EP139: Farmer rage, Who let the cats out, and 2024 outlook (w/ Pieter Cleppe)

Happy new year 2024! We’re back, and got these stories this week: 🇩🇪 Germany’s farmers are mad at the government  🐈 Amsterdam wants cats to wear a bell 🇪🇺 What’s in store for 2024 in the EU? (w/ Pieter Cleppe) Pieter’s article in Brussels Report: https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2024/01/02/whats-in-store-for-the-eu-in-2024/ Follow Pieter on X @pietercleppe and Brussels Report @brussels_report. January […]

Episode 4 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 4: Hedging bets We have a fascination with gambling, but for some, it is also seen as both shady and dangerous. As a result, activists try to ban it, for public health reasons and on the grounds of morality. The promise of potential winnings are evil, they say. But what are the consequences of […]

Episode 3 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 3: Harm reduction Many people attempt to quit smoking, but it’s a difficult task. With the availability of smoking cessation devices, the question is: how effective are they, and why are they being treated the same as smoking? In this episode, we take a look at tobacco harm reduction, its proponents and adversaries. Act […]

Episode 2 of the FUN POLICE podcast series is out !

Episode 2: The Billionaire Every prohibitionist movement needs its funders. Its moneymen. Usually, there are powerful industrialists who’ve made it big and are “giving back” by restricting choices of the little people. For popular movements against alcohol in the 1900s, Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Henry Ford were the principal philanthropists. Neoprohibitionists now rely […]