Brussels Playbook Podcast
POLITICO’s daily audio briefing on what’s moving Brussels — and why it matters.The Brussels Playbook Podcast is the audio extension of the Brussels Playbook newsletter. Hosted by POLITICO's chief EU correspondent, Zoya Sheftalovich, the podcast runs Monday through Thursday, offering a clear, reporting-driven guide to EU politics in under 15 minutes. It’s a perfect companion for your morning coffee.Each episode takes listeners inside the decisions, power shifts and debates shaping the day in Brus...
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Episodes (632)
EU-US subsidy spat — Senator Joe Manchin — Diane von Furstenberg on Equality
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Pessimistic CEOs — WEF after Klaus Schwab — Crypto trust deficit
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POLITICO's World Economic Forum guide — Richard Edelman on trust
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From Stockholm: Sweden shifts right on crime and migration — EU Council captainc...
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2023 crystal ball — Qatargate update — Slovenian PM Robert Golob
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EU rocked by Qatar corruption scandal — 2022 highlights
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From Tirana: Western Balkan bid — Author Misha Glenny — City of spies
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Brewing EU-US trade war — Ukraine FM Dmytro Kuleba — Future of Europe
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Brussels' Twitter headache — Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko — EU 'Superstate'
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G20 summit digested — Viktor Orbán's authoritarian journey
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COP27 and Europe's climate role — A new Cold War?
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Europe braces for US mid-term elections
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NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg — Commissioner Věra Jourová on EU media freedom
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Live from EU leaders meeting on energy, Ukraine and China
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Putin's escalation — Western Balkan migration concerns — Food security update
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From Prague: The European Political Community is here
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Italian election — Pipeline problems — EU ambassador to US
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UN General Assembly — Russian escalation — EU reaction
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State of the European Union — MEPs debate
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Energy emergency — Canada's EU ambassador — New host Suzanne Lynch
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Monkeypox in Europe — Big Tech vs. Telecoms battle
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Russian propaganda — Macron in Africa — Cities for women
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Heat wave — Energy vs. climate — Crypto spotlight
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Summer travel chaos — Combustion engines' end — Wizz Air CEO
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EU Home Affairs chief Ylva Johansson — Aussie re-set — Interpreters row
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NATO summit — Swedish, Norwegian and Estonian PMs — G7 flop
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Ukraine on EU membership path — Balkan backlash — Albanian PM
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Ukraine impact — Panel-speak, decoded — Poets' guide to economics
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Merkel's return — Poland pushback — US NATO ambassador
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Russian oil ban — Hungarian hold-up — EU 'ghostwriters'
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Scholz on Ukraine — COVID update — Food waste solution
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Death of globalization? — EU expansion — Women in Davos
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Russian oil sanctions — Stagflation fears — Crypto not dead
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Zelenskyy chides global elite — Trust troubles — Billionaire bonanza
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Nordic NATO bids — Commission half-time report — Canadian Foreign Minister Mélan...
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Future of Europe — Macron in Berlin — Voices from Ukraine
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EU's Russian oil ban — Steinmeier snub saga — 21st-century disorder
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Macron 2.0 — Brussels vs. Budapest — Climate changes Spanish politics
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Special edition: Macron beats Le Pen in French presidential election
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Macron and Le Pen debate — Germany's Ukraine weapons dilemma
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French election round 2 – Slovakian PM in Ukraine — EU's Russian energy habit
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Special edition: French presidential election first round unpacked
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French election preview — Orbán's victory — Transparency International Ukraine
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Brussels after Biden — Hungarian election — World Food Programme boss
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Biden's Brussels summits — Sanctions stalemate — Ukrainian writer Andriy Kurkov
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China's role in Ukraine — Wartime leaders — Refugee crisis
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Russia's repression — Ukraine jet confusion — Bulgarian PM Kiril Petkov
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Europe's historic shift on Russia — Inside the war in Ukraine — Turkey's role
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Russia's war on Ukraine: European reaction and analysis
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Moscow's mixed messages — Ukraine's Unity Day — Think tanker Heather Conley
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