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Conversations with young people in the Brussels Bubble | If you want to come on, please email me at brubblepodcast@gmail.com!

  1. 09/24/2025

    Ranking European Countries by Invention

    Europe has invented a lot of stuff - from kindergarten to the seatbelt to chicken mcnuggets. So to unpack all of this, Dan and Simon take a completely uneducated stab at ranking each* European country by their inventions.

    1h 20m
  2. Europe's Dependant Territories (Pt. 2) | BRUBBLE Ranked

    02/11/2025

    Europe's Dependant Territories (Pt. 2) | BRUBBLE Ranked

    From the Isle of Man to Svalbard, from New Caledonia to Sint Maarten, there are a lot of European "Dependant Territories". So, in Dan and Simon take a look at all of them and examine who they are, what they do, and what makes them special. Check out pt 1 on YouTube, which released a few days ago: https://youtu.be/j8FVngMBkVM Check out pt 2 on YouTube, which released a few days ago: https://youtu.be/GIpPe53TZUo

    58 min
  3. Ranking Dependant Territories (Pt. 1) | BRUBBLE Ranked

    02/05/2025

    Ranking Dependant Territories (Pt. 1) | BRUBBLE Ranked

    From Greenland to the Falklands, from Gibraltar to French Polynesia, there are a lot of European "Dependant Territories". So, in Dan and Simon take a look at all of them and examine who they are, what they do, and what makes them special. Tune in in a few days for Part 2! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j8FVngMBkVM

    1h 26m
  4. The Ink Whispered, But Did I Listen? | Books I Read in 2024

    01/08/2025

    The Ink Whispered, But Did I Listen? | Books I Read in 2024

    A bit of a different podcast this time around: I read some books in 2024. Here, I review them with a mixture of emotions. Watch this podcast in video format on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0C0MWkKfhU&t=9s. Timestamps: 00:47 - The Mysteries (Bill Watterson & John Kascht) 07:23 - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) 10:50 - The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood) 17:56 - Hollywood (Gore Vidal) 23:00 - The Last Empire (Gore Vidal) 29:14 - A Decent Life (Todd May) 34:47 - The Cider House Rules (John Irving) 39:22 - Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 44:07 - Cocksure (Mordecai Richler) 47:11 - The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel) 53:08 - Joshua, Then and Now (Mordecai Richler) 56:22 - Home Sweet Home (Mordecai Richler) 1:01:39 - Straw Dogs & The Silence of Animals (John Gray) 1:07:57 - Why Nations Fail (Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson) 1:14:10 - Picture This (Joseph Heller) 1:16:50 - A Sort of Life (Graham Greene) 1:22:44 - Life Before Man (Margaret Atwood) ++++++++++++++ Music credits: Synth 52684 (1 with FX) by Beetlemuse. License: Attribution 4.0

    1h 33m
  5. Ranking Europe's Recent Political Scandals | BRUBBLE Ranked

    10/09/2024

    Ranking Europe's Recent Political Scandals | BRUBBLE Ranked

    From Qatargate to Hungarian MEPs and from Ibiza to Croatian "secret clubs", politics is filled with scandals. But scandals often say as much about the strength of our democracies as it does about the idiocrasy of those who get involved with them. In this (very long) episode of the BRUBBLE podcast, join Dan and Simon as we navigate a tier list of over 35 recent European political scandals. We unpack a lot of terrible behaviour, but also take a look at how each scandal changed Europe - for better or worse. And, of course, if you want to see our faces, check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uRrc9Ma744 ________________ **Please note that the BRUBBLE podcast is solely a personal project that contains only personal views and is not related to any entities or organizations*

    2h 6m
  6. Ranking EU Tourism Slogans | BRUBBLE RANKED

    07/15/2024

    Ranking EU Tourism Slogans | BRUBBLE RANKED

    Back for a summery-special, Dan and Simon take a look at 32 European tourism slogans to find out which one actually wants to make us go there. From Slovakia (Come to Slovakia Good Idea) to the UK (See Things Differently) to Latvia (Magnetic Latvia), there's a range of tourism slogans out there, from corporate blandness to creative misses. So, what makes a good slogan? Which nation really did it best? Well, listen and let us know! And, of course, if you want to see our faces, check us out on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hEeKvfhD-N4 ________________ **Please note that the BRUBBLE podcast is solely a personal project that contains only personal views and is not related to any entities or organizations*

    1h 9m
  7. Demystifying the D9+ | BRUBBLE: Voices from the Brussels Bubble

    07/04/2024

    Demystifying the D9+ | BRUBBLE: Voices from the Brussels Bubble

    As we head into the summer of 2024, we’re coming off the European parliamentary elections – a moment serving as the inflection point each 4 years for setting the agenda of European politics. But let’s rewind a few years to 2016, where digital emerged – and has remained – as a top priority for the EU. However, while we all agreed on the urgency, we didn’t all agree on the actions to be taken. In this context, we saw a group of EU digital frontrunners form the “Digital 9” (or, D9) with the aim of growing the European digital market. Today, I’m joined by Clara – and we’re going to unpack who the D9 are, what they’ve done, and how we think they’ll grow and evolve into the next few years. ________________ Do check out Clara's recent publication for CEPA unpacking the D9+: https://cepa.org/comprehensive-reports/boosting-europes-digital-leaders-a-new-momentum-for-the-d9/ And, if you're in the Brussels area and would like to be on the BRUBBLE podcast, please contact Simon at brubblepodcast@gmail.com or connect with me on twitter @simon_vanhoeve)! ________________ **Please note that the BRUBBLE podcast is solely a personal project that contains only personal views and is not related to any entities or organizations*

    33 min
  8. Time Policy | BRUBBLE: Voices from the Brussels Bubble

    06/26/2024

    Time Policy | BRUBBLE: Voices from the Brussels Bubble

    Time is something universal that nobody escapes – not even the policy and advocacy people or our world! While we all know there are debates about issues like Daylight Savings Time and Time Zones, Time Policy is a field that can go much deeper to explore political, social, and economic inequalities. Today, spend some time with us on the BRUBBLE podcast as I talk to Ariadna, who’s a full-time advocate of Time. She joins me to open our perspectives on what Time is, and how we can use it to explore some key challenges we face, from the local to the international level. ________________ And, if you're in the Brussels area and would like to be on the BRUBBLE podcast, please contact Simon at brubblepodcast@gmail.com or connect with me on twitter @simon_vanhoeve)! ________________ **Please note that the BRUBBLE podcast is solely a personal project that contains only personal views and is not related to any entities or organizations**

    27 min
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Conversations with young people in the Brussels Bubble | If you want to come on, please email me at brubblepodcast@gmail.com!

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  • Creator
    BRUBBLE
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2025
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
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