{"podcast":{"title":"The Europeans | European news, politics and culture","slug":"the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102","podcast_index_feed_id":1128102,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/the-europeans/","website_url":"https://europeanspodcast.com","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1ec4bbe2-eabd-4f12-b4a3-57723be42e3e/the-europeans-2048px-1mb.jpg","author":"Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer","episode_count":357,"summary":"The Europeans is a fresh and entertaining weekly podcast about European politics and culture, recorded each week between Paris and Amsterdam with fascinating guests joining from across Europe. This multiple award-winning podcast fills you in on the major European politics stories and other European news of the week, as well as fun and quirky nuggets that have been missed by most media outlets. Hosted by Katy Lee, a journalist based in Paris, and Dominic Kraemer, an opera singer in Amsterdam, The Europeans covers everything from elections and climate policy to the best new European films and TV shows. We also produce investigative podcasts about everything from the European farming lobby to oat milk. Yes, oat milk. Katy and Dominic are old friends, and the warmth and intimacy of their conversations will soon make you feel like you’ve known them a long time too. They approach topics with a light and humorous tone that makes The Europeans stand out from other European news podcasts, while remaining journalistically rigorous and meticulously fact-checked. The Europeans has been recommended by The New York Times, The Guardian, Buzzfeed, The Financial Times, and many other outlets. Katy…","last_synced_at":"2026-06-25T14:21:48.210217+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102"},"episode":{"title":"What do the Epstein files reveal about Europe’s elite?","slug":"what-do-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-europe-s-elite","published_at":"2026-02-12T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102/what-do-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-europe-s-elite","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102","url":"https://europeanspodcast.com","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/ad8c84c8-efd4-40e4-9d0a-2368f0d3def4.mp3","summary":"It has been an absolutely Awful Week for everyone who has been paying attention to the latest release of the Epstein files, both on this continent and around the world. We’re taking a look at what the documents reveal about Europe’s rich and powerful and whether any overdue reckonings might come out of the horrific revelations. On the brighter side: we also discuss a sitting president who does NOT want to be handed the Nobel Peace Prize. A win for us all! Our guest this week is journalist Salsabil Fayed , co-author of the recent Follow the Money investigation “U.S. donors bankroll Europe’s policy ideas through think tanks”. (Gulp.) What does it mean that some of the biggest American tech companies are financing some of the work of some of the most influential think tanks on this side of the Atlantic? Salsabil spells it all out. This week’s Inspiration Station recommendations are Fairphone and not looking at your phone in the morning. So…go out and touch grass. (But catch up on your podcasts first.) Resources for this episode: “Moldovan president rejects Nobel Peace Prize nomination, says Ukrainian POWs deserve it instead” – Yahoo! News, 6 February 2026 “Holding the Line Between Democracy and Putin | President of Moldova, Maia Sandu” – The Rest is Politics, 11 January 2026 “ Los ‘miles de fallos’ que exponen a las víctimas de los papeles de Epstein ” – El Pais, 4 February 2026 “A survivor on the Epstein files – podcast” – The Guardian, 5 February 2026 Soundos el Ahmadi sets the record straight about misogynist violence on Flemish TV – De Afspraak, 7 February 2026 “U.S. donors bankroll Europe’s policy ideas through think tanks” – Follow the Money, 23 October 2025 “Podcast | The hidden U.S. influence on Europe’s policymaking” – Follow the Money, 10 December 2025 “US press…","meta_description":"It has been an absolutely Awful Week for everyone who has been paying attention to the latest release of the Epstein files, both on this continent and aro…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3480,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102/episodes/what-do-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-europe-s-elite/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102/what-do-the-epstein-files-reveal-about-europe-s-elite.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}