Bread Week
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
4.8 • 162 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Few people talk about bread in such magical terms as Apollonia Poilâne. This week we speak to the head of one of France's most prestigious bakeries about the secrets of sourdough and taking over the family company aged just 18. We're also talking about Iceland's four-day week experiment, a cyberattack that took out hundreds of Swedish supermarkets, and boosting body positivity in Norway.
This week's Isolation Inspiration: Apollonia's book Poilâne, Eurocrats Who Look Like Europe (EU Scream), and Sweat.
This episode was produced as part of Sphera, a collective of independent European media. Find out more at sphera-hub.com.
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Senior producer: Katz Laszlo
Producers: Andrei Popoviciu and Priyanka Shankar
Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina
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| 0:00.0 | This podcast is a part of Sphira. |
| 0:01.8 | A collective of independent media outlets from across Europe. |
| 0:05.8 | For more information, visit Svira-hub.com. It's coming home. It's coming home. It's coming home. It's coming. |
| 0:36.7 | As you may have gathered, I have decided at very late stage, Dominic, to get into the Euro championship. |
| 0:42.8 | I get football now. Are you happy for me? |
| 0:45.3 | You're just a glory hunter. |
| 0:47.0 | Well, now that we're winning, I'm interested. |
| 0:48.9 | Yeah. By we, you mean England, I presume, even though you live in France. |
| 0:54.7 | Well, this is the weird thing about the Euro, isn't it? |
| 0:57.3 | Because, like, on the one hand, it does feel like a very nice, shared European moment. |
| 1:02.4 | But it is also incredibly nationalistic and encourages us all to be reduced to, like, pathetic flag waving. |
| 1:08.3 | Someone was saying to me the other day that they think it's like a healthy |
| 1:11.4 | outlet for pent-up nationalism that we all have. Interesting. I think Eurovision is a healthier |
| 1:17.9 | outlet personally, but I am still really enjoying Euro 2020 in 2021. Actually, by the time that |
| 1:24.8 | you hear this, England could well have left the tournament. |
| 1:28.1 | That's true. |
| 1:31.2 | Newfound English nationalism could be really outdated. |
| 1:36.3 | Yeah, we're recording before the match, but yeah, nervously awaiting what's going to happen. |
| 1:41.3 | Yeah, I noticed you'd suddenly tuned in because you were posting on our Patreon group about how you'd seen a Gazpron advert. |
| 1:41.7 | Yeah. |
| 1:45.3 | And I was like, yeah, they've been there since the group rounds, Katie. |
| 1:48.8 | I've noticed you've just tuned in at their quarterfinals, but fine. |
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