The ConsEUmer Podcast

The ConsEUmer Podcast

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The ConsEUmer Podcast episodes

  • EP53: Record Turkish Inflation (w/ Medeni Sungur)

    Medeni Sungur joins this week's podcast to talk inflation in Turkey - origins, consequences, and solutions.

    You can follow Medeni Sungur on Twitter @medenisungur.

    December 9, 2021

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    19 min
  • EP52: Special Venice episode with the CCC team!

    During out Venice retreat, same members of the CCC team join the ConsEUmer podcast for a special episode. Featuring: Anna Arunashvili, Aleksandar Kokotović, Yaël Ossowski, and David Clement. 

    We are talking:

    🦠 COVID-19 lockdowns are back in Europe

    🚘 Ride-sharing remains contentious in some countries

    ₿ Crypto adoption is progressing

    ⛽ Petrol taxes fuel inflation

    December 2, 2021

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    32 min
  • EP51: Scandinavia opposes minimum wage, and EU vape politics (w/ Michael Landl)

    Shorter episode of ConsEUmer this week, with these topics:

    💼 Danish and Swedish labour unions oppose minimum wage directive

    🇪🇺 Michael Landl talks about his pro-vaping activism in Brussels

    You can follow Michael Landl on Twitter @LandlMichael.

    November 25, 2021

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    14 min
  • EP50: France delays FTAs, Expensive petrol, and Germany's lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute)

    It's episode 50 (!) of ConsEUmer! This week:

    🔌 German car manufacturers criticise new U.S electric car subsidies

    ⛽ Fuel taxes are too damn high (w/ Anna Arunashvili)

    🇫🇷 France under fire from Germany and Spain for delaying trade deals

    ☢️ Germany's lights-out moment (w/ Rainer Klute)

    You can follow Rainer Klute on Twitter @Rainer_Klute. Find Nuklearia on www.nuklearia.de

    November 18, 2021

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    35 min
  • EP49: Joint episode with Consumer Choice Radio on COP26 (w/ Yaël Osswoski & David Clement)

    Different episode of ConsEUmer this week: together with Yaël Ossowski and David Clement of Consumer Choice Radio, we recorded a special joint episode on COP26, which is still ongoing. The episode already aired on CCR, but is now also available on the ConsEUmer podcast.

    Make sure to follow Consumer Choice Radio, a weekly radio hour on the news of politics and consumer issues in North America:

    Podcast Index: https://bit.ly/3EJSIs3
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    We'll be back next week with the regular show!

    Also make sure to follow Yaël Ossowski on Twitter @yaeloss and David Clement on @clementliberty.

    November 11, 2021

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    31 min
  • EP48: Taiwan relations, EU spending, and Farm to Fork (co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes)

    This week's ConsEUmer podcast is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes! On the agenda:

    🇪🇺🤝🇹🇼 European Parliament wants deeper ties with Taiwan

    💶 The EU keeps spending

    🌾 New studies undermine the Farm to Fork strategy

    You can follow Fabio Fernandes on Twitter at @DeFariaeSilva.

    November 4, 2021

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    36 min
  • EP47: France turns on Nutri-Score, the truth about PFAS, and CZ elections (w/ Martin Pánek)

    It's the end of October! In this week's episode:

    🇫🇷 French agriculture minister turns on Nutri-Score labelling

    🧪 The truth about PFAS chemicals (w/ David Clement)

    🇩🇪 Germans reject phase-out of internal combustion engine

    🇨🇿 What's next in Czech politics? (w/ Martin Pánek)

    You can follow Martin Pánek on Twitter at @mmister.

    October 28, 2021

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    33 min
  • EP46: Latvia locks down, Bye bye Alitalia, and Austria's political crisis (w/ Franz Schellhorn)

    New week, new ConsEUmer episode! This week:

    🇱🇻 Lativa locks down for a month

    ✈️ Alitalia is dead, long live Alitalia? (w/ Luca Bertoletti)

    🏭 Energy prices go through the roof

    🇦🇹 Austria in turmoil & its need for reforms (w/ Franz Schellhorn)

    Euractiv link: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/opinion/whos-to-blame-for-high-energy-prices/

    You can follow Franz Schellhorn on Twitter at @franzschellhorn.

    October 21, 2021

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    34 min
  • EP45: Belgium taxes short-haul flights, France's nuclear comeback, and Crypto geo-fencing (w/ Aleksandar Kokotović)

    It's episode 45 of ConsEUmer! This week:

    🇧🇪 Belgium imposes a new tax on short-haul flights

    🇫🇷 France invests into small nuclear plants

    ₿ Geo-fencing is an issue in the crypto space (w/ Aleksandar Kokotović)

    You can follow Aleksandar Kokotović on Twitter at @kokota.

    October 14, 2021

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    29 min
  • EP44: Charger wars, Uber v Brussels, and Inflation on the rise (co-host: Fabio Fernandes)

    ConsEUmer this week is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes (@DeFariaeSilva). These are our topics:

    🔌 The EU wants the common charger

    🚗 Brussels fights Uber

    📈 Inflation hits Europe

    October 7, 2021

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    32 min

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