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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Europe needs culture

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.8162 Ratings

🗓️ 10 June 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Hands up if you've got a better idea of what's happening in American politics than European politics, despite living on this side of the pond? This week André Wilkens, the new director of the European Cultural Foundation, argues that Europeans need to get better at telling their own story — whether it's in the form of a Hamilton-style hit musical or otherwise. Also: scooter wars, holograms, and when the left gets tough on immigration.

You can read Katy's piece on the arrival of electric scooters in Paris last summer here in the Guardian, and see a holographic elephant here.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Dominant, you're alive.

0:17.5

I just, I thought some listeners who saw the pictures of your squashed bicycle

0:22.1

in amsterdam might have been a bit worried yeah but you are very much alive i am very much alive

0:27.7

i was nowhere near the tree when it came down on top of my bike my husband's bike and our spare bike

0:33.6

what happened uh there was a really big storm a few nights ago and loads of trees came down in the city.

0:41.5

And it seems like no one was seriously injured.

0:44.2

There were a few minor injuries, but mainly the trees went for the bikes.

0:49.3

So my poor bike.

0:51.5

It was like literally holding up a whole tree on its own.

0:54.4

It looked like.

0:54.9

It was literally the seat was like holding up the tree like Atlas on his shoulders.

1:01.0

But actually miraculously, all three bikes seemed to be like salvageable.

1:05.2

Oh, okay.

1:05.8

Even though they've had a tree sitting on them for a day.

1:07.9

Fingers crossed.

1:09.1

But Katie, I was going to ask you if you've had a nice week, but you have because you were with me.

1:15.4

I mean, I don't see why you think there's necessarily a link between those two things.

1:18.7

It might be more like, I've had a nice week in spite of being with you.

1:22.6

Joking.

1:23.4

Classic you.

1:24.4

It was very nice.

1:25.3

Dominic and I actually got to see each other. We went on a little mini break to Brussels, which is very fun, working on some special episodes

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