{"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":"When will Europe get the trains it deserves?","slug":"when-will-europe-get-the-trains-it-deserves","published_at":"2026-02-19T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-europeans-european-news-politics-and-culture-1128102/when-will-europe-get-the-trains-it-deserves","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/19617117-b3d7-4d5d-a680-51b2f7190ec6.mp3","summary":"If you’ve ever wondered where all the affordable night trains are, or struggled to book tickets for an international journey, or spent hours of your one wild and precious life petitioning for compensation for a significantly delayed trip ( *takes deep breath, collects self* )... let us introduce you to Jon Worth. This prolific train watcher and commentator is behind a new European Rail Passengers’ Union that is pushing for easier cross-border transit and may even help to resolve some people’s personal cross-border nightmares. Jon thinks Europe’s train travellers deserve better, and we tend to agree. Find out about the European Rail Passengers' Union here . Subscribe to his newsletter here , and check out his posts on Mastodon here . Also in this week’s episode: the latest in all those big moves to get European youth off of social media, and an Olympics opening ceremony broadcast debacle for the ages. And some crime-fighting llamas. This week’s Inspiration Station recommendations are Rosalía making a tortilla de patatas and the Spanish TV series Los Años Nuevos . Resources for this episode: “'I feel free': Australia's social media ban, one month on” – BBC, 9 January 2026 “Children should be at least 16 to access social media, say MEPs” – European Parliament, 26 November 2025 “France: TikTok still steering vulnerable children and young people towards depressive and suicidal content” – Amnesty International, 20 October 2025 Winter Olympics chaos at Italian broadcaster RAI (in Italian) Mariah Carey’s performance at the opening ceremony in Milan “Herd of crime-fighting llamas ‘make citizen’s arrest’ of man fleeing police” – @itvnews, 11 February 2026 Talk of social media bans getting you down? Keep the screen time going with our newsletter, GOOD WEEK BAD WEEK . 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