Summary: <p>The first episode of The Europeans aired five years ago this week! To mark this very special occasion, producers Katz and Wojciech join Katy and Dominic to look back on how Europe has changed in the half-decade we've been making this podcast.</p> <p>Many thanks to the amazing people who've taken the time to speak to us over the years. In this episode you heard:</p> <p>Franz Kubacyk - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/translating-trump-defending-deneuve">Translating Trump, Defending Deneuve</a>', January 2018<br> Katz Laszlo - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/how-the-hell-do-you-make-an-eu-law">How the hell do you make an EU law?</a>', February 2020<br> Tom Moylan - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/president-of-the-european-what-now">President of the European what now?</a>', December 2019<br> Pasi Sahlberg - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/finnish-lessons">Finnish Lessons</a>', April 2021<br> Andrei Popoviciu - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/pushbacks">Pushbacks</a>', November 2019<br> Remco Yizhak Cooremans - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/it-takes-more-than-two-baby">It takes more than two, baby</a>' - June 2022<br> Grace Ly - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/frances-invisible-asians?rq=grace">France's Invisible Asians</a>', November 2020<br> Patrick Gathara - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/eurafrica">Eurafrica</a>', February 2020<br> Natalie Lamprou - '<a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/cheese-diplomacy">Cheese Diplomacy</a>' - April 2021<br> <a href="https://europeanspodcast.com/episodes/sara">Sara</a> (episode 3 in our series This Is What A Generation Sounds Like) - November 2021<br> <br> And thank you 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>A video of friendly wolves can be found <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7c7u-qpORI&t=134s">here</a>.</p> <p>04:10 Good Five Years: Solar energy<br> 10:48 Bad Five Years: Western naivety<br> 15:55 Good Five Years: Wolves<br> 21:46 Bad Five Years: Media freedom in Central and Eastern Europe<br> 33:42 An ode to governments that came and went<br> 35:32 Franz Kubacyk on Translating Trump<br> 38:46 Tom Moylan on the secrets of the European Commission building<br> 39:53 Pasi Sahlberg on Finland's education system<br> 42:14 Frontex and Fortress Europe<br> 43:48 Remco Yizhak Cooremans on recognising rainbow families in the Netherlands<br> 44:51 Grace Ly on France's Invisible Asians<br> 45:45 Patrick Gathara on Eurafrica<br> 47:34 Natalie Lamprou on halloumi diplomacy in Cyprus<br> 49:47 Sara: trahana, and three Albanias</p> <p>Artwork for this episode by our lovely listener, Luisa Balaban.</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>
