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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

July 31: HEAT

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

News, Society & Culture, Politics

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2018

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

We're back! What's cooking, Europe? Apparently the whole continent. Greece has just suffered Europe's deadliest forest fires in a century, part of a spate of extreme weather all over the northern hemisphere. Just back from Athens, we ask incoming AFP science correspondent Patrick Galey (and his dog) whether this is the new normal. Follow @patrickgaley for the angriest climate tweets in town. Things have been heating up in Germany too, in the form of a huge debate over identity politics. Dicle Akar, a teacher at the Berlin International School, gives us her thoughts on Turkish identity in Germany and the row over football star Mesut Özil. Plus: how the summer's been going for Europe's biggest political egos, and the bright side of the forthcoming apocalypse. Send us your most beautiful/hideous pics of Europe for our elite Instagram contest! instagram.com/europeanspodcast / europeanspodcast@gmail.com Twitter.com/europeanspod | europeanspodcast.com

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0:00.0

We're back! Yes, holiday time is over, listeners. Or if you're like me, it never happened.

0:25.6

Unlike someone else who contributes to this podcast and seems to be on holiday all their time, I will mention no names.

0:33.3

Firstly, self-care is very important. And secondly, sorry, who is this?

0:37.5

I'm Dominic and I live in Amsterdam and we make a podcast together, remember?

0:43.7

Oh, yeah, I do remember.

0:45.0

Hello, everyone.

0:45.8

Hello, Europe.

0:46.4

It feels like it's been forever.

0:48.0

This is Katie in Paris, where I am almost completely on my own.

0:51.6

Literally everyone else has just packed off to the beach in the countryside and gone on holiday. But as Dominic politely pointed out, I have already had my

0:58.9

holiday. Now I'm back at work and it sucks because you haven't been on holiday. What have you been doing?

1:03.5

I have had a nice few weeks, if I'm honest. I've been performing with a collective who make

1:08.4

performances kind of on the border of art, philosophy and science.

1:11.7

They're called The Walden Collective and I made some noises above one of their shows.

1:15.8

It was all about energy and warmth.

1:18.0

So I learned a lot about coal.

1:20.3

But yeah, for those of you who think my career as a singer is glamorous, there were a few instances

1:25.2

during this project that would have proved you all wrong.

1:28.6

For example, when we were doing one of our shows in the middle of a wood, a woods, a forest.

1:33.8

We don't say a wood.

1:34.7

The woods.

1:35.3

In the middle of the woods.

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