A comedian and a former president walk into Europe's biggest mess.

American comedian Andy Valvur’s oldest friend, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, grew up to become President of Estonia. Now, as the transatlantic alliance comes apart, The Continental Rift is their weekly, irreverent take on European geopolitics: the EU, NATO, Trump, Russia, and what comes next.

Serious politics, questionable hosts.

New episodes weekly.

This week EUBS asks why…

… did the US embassy quietly killed the dinners where diplomacy actually happens? And why do the Europeans count getting tariffed as a win?

Also…

Ukraine gets to try to join the EU, but can you fill in Europe’s paperwork while fighting for survival (and will French farmers be happy to acept. farming superpower into their club)?

And at the G7 in Évian, has holding the free world together really come down to keeping one man in a good mood?

Chapters

• 00:00:00 Intro
• 00:01:30 EUBS: American diplomacy dinners end
• 00:03:21 EUBS: US EU trade deal ratified
• 00:04:37 Ukraine's accession to the EU
• 00:12:25 G7 in Evian
• 00:15:43 EUtopia
• 00:18:05 Credits

CREDITS

Editor Conan Roberts

Animation & Design Roland Seer - Tartu Multifilm @rolandseer

Music by Paabel @paabeltheband (Estonian folk-fusion)

Executive Producer Fred Casella

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