The Danish Debate
The Danish Debate is a podcast about Danish society and politics. Stay tuned for season 2 in 2025. Hosted by Peter Stanners.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 10
- Years Active
- 2019
Bjørn Lomborg, MEP Karen Melchior and cannabis activist Cutter – A reportage from Folkemødet
Last weekend more than 100,000 people descended on the towns of Allinge and Sandvig on the island of Bornholm. They’ve come to The People’s Democratic Festival, Folkemødet, to hear people talk.
Severa…
The Left win but remain deeply divided
Denmark has moved to the left. With a turnout of 84.6 percent, the left wing won a large majority in the Danish parliament on Wednesday’s general election. The next prime minister is likely to be Met…
Election day – Martin Krasnik looks back on the campaign
Today is election day, and Danes finally head to the polls after four weeks of campaigning. But what have we learned so far? And while the polls point at a left wing victory, do we really have any id…
One week to go – Countdown to the general election
We take a quick look at the results of the European Parliament elections and discuss the winners, the losers, and the candidate who, despite winning one of Denmark’s coveted 14 seats, decided he neve…
The EU elections – The Danish Peoples Party on borders, bureaucracy and immigration
Rasmus Munch Søndergaard from the Danish People's Party explains the party's views on Europe, especially on the need for strong outer borders.
This is the third episode on the EU Election. In the prev…
The EU elections – Talking about Europe's youth with Peter Laugesen
This is the second of three episodes on the EU ahead of the European Parliament elections on Sunday, May 25. In it, we speak to Peter Laugesen, a journalist and co-founder the project Our Europe. He …
The EU elections – Setting the scene with Maja Kluger Dionigi from Think Europe
In the first of three episodes on the EU ahead of the European Parliament elections on Sunday, we set the scene with Maja Kluger Dionigi, a senior researcher at the pro-EU think tank Think Europe. Sh…
The Climate Election – Voters say climate is their top priority. But can Denmark make a difference?
Danes are worried about the climate. In a poll by Kantar Gallup, 57 percent of Danes responded that the environment is a higher priority to them than immigration. Only 35 percent stated the reverse w…
What the closure of Radio24Syv tells us about Danish populism
A successful talk radio station is set to close after the government stipulated that 70 percent of the editorial staff has to relocate 110 kilometres from Copenhagen. The same government that has mov…
A Looming Election – Setting the scene with Politiken's Kristian Madsen
A lot has happened since Danes last went to the polls four years ago. At the 2015 election the left wing Social Democrats lost power to the right wing Liberal Party, which positioned itself as hard o…