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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Feb 13: Mi kidney, su kidney

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.8162 Ratings

🗓️ 12 February 2018

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Hello from Paris and Amsterdam! Since we’ve seen a huge rise in listeners this week (welcome!) we’re in a giving mood, so we’re talking about organ donation. As countries across Europe weigh up how to save the most lives, transplant ethicist Greg Moorlock is on the line from Birmingham, England to discuss why Spain sees so many more donations than Germany and whether or not the Netherlands should make giving up our kidneys an ‘opt-out’ affair. And Ania Jakubek in Warsaw is back to explain what’s going on with Poland’s new Holocaust law. Plus: a good (ish) week for Angela Merkel, and a bad one for French fashion designer Christian Louboutin and his famous red-soled shoes. Thanks so much for the lovely reviews you’ve been writing — it’s not too late to add another to help people find the podcast across Europe and beyond! https://t.co/2qmA739cYh Check out our website: https://europeanspodcast.com/ Follow us on Twitter: @EuropeansPod

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Europeans.

0:18.8

That was very excitable, wasn't it?

0:20.4

But I feel like it makes up for the fact that I was really sad a few weeks ago.

0:23.8

Good for you, Dom. You're back. You're back, baby. I'm back with a vengeance. I have my first physiotherapy session yesterday.

0:30.1

Oh yeah.

0:30.7

And my physio farted.

0:33.7

Sorry, what?

0:34.7

She farted.

0:35.9

I wasn't expecting you to kick this podcast off that way.

0:39.3

Okay, well, how did she deal with that?

0:43.3

She was like pulling my shoulder and it was super painful.

0:47.3

And she just did a very little fart and I didn't even really notice it.

0:51.3

It could have been her shoe.

0:53.3

But instead she went, oh, shouldn't be doing that, should I?

0:58.9

And then she was like, oh, but don't worry.

1:00.8

It doesn't smell because it didn't have the air afterwards.

1:03.3

I really like how she dealt with that.

1:04.8

I think that's quite a Dutch way of doing things.

1:07.1

We've been talking about Dutch directness a bit, you and me.

1:09.5

And I think that's a nice example. Just deal with it, you know? I feel like a brick would sweep it under the carpet,

1:15.0

not physically, but... They would pretend nothing had happened, and then I would get the giggles.

1:20.7

And it would be really awkward because it would just be two of us in a room with one of us laughing

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