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The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 274 Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This week, the case for culture: keeping it free, and keeping it funded. We're talking about the state of artistic freedom in Poland; plus, the state of Europe's live music industry, with Elise Phamgia of Liveurope and Janine Cathrein of Swiss indie folk band Black Sea Dahu. Also on the agenda: what to do with problematic statues in Brussels. Black Sea Dahu are touring again! You can find tour dates and more on their website, and listen on Spotify. Isolation Inspiration: Liveurope's artists to watch out for in 2022; Ukrainian war literature in translation; Édouard Louis, 'Qui a tué mon père'. Bonus recommendations: Black Sea Dahu's new album, 'I Am My Mother', and 'Empireland' by Sathnam Sangera. 02:43 Good Week, or 'Constructive Ideas Week': Brussels' report on colonial-era monuments 12:17 Bad Week: Krzysztof Głuchowski and artistic freedom in Poland 21:53 Interview: Elise Phamgia and Janine Cathrein on the state of Europe's live music industry 34:21 Isolation Inspiration: Liveurope's new music for 2022; the new Ukrainian war literature; Édouard Louis, 'Qui a tué mon père' 37:46 Happy Ending: a boat trip Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few euros / dollars / pounds a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast. You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify. Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. Find more like-minded European podcasts at areweeurope.com/audio-family. Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | [email protected]

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0:00.0	Another week, another co-host struck down with Omicron.
0:26.5	Are we sure that you didn't give me coronavirus via Skype?
0:29.9	Because I spent a lot of my week on video calls with you, Dominic,
0:32.8	and now here I am trapped in my apartment with the Sea Word.
0:36.1	Well, one of our producers also got it,
0:38.1	so it's a possibility. Team Europeans has had a bad week. It's a podemic. Only Voyager
0:43.7	other producer is uninfected right now. He actually seemed quite cross with us all for how
0:48.2	infected we were. He was like, stop having COVID all of you. It's not my fault. I think he just felt left out.
0:55.3	Anyway, you're done with isolation now.
0:57.0	What's it like out there in the free world?
0:59.2	Oh, it's great.
1:00.1	I mean, I have a total irrational sense of invincibility, at least this week.
1:05.8	And I know it doesn't mean I'm invincible, but it's really nice.
1:09.3	You're going around licking people?
1:10.8	Yeah, a little going around licking people?
1:12.1	Yeah, a little bit of licking.
1:14.3	My sympathies with the people of Amsterdam.
1:20.1	Before we get on with this week's show, there's obviously one elephant in the room this week,
1:23.0	and that is what is happening in Ukraine right now.
1:25.3	It's a really fast-moving situation, and we weren't really sure how to talk about it on the show this week in a way that wouldn't get overtaken by events just as soon as we released this episode.
1:32.6	It is terrifying what's happening right now and we all know who is responsible for it.
1:37.4	I can't even imagine what it feels like right now for the people of Ukraine.
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