The Feature with Samuel Dempsey a TEC Podcast Mon, 07 Sep 2026 21:16:10 +0200 https://www.buzzsprout.com/2636998 en-gb © 2026 The Feature with Samuel Dempsey a TEC Podcast yes faaffa04-1bad-59a8-acfa-1e62bbc27585 Samuel Dempsey episodic false In a world of infinite content, your attention is the product, and every click is a trap. The Feature by The European Correspondent does the opposite. Samuel Dempsey sits down with the most interesting people in politics, culture, and geopolitics for the conversations we all want to be a part of, those that actually shape our lives — the ones worth your time. Tell us: what should we Feature? 

]]> Buzzsprout (https://www.buzzsprout.com) Samuel Dempsey https://storage.buzzsprout.com/wlk2d3841ro2jwkxzrjv5xzbek3b?.jpg The Feature with Samuel Dempsey a TEC Podcast https://www.buzzsprout.com/2636998 Can Experts Defend the Truth in a Post-Truth World? With Dr. Rosa Balfour Can Experts Defend the Truth in a Post-Truth World? With Dr. Rosa Balfour What does the truth offer us in a post-truth world? That is the question that weighs on the institutions built to safeguard it. Think tanks observe our present, predict our future, and archive our past, and yet today, they are under attack both directly by the Trump government, and indirectly via stakeholders who are shifting resources with the tides of political power. 

So what are think tanks actually for anymore? Do they still matter for us – or only for the stakeholders behind them? To find out, Samuel sits down with Dr. Rosa Balfour, Director of Carnegie Europe and one of the sharpest observers of this political, cultural, and geopolitical moment. 

They get into why think tanks keep struggling to reach the public, how Brexit and Trump ushered in an age of "foreign policy adventurism," the debate Europe still isn't having about who actually pays for its defence spending, why she thinks Europe should stop chasing past greatness and learn to be "small but cool," and what George Eliot's Middlemarch reveals about how differently each generation looks at its future. 

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]]> What does the truth offer us in a post-truth world? That is the question that weighs on the institutions built to safeguard it. Think tanks observe our present, predict our future, and archive our past, and yet today, they are under attack both directly by the Trump government, and indirectly via stakeholders who are shifting resources with the tides of political power. 

So what are think tanks actually for anymore? Do they still matter for us – or only for the stakeholders behind them? To find out, Samuel sits down with Dr. Rosa Balfour, Director of Carnegie Europe and one of the sharpest observers of this political, cultural, and geopolitical moment. 

They get into why think tanks keep struggling to reach the public, how Brexit and Trump ushered in an age of "foreign policy adventurism," the debate Europe still isn't having about who actually pays for its defence spending, why she thinks Europe should stop chasing past greatness and learn to be "small but cool," and what George Eliot's Middlemarch reveals about how differently each generation looks at its future. 

Comments, concerns or suggestions: samuel.dempsey@europeancorrespondent.com 

Watch more @TheFeatureWithSamuelDempsey

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This is the conversation taking over Brussels – the one that consumes my every coffee, every dinner, every meeting: what is Europe to do about its dependence on American AI and tech? 

You're probably reading this on an American device, through an American browser, on an American platform. There are more tech lobbyists in Brussels than there are elected officials in the European Parliament. And our elected officials know there is a problem. MEPs voted overwhelmingly – 471 to 68 – to break free of US dependence. And yet there's no consensus on what that future should actually look like. What should Europe build in its place? 

To make sense of it, Samuel sits down with Max von Thun, Director of the Open Markets Institute Europe and one of the sharpest voices in Brussels on this moment. They get into the Europe 2031 report, why Max calls today's tech billionaires "plutocrats," where von der Leyen is showing teeth and where she's bowing to American interest, and the three competing visions for Europe's tech future. 

Comments, concerns or suggestions: samuel.dempsey@europeancorrespondent.com 

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This is the conversation taking over Brussels – the one that consumes my every coffee, every dinner, every meeting: what is Europe to do about its dependence on American AI and tech? 

You're probably reading this on an American device, through an American browser, on an American platform. There are more tech lobbyists in Brussels than there are elected officials in the European Parliament. And our elected officials know there is a problem. MEPs voted overwhelmingly – 471 to 68 – to break free of US dependence. And yet there's no consensus on what that future should actually look like. What should Europe build in its place? 

To make sense of it, Samuel sits down with Max von Thun, Director of the Open Markets Institute Europe and one of the sharpest voices in Brussels on this moment. They get into the Europe 2031 report, why Max calls today's tech billionaires "plutocrats," where von der Leyen is showing teeth and where she's bowing to American interest, and the three competing visions for Europe's tech future. 

Comments, concerns or suggestions: samuel.dempsey@europeancorrespondent.com 

Watch more @TheFeatureWithSamuelDempsey 

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