The ConsEUmer Podcast

The ConsEUmer Podcast

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  • EP82: Wireless headphones & European Airline Chaos (co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes)

    We're back! This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! Our topics:

    🎧 What's a good choice of wireless headphone?

    ✈️ Chaos in the sky & will pilotless planes save us?

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.

    Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Escolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher

    August 4, 2022

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    39 min
  • EP82: Ukraine, Bitcoin, and Liberal Democracy (w/ Matthew Mežinskis)

    Greetings all! Yaël checking in here for a special broadcast. Your usual host Bill will be out for some time, but you can continue to tune in here for the best consumer news and analysis from a European perspective.

    INTERVIEW: Matthew Mežinskis is an American of Latvian, Norwegian, and Irish descent, residing in Eastern Europe since 2006. He works in corporate finance, consulting investors across the real estate, hospitality, food & beverage, and online direct lending industries. He was an early board member of Ronald McDonald House Charities Latvija, serving as financial director. He holds a BBA in Finance and Real Estate from the University of Cincinnati. He has been following Bitcoin since 2011. Creator of Crypto Voices podcast and Porkopolis Economics.

    https://porkopolis.io/

    https://twitter.com/crypto_voices

    -Why people should still care about Ukraine

    -The role of Russia in central and eastern Europe

    -Growing monetary trends and the excitement of Bitcoin

    -Why liberal democracies matter

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    July 28, 2022

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    32 min
  • EP81: Taking it back to Georgia! (w/ Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic)

    In this week's episode:

    United with the Consumer Choice Center team in Tbilisi, Georgia!

    Yaël Ossowski, Luca Bertoletti, and Aleksandar Kokotovic weigh in on dollar-Euro parity, the so-called "Uber-files" crypto contagion, and much more.

    Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    July 21, 2022

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    32 min
  • EP80: Joint episode with Consumer Choice Radio on the G7

    This week's episode is broadcasted simultaneously with our friends at Consumer Choice Radio! w/ David Clement & Yaël Ossowski

    This is the 80th episode of ConsEUmer - we will be on a short break, returning on July 21!

    In this episode:

    🥸 Politicians become jokers at the G7

    🛢️ Macron makes case for American oil exports

    🪙 How to tip in North America

    Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    June 30, 2022

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    31 min
  • EP79: France bans gamer jargon, Shooting the messenger, and Hazard vs. Risk (w/ Prof. David Zaruk)

    In this week's episode:

    🎮 France bans gaming anglicisms

    💬 Telegram messenger targeted for disinformation

    🚫 Understanding hazard and risk (w/ Prof. David Zaruk)

    Check out Consumer Choice Radio: https://consumerchoiceradio.com/

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    June 23, 2022

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    29 min
  • EP78: Germany goes greener & The end of petrol cars (co-hosted w/ David Clement)

    This week's episode is co-hosted with David Clement! We cover:

    🌿 Germany's cannabis model is slowly being unveiled

    ⛽ The European Parliament signs off on petrol car ban

    Follow David Clement on Twitter @ClementLiberty.

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    June 16, 2022

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    38 min
  • EP77: Chaos for only €9, PFAS implications, and The digital Euro (w/Niko Jilch)

    In this week's episode:

    🥂 Minimum alcohol pricing doesn't work

    🚄 Germany's €9 public transport ticket causes chaos

    💻  David Clement explains what a PFAS ban would mean for consumers

    ₿ Bitcoin & the digital euro (w/ Niko Jilch)

    You can follow Niko Jilch on Twitter @NikoJilch.

    Check out Fix the Money: https://fixthemoney.substack.com

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    June 9, 2022

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    37 min
  • EP76: What trip is the WTO on? & Orbán's sanctions ambiguity (w/ Adam Bartha)

    In this week's episode of ConsEUmer:

    💉 What is TRIPS and what can go wrong? (w/ Luca Bertoletti)

    🇭🇺 How Orbán hagelled on Russian energy sanctions (w/ Adam Bartha)

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    You can follow Adam Bartha on Twitter @bartha_adam.

    Check out EPICENTER: https://www.epicenternetwork.eu/

    June 2, 2022

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    33 min
  • EP75: Monkeypox, Shanghai lockdown, and The wireless connection (co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes)

    This week's ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. This week:

    🦠 Monkeypox is making the rounds

    🔒 China continues its zero-COVID policy

    📱 Wireless charging: we weigh the benefits and downsides 

    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

    You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter @DeFariaeSilva.

    Check out his new podcast Liberdade Para Esolher: https://bit.ly/LiberdadeParaEscolher

    May 26, 2022

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    35 min
  • EP74: RyanAir being kind of awesome, "Rumscholzen", and Germany eyes cannabis legalisation (w/ Daniel Kaddik)

    We're back! In this week's episode:

    🧑‍✈️ RyanAir goes after state aid cases

    🇩🇪 Fred Roeder explain "rumscholzen" and the German SPD's troubles

    🌿 Germany considers cannabis legalisation (w/ Daniel Kaddik)

    Follow Daniel Kaddik on Twitter @DKaddik.

    Check out the European Liberal Forum: https://liberalforum.eu/

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    Check out these websites if you want support Ukraine financially:

    https://www.blue-yellow.lt/en/

    https://how-to-help-ukraine-now.super.site/?fbclid=IwAR2HawZT-H0iLD08QdXDMBG2qFKA3dpHsjDXt7bppN092YP2TVnQuDJ4j8A

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    May 19, 2022

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    31 min

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