Episodes

  • The Cucumber Regulation
    Nov 28 2025

    By populist demand. Rules on cucumber shapes and sizings. The world famous Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1677/88.

    Regulation available: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31988R1677&qid=1764364062932

    ATLAS Magazine 2019: THE EUROPEAN CUCUMBER-REGULATION: The straight and narrow

    European Commission press release: The return of the bendy cucumber: 'wonky' fruit and vegetables back on sale from 1st July



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    32 mins
  • International Humanitarian Law
    Aug 5 2025

    We dedicate this one especially to E.U. leaders: How do you sleep at night?


    Text taken from EUR-Lex https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:52009XG1215(01)

    Satire for sleepyheads.


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    22 mins
  • Saint Patrick's Day Special
    Mar 17 2025

    Satire for sleepyheads.

    Aoir do chodlatáin.


    Legal notice available at https://european-union.europa.eu/legal-notice_ga

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    36 mins
  • I'll Bring EU Flowers (In the Pouring Rain)
    Feb 22 2025

    DG SLEEP makes a colourful return to usher in a sleepy spring.

    Text taken from EUR-LEX: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:31968R0316

    Satire for sleepyheads.


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    20 mins
  • Mower Power to You
    Oct 10 2024

    Drift away as the Night Elves revisit a Commission Directive that established the permissible sound power levels of lawnmowers.

    Text taken from Eur-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A31987L0252&qid=1728592066652

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    23 mins
  • Ode to Jam
    Sep 27 2024

    The Council kicks out the jams in this sweet Directive from 2001.

    Text from Eur-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2001/113/oj

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    On toast, in yogurt, wherever you get your podcasts.

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    30 mins
  • Good Sport
    Sep 15 2024

    Tonight, the night-elves of DG SLEEP tackle Council conclusions on maximising the role of grassroots sport in developing transversal skills, especially among young people.

    Text taken from Eur-Lex: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52015XG0527%2802%29&qid=1719518193420

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    Satire for sleepyheads.

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    24 mins
  • Could EU be loved: Catnap special
    Jul 9 2024

    At your desk or in your cat tree. Take a break where you can get it with the Catnap Special of DG Sleep.

    Text taken from Eur-Lex, where you'll find a bonus photo of the cat-tree psspsspss: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32014R0350


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    15 mins