Best European Echo Podcasts (2024)

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Vindication 10:06

4y ago10:06

10:06

The Intelligence and Security Committee of the British parliament has published its report on Russia. I’m furious — but feel vindicated.By Edward Lucas

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Hagia Sofia’s fate echoes in eastern Europe 5:09

4y ago5:09

5:09

Hagia Sofia’s fate has echoes in countries that remember the Communist war on history.By Edward Lucas

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China’s hidden hand in the West 15:18

4y ago15:18

15:18

An alarming new book, Hidden Hand, highlights the extent of Chinese Communist Party penetration of western countries.By Edward Lucas

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Putin’s China problem 5:15

4y ago5:15

5:15

Putin has a choice about China, which is more than he allows the Russian people.By Edward Lucas

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Putin’s history essay requires a rewrite 8:56

4y ago8:56

8:56

The Russian leader’s revisionist take on the wartime past is self-serving and partial.By Edward Lucas

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BLM and Eastern Europe — more in common than meets the eye 4:49

4y ago4:49

4:49

African-American struggles for justice and memory should be all too familiar to East Europeans — and perhaps even vice versa.By Edward Lucas

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Trump’s German troop pull-out threatens us all 7:06

4y ago7:06

7:06

Donald Trump’s decision to punish Angela Merkel by pulling US troops out of Germany will leave everyone – including Americans – at greater risk.By Edward Lucas

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Russia and China – compare, contrast, beware 17:43

4y ago17:43

17:43

Russia and China’s tactics are not identical, but they overlap. Here are twenty of them. They may seem counterproductive. But seen from Beijing and Moscow, that’s not the point.By Edward Lucas

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Hong Kong’s plight shames us all 7:21

4y ago7:21

7:21

The Chinese Communist Party is crushing Hong Kong. Taiwan’s next. What are we going to do about it?By Edward Lucas

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Pandemic rocks geopolitical world order 5:08

4y ago5:08

5:08

The geopolitical fallout from the pandemic will change the world. We can already see some of the winners—and the losers.By Edward Lucas

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China’s “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy is prompting a global backlash 7:22

4y ago7:22

7:22

China’s “Wolf Warrior” diplomacy is prompting a global backlash—what we need now is unity.By Edward Lucas

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In Memoriam: JR Lucas (1929-2020) 10:10

4y ago10:10

10:10

My father, the Oxford philosopher JR Lucas, was an inspirational and indefatigable campaigner for the captive nations. This is my tribute to him.By Edward Lucas

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Thanks to the Chinese Communist Party 4:58

4y ago4:58

4:58

The Chinese Communist Party is a menace. So be grateful – it is waking up the West.By Edward Lucas

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China’s global takeover on full throttle 15:02

4y ago15:02

15:02

Time is running out to stop China’s global takeover.By Edward Lucas

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The pandemic has punctured our Chinese dreams. Time to find a strategy 7:10

4y ago7:10

7:10

The pandemic has punctured our Chinese dreams. Forget prosperity bringing democracy—Beijing’s grip is tightening at home and abroad. Time to find a strategy.By Edward Lucas

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Rethinking security, at home and abroad 4:44

4+ y ago4:44

4:44

The state’s job is to manage the risks that the rest of us cannot bear. Protecting us from crime and external aggression are the core ones—but as we are realising now, public health is another.By Edward Lucas

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China’s coronavirus victory 17:03

4+ y ago17:03

17:03

The pandemic has not stopped geopolitical trends. Indeed it may have accelerated them. The coronavirus is giving the communist regime in Beijing a chance to gain a decisive advantage.By Edward Lucas

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Pandemic survival tips from the communist era 8:18

4+ y ago8:18

8:18

For many people in the West, the shortages and inconveniences caused by the pandemic are unlike anything they’ve experienced. But for those of us who lived behind the Iron Curtain, they are oddly familiar.By Edward Lucas

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Home alone? No problem 6:56

4+ y ago6:56

6:56

As the pandemic forces unprecedented changes in our lives, many people are working from home—or trying to. But a bit of self-discipline can send your productivity soaring.By Edward Lucas

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Who can win against Covid-19? 5:24

4+ y ago5:24

5:24

The coronavirus is not just a public health crisis. It tests the cohesion of our alliances, and our societies.By Edward Lucas

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with fanfare ep.5 - PUB 19:11

7+ y ago19:11

19:11

Coming thick and fast, this is the fifth episode of Radio Echo with fanfare, this time with Daniel Seemayer talking about PUB, an interdisciplinary initiative led by students at the Sandberg Instituut: comprising artists, writers, editors and designers who aim to structure and establish a publishing practice at the Instituut.We’re in a bit of a jum…

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/b/channel #1 - Nolwann Salaun 20:45

7+ y ago20:45

20:45

For the fourth episode of Radio Echo with fanfare, it’s a conversation between European Echo editor Charlie Clemoes, co-founder of fanfare Freja Kir, and artist, designer as well as this year's first participant in fanfare’s /b/channel series, Nolwenn Salaun. The conversation took place a few days after Nolwenn’s performance at fanfare and the reco…

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with fanfare ep.3 - Office for Workspace Studies (pt.2) 18:25

7+ y ago18:25

18:25

Last week the saw the first in a two part discussion with Francois and Mirjam from the Office for Workspace Studies. Now we return for the second part.The conversation begins with me relating a relatively personal dilemma about some of the work I’m doing at the moment, specifically, consultancy, where it’s well paid but a bit sell out, since the th…

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with fanfare ep.3 – Office for Workspace Studies (pt.1) 20:08

7+ y ago20:08

20:08

This is the third instalment Radio Echo with fanfare, this time it;s with Mirjam Reilli and Francois Girard-Meunier of The Office for Workspace Studies, ahead of a presentation of their work at fanfare. As the name suggests, they’re interested in the peculiarities of modern workspaces and especially the language used to describe work in these space…

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with fanfare ep.2 – NXS 20:59

7+ y ago20:59

20:59

NXS is the product of the collective Goys & Birls, comprised of Juliette and Monika as well as Florian Mecklunburg and the conversation was recorded in advance of the first issue’s release, which is on the subject of Cyber Sensuality. The topic of cybernetics was not something I had considered for a while, but this was a good excuse to spend the we…

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with fanfare ep.1 – Bojana Panevska from Station to Station 22:01

7+ y ago22:01

22:01

For Echo Radio, this is the first in a series in association with fanfare, the design studio comprising Freja Kir and Lotte van de Hoef, in which I’ll be talking to the people who fanfare are exhibiting and collaborating with in the coming months, in a fairly unstructured and informal conversational format. This time, I’ll be talking to Bojana Pane…

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Episode 5: Work and Art 31:29

7+ y ago31:29

31:29

The fifth European Echo podcast picks up the conversation with Domenique Himmelsbach de Vries at the Himmelsbach Research Centre, or to quote its full name the Himmelsbach Research Centre for Off-Grid Existence and Dilettantism. This time we talk a lot about the nature of work, what work pays and what art has to do about it, we finish up talking br…

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Episode 4: Vinteuil - A Conversation with Xavier Robles de Medina 16:17

7+ y ago16:17

16:17

The European Echo podcast is back up and running after the festive break. This, the fourth instalment, is the promised second part of my conversation with Xavier Robles de Medina, in anticipation of his solo exhibition “If You Dream of Your Tongue Beware” opening on 22nd January at the Catinca Tabacaru Gallery on the Lower East Side. This time, mov…

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European Echo Podcast #3 - Buy & Create 20:38

7+ y ago20:38

20:38

In this, the first part of the third European Echo podcast, Charlie interviews artist Xavier Robles de Medina ahead of his first solo exhibition, at Catinca Tabacaru Gallery on the LES in NYC. It's not a particularly conventional interview. Mostly we ended up talking about one of the things that interests us, the creativity involved in people's con…

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European Echo Podcast #2 - Outsiders and Artists 33:24

7+ y ago33:24

33:24

In this, the second European Echo podcast, Charlie is joined by social artists Domenique Himmelsbach-de Vries. The discussion starts on the subject of education and how this affects artists and moves on to talking more generally about the artist's role in contemporary society.

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European Echo Podcast #1 - Red Vienna 40:24

7+ y ago40:24

40:24

With guest Georgie Sinclair, the first European Echo podcast will cover Red Vienna, the period between 1918 and 1934 when Vienna was governed by the first democratically elected socialist government which ushered in a massive social house-building programme.

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