The catastrophic impact of Brexit on the creative sector
Howard Goodall, the award-winning composer, music historian, writer and broadcaster, talks to Paul Adamson about the catastrophic impact of Brexit on the creative sector.
Oct 25, 2022•26 min
Paul Adamson in conversation
Hi. I’m Paul Adamson, the founder of Encompass, an online magazine about the European Union and its place in the world and, through also our podcasts and live events, a space for discussion and debate. These podcasts are me “in conversation with” personalities that I think have interesting things to say. They are deliberately informal and are designed to be illuminating as well as, hopefully, entertaining.
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Episodes
How Liz Truss has lost trust
Dr Hannah White, Director of the Institute for Government think tank, talks to Paul Adamson about how the British Prime Minister Liz Truss has lost trust.
Oct 13, 2022•24 min
Making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence
Brendan Carr, Senior Republican on the US Federal Communications Commission, talks to Paul Adamson about making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence.
Sep 26, 2022•22 min
'The Escape Artist'
Jonathan Freedland, columnist at The Guardian and presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'The Long View', talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Escape Artist - The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World'.
Sep 07, 2022•27 min
Oxford and Britain's political elite
Simon Kuper, columnist at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK'.
Jul 21, 2022•23 min
Britain's standing - and positioning - in the world
Lord (David) Hannay of Chiswick talks to Paul Adamson about his time as a negotiator in pre-accession talks with the EEC, chief of staff to the first British Conservative Commissioner and Permanent Representative to the EU and how Britain should position itself on the world stage post Brexit.
Jul 06, 2022•27 min
The undoing of the Northern Ireland Protocol
Catherine Barnard, Professor of EU Law and Employment Law at Trinity College, University of Cambridge, talks to Paul Adamson about the UK government's plans to significantly redraft the Northern Ireland Protocol.
Jun 19, 2022•20 min
Forging global collaboration in the digital sphere
Thomas Boué, Director General, Policy - EMEA at BSA I The Software Alliance, talks to Paul Adamson about developments in global collaboration in the digital sphere.
Jun 09, 2022•26 min
Transatlantic relations, the war in Ukraine and the future of Europe
Philippe Etienne, France's Ambassador to the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about the France-US relationship after the AUKUS episode, the West's response to the war in Ukraine and President Macron's vision of the future of Europe.
May 22, 2022•27 min
Taking the pulse of UK-EU relations
George Parker, Political Editor of the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about the current state of UK-EU relations.
May 05, 2022•22 min
The British Labour Party and 'Europe'
Neil Kinnock, Leader of the British Labour Party 1983-1992, European Commissioner 1994-2004 and member of the House of Lords, talks to Paul Adamson about the British Labour Party's historical positions on the EU and its current positioning in 'post-Brexit' UK politics.
Apr 26, 2022•29 min
The EU's Digital Decade, the Recovery Fund and the war in Ukraine
Joakim Reiter, Vodafone's Chief External and Corporate Affairs Officer, talks to Paul Adamson about the EU's Digital Decade strategy, the Recovery and Resilience Facility and the impact of technology on the war in Ukraine.
Apr 13, 2022•26 min
Technology and the war in Ukraine
Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl, Director General of Digital Europe, talks to Paul Adamson, about the role technology companies are playing in the war in Ukraine, and how the sector is increasingly working alongside NATO and the EU.
Mar 28, 2022•29 min
'The Worm in the Apple'
Christopher (Lord) Tugendhat talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Worm in the Apple: A History of the Conservative Party and Europe from Churchill to Cameron' and his life as a former European Commissioner.
Mar 23, 2022•22 min
Media, politics and life after the FT
Lionel Barber, writer and broadcaster and editor of the Financial Times 2005 - 2020, talks to Paul Adamson about the future of media, the relationship between journalists and politicians, and life after the FT.
Feb 17, 2022•22 min
'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'
Justin Webb, Presenter of BBC Radio 4's 'Today' Programme, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'.
Feb 09, 2022•27 min
'The Age of Unpeace'
Mark Leonard, Director and Co-founder of the European Council on Foreign Relations, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Age of Unpeace - How Connectivity Causes Conflict'.
Jan 27, 2022•28 min
The French presidential elections, France's influence in the EU, and the current state of transatlantic relations
Benjamin Haddad, Senior Director of the Europe Center at the Atlantic Council, talks to Paul Adamson about the French presidential elections, France's influence in the EU, and the current state of transatlantic relations.
Jan 20, 2022•26 min
'The Raging 2020s'
Alec Ross, Distinguished Visiting Professor at Bologna Business School of l'Università di Bologna and former Senior Adviser for Innovation to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Raging 2020s : Companies, Countries, People - and the Fight for our Future'.
Dec 16, 2021•24 min
Poland's regime, transatlantic relations and the EU's approach to China
Radek Sikorski, the former Foreign Minister and Defence Minister of Poland, and Chairman of the European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with the United States, talks to Paul Adamson about Poland's regime, transatlantic relations and how the EU should deal with China.
Dec 02, 2021•24 min
Germany and the EU after Merkel
Dr Daniela Schwarzer, Executive Director, Europe and Eurasia, at the Open Society Foundations, talks to Paul Adamson about Germany and the EU after Angela Merkel's 16 years as Chancellor.
Nov 18, 2021•32 min
Europe's handling of the pandemic
Luuk van Middelaar, historian and political theorist, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'Pandemonium - Saving Europe'.
Nov 03, 2021•27 min
Finding opportunity in the twenty-first century
Fiona Hill, Robert Bosch senior fellow in the Center on the United States and Europe in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings and former deputy assistant to the president and senior director for European and Russian affairs on the National Security Council from 2017 to 2019, talks to Paul Adamson about her now book 'There is Nothing for you Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century'.
Oct 19, 2021•31 min
The fabrication of inter-generational warfare
Bobby Duffy, Director of the Policy Institute at King's College, London, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book "Generations: Does When You're Born Shape Who You Are"?
Oct 04, 2021•25 min
'How to be A Liberal'
Ian Dunt, columnist at the i newspaper, talks to Paul Adamson about his book "How to be a Liberal"
Sep 19, 2021•25 min
'The Prime Ministers We Never Had'
Author and columnist Steve Richards talks to Paul Adamson about his new book 'The Prime Ministers We Never Had: Success and Failure from Butler to Corbyn'.
Sep 09, 2021•23 min
"Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life"
Gillian Tett, Chairman of the US Editorial Board and Editor-at-Large at the Financial Times, talks to Paul Adamson about her new book "Anthro-Vision - How Anthropology Can Explain Business and Life"
Jul 21, 2021•26 min
The growing influence of cities and spending priorities for the EU Recovery Fund
Dario Nardella, Mayor of Florence since 2014 and President of Eurocities, talks to Paul Adamson about the growing influence of cities, tensions between local and central government in Italy, and spending priorities for the new EU Recovery Fund.
Jul 13, 2021•23 min
"Hard Choices - What Britain Does Next"
Lord Ricketts, former Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee, Ambassador to NATO, head of the Foreign Office, National Security Advisor and Ambassador to France, talks to Paul Adamson about his new book "Hard Choices - What Britain Does Next".
Jun 28, 2021•24 min
Making a success of EU foreign and security policy
Stefano Sannino, Secretary General of the European External Action Service, talks to Paul Adamson about the EEAS's performance and how it is responding to new foreign and security policy challenges.
Jun 10, 2021•29 min
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