About this episode

The episode discusses Pedro Sánchez's influence on the global left, the challenges faced by Kraftwerk, and an investigation into unlicensed gambling on streaming platforms.

This week, we’ve got a little something for everyone: gambling! Kraftwerk! Blast from the recent US political past Tim Walz! It was a Good Week yet again for Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the darling of the global left, who threw a party for… the global left. And it was a Bad Week for the legendary German electronic band Kraftwerk, who apparently have been around since 1970(!) and therefore can withstand the occasional bad week. We also caught up with Greek investigative reporter Eurydice Bersi, who was part of a team that uncovered a slew of streamers on places like YouTube and Twitch who’ve been directing their followers to unlicensed gambling sites – and profiting off it. Eurydice is a reporter with Reporters United , Investigate Europe ’s partners in Greece. This week’s Inspiration Station recommendations are the European Cultural Foundation’s calendar of the smörgåsbord of events coming up in celebration of Europe Day 2026, and the website WhoSampled.com . UPCOMING BOOK CLUB: Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Vincenzo Latronico’s novella Perfection, which we’ll be discussing with our friends from the European Review of Books right here on 14 May. Resources for this…

People in this episode

Hosts: Katy Lee, Dominic Kraemer

Guest: Eurydice Bersi

Topics covered

• Spanish politics
• global left
• music
• gambling
• investigative journalism
• European culture

Keywords

• Pedro Sánchez
• Kraftwerk
• gambling
• Eurydice Bersi
• YouTube
• Twitch
• Europe Day 2026
• Perfection
• investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Kraftwerk, Reporters United, Investigate Europe

Books & works: Perfection

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