In this episode, host Sarah Wheaton is joined by Alessandro Ford, POLITICO’s agriculture reporter, to unpack how the prospect of lab-grown meat has riled up Europe’s farmers — threatening to upend the EU’s agriculture policy and lucrative subsidy program. Read Alessandro’s full story here.
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Aug 7
Week Ender: Verhofstadt on "Trumpism", plus summer must-reads
It’s August in Brussels, which means it’s vacation time. Whether you’re heading off to the beach or holding down the fort in town, this episode is brimming with book recommendations from our newsroom and from you, our listeners. Whatever your genre preference, from true crime thr ... Show More
35m 2s
Aug 5
Europe's Palantir problem
Europe wants to kick its U.S. tech habit, but it’s struggling to detangle itself from American data analytics firm Palantir. The problem is, the company's tools are already deeply embedded in critical sectors across the bloc like policing, national defense and health systems. A r ... Show More
14m 26s
Feb 2024
Is the EU losing control of Europe?
Paris is under siege. And this time, it's the farmers. But why?After weeks of tractors on the straße in Germany, France are hit by similar trouble. It's causing great consternation for an increasingly weak French president Emmanuel Macron.So today we ask, is Macron losing control ... Show More
40m 53s
Sep 2022
The ECB goes from dove to hawk
<p>Chinese companies have raised six times as much money through share sales in Europe than the US this year, and European farmers expect a sky-high food prices and droughts this winter. Plus, the FT’s Frankfurt bureau chief, Martin Arnold, explains why the European Central Bank ... Show More
8m 36s
May 2021
Best of The Program | Guests: Adam Faust, Dan Lennington, & Yukong Zhao | 5/4/21
As Bank of America warns that “transitory hyperinflation” is coming, Glenn shares ways you can prepare for a massive economic downturn. Farmers are suing the government for racial discrimination, claiming that white farmers are barred from getting “disadvantaged” farmer loans. Da ... Show More
38m 57s