Anyone for fried jellyfish?

The Europeans | European news, politics and culture

Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 274 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever been stung by a jellyfish or found yourself unable to take a dip in the ocean because of them? In this week's episode, our guest, Professor Stefano Piraino, will answer the big question: What should we do about the overabundance of jellyfish in European waters? Professor Piraino and Katy Lee take a deep dive into the world of these ancient creatures, uncovering some unexpectedly fascinating quirks about jellyfish, as well as proposing a striking solution to address their burgeoning population. We're also discussing the shady manoeuvres of the Alicante city council regarding trees and Poland's pivotal election, which is less than two weeks away. And finally, stay tuned until the very end of this episode for a special surprise – a baby beaver awaits! If you enjoy our podcast and would like to help us keep making it, we'd love it if you'd consider chipping in a few bucks a month at ⁠patreon.com/europeanspodcast⁠ (many currencies are available). You can also help new listeners find the show by ⁠leaving us a review⁠ or giving us five stars on Spotify. Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina Twitter | Instagram | [email protected] 00:22 AI-powered podcast translations 04:06 Bad Week: Alicante’s tree falling 12:11 Good Week: Poland’s opposition march 22:52 Interview: Stefano Piraino on why jellyfish is your next favorite snack 36:29 Inspiration Station: A documentary about Sinéad O'Connor - ‘Nothing Compares’ and a new season of “Have You Heard George's Podcast’ 40:52 Happy Ending: Baby beaver born in London!

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the latest.
0:11.0	Hello and welcome to the latest episode of the Europeans podcast.
0:27.1	You are hearing the voice of Dominic in Amsterdam.
0:30.2	And I am not joined by Katie this week because she's still on maternity leave,
0:33.6	but I am joined down the line in Warsaw by Vojek-Olexiak, our producer. Thanks for joining
0:40.0	us, Vojek. Oh, thanks. It's a pleasure. Hi, hello. How are you doing? I'm fine, unlike you,
0:46.4	from what I've heard. Is that right? Yes, I have COVID again. It's still a thing, apparently. But yeah, I'll be fine. Do you keep
0:58.2	account of like how many times did you have COVID since 2020? I've actually lost count,
1:03.8	to be honest. And I kind of don't want to go back and work it out because I think it's more
1:09.1	times than I should have had it. I just think
1:11.7	that opera singing is probably one of the riskiest professions you could have when it comes to an
1:15.7	airborne virus like COVID, unfortunately. Poor you. But I wanted to cheer you up with it like
1:22.7	very interesting tech news this week. So do you remember when we were wandering back in May in
1:28.6	Amsterdam whether that would be ever possible that an AI engine would translate our podcast
1:34.4	into other languages using your and Katie's voices? Oh yeah, that seemed like some distant, dreamy future
1:40.8	where we could talk in English and it would come out in Spanish or Arabic.
1:46.7	Yeah. So imagine it's actually happening and it's happening now.
1:50.6	So last week, Spotify announced that they partnered with OpenAI and they created a tool that does exactly that,
1:57.9	which is just mind-blowing. And I listened to a podcast by Lex Friedman, and I was like toggling between listening to him
2:05.6	in English and Spanish, and it's just basically the same guy talking to languages.
2:11.6	So yeah, like, you know, Europeans coming soon in Albanian and Polish and Belarusian and whatever.
2:19.2	That's so cool. It's what we've wanted for ages and it might be the thing that saves this
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