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April 02 EP199: Ticket shortage (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
In this week's episode, Fabio Fernandes joins us to talk about the latest news in tech gadgets, and about the call by Members of the European Parliament to act on dynamic pricing for FIFA World Cup tickets.

April 2, 2026

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35 min
March 26 EP198: Greek taxi clash (w/ Nicos Rompapas)
The President of KEFIM joins us from Athens this week to lay out the details of the government's taxi reform, and where he thinks leaders should go much further.

March 26, 2026

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23 min
March 19 EP197: Liberal housing solutions (w/ Dr. Antonios Nestoras)
This week we are joined by Dr. Antonios Nestoras from EPIC. He is the editor on a European Liberal Forum paper on liberal housing policy. What could help Europe's housing crisis?

Find the paper here: https://liberalforum.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Building-Freedom.pdf

More about EPIC: https://thinkepic.eu/

March 19, 2026

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32 min
March 12 EP196: Keeping digital hygiene (w/ Yaël Ossowski)
Yaël Ossowski discusses the latest contoversies surrounding encrypted messaging and keeping good digital hygiene in the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast.

March 12, 2026

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41 min
February 17 EP195: Hungary's presidential election (w/ Zoltán Kész)
In the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Zoltán Kész and Bill Wirtz discuss the implications of the upcoming elections in Hungary.

N.B.: Just realised I didn't upload properly, and this didn't come out last week as intended. Apologies!

February 12, 2026

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30 min
January 22 EP194: Delivery fees (w/ Mike Salem)
In the latest episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Bill Wirtz and Mike Salem tackle the conversation surrounding courier services around the world. What are our expectations of e-commerce?

January 22, 2026

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35 min
January 15 EP193: Where does public transit make sense? (w/ Liz Hayes)
Liz Hayes joins us this week to zoom out and discuss our daily commute. Where does public transit make sense, and what are the key differences between Europe and the U.S?

January 15, 2026

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34 min
January 08 EP192: Italian food politics (w/ Fabio Fernandes)
Fabio Fernandes joins us on the ConsEUmer podcast this week to discuss a Politico article about Italian "gastronationalism".

The full article: https://www.politico.eu/article/how-the-italian-right-is-weaponizing-food/

January 8, 2026

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37 min
December 04, 2025 EP191: UK budget meltdown (w/ Mike Salem)
CCC UK Country Associate Mike Salem is joining us this week to discuss the UK budget and its implication for consumers.

December 4, 2025

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26 min
November 13, 2025EP190: Foodflation, Shein ban, and the forgotten conference (w/ Michael Landl)
In this week's episode:

Foodflation in France shows the difficulties of sustainable food production

Can the French government ban Shein?

The COP/FCTC conference is kicking off soon, Michael Landl joins us to explain

Find out more about the World Vapers Alliance on their website: https://worldvapersalliance.com/

November 13, 2025

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26 min