Episode 17, presented by AB InBev: Athens Mayor — EU Committee of Regions President
Episode 17 of POLITICO's EU Confidential podcast features back-to-back interviews with Karl-Heinz Lambertz, president of the European Committee of the Regions, and George Kaminis, the center-left mayo...
12 Okt 201742min
Episode 16: Telia's Johan Dennelind — Global Policy Lab — Catalan independence referendum
Host Ryan Heath talks to POLITICO's chief Europe correspondent Matthew Karnitschnig about a homegrown journalism experiment: POLITICO's first Global Policy Lab. We convened labor and economics experts...
5 Okt 201742min
Episode 15: Catalan independence debate — German election — Court confusion
In a special episode this week, we feature interviews from both sides of the Catalan independence debate ahead of the Catalan regional government's referendum, planned for Sunday. Ryan Heath interview...
28 Sep 201746min
Episode 14: NationBuilder's Toni Cowan-Brown — German election — Boris Johnson's fact and fantasy
Host Ryan Heath interviews Toni Cowan-Brown, a vice president at NationBuilder, the software company that has powered election campaigns for Emmanuel Macron's party, Theresa May, Bernie Sanders and ev...
21 Sep 201744min
Episode 13: Tomáš Valášek — Juncker's State of the Union — Catalonia
Ryan Heath interviews Tomáš Valášek, the former Slovakian ambassador to NATO who heads the Carnegie Europe think tank. As Russia begins its Zapad war game, the West should be worried about Moscow “dow...
14 Sep 201746min
Episode 12: David McAllister MEP - London Playbook's Jack Blanchard - Azerbaijan Scandal
Host Ryan heath talks to David McAllister, head of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and a key ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. McAllister says the U.K.'s decision to leave t...
7 Sep 201744min
Episode 11: EU rights expert Michael O'Flaherty — Poland's peril — Macron's make-up
Regular host Ryan Heath is back with an interview with Michael O’Flaherty, the head of the EU Fundamental Rights Agency. The interview, recorded at the European Alpbach Forum in Austria, looks at why ...
31 Aug 201738min
Episode 10: Brexit & Ireland — John Bruton — Trump's tax break
While regular host Ryan Heath recovers from his holiday jet lag, news editor Andrew Gray presents an interview with former Irish PM John Bruton on Brexit, a roundup of the latest on Britain's departur...
24 Aug 201737min
