
Euros & Explosives
If Russia flies an explosive drone into a cargo plane in Germany does Article 5 make a sound? And what do you call it when America sells (lots of) euros and only tells Europe afterwards? A European President & American C

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As the US and Europe divorce, who gets what? And what comes next? A European President & American comedian: informed & irreverent takes on the latest, in less time than it takes to commute, cook or bedtime scroll.
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If Russia flies an explosive drone into a cargo plane in Germany does Article 5 make a sound? And what do you call it when America sells (lots of) euros and only tells Europe afterwards? A European President & American C

Who are Europe’s best spies? And did any of them predict last weekend’s crisis in Ceuta? A European President and an American comedian disentangle the migration mess, European pile-on and American meddling that contribut

Can America switch Europe off? Why does the Kremlin dread August? And who walked out on whom at the UN? A European President & US comedian make sense of the continental rift. More Information Europe is the fastest-warmin

A European President & US comedian: can you regulate your way to greatness, or only fine the people (ahem, Google) who got there first? 2 years after former Italian PM & ECB President Mario Draghi laid out the path to Eu

How is Moscow sabotaging Europe and why is Washington bankrolling Europe’s pro-Putin opposition? A European President & an American comedian what on earth is going on (and what comes next). Chapters 00:00:00 Introduction

NATO is saved! Or was it one big Trumpian Freudian slip as the US Prez cuts off trade with Spain (can he?) and calls Zelensky “Putin”? And while French courts decide a convicted embezzler can run for President, what will

Will Trump actually show up to the NATO summit and is Washington really floating a "defence loyalty programme"? Also, can neutral Ireland credibly chair Europe's defence debate as it takes the EU chair? A former Presiden

Will Trump actually show up to the NATO summit and is Washington really floating a "defence loyalty programme"? Also, can neutral Ireland credibly chair Europe's defence debate as it takes the EU chair? A former

Ten years (and 6, soon 7, Prime Ministers) later was Brexit worth it and how did it change Europe? Also, why is Europe's hard right suddenly speed-walking away from Donald Trump? A former President & a comedian on what's

Ten years (and 6, soon 7, Prime Ministers) later was Brexit worth it and how did it change Europe? Also, why is Europe's hard right suddenly speed-walking away from Donald Trump? A former President & a comedian on what's

A comedian and a former president walk into Europe's biggest mess. American comedian Andy Valvur’s oldest friend, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, grew up to become President of Estonia. Now, as the transatlantic alliance comes apa

A comedian and a former president walk into Europe's biggest mess. American comedian Andy Valvur’s oldest friend, Toomas Hendrik Ilves, grew up to become President of Estonia. Now, as the transatlantic alliance comes apa

A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe. Serious politics, questionable hosts. This week EUBS asks why… does

A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe. Serious politics, questionable hosts. This week EUBS asks why… does

A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe. Serious politics, questionable hosts. This week EUBS asks why… The

A comedian & ex President (of Estonia, twice) - childhood buddies, American raised now living in Europe - riff on the 'divorce' between the US & Europe. Serious politics, questionable hosts. This week… Drones fall on Bal

The relationship keeping the free world together is falling apart. I’m Andy, a comedian. My oldest buddy - since toddlerhood - became a two-term European president. We grew up in the US as refugee kids (the USSR erased o
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