The Europeans (podcast)

The Europeans
Presentation
Hosted byKaty Lee and
Dominic Kraemer
GenreNews magazine
UpdatesWeekly
Length40 mins
Production
Theme music composed byJim Barne
No. of episodes282 (as of September 2024)
Publication
Original release28 November 2017

The Europeans is a weekly independent podcast focusing on the "often overlooked news items affecting Europe".[1] It is produced and presented by Katy Lee, a journalist based in Paris, and Dominic Kraemer, an opera singer based in Amsterdam.[2][3]

In May 2018 the podcast was the Dutch national nominee for the European Charlemagne Youth Prize,[4] and in 2019 was a winner of the European Commission's Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach, for "works that aimed to enhance young peoples' understanding of the European Union, with a focus on participation in EU democratic processes."[5] Also in 2019, and in the context of that year's European Parliament elections, the podcast received a grant from the European Cultural Foundation[6] to produce the three-part series Bursting the bubble to "explain how the E.U. actually works without boring you to death."[7]

Lee and Kraemer, both originally from England, intended for the show "to make Europe cool again"[8] and consequently it "proudly announces itself [as a] Brexit free zone".[9] Alongside other regular segments, each episode features an interview. Past guests include: Igor Levit,[10] Christoph Niemann,[11] Rokhaya Diallo,[12] Emma Holten,[13] Akbar Ahmed,[14][15] Patrick Gathara,[16] Jacek Dehnel,[17] Darach Ó Séaghdha,[18] Actress,[19] and Joris Luyendijk.[20]

"We were both British expats, we had a much closer connection to life on the continent than a lot of Brits living on the island, and we wanted to rectify that. We wanted to make a podcast that was going to treat Europe as something that was really interesting and varied, but that could feel very inaccessible to many people because of the way we speak about Europe."

– Katy Lee, 2019[21]

  1. ^ Cannon, Ben (2 December 2018). "Constant Listener's Best Podcasts of 2018". Constant Listener. Archived from the original on 15 September 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Judith (30 August 2019). "Long story short". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 27 October 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  3. ^ Furlan, Scott Bryan, Tim Lane, Julia (8 February 2018). "27 Podcasts You Need To Start Listening To In 2018". BuzzFeed. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ ""The Europeans Podcast" Nederlandse inzending Karel de Grote Prijs voor jongeren 2018". www.europarl.europa.eu (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2 February 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. ^ Drennan, James (2 April 2019). "Winners of the 2018 "Altiero Spinelli Prize for Outreach" celebrated in Brussels". Education and Training – European Commission. Archived from the original on 29 June 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. ^ "Democracy Needs Imagination: Music, Art, European Life – LIBRARY". European Cultural Foundation. Archived from the original on 3 January 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  7. ^ Ives, Mike (9 December 2019). "Brexit, France, Hong Kong: Your Monday Briefing". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Non fare quella faccia". www.ilfoglio.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 4 March 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  9. ^ Sawyer, Miranda (1 November 2018). "The week in radio and podcasts: The Modern Mann; Lights Out; This Is Love – review". The Observer. ISSN 0029-7712. Archived from the original on 16 March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  10. ^ "The Political Pianist". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  11. ^ "Normal and Boring". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  12. ^ "Liberté, Egalité, Difficultés". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Consent". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  14. ^ "Changing PMs at 103 BPMs". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  15. ^ "BONUS EPISODE: Akbar Ahmed on Islam in Europe". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  16. ^ "Eurafrica". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 5 February 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Toxic elements". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  18. ^ "Podchraoladh". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  19. ^ "When politicians talk about love". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  20. ^ "The Bee Word". The Europeans. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  21. ^ Stefanello, Viola (18 April 2019). "This Podcast Is on a Mission to Make Europe Cool Again". Bello Collective. Archived from the original on 19 July 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2020.