FEPS Talks
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Series of podcasts related with the research and policy activity of the Foundation for European Progressive Studies
Episodes
- The language of EUROPEAN SOVEREIGNTY with Josep Borrell
In this episode of FEPS Talks, Josep Borrell Fontelles (former EU HRVP, former European Parliament president, former foreign minister of Spain and former chair of the FEPS Scientific Council) shares his opinion about the current challenges…
- "Muscular MASCULINITY is reinforcing itself in the realm of SECURITY" with Toni Haastrup and Lina Gálvez
🎧 In the spirit of #IWD2026, listen to the latest episode of FEPS Talks focusing on #FeministForeignPolicy with Lina Gálvez, FEPS Vice-President and MEP and Toni Haastrup, Chair in Global Politics, School of Social Sciences, University of…
- "Those who have a lot must pay more" Nicolas Schmit
🎧 Listen to the latest episode of FEPS Talks with FEPS President Nicolas Schmit! 🇪🇺 🇱🇺 Nicolas Schmit was the lead candidate of the European socialists at the 2024 elections for the European Parliament. As a former Minister in Luxembo…
- "SHAPING the market rather than FIXING its failures” M. Mazzucato | Progressive Person of the Year
In a year marked by political backsliding and a return to outdated economic thinking, FEPS is proud to name Mariana Mazzucato as its Progressive Person of the Year. Through books such as The Entrepreneurial State and The Big Con, Mariana M…
- 🧠 "MENTAL HEALTH is not an individual issue" With Sara Bojarczuk, Aida Bikic & Jana Michailidu
Europe is facing a growing mental health crisis. From digital overload to workplace burnout and addiction, too many people are struggling to stay healthy in systems that make them ill. In this episode of FEPS Talks, François Balate, FEPS P…
- 📊 "IRELAND'S older population is more PROGRESSIVE" Kevin Cunningham | Next Left Pollsters
🇮🇪 Delivery Matters More Than Promises In this episode of the Progressive Pollsters FEPS Talks series, Kevin Cunningham, MD and founder of Ireland Thinks, joins Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training, to reflect on the ev…
- 📊 "People feel much more ANGER than HOPE" Bruno Jeanbart | Next Left Pollsters
Why are so many Europeans angry at politics today? Listen to the latest episode in the Progressive Pollsters FEPS Talks series with Bruno Jeanbart, Vice President of OpinionWay! From frustration with “broken” political systems to fears aro…
- The Long Roads to PEACE: Europe, Ukraine, and Global Diplomacy — with Stephen Bronner
Prof. Stephen Bronner has been leading an international network of scholars and experts to study dialogue and diplomacy in the world, with a particular focus on peace negotiations, in theory as well as practice. In this interview he presen…
- 📊 "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 epi…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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 tod…
- 🇵🇸 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 re…
- 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 Europ…
- 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 consider…
- Improving working conditions: the new frontiers with Michelle O’Sullivan
🔊📺 Available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcast Michelle O’Sullivan, Associate Professor at the University of Limerick, and member of FEPS Scientific Council, offers an assessment of recent developments in working conditions and indus…
- Creating and keeping peace with John Karlsrud
Peace keeping expert Prof. John Karlsrud (head of the international NAVIGATOR research project) comments on the current European discussion regarding the creation and maintanence of peace in Ukraine. He puts forward concrete ideas regardin…
- Becoming less dependent on Big Tech with Cecilia Rikap
🔊📺 Available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcast Now that the transatlantic alliance has come under pressure with actions and statements of the Trump administration, it becomes ever more urgent to address the issue of the EU’s reliance…
- Silenced, censored, resisting: Feminist struggles in the digital age with Asha Allen
📺🔊 Available on Youtube Spotify and Apple Podcast As International Women’s Day 2025 approaches, feminist movements face mounting threats from rising authoritarianism and Big Tech’s growing role in shaping public discourse. In this episod…
- Ukraine’s housing policy in the face of war with Vita Shnaider
📺🔊 Available on Youtube Spotify and Apple Podcast In the latest episode, Vita Shnaider, a Ukrainian anthropologist and a researcher of housing policy, joins us to discuss how the country’s housing sector has been reshaped by a decade-lon…
- Competitiveness and Industrial Policy Beyond Buzzwords with Lukas Bertram
🔊📺 Available on Youtube, Spotify and Apple Podcast How can Europe achieve a unified industrial strategy that balances competitiveness with social and regional cohesion? In this episode, FEPS welcomes Lukas Bertram, economist at the ZOE I…
- EU and UK in the same boat with Jonathan Portes
British economist and Professor Jonathan Portes (King’s College, London) explores how UK—EU relations have developed since the entry of the Labour government in July 2024. He explains that while regret among many is felt in Britain, not a…
- Civil society wants a new EU social agenda with Anne Van Lancker
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts In this episode of FEPS Talks, Anne Van Lancker (President of SOLIDAR and former MEP from Belgium) speaks about the evolving social agenda of the EU. Civil society organisations united…
- Right turns and left leans: A new gender divide in young voters? with Gefjon Off
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts In this episode of FEPS Talk, Policy Analyst Matteo Dressler sits down with Dr. Gefjon Off to unpack emerging differences in the political attitudes and voting patterns of young men an…
- Redefining Care: Building a new Gender Equality Contract for Europe with Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts In this episode of FEPS Talks, we sit down with Professor Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella to explore the transformative role of care in advancing gender equality. Drawing from her chapte…
- COP29 and climate progress in a volatile age with Stephen Minas
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts With just days until the US presidential election and the COP29 climate conference, the global response to climate change hangs in the balance. Rocked by pandemic, war and a cost-of-li…
- A digital union based on EU values with Ivana Bartoletti
🔊 Available on Spotify and Apple Podcast https://bit.ly/FEPSTalks157 In this episode of our podcast FEPS Talks, Gerard Rinse Oosterwijk, FEPS policy analyst on digital, interviews Ivana Bartoletti. She is the Global Chief Privacy & AI Gov…
- Eastern Germany Votes: Far-Right Gains and European Implications with Sabrina Repp
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, YouTube, and Apple Podcasts In this episode of FEPS Talks, host Matteo Dressler, our Policy Analyst for democracy and participation, sits down with Sabrina Repp, the youngest member of the European Parliament rep…
- Migration: it’s time for a paradigm shift! with Ottilia Anna Maunganidze
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, Youtube and Apple Podcast FEPS Head of Communications Ainara Bascuñana interviews Ottilia Maunganidze, lawyer and Head of Special Projects in the office of the Executive Director at the Institute of Security Stud…
- Financing the green & social agenda with Matthias Kollatz
Matthias Kollatz has been working on public finance in various positions: as Vice-President of the EIB in Luxembourg but then as Financial Senator of Berlin. Here he shares his views about what changes the great financial crisis of 2008-9…
- Reporting for a stronger economy with Iain Begg
🔊 Available on Spotify and Apple Podcast Professor Iain Begg (European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science) shares his views about two reports which have become key talking points in 2024 in EU circles: one written…
- Post EU election analysis with Sergei Stanishev
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, Youtube and Apple Podcast In this episode of FEPS Talks we welcome Sergei Stanishev, who is leaving the European Parliament after ten years. He summarises his insights gathered as a MEP, but also as the President…
- Polarisation and volatility within the alliances with Matthias Ecke
What is the Progressive strategy to succeed in 2024-2029? This podcast was recorded just a few hours after the polling stations across the EU closed. It features Matthias Ecke, a returning Member of the European Parliament from SPD in Germ…
- Feminist leadership for systematic change with Joanna Maycock
FEPS Talks #149 🔊📺 Available on Spotify, Youtube and Apple Podcast This episode of FEPS Talks features Joanna Maycock, an award-winning feminist campaigner and co-author of the policy study “Women Civil Society Organisation Leaders for s…
- Leading social and employment action at the EP with Agnes Jongerius
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, Youtube and Apple Podcast In this episode of FEPS Talks, MEP Agnes Jongerius, Head of the Dutch Delegation to the S&D Group, for which she’s also coordinator in the EMPL committee, looks back at the activities of…
- Unions for a New Social Agenda with Esther Lynch
🔊📺 Available on Spotify, Youtube and Apple Podcast Inspired by the recent conference organised by the Belgian presidency of the EU Council on Social Europe, ETUC General Secretary Esther Lynch shares her assessment of the „La Hulpe decla…
- Social democracy and the working class with Jonas Pontusson
FEPS Talks 146 Professor Jonas Pontusson is sharing his views about the need for a “social democratic renewal”. There is no simple recipe for this, and one needs to research political economy as well as sociology for a proper assessment of…
- Brexit: A cautionary tale with Catherine Barnard
FEPS Talks 145 Brexit is not an issue of the past but the present, and it remains with us for the foreseeable future. FEPS Secretary General László Andor discusses its causes and consequences with Professor Catherine Barnard (University of…
- Social Europe: Vision and Vigour with Björn Hacker
FEPS Talks #144 Professor Björn Hacker authored a book about Social Europe for the FEPS Primer Series. Secretary General László Andor interviews him about some key aspects of the book, and especially about the evolution of the paradigm. Ke…
- The social economy and the Polanyian perspective Marguerite Mendell
In this episode of FEPS Talks, Professor Emerita Marguerite Mendell (Concordia University) shares some lessons from her long-term engagement with the development of the social economy in Quebec, but also her contribution to related discuss…
- Interview with Minister Teresa Ribera, FEPS Progressive Person of the Year
Teresa Ribera, Third Vice-President of the Spanish Government and Minister for Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge, receives the Progressive Person of the Year award from the Foundation for European Progressive Studies (FEP…
- Global China and European derisking - FEPS Talks #141
Emeritus Professor Jeffrey Henderson explains the key factors behind the outstanding growth performance of the Chinese economy in the past 40 years. He opines that this era of rapid growth seems to be coming to an end, but the systemic riv…
- A new peace process needed - FEPS Talks #140
FEPS Talks invited Israeli political scientist and former minister Yossi Beilin to reflect on the tragic developments in Israel in the past month. Dr Beilin was an active participant of the Oslo peace process in the 1990s and, together wit…
- #139 FEPS Talks 'Lula's new government: The prospects for the EU-Brazil relations'
Prospects for Brazilian foreign policy and relations with the EU Brazil's political landscape fascinates experts across the globe due to its vibrant democracy, complex socio-political landscape, and the country's ability to navigate divers…
- #138 FEPS Talks 'Policies and pacts for better migration'
Dr. Steffen Angenendt, Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), and László Andor, FEPS Secretary General FEPS Secretary General László Andor speaks with Dr. Steffen Angenendt, Senior Fellow at the…
- #137 FEPS Talks: Families in crisis – and the case for a progressive child policy
Professor Gösta Esping-Andersen, Professor of Sociology at Pompeu Fabra University, and László Andor, FEPS Secretary General In Barcelona, FEPS Secretary General, László Andor, talks with Professor Gösta Esping-Andersen, whose name is fami…
- #136 FEPS Talks: Protecting and enhancing welfare in Europe
Anna Diamantopoulou, President of DIKTIO, and David Rinaldi, FEPS Director of Studies and Research Anna Diamantopoulou, President of DIKTIO, former minister in Greece and former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Oppo…
- #135 FEPS Talks: For a renewed and re-empowering global ambition
Benedicta Lasi, Secretary General of Socialist International, and Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Director for Research and Training Benedicta Lasi, Secretary General of Socialist International engages in a lively debate with Ania Skrzypek, FEPS Direc…
- #134 FEPS Talks: Green Data: on the interplay of the twin transitions of digitalisation and climate
Dr Kerstin Hötte, University of Oxford and the Alan Turing Institute and Gerard Oosterwijk, FEPS Digital Policy Analyst The coming decades will be characterised by two significant technology challenges: climate change mitigation and digita…