BRUBBLE

Europe has invented a lot of stuff - from kindergarten to the seatbelt to chicken mcnuggets. So to unpack all of this, Dan and Simon take a completely uneducated stab at ranking each* European country by their inventions.

From the Isle of Man to Svalbard, from New Caledonia to Sint Maarten, there are a lot of European "Dependant Territories". So, in Dan and Simon take a look at all of them and examine who they are, what they do, and what makes them special. Check out pt 1 on YouTube, which released a few days ago: https://youtu.be/j8FVngMBkVM Check out pt 2 on YouTube, which released a few days ago: https://youtu.be/GIpPe53TZUo

From Greenland to the Falklands, from Gibraltar to French Polynesia, there are a lot of European "Dependant Territories". So, in Dan and Simon take a look at all of them and examine who they are, what they do, and what makes them special. Tune in in a few days for Part 2! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/j8FVngMBkVM

A bit of a different podcast this time around: I read some books in 2024. Here, I review them with a mixture of emotions. Watch this podcast in video format on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0C0MWkKfhU&t=9s. Timestamps: 00:47 - The Mysteries (Bill Watterson & John Kascht) 07:23 - Something Wicked This Way Comes (Ray Bradbury) 10:50 - The Edible Woman (Margaret Atwood) 17:56 - Hollywood (Gore Vidal) 23:00 - The Last Empire (Gore Vidal) 29:14 - A Decent Life (Todd May) 34:47 - The Cider House Rules (John Irving) 39:22 - Metamorphosis (Franz Kafka) 44:07 - Cocksure (Mordecai Richler) 47:11 - The Psychology of Money (Morgan Housel) 53:08 - Joshua, Then and Now (Mordecai Richler) 56:22 - Home Sweet Home (Mordecai Richler) 1:01:39 - Straw Dogs & The Silence of Animals (John Gray) 1:07:57 - Why Nations Fail (Daron Acemoglu & James A. Robinson) 1:14:10 - Picture This (Joseph Heller) 1:16:50 - A Sort of Life (Graham Greene) 1:22:44 - Life Before Man (Margaret Atwood) ++++++++++++++ Music credits: Synth 52684 (1 with FX) by Beetlemuse. License: Attribution 4.0

From Qatargate to Hungarian MEPs and from Ibiza to Croatian "secret clubs", politics is filled with scandals. But scandals often say as much about the strength of our democracies as it does about the idiocrasy of those who get involved with them. In this (very long) episode of the BRUBBLE podcast, join Dan and Simon as we navigate a tier list of over 35 recent European political scandals. We unpack a lot of terrible behaviour, but also take a look at how each scandal changed Europe - for better or worse. And, of course, if you want to see our faces, check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uRrc9Ma744 ________________ **Please note that the BRUBBLE podcast is solely a personal project that contains only personal views and is not related to any entities or organizations*