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Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Filip Cornelis, Director for Aviation in the European Commission, to talk about drones in all shapes and sizes at this year's South by Southwest Festival. Learn how this new technology will come to dominate our future, help us be greener, how the EU regulates drone-filled skies, and what happened to the concept of flying cars.

Artificial intelligence was one of the hottest topics at this year's South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas. To get the big perspective on what our artificial intelligence future will look like, Senior Media Advisor Kasper Zeuthen sat down with Professor Aleksandra Przegalinska at the EU's SXSW House to discuss the ethics of AI, how to create trust, and the EU's approach to this novel world.

Recorded at SXSW's official celebration for International Women's Day hosted by the EU and UN Women, Cultural Affairs Officer Christine Vest speaks with Alexander De Croo, Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium and Minister of Finance and Development Cooperation. The two discuss women's economic empowerment, current issues in feminism, and how men can play a key role in achieving gender equality. 

At an event hosted by The Brookings Institution, the Secretary-General of the European Commission Martin Selmayr gave a speech on "Europe, Multilateralism and Great Power Competition" on 6 March 2019. Following his opening remarks, Martin Selmayr was joined on stage by Thomas Wright (senior fellow and director, Center on the United States and Europe, The Brookings Institution) and then took questions from the audience.

During his U.S. tour to promote his latest book titled "The Empire and the Five Kings: America's Abdication and the Fate of the World", French philosopher Bernard-Henri Lévy sat down with Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron for a conversation on his new book, the manifesto on the need for European patriotism to preserve the EU which he cosigned with 29 other European writers end of January, and his play "Looking for Europe" which he will be performing across Europe from 5 March to 20 May.

Why is only 30% of plastic waste recycled in the EU and less than 10% of plastic waste recycled in the US? How is the EU addressing the problem of plastic pollution, including the issue of microplastics in food and water? Publication Officer Michele Bendall sits down with Daniel Calleja, Director General for the Environment at the European Commission, to talk about what the EU is doing to tackle plastic pollution at the source and how we as citizens can reduce waste and protect in the environment.

Europe and the United States are two major powerhouses when it comes to research and innovation. Discover the scope of our cooperation and the role of the EU in science in this conversation between Jean-Eric Paquet, Director-General for Research and Innovation at the European Commission, and Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron. This episode was recorded in the margins of the Annual Meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Washington, DC (14-17 February 2019).

On the first day of his last month as Ambassador of the EU to the U.S., David O'Sullivan gives a keynote speech at Georgetown's Transatlantic Policy Symposium. He's introduced by professor Joel Hellman, the Dean of Georgetown Walsh School of Foreign Service, who talks about the centennial of the school. Ambassador O'Sullivan then engages in a conversation with professor Anna von der Goltz and takes questions from the audience on a wide range of issues related to EU-US relations.

Ahead of the 91st Academy Awards on 24 February, Cultural Affairs Officer Christine Vest sits down with Todd Hitchcock, Abbie Algar, and Ben Delgado from the AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to discuss the European films nominated for Oscars this year, EU funding for the audiovisual sector through the Creative Europe program, and their Oscar Best Picture award predictions.

Two weeks after the inauguration of the 116th US Congress and a day after the reception celebrating the relaunch of the bipartisan Congressional European Union Caucus, Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron sat down with Congressman Gregory Meeks (D-NY) to talk about the state of the EU-US relationship, the priorities of the EU Caucus, and the nature of his dialogue with EU counterparts.

Senior Media Officer Kasper Zeuthen speaks with EU Ambassador David O'Sullivan on latest trade insights, why we shouldn't fear GDPR, how the Iran deal delivers, and his lifelong love affair with the U.S.—all in our special edition New Year's podcast.

EU Now Season 2 Episode 5 - Saving Our World's Oceans

In the margins of our EU-Americas Miami conference (15-16 November 2018), Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron talked to decision-makers and officials from across the American continent and Europe on the potential for increased cooperation on issues ranging from disaster preparedness, emergency response, climate adaptation, human rights, democracy, business and investment.

Catherine De Bolle, Executive Director of Europol, sat down with Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron during her first visit to the U.S. in this capacity, ahead of her participation to the EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial (8-9 November 2018).

Senior Communications Officer Martin Caudron discusses Europe’s move to make open access to publicly-funded scientific publications a reality by 2020, with Mary Kavanagh (Minister-Counselor for Science and Innovation at the EU Delegation to the U.S.), Robert-Jan Smits (European Commission’s Envoy for Open Access), Marc Schiltz (President of Science Europe and Chief Executive of Luxembourg National Research Fund), and David Sweeney (Executive Chair, Research England, UK Research and Innovation Agency).