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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Brave and competent women

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Politics, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week, the European women steering the ship. Katy and Dominic discuss the case of Carola Rackete, the rescue boat captain who has come to symbolize the moral divide over migration, as well as the nomination of Germany's Ursula von der Leyen and Christine Lagarde to two of the most powerful jobs on the continent. In the meantime, the biggest Czech protests since the fall of communism have been giving the populist billionaire PM Andrej Babiš a run for his money. We ring up Benjamin Roll, one of the young leaders of the growing protest movement. Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Patreon Thanks for listening.

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0:00.0

Hello Katie. I'm very relaxed.

0:19.2

You sound like you're dying. I was about to ask you what was wrong.

0:22.8

Oh, no, I'm just on holiday.

0:24.7

Oh, that's your holiday voice.

0:26.0

That's my holiday voice. Remind me never to go on holiday with you.

0:29.1

Yeah, and why am I podcasting?

0:30.7

That's a good question. That is dedication.

0:33.2

Tell us where you are.

0:34.9

I'm in Grand Canaria with all the other British tourists, and German and Swedish and Norwegian, I think.

0:40.6

And actually, we keep hearing loads of Dutch people as well.

0:42.8

We were climbing a mountain yesterday that literally was exclusively full of Dutch people.

0:48.6

And one of my friends here is a bit of a Dutch celebrity.

0:51.3

So everyone was recognising him.

0:53.7

And he was like, oh, God, can't get away from it.

0:55.8

Well, I'm sorry for interrupting things and making you podcast, but it's nice to record this somewhere

1:00.8

more glamorous for a change. Are you like sitting under a palm tree right now?

1:04.0

I'm literally crouched on my knees on the side of my bed because it's the best place acoustically.

1:12.5

I already lost the feeling in my legs. The things I do for podcasting. Yay. Are you having a break? No, I'm in a very unglamourous

1:20.7

situation just sitting here in my bedroom in Paris as usual, surrounded by unfolded laundry that I've

1:25.5

just taken out the machine. So yeah, pretty glam.

1:28.6

Not much to report on my end. I watched a football match this week, which is very exciting.

1:32.9

I've decided very tentatively and very late in the game to get into the Women's World Cup.

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