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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.

Intergenerational Fairness in EU Policy Making

25 mins; March 19, 2026

Assessing Trump's Grip On Power

27 mins; March 09, 2026

Reimagining Europe

21 mins; February 18, 2026

The EU in the Changing World Order

24 mins; February 09, 2026

Europe's Main Challenges in 2026

26 mins; January 25, 2026

France's Position in Europe's New Geopolitics

26 mins; January 07, 2026

Europe and the War in Ukraine

25 mins; December 14, 2025

World trade, transatlantic relations and the EU-UK 'Reset'

27 mins; December 02, 2025

The New Power Dynamics in the European Parliament

23 mins; November 19, 2025

The Case for Reforming the European Commission's Civil Service

28 mins; November 02, 2025

Europe's Strategic Future

25 mins; October 20, 2025

Europe and the New World Trade Order

28 mins; October 07, 2025

Britain's misreading of the 'European project'

26 mins; September 21, 2025

'How to Save the Internet'

31 mins; September 08, 2025

Keir Starmer and his First Year in Office

24 mins; July 08, 2025

'Time Bomb: When Ageing Explodes'

26 mins; June 30, 2025

The Rapidly Evolving EU Media Scene in Brussels

24 mins; June 15, 2025

Poland's New Politics and Driving the EU's Competitiveness Agenda

22 mins; June 03, 2025

EU-UK relations post Summit, the European Parliament and the EU's new 'deregulatory' agenda and Ireland's 2026 presidency of the EU

23 mins; May 26, 2025

Understanding Donald Trump's Second Presidency

27 mins; May 11, 2025

The UK in a Changing Europe

23 mins; April 23, 2025

An Emerging New World Order

23 mins; April 08, 2025

Germany and the Defence of Europe

25 mins; March 26, 2025

Europe's New Defence Challenges

21 mins; March 05, 2025

'The Divorce of Nations'

30 mins; February 12, 2025

Repairing Britain's International Reputation

21 mins; January 29, 2025

New challenges and new leadership in the EU

25 mins; January 07, 2025

'The Tech Coup - How To Save Democracy From Silicon Valley'

23 mins; December 15, 2024

Analysing Trump's victory one month on

27 mins; December 04, 2024

Does the UK now have to choose between the EU and the U.S.?

24 mins; November 18, 2024

The rise of the hard right in Europe and the impact of Trump's election victory

21 mins; November 06, 2024

Inside No 10 and Britain's standing in the world post Brexit

24 mins; October 24, 2024

The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of Transatlantic Relations

24 mins; October 06, 2024

The U.S. Presidential Election and the Future of Transatlantic Relations

24 mins; October 06, 2024

Germany's influence in the EU, new Commissioner hearings and the future of EU-UK relations

23 mins; September 17, 2024

Competitiveness and the new European Commission

29 mins; September 03, 2024

Analysing Viktor Orbán

23 mins; July 17, 2024

'Good Chaps - How Corrupt Politicians Broke Our Law and Institutions - And What We Can Do About It'

24 mins; July 03, 2024

21st century trade unionism and engagement with a Labour Government and the European Union

25 mins; June 18, 2024

Disinformation in the EP elections and dealing with Hungary

24 mins; June 04, 2024

Understanding Emmanuel Macron

25 mins; May 20, 2024

Brussels vs Big Tech

25 mins; May 07, 2024

'This Time No Mistakes - How To Remake Britain'

23 mins; April 15, 2024

EU Sanctions and Russia

26 mins; March 31, 2024

Understanding Keir Starmer

22 mins; March 13, 2024

Deciphering this year's U.S. presidential elections

28 mins; March 04, 2024

'20 Cars That Defined The 20th Century'

21 mins; February 20, 2024

The likely rightward shift in June's European Parliament elections

20 mins; February 06, 2024

Europe's major challenges in 2024

32 mins; January 21, 2024

Putin and the War in Ukraine

24 mins; January 10, 2024

The Labour Party and Rebuilding Trust with the EU

26 mins; December 06, 2023

'Beyond Britannia - Reshaping UK Foreign Policy'

26 mins; November 13, 2023

Holding the 'geo-political' European Commission to account

27 mins; October 31, 2023

'Digital Empires: The Global Battle To Regulate Technology'

27 mins; October 23, 2023

Labour's election prospects and its evolving stance on EU-UK relations

21 mins; October 03, 2023

Inside the UN General Assembly

24 mins; September 16, 2023

'What Went Wrong With Brexit - And What We Can Do About It'

26 mins; September 05, 2023

'This Is Europe - The Way We Live Now'

26 mins; July 10, 2023

Britain's future relations with the European Union

22 mins; June 30, 2023

'Global Discord: Values and Power in a Fractured World Order'

26 mins; June 20, 2023

Making the case for inclusive patriotism

23 mins; June 07, 2023

Understanding Germany's changing role in the world

27 mins; May 23, 2023

'The Conservative Party After Brexit'

25 mins; May 08, 2023

'Inside The Deal: How The EU Got Brexit Done'

27 mins; April 25, 2023

'Inside The Deal: How The EU Got Brexit Done'

27 mins; April 25, 2023

'Politics: A Survivor's Guide'

29 mins; April 19, 2023

UK science, Horizon Europe and speaking out about Brexit

22 mins; March 14, 2023

Reflections on UK and US politics

23 mins; March 08, 2023

'Qatargate' and the reputation of the European Parliament

23 mins; February 27, 2023

'And Then What?: Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy'

25 mins; February 01, 2023

Prospects for UK-EU relations in 2023

57 mins; January 25, 2023

"What Just Happened? Despatches from Turbulent Times"

21 mins; January 17, 2023

The Conservative Party, Europe and Britain's place in the world

24 mins; December 13, 2022

The new urgency in EU energy policy

24 mins; December 07, 2022

The EU's new challenges

24 mins; November 23, 2022

'Unmasking our Leaders'

25 mins; November 09, 2022

The catastrophic impact of Brexit on the creative sector

25 mins; October 24, 2022

How Liz Truss has lost trust

24 mins; October 12, 2022

Making US tech companies pay for 5G roll out and curbing Chinese tech industry influence

21 mins; September 25, 2022

'The Escape Artist'

26 mins; September 06, 2022

Oxford and Britain's political elite

22 mins; July 20, 2022

Britain's standing - and positioning - in the world

27 mins; July 05, 2022

The undoing of the Northern Ireland Protocol

19 mins; June 18, 2022

Forging global collaboration in the digital sphere

25 mins; June 08, 2022

Transatlantic relations, the war in Ukraine and the future of Europe

27 mins; May 21, 2022

Taking the pulse of UK-EU relations

21 mins; May 04, 2022

The British Labour Party and 'Europe'

29 mins; April 25, 2022

The EU's Digital Decade, the Recovery Fund and the war in Ukraine

25 mins; April 12, 2022

Technology and the war in Ukraine

28 mins; March 27, 2022

'The Worm in the Apple'

21 mins; March 22, 2022

Media, politics and life after the FT

22 mins; February 16, 2022

'The Gift of a Radio: My Childhood and other Train Wrecks'

26 mins; February 08, 2022

'The Age of Unpeace'

27 mins; January 26, 2022

The French presidential elections, France's influence in the EU, and the current state of transatlantic relations

26 mins; January 19, 2022

'The Raging 2020s'

23 mins; December 15, 2021

Poland's regime, transatlantic relations and the EU's approach to China

23 mins; December 01, 2021

Germany and the EU after Merkel

32 mins; November 17, 2021

Europe's handling of the pandemic

26 mins; November 02, 2021

Finding opportunity in the twenty-first century

31 mins; October 18, 2021

The fabrication of inter-generational warfare

24 mins; October 03, 2021

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