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- EP180: Canada votes, Bike helmets, and NGO funding (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)
Yaël Ossowski joins the podcast this week to give us a rundown on the upcoming federal election in Canada, discuss mandatory bike helmets in the Netherlands, and the latest in the scandal surrounding EU funding of NGOs.
April 24, 2025
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38 min - EP179: Tired of winning yet? (co-hosted w/ Liz Hicks)
This week's episode is co-hosted with our own Elizabeth Hicks, and we can't help but notice that after our long break, the world of international trade got a lot worse.
April 17, 2025
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30 min - Announcing Season 3 of Fun Police
There will be a new season of the Fun Police podcast, which is why there haven't been new episodes of this podcast as of late. Please go over to the "Fun Police" channel on the podcast app you're currently using, subscribe and hit the notification bell so you don't miss the weekly episode update that is starting on March 5th ! Thank you for listening, and we will be back to regularly scheduled episodes in the near future.
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2 min - EP178: The common charger is here & Meta reverses content moderation policy (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
This week's episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes. We talk about the introduction of the common charger (USB-C) in the European Union. We also discuss the announcement by Meta to reverse its content moderation policies.
January 16, 2025
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39 min - EP177: Even higher taxes on flights, Keep cash at home, Legal weed in NL
Merry Christmas ! Thank for listening to this podcast in 2024, and we'll be back with new episodes in the coming year.
These topics in this episode:
– New EU Commission wants to make your flights more expensive (again)
– Keep some cash at home, says the Dutch National Bank
– Legal weed will debut in some Dutch cities in April
December 19, 2024
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12 min - EP176: Sharing Economy Index 2024 (w/ Emil Panzaru)
CCC Research Manager Emil Panzaru joins us on this episode to discuss the latest Sharing Economy Index and how they got to their findings.
Check out the report here: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/sharing-economy-index-2024/
December 5, 2024
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19 min - EP175: French pouches ban & Mercosur trade woes (co-hosted w/ Yaël Ossowski)
Yaël Ossowski is co-hosting this week's episode. We're talking about the French government getting its priorities wrong by planning on banning nicotine pouches. Also, the EU continues to struggles to push the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement over the line.
November 28, 2024
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26 min - EP174: Lisbon bans night flights, Tech news, and Trump's potential tariffs (w/ Pieter Cleppe)
Pieter Cleppe joins us this week to discuss the potential incoming tariffs under the Trump administration. Also, my colleague Egle joins us to lay out the latest in EU tech news, aaaaand the city of Lisbon bans night flights.
November 14, 2024
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38 min - EP173: Trump's tariffs, Car ban reversal, and Varhelyi's hell
Solo for this week's episode, but with these stories:
🇺🇸 Trump's election breeds bad news for EU-US trade
⛐ 2035 car ban might go off-road
🇭🇺 Hungary's Commissioner pick facing opposition
November 7, 2024
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14 min - EP172: Infinite scroll & Airbnb's future (co-hosted w/ Fabio Fernandes)
In this week's episode of the ConsEUmer podcast, Fabio Fernandes and Bill Wirtz discuss the future of Airbnb, as well as pending regulations on auto-play and infinite scroll on social media platforms.
Note: sorry about missing last week's episode due to sickness!
October 31, 2024
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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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