In this week’s solo episode: some of Haribo’s cola candy in the Netherlands contains… cannabis, the airline compensation review is dragging on, and Flixtrain expands its network in Europe. May 29, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
Should you get the extended warranty on a new MacBook? Fabio Fernandes joins the podcast this week to discuss how to handle your electronics. Also: are highly processed foods bad for you? May 15, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
In this week’s episode, Justin Leventhal, Senior Policy Analyst at the American Consumer Institute and our own Research Manager Emil Panzaru join us to discuss sports betting regulation and implications in both Europe and the United States. May 1, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
This week’s episode is co-hosted with our own Elizabeth Hicks, and we can’t help but notice that after our long break, the world of international trade got a lot worse. April 17, 2025 Follow ConsEUmer wherever you get your podcasts: Apple: https://apple.co/2HR4TLTSpotify: https://spoti.fi/3l3GZdxGoogle podcasts: https://bit.ly/3fyyzto
In our final episode in this season: is Uber dangerous? For decades, the argument against Uber has been that of safety, but it was the competition, vested interests, that made it. Released on March 26, 2025. More resources of the Fun Police campaign: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/fun-police/ Check out our weekly podcast ConsEUmer: https://consumerchoicecenter.org/conseumer/
In this third episode, we have a drink. But where and when we can buy and have that drink in Canada is regulated, due to rules dating back to prohibition. Act 1: LC Beer-No Act 2: A question of morality Act 3: Free my booze Released on March 19, 2025. More resources of the Fun […]
In this second episode, we follow the money of neo-prohibitionist organisations. Why different levels of the Canadian government funding advocacy groups to lobby itself? Act 1: Who is counting anymore? Act 2: Show me the receipts Act 3: If you solve my problem, I will have nothing left to do Released on March 12, 2025. […]
In this season of Fun Police, we are focusing specifically on Canada, a country which unlike any other displays all the things that go wrong with neo-prohibitionism. In this first episode: an unholy alliance of holy rituals and profiteers of prohibitionism. Act 1: A question of tradition Act 2: A lucrative scheme Act 3: The […]
The Fun Police podcast series that I am creating for the Consumer Choice Center is getting a third season. You can check out the video and audio trailers down below: Subscribe now on Spotify or on your platform of choice !
I was back as a guest on The Impact Farming Show to talk, at length, about agricultural regulation in the European Union. You can watch the entire exchange by clicking the video below:
Bill Wirtz 