vescei)
In this week's episode:
🇪🇺 Some MEPs argue for an EU tax on multinationals
🇫🇷 Southern France bans garden swimming pools
💻 What are VPNs and why do you need them? (w/ Victor Vescei)
You can email IVPN for a free trial at [email protected].
Their website: https://www.ivpn.net/
You can follow Viktor Vescei on Twitter @vonthedock.
May 11, 2023
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30 min - EP113: SUR sceptics, Dutch strikes, and Sweden gets vaping right (w/ Michael Landl)
In this week's ConsEUmer episode:
🌱 Farm ministers in the EU are sceptical on pesticide reduction targets
🇳🇱 The Netherlands had 33 strikes last year
🇸🇪 Sweden gets vaping right (w/ Michael Landl)
You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael.
May 4, 2023
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About The ConsEUmer Podcast
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The ConsEUmer Podcast is a weekly program that covers the news & politics of the European Union and its member states.
Produced by the Consumer Choice Center, we focus on consumer issues such as free trade, science-based policy-making, product safety, and privacy — but we won't shy away from commentary on the day to day of the European Union's institutions.
Stay tuned for exclusive interviews with policy-makers and experts, hosted by our Senior Policy Analyst Bill Wirtz.
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