MCC Brussels Podcast
Discussions, event recordings, and updates from the team at MCC Brussels – the home for genuine policy deliberation about the EU and an in-depth exploration of the key issues facing Europeans.
Episodes
8 episodes
Brussels Therapy and the Politics of Mental Health I MCC Brussels Deep Dive
In this MCC Brussels Deep Dive, John O’Brien speaks to Dr Ashley Frawley, Visiting Research Fellow at MCC Brussels and author of the new report Manufacturing Fragility: How Brussels’s Therapeutic State Makes Citizens Weaker.The ...
Not Just an Invasion, but a Surrender | MCC Brussels Podcast
This summer, the MCC Brussels podcast is doing things a little differently. In a series of more focused conversations, we take a deeper look at some of the big questions shaping Europe.In this episode, Jacob is joined by Frank Furedi, Ex...
The EU Is Regulating Europe Out of the Tech Race I MCC Brussels Deep Dive
Brussels wants Europe to achieve “digital sovereignty”, reducing its dependence on American and Chinese technology. But what if the entire project is based on a dangerous misunderstanding of how technological power actually works?In this...
Dutch Communities Fight Back Against Asylum Centres I MCC Brussels Podcast
Host Jacob Reynolds is joined by Richard Schenk and Daniel de Liever, editor at the Dutch news and commentary platform NieuwRechts.First, the panel turns to the growing revolt against asylum centres in the Netherlands. After scandals sur...
Why does the EU want to ban young people from the internet? I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode, host Jacob Reynolds is joined by MCC Brussels research fellow Richard Schenk and French MEP Virginie Joron to examine how Europe’s ruling class uses child protection, the rule of law and procedural trickery to expand its contro...
France Wants Marine Le Pen on a Leash I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode host Jacob Reynolds is joined by MCC Brussels research fellow Richard Schenk and Carl Deconinck of Brussels Signal to discuss the growing struggle over democracy, surveillance and political opposition in Europe.First, the...
Europe’s War on the Car I MCC Brussels Deep Dive
For more than a century, the car has expanded personal freedom, economic opportunity and independence. Yet across Europe, policymakers increasingly treat driving itself as a problem to be managed away.In this MCC Brussels Deep Dive, John...
Aircon: the new political divide? I MCC Brussels Podcast
In this episode, why has air conditioning suddenly become a political dividing line in Europe? Will Ireland’s EU presidency push Brussels further into NGO funding, speech regulation and woke priorities? And is the crisis at Volkswagen a warning...