The joys of the early internet
The Europeans | European news, politics and culture
Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer
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🗓️ 22 September 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Between those of us who grew up before the internet and those who've never known a world without it, there's a generation of people who came of age *with* the web. This week we chat to the French-Moroccan journalist Marie Le Conte about 'Escape', a book that reflects on the vibrant, chaotic days of the early internet and what has changed since then. We're also talking about Viktor Orbán's money woes and why psychiatrists in Brussels are prescribing museum visits for mental health.
Marie tweets at @youngvulgarian. 'Escape: How a generation shaped, destroyed and survived the internet' is out now.
You can read about how Hungary's elite made a fortune from EU subsidies here.
This week's Isolation Inspiration: The Politalia newsletter and 'Druk' (Another Round).
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02:47 Bad (ish) Week: Hungary's billions
10:34 Good Week: Brussels' 'museum therapy' initiative
18:57 Interview: Marie Le Conte on 'Escape' and growing up on the early internet
30:18 Isolation Inspiration: The Politalia newsletter and 'Druk' ('Another Round')
32:59 Happy Ending: Happy Birthday, Spider-Man
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.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi Gaitie. |
| 0:07.0 | Hi, Katie. |
| 0:23.9 | Hello, you sound really miserable. |
| 0:26.3 | I'm fine. I just can't find a comfortable position. |
| 0:29.1 | I'm trying recording from the floor because apparently the sound quality is better. |
| 0:33.2 | Will let listeners be the judge of that? |
| 0:35.0 | But I'm sorry to hear that you're uncomfortable. |
| 0:37.3 | I hope that this podcast doesn't make for uncomfortable listening for everyone for the next half hour or so. |
| 0:41.9 | I'll try my best to sound really upbeat and happy. |
| 0:45.5 | Woo! |
| 0:45.9 | How are you? |
| 0:46.9 | I'm good. |
| 0:47.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:48.0 | This week really feels like the week that autumn has come to Paris. |
| 0:51.8 | Generally a beautiful time of year to be celebrated. |
| 0:55.7 | But this year I am like weeping with happiness that summer is over because it's been so disturbingly hot. |
| 1:00.6 | Yeah, I did just get out a big jumper for the first time this year and I felt quite sad |
| 1:04.2 | about it actually. But oh well. How has your week been? I was actually in London for a few days |
| 1:09.2 | last week, which was nice. and I was hanging out with my |
| 1:11.9 | three and a half year old nephew, who's very sweet and already knows every single country in the |
| 1:18.7 | world and where it is on the map. Oh my God. I know. And he rather humiliated me when we were going |
| 1:24.6 | through all the countries, starting with the A countries. I said Antigua, and he said, silly Dominic, it's Antigua and Barbuda. |
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