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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

News, Society & Culture, Politics

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

This week, the female writers that Europe forgot. Carme Font Paz is leading a fascinating project aimed at uncovering the scribblings of European women from centuries ago and giving them their rightful place in the literary canon. Plus, Poland's election, posthumous comedy and why the EU won't be expanding east any time soon.

You can find out more about Carme's project here.

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See you next week.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Oh, if only you could see me now, Katie.

0:19.6

I hear that you're in a cupboard. What's going on?

0:21.4

I am in a cupboard in Switzerland, yes. And no, don't worry. I'm okay. Everything's fine.

0:26.4

I'm just trying to get away from the echo because I'm in a lovely house, but everything is made out of wood and is very reflective.

0:35.4

And there's no soft furnishings.

0:37.2

Oh, the things you have to think about when you're a podcaster.

0:40.1

Yeah, it's a bit ridiculous.

0:41.5

I'll try and take a selfie of myself,

0:43.1

although I'm not sure it'll be very good

0:44.1

because I'm just surrounded by duvet and pillows in a tiny cupboard.

0:47.6

Sounds very tre cosy, as we say in France.

0:50.5

How are you? Are you more comfortable than me?

0:52.6

I'm very comfortable. I've been teaching this

0:54.7

week in two French journalism schools, basically being like this, like what you see in front of you.

0:59.9

That's how not to do it. But yeah, it's been really fun to get out of the newsroom. But bloody hell,

1:04.9

teaching is so tiring. I am so glad it's not my full-time job. Yeah, kudos teachers out there.

1:10.4

Good job, teachers. So yeah,

1:12.4

I'm ready for a relaxing half hour chatting to you. Good. Well, me too, because I've actually got a show

1:17.2

and literally I will be on stage in three hours. So let's, let's make this snappy. You can do your

1:22.5

warm up now. First thing's first, Dominic. This is our first show for a couple of weeks, but I think you've got, if I remember correctly, a bit of an apology to make.

1:29.9

Hey, why first things first? Why can't we like hide the apology at the end like all the newspapers do?

1:36.5

We are not the Sun newspaper. We're going to do this responsibly. Would you like to apologise to nitrogen?

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