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)
Scholz and Macron's missions — Le Pen 2.0 — MEP David McAllister
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Partygate fallout — Estonian PM Kaja Kallas — Cecilia Malmström on EU trade
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Latvia's war worries — Neutrals for NATO? — Polish MEP Patryk Jaki
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European Parliament President Roberta Metsola — Macron on EU — Merkel's next gig
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Omicron tidal wave — Remembering David Sassoli — Russia standoff
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Previewing 2022 — Russian brinkmanship — DOT Europe's Siada El Ramly
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Key 2021 political moments — Hearing from listeners — Politics of Jesus
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Germany's new government — Denglish debate — POLITICO 28
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OMG it's Omicron — China's EU strategy — Amnesty's Agnès Callamard
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Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg — New German government — Luuk van Mi...
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COP26 climate drama — Top US foreign policy adviser Derek Chollet
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4th wave — Whistleblower Frances Haugen — EU border blackmail
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COP26 catch-up — Tech boss John Collison — EU gets (even) funnier
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COP26 and G20 preview — Glasgow gears up — Lessons for liberalism
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Hungary's would-be PM — Rule-of-law ripples — German coalition talks
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EU energy prices — Curtains for Kurz — Poland courts controversy
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Macron's US stance — Western Balkans summit — Dark EU lobbying
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Who is Olaf Scholz? — German election aftermath — EU-US trade and tech push
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Special edition: German election results
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German election explained — French fury at Australian sub snub
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State of the European Union — German election latest
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German election's EU impact — Playbookers' premiere — Age of 'unpeace'
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Afghanistan fallout — Europe's military dilemma — Politics of loneliness
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EU migration wrangle — Economist Joseph Stiglitz — EMA chief Emer Cooke
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Europe reacts to Afghanistan's collapse
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Summer special: Recommended reading, listening and viewing
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German floods — Spyware scandal — Svetlana Tikhanovskaya
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Political football — EU's big climate combo — Recovery cash
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Slovenian EU presidency — Champagne spat — Digital expert Marietje Schaake
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Stunning summit — EU's engine room — Ex-Swedish PM Carl Bildt
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Hungary's anti-LGBTQ+ law — Sausage wars — Commission VP Maroš Šefčovič
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Biden's European summit spree — ECB President Christine Lagarde — Birthday bonan...
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Biden in Europe — Back to Strasbourg — Transatlantic talk
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Spy affair — Laschet litmus — Former Irish President Mary Robinson
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Belarusian 'hijack' — Brussels food fight — Art of diplomacy
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Ep 201, presented by Equinor: Israeli-Palestinian conflict — Laschet's foreign f...
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Ep 200, presented by Shell: Vaccine patent waivers — Macron gets mad — Facebook'...
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Ep 199, presented by SQM: Media freedom — European travel — Social summit
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Ep 198, presented by Equinor: Recovery recipes — Presidential problems — Scottis...
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Ep 197: Germany's candidates — Super League shambles — data breach battles
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Ep 196: Ukraine tension — Merkel succession battle — Marine litter
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Ep 195: Sofagate — Central and Eastern Europe's COVID struggles — Ivan Krastev
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Special Edition: Stephen Brown — An audio appreciation
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Ep 194: EU faces Beijing backlash — European astronauts in conversation
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Ep 193, presented by the European Training Foundation: Vax attacks — German scan...
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Ep 192: AstraZeneca limbo — Vaccine export bans — COVID disinformation
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Ep 191: German election journey — EESC in spotlight
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Ep 190: EU solidarity jabbed — Vaccine passports — China relations
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Ep 189: Message to Moscow — Frontier fracas — Euro English
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Ep 188: Mario Draghi's return — Italian influence — Is the EU funny?
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