The podcast about what it feels like to live in the UK and on the edge of Europe, Climate Catastrophe, recession, pandemics, you name it. Richard and Carola will still be exploring Europe, Brexit affairs, and UK politics but this time around they are focussing on Green New Deals as part of a pandemic recovery (before surfing the Brexit 2nd wave).
Between cups of tea and a lot of dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it might mean to be sustainable, European and live in the UK.
Season 1 - Brexit.
Season 2 - Green New Deals.
For podcasting geeks: our gear includes the versatile and cute Zoom L-12 LiveTrak, the sexy-sounding EV RE20s, a couple of handy SM58s where needed, some sturdy Rhode PSA1s, an old 50s table, my mom’s quilts on the walls, some squeaking chairs (sorry…), one iPhone, speed-conscious GarageBand, gorgeous sounding ThumbJam and a bit of creative NodeBeat. That’s right, no laptop for recording, but straight to SD card. But for editing and uploading, Hindenburg on the handy Lenovo Yoga 510, which also supports ‘paperwork’ and research. Hosting by Audioboom. Organising, co-creation, co-documentation via MS Notebooks. All tea-cup sounds made with 50's Villeroy & Boch Burgenland Blau Cups and Saucers, inherited from Carola's mother. The few other sound effects used, all credit goes to the the fabulous team at MTG UPF who started Freesound, a site that simply loves sound. This is all so Culture 3.0, and if you want to really know what that is, read up in this pdf (http://eprints.staffs.ac.uk/3185/1/3185.pdf) .
Between cups of tea and checking out their own EU pulse, Rich and Carola dissect the Euro Barometer Number 89 – European Citizenship. Pondering about some surprising statistics: that BREXIT-land’s attitudes towards immigration is more positive than the EU average, as well as that the UK generally values cultural exchanges. Freedom of movement and Peace remains an ultimate priority and only 7% of European Citizens surveyed have expressed spontaneously that there were no achievements of the EU wor...
Jun 16, 2019•17 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Dithering on the Edge of Europe reports back from the Spring Conference of the Green Party of England and Wales, held in lovely (mostly) sunny Scarborough. Rich and Carola cover how much Brexit featured (or not), they joined in the celebrations of green waves, green surges, and green MEPs, and they have a good tip for campaigning against library closures. They report back from a panel discussing the Green New Deal and relish the fact that the Greens new tax and fiscal policy was passed to ensure...
Jun 10, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Between cups of tea and some more dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it means to be a European family and live in the UK. In this episode, Rich and Carola gush over the EU Charter, its beautiful preamble and the first chapter “Dignity”. Source: The European Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU...
Jun 02, 2019•21 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Between cups of tea and a lot of dithering, Richard and Carola try to understand what it means to be a European family and live in the UK. Carola and Rich still have clinking cups of tea but they could not resist and record their first reactions to the EU parliament elections. They ponder over election mathematics and what the share of the votes means for popular opinion about leave vs remain. They dissect the D’Hondt system, still not being as proportional representative as they would like, and...
May 28, 2019•26 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Between cups of tea and dithering paper noises (yes, we are experimenting with what 'dithering' actually sounds like, this time with German Potteries’ Burgenland teacups) Rich and Carola talk citizenship; Carola's application for permanent UK residency; citizenship tests; passport differences; melting pot vs multi-diversity; and various stumbles over the word citizenship (try saying it 10 times…). And we have a chat about the fact that Richard is not exactly a UK citizen but a subject whilst Car...
May 26, 2019•22 min•Transcript available on Metacast
We make a good attempt to understand how European Parliament Elections work in the UK. Rich reconnects with his inner Math-Teacher and explains (at length...) the D'Hondt method and what this means for UK regions, and we each get our three points in just under 40 minutes. Bare with us.... we missed our tea this time and will need to make up for it next time...... Sources being used are EU European Parliament Elections FAQ A guide to the European Parliament EU Elections: how many MEPs will each c...
May 19, 2019•36 min•Transcript available on Metacast
Join Richard McCarthy and Carola Boehm in this second season of their podcast about what it feels like to be a multi-national European family and live here in the UK. Between cups of tea and a lot of dithering, this husband and wife team tries to make sense of political bits and pieces that invade their daily lives and the little multi-cultural incidents that allow them to explore what it means to be European. In the process of talking about it, they hope to tether themselves a little bit more f...
May 19, 2019•4 min•Transcript available on Metacast
