The ConsEUmer Podcast

Solo this week as we keep working on the second season of Fun Police. Still, we have these topics for you this week:

🚜 Farmer protests are now sweeping France

🚦 A new ranking shows which European cities are the most congested

🇵🇹 Portugal works on improved high-speed rail

The ranking : https://www.tomtom.com/traffic-index/ranking/

Listen to the trailer of Fun Police Season 2 wherever you get your podcasts.

January 25, 2024

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We're coming to you live from Davos, where Consumer Choice Center was a sponsor at the annual Swedish Lunch side-event. You're hearing from guests and the CCC team live from the mountain.

Listen to the trailer of Fun Police Season 2 wherever you get your podcasts.

January 18, 2024

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Happy new year 2024! We're back, and got these stories this week:

🇩🇪 Germany's farmers are mad at the government 

🐈 Amsterdam wants cats to wear a bell

🇪🇺 What's in store for 2024 in the EU? (w/ Pieter Cleppe)

Pieter's article in Brussels Report: https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2024/01/02/whats-in-store-for-the-eu-in-2024/

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January 11, 2024

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It's the last episode of ConsEUmer until the new year. This episode is co-hosted with Fabio Fernandes, with these issues:

🛫 What is realistic on sustainable aviation fuels? (w/ Fred Roeder)

🌱 Glyphosate renewal is approved

🇵🇹 Portugal's scandals come to haunt the government

Fred's article in Parliament Magazine: https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/navigating-the-turbulent-skies-of-sustainable-aviation-fuels

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November 30, 2023

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In this week's episode:

🌱 The Pesticide Reduction Act was struck down in the European Parliament

🇳🇱 The Netherlands have voted

📲 The U.S flip-flops on digital trade (w/ Nathalie Voit)

Nathalie Voit's article in Real Clear Markets: https://www.realclearmarkets.com/articles/2023/11/20/the_biden_administration_stands_down_to_wto_protectionism_993405.html

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November 23, 2023

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LAUNCHING TOMORROW:

Fun Police is an original podcast series produced by the Consumer Choice Center. We take a look at the perpetrators of neo-prohibitionism, the movement that attempts to ban "vices" such as vaping, smoking, drinking, gambling, and others. We host high-level guests to discuss the history and current expression of prohibitionism.

Written and produced by Bill Wirtz & Yaël Ossowski.

New episodes dropping week by week, starting November 15, 2023. 

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Note: Whoops this episode went up too early (but lucky you in that case!)

In this week's episode:

⏲️ Is the time up for gas stoves ? (w/ Stephen Kent)

🛩️ New flight rules impact European consumers (w/ Gary Leff)

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November 16, 2023

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This week we are talking to Donald Kimball, Communications Manager at the Washington Policy Center and contributor at Young Voices. We talked about net neutrality (what is that anyway?) and why is it so popular with some policy-makers in the United States and in Europe.

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November 9, 2023

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In this week's episode we talk about the Australia-EU trade agreement, which failed in negotiations once again. Can the EU overcome its protectionist streak? Also, Bill talks to our new Head of Digital & Innovation Policy Egle Markevičiūtė.

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November 2, 2023

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The days are getting shorter, and so are the episodes (temporarily), as we are gearing up for the release of the Fun Police podcast series - our very first Consumer Choice Center original podcast series!

This week we're also talking about the Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR). Read more about the effects of the legislation here: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy-environment/news/mcdonalds-warns-eu-packaging-law-will-cause-plastic-surge/

October 26, 2023

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