Podcasts by Fog in the Channel

Fog in the Channel

Brexit as seen from the Continent, hosted by European journalist Stefan de Vries. Informal, but never superficial.

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S01E06 - Hundred Days until Brexit from 2018-12-21T13:37:20

With only 100 days left till Brexit, I decided to hop on the Eurostar, and check the mood in London.

In this episode I’ll meet Simon Smits, he is the Dutch ambassador to the UK. The Net...

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S01E05 - Finally, a Brexit Deal! Is this the beginning of the End? from 2018-11-18T21:44:28

There is a deal! But what's in it? In the UK, only Theresa May seems to believe that the 585 pages of the withdrawal deal are final. Paul Taylor (Politico) tells us what's in the Deal. And what do ...

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S01E04 - Is it possible to reverse Brexit? from 2018-11-04T21:00

Many Americans have no idea what’s going on with Brexit. But fortunately, Amanda Sloat of the Brookings Institution in Washington DC is not one of them. She is an expert on US-EU relations and just...

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S01E03 - A Philosopher, an EU Supergirl and a French MP from 2018-10-21T09:31:50

With just twenty-three weeks to go, a hard Brexit seems more and more likely. In this week's episode, three very diverse guests talk about le divorce. I’ll discuss that with Alexandre Holroyd, a Fr...

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S01E02 – B*ll*cks to Brexit! from 2018-10-11T15:26:06

This week I talk to Charlie Mullins OBE. He is the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, a former Tory donor and he says “Bollocks to Brexit!”.
Can the Norwegian relation with the EU be a model for the...

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S01E01 – From Strawberries to Smoothies from 2018-10-01T21:07:06

In this first episode, we’ll learn…

* How Brexit will transform Strawberries into smoothies,
* what it takes for a Brit in Berlin to become a German citizen
* and how a Dutch A...

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Teaser Fog in the Channel from 2018-09-27T21:38:57

When the Brits will leave, in exactly six months from now, the Continent will be isolated. That’s why in the next half year I will talk to shopkeepers, grief counsellors, academics, bankers, wanker...

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