Spain's floods, Moldova's election, and what the kids of Europe are watching
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
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🗓️ 7 November 2024
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
Anne Schultka is the project manager of KIDS Regio, which campaigns for the children's film industry in Europe. Rikke Flodin is a partner at PUBLIKUM. You can download the report, 'European Children's Film in Focus', here. This week's Inspiration Station offerings: 'Kapsalon Romy' ('Romy’s Salon') and 'Leto kada sam naucila da letim' ('How I Learned To Fly'). Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at patreon.com/europeanspodcast (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by leaving us a review or giving us five stars on Spotify. Other resources for this episode: 'Valencian president downplayed floods while Spain’s rivers rose' - Politico Europe, November 1, 2024 https://www.politico.eu/article/spain-valencia-floods-death-toll-carlos-mazon/
'Pumpkin paddling season: Kasterlee's giant pumpkin regatta' - DW News, October 28, 2024 https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=2701632486675304 00:22 A non-US election podcast
04:48 Bad Week: Spain's floods
24:39 Good Week: Maia Sandu
37:26 Interview: Anna Schultka and Rikke Flodin on what the kids of Europe are watching
55:00 The Inspiration Station: 'Romy's Salon' and 'How I Learned To Fly'
58:19 Happy Ending: Belgium's pumpkin kayak race Producers: Morgan Childs and Katz Laszlo Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina Instagram | Threads | Twitter | Mastodon | hello@europeanspodcast.com
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to possibly the only podcast you're going to listen to this week that isn't about the US elections. |
| 0:30.0 | This is the Europeans and my trusty usual co-host Dominic Kramer is away this week. |
| 0:34.9 | So I'm joined this week by our other resident Amsterdam.. It's producer Katzlaslo. Hi Katz. |
| 0:40.5 | Hi, Katie. |
| 0:41.9 | What a week. What a week. How you doing? |
| 0:45.5 | Well, I mean, where to even begin to answer that question. Obviously, the news has just come in about the US election, |
| 0:57.3 | and this isn't a podcast about the US, but I would be lying if I said it didn't influence me |
| 1:03.4 | at all. And honestly, it's so fresh and huge that I'm feeling pretty numb. |
| 1:08.5 | Numb is the word I'm hearing a lot, actually, |
| 1:13.2 | from American friends today. |
| 1:14.6 | It's weird. |
| 1:19.7 | Like, it feels kind of like we've become so used to huge pieces of bad news since about 2016. |
| 1:22.7 | The Trump's re-election, it doesn't feel at all like his first victory. |
| 1:27.4 | It is more numbing than last time. |
| 1:29.8 | Like, the sadness is still there, the anger is still there, but the shock isn't, even though |
| 1:35.0 | it's still devastating. |
| 1:36.3 | Yeah, absolutely. |
| 1:37.2 | I mean, it's strange. |
| 1:38.5 | I lived in New York when Trump was elected for the first time, but that feels like decades ago. And you know, you and I |
| 1:47.1 | are talking about this a whole ocean away, but this affects all of us outside the US, you know? |
| 1:55.0 | I'm thinking about what this means for Ukraine. I'm thinking about what this means for the planet, |
| 1:59.2 | given Trump's record on climate change. I'm thinking about the Palestinians. for the planet, given Trump's record on climate |
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