Latest Easterneurope Podcast Episodes

#6 The Numbers Game in the Age of Information Warfare

In Between Europe - August 10, 2017 13:21 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
  We tackle propaganda, fake news, and numbers in general in this episode. For this enormous task, we talk to freelance Canadian journalist Michael Colborne, who is currently based in Prague and has written for Coda Story, Al-Jazeera, CBC, and others. History minute: Traditions of mistrust an...

#5 Law and Justice in Poland (Part II)

In Between Europe - July 13, 2017 17:13 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
  This is the second part of In Between Europe’s explainer on what is happening to the independent judiciary in Poland with Christian Davies of the Guardian. In part I, we looked at the big picture, while in this episode we go down the nitty-gritty of laws and the main ideas around democracy an...

#4 Law and Justice in Poland (Part I)

In Between Europe - July 09, 2017 21:24 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
  In this episode we address recent developments in Poland and the threat to judicial independence since Law and Justice came to power with Christian Davies of the Guardian. This is only part I of a mega Poland explainer — part II will go more into detail on what has happened to the Constitutio...

#3 Austria — the Country that Gave Us Muddling Through as an Expression

In Between Europe - June 14, 2017 12:07 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
We focus on Austrian politics in this third episode, talking to Anton Pelinka, a professor of political science at the Budapest-based Central European University. Austria has received much attention recently due to problematic presidential elections and a strong comeback by the far-rightist Fre...

#2 Are the Czechs Having a Populist Moment?

In Between Europe - May 18, 2017 20:32 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
In this episode we talked with Martin Ehl, the chief international editor of the economic daily Hospodarske noviny. We covered all things Czech Republic, including the ongoing government crisis, instability in Czech politics, and the chances of Orbanization in the near future. History minute: Š...

#1 Extremism in Hungary

In Between Europe - May 14, 2017 11:06 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
In this first episode of the In Between Europe podcast, we discussed extremism and xenophobia in Hungary and the interesting trajectory of the infamous Jobbik party with Bulcsú Hunyadi, a senior analyst at Political Capital. History Minute: Resentment and exclusion in 20th century Hungary  ...