FEPS Talks

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Series of podcasts related with the research and policy activity of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies

  1. 📊 "People STILL want CHANGE, but also STABILITY & RESPECTABILITY" Kaisa Vatanen | Next Left Pollsters

    26 AUG

    📊 "People STILL want CHANGE, but also STABILITY & RESPECTABILITY" Kaisa Vatanen | Next Left Pollsters

    Discover the new podcast series "Progressive Pollsters". The second episode with Kaisa Vatanen focusing on the electoral prospects of European social democracy! 📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast Over the course of four episodes, FEPS Director of Research and Training Ania Skrzypek, delves into topics including elections, populism, cost-of-living, housing, and more, with: ➡️ Marcin Duma, CEO of IBRIS, Poland ➡️ Kaisa Vatanen, Chief Officer, Datapraxis. ➡️ Bruno Jeanbart, Vice President, Opinion Way, France ➡️ Kevin Cunningham, MD and founder, Ireland Thinks All speakers are part of the Progressive Pollsters network, which brings together leading pollsters and political analysts to discuss and reflect on key political and social trends shaping Europe’s destiny, especially following the European elections in 2024.

    18 min
  2. The new American way with James K. Galbraith

    25 JUL

    The new American way with James K. Galbraith

    Prof. James K. Galbraith shares his views about the dramatic changes in US politics and policy which we experienced in the past year. Europeans are still struggling to understand what produced Donald Trump and how consequential his second term in the White House can be. In the conversation with FEPS Secretary General László Andor, he explores both internal and external factors driving the political changes of our time, which also are reshaping transatlantic relations. Is Trump a conservative who is nostalgic for the 1950s or the 1920s? Or he is responding, in his own way, to contemporary challenges which Europeans are also facing? Can the US go backwards, or at some point it will be going forward again? And what the European response needs to be, especially what concerns strategic (monetary) autonomy. At the end of the conversation, he recommends to our listeners one book written by his father, John Kenneth Galbraith, and a recent one from himself too. James Kenneth Galbraith is an American economist. He is a professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs and at the Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin.

    36 min
  3. Can the POPULIST RIGHT be DEFEATED? With Marcin Duma | Next Left Pollsters

    18 JUL

    Can the POPULIST RIGHT be DEFEATED? With Marcin Duma | Next Left Pollsters

    Discover the new podcast series "Progressive Pollsters". The first episode with Marcin Duma focusing on the far right is already available! 📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast Over the course of four episodes, FEPS Director of Research and Training Ania Skrzypek, delves into topics including elections, populism, cost-of-living, housing, and more, with: ➡️ Marcin Duma, CEO of IBRIS, Poland ➡️ Kaisa Vatanen, Chief Officer, Datapraxis. ➡️ Bruno Jeanbart, Vice President, Opinion Way, France ➡️ Kevin Cunningham, MD and founder, Ireland Thinks All speakers are part of the Progressive Pollsters network, which brings together leading pollsters and political analysts to discuss and reflect on key political and social trends shaping Europe’s destiny, especially following the European elections in 2024.

    33 min
  4. How to STOP INFLATION with Ben Tippet and Anna Kolesnichenko

    7 JUL

    How to STOP INFLATION with Ben Tippet and Anna Kolesnichenko

    We are often told that inflation “happens”, as if it is an unstoppable natural phenomenon. However, a new FEPS study shows that the inflation we experienced in 2021-2023 was largely caused by profiteering and speculation. 📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast In this FEPS Talks episode, Ainara Bascuñana, FEPS Head of Communication discuss with the authors of 'The profit-price spiral in food and energy' Ben Tippet, Lecturer at King’s College London and Anna Kolesnichenko, FEPS Economic Policy Analyst. The discussion exposes the monopolistic structures within the food and energy sectors, where a handful of companies control global supply chains and manipulate prices. There is nothing unavoidable about this kind inflation, and it can and should be stopped. * There is a mistake in minute 00:14:06: It's not 20% but 2%*

    39 min
  5. DEMOCRACY today and tomorrow with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou

    17 JUN

    DEMOCRACY today and tomorrow with former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou

    In this episode of FEPS Talks, Secretary General László Andor talks with the former prime minister of Greece, George Papandreou, who in recent years has been focusing on questions of democracy in the Council of Europe. The main concern today is democratic backsliding, and in 2025 the United States is also among countries where we can observe such dramatic. According to Papandreou, the democratic questions are organically connected with the social ones, and the European Union itself also must address democratic deficits, especially what concerns economic governance. Looking back to the ancient Greek democratic legacy, Papandreou explores opportunities of direct democracy and recalls recent experiments with such methods. He also elaborates on the new horizons which digitalisation and artificial intelligence have opened up for democratic participation and governance.

    46 min
  6. 🇵🇸 What FUTURE are we giving GAZA's children? With Palestinian academic Omar Shaban

    5 JUN

    🇵🇸 What FUTURE are we giving GAZA's children? With Palestinian academic Omar Shaban

    📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify & Apple Podcast 🇵🇸 “What about the 6th of October? What about the 5th? There was already occupation, siege, and no future.” As the war on Gaza continues, and while much of the international community remains inactive, Palestinians face mass displacement, starvation, and the systematic destruction of civilian life—from homes and schools to hospitals and water systems. In this FEPS Talks episode, we speak with Omar Shaban, economist, political analyst, and founder of the Gaza-based think tank PalThink for Strategic Studies, for a powerful and personal testimony on life under siege—and the broader political dynamics shaping the conflict. “20,000 orphans. 86,000 amputated children. What future are we giving them?” Omar exposes the human cost of the war, challenges Western media narratives, and reminds us that this is not just about Gaza. The illegal colonisation of the West Bank and the deliberate obstruction of Palestinian statehood are part of the same brutal reality. He also stresses that what is happening in Gaza has been described by credible international organisations as genocide. Despite unimaginable loss, Omar calls for a political future grounded in peace and justice: “Two-state solution, in a different modality, is still possible. Give PEACE a chance”

    38 min
  7. Addressing the housing crisis in Europe with the Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas

    14 MEI

    Addressing the housing crisis in Europe with the Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas

    “We are discussing rearming, but Europe is a peace project and housing should be the first pillar”. In this episode of FEPS Talks, the Mayor of Athens Haris Doukas speaks with FEPS Policy Analyst François Balate on the housing crisis Europe is facing. Athens is one of the 15 European cities behind the "Mayors for Housing" Alliance, which is in Brussels this week to demand swift action from the EU on housing. On the ground, in cities like Athens, Barcelona and Rome, progressive mayors are already putting in place measures to make housing more accessible to their citizens. However, they cannot do it alone - they are calling for immediate, concrete actions and resources at the European level.

    17 min
  8. Rethinking Security through Nuclear Disarmament with Florian Eblenkamp

    7 MEI

    Rethinking Security through Nuclear Disarmament with Florian Eblenkamp

    📺🔊 Available on YouTube, Spotify and Apple Podcast Rethinking Security through Nuclear Disarmament with Florian Eblenkamp In this climate of militarisation and declining support for international law, some European countries are considering nuclear weapons a legitimate defence strategy, with calls even emerging for the development of a European nuclear programme. We interview Florian Eblenkamp, Advocacy Officer at the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)—the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize-winning organisation—to discuss the differing positions of European countries, NATO, and the broader international debate on nuclear disarmament. He demystifies the alleged military and deterrent effect of nuclear arms. Nuclear deterrence is based on the underlying threat of catastrophic mass destruction as a central part of policy, making it not only an ineffective strategy, but also a morally indefensible one. Florian challenges the perceived dichotomy between disarmament and safety, insisting that the two can—and must—reinforce one another in any just and sustainable global order.

    33 min
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Series of podcasts related with the research and policy activity of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies

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    Foundation for European Progressive Studies
  • Jaren actief
    2019 - 2025
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