Summary: <p>This week we're wrestling with a big idea: time, and the lack of it. Most Europeans have experienced burnout, or felt close to it, at some point in their lives. What if we redesigned policies to give citizens their time back? To find out more, we called up Ariadna Güell Sans, one of the coordinators of the <a href="https://www.timeuse.barcelona/" target="_blank">Barcelona Time Use Initiative</a>, about how the city is using time to try to make life easier and fairer. We're also talking about incomprehensible euro-speak, and healing Franco-German relations with train tickets.</p> <p>You can find Christian Rauh's study on the European Commission's unintelligible press releases <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/07036337.2022.2134860" target="_blank">here</a> and Sarah Wheaton's reporting on it <a href="https://www.politico.eu/article/european-commission-data-jargon-incomprehensible/" target="_blank">here</a> in Politico. The European burnout survey can be found <a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/1249649/experiences-of-burnout-in-europe/" target="_blank">here</a>.</p> <p>This week's Isolation Inspiration: 'Something to Do' from Zadie Smith's 'Intimations', and Katy's <a href="https://flannel-orange-7fc.notion.site/Weekly-planner-Katy-s-template-28fdd36d96b5479f926478c0253200f7">Notion planner.</a></p> <p>Thanks for listening! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/europeanspodcast">patreon.com/europeanspodcast</a> (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-europeans/id1315776736">leaving us a review</a> or giving us five stars on Spotify.</p> <p><br></p> <p>02:35 Bad Week: Impenetrable euro-speak<br> 10:46 Good Week: French and German young'uns<br> 19:12 Interview: Ariadna Güell Sans on giving Barcelona's citizens their time back<br> 34:57 Isolation Inspiration: 'Something To Do' by Zadie Smith, Notion and Rádio Olisipo<br> 38:36 Happy Ending: The Netherlands' high school mayo dealers</p> <p><br></p> <p>Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak</p> <p>Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina</p> <p>This podcast is part of the Are We Europe family. You can find more like-minded European podcasts at <a href="https://www.areweeurope.com/audio-family" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">areweeurope.com/audio-family</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/europeanspod" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | <a href="https://www.instagram.com/europeanspodcast/" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> | <a href="mailto:hello@europeanspodcast.com" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">hello@europeanspodcast.com</a></p>
