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Pollar Sounds
Original audio stories from the Pollar newsroom. Supporters hear every episode first.
Episodes
Pollar SoundsWhy are Europe's young people in the streets?
This autumn, young people have taken to the streets across Europe, from Paris and Milan to Belgrade, Tirana and Lisbon. In Albania, students have clashed with…
Pollar SoundsNord Stream on Trial: war crime, or act of war?
Four years after the Nord Stream pipelines were blown up at the bottom of the Baltic, a former Ukrainian army officer, Serhii Kuznetsov, is on trial in…
Pollar SoundsStudents on the ballot, a seat for Europe and Starlink back on
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In Serbia, the students who have protested for almost two years…
Pollar SoundsA town hall on fire, another flood and dearer flights
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In France, more than half a million people march peacefully over…
Pollar SoundsA student revolt, a budget with no deal and a Starlink speed limit
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. In Albania, student protests over the cost of university turn into…
Pollar SoundsHacked fridges, a Starlink fire and more drones at sea
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. Hackers switch the fridges of some 700 French supermarkets to…
Pollar SoundsCan French teenagers still bend a government?
For almost three weeks, French high school students have been blockading their own schools. They want more teachers, smaller classes and buildings that don't…
Pollar SoundsDrones at sea, an AfD speaker and two outbreaks
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. Drones hit three cargo ships in the Black Sea, in Romania's and…
Pollar SoundsA snap election, a school revolt and an AI apology
Three stories, three angles: what happened, how it's being told, and what we don't know yet. Spain's Congress votes down two emergency housing decrees, and…
Pollar SoundsA decree with her name on it, and nothing in it for her
In September, Maricarmen Abascal was carried out of the Madrid flat her family had rented since 1956. Six days later, Spain's government passed two emergency…