Bästa Brits Abroad podcaster (2024)

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An EU love affair 25:13

4y ago25:13

25:13

For Zoe Adams Green ‘The EU was my oyster’. Joining Michaela down the line from Italy, she describes her love affair with Europe, and her experiences moving around the EU seeking work and latterly starting a family, opportunities that will be out of reach for future generations of British citizens once they lose their rights to Freedom of Movement.…

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Living in Spain … nearly 40 years on 24:29

4+ y ago24:29

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British migration to the Spanish coastline is only part of the story about British emigration to Spain. In this episode Michaela is joined down the line by Michael Harris, British in Europe steering committee member, founder of Eurocitizens, who has been living in Madrid for close to 40 years. He shares his migration story, from fleeing Thatcher’s …

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Social mobility, Free Movement and the impermanence of citizenship rights 29:45

4+ y ago29:45

29:45

A lesser known story of British migration to the EU is how it interplays with social mobility. In this episode, Michaela is joined by Fiona Godfrey, co-chair of British in Europe, a resident of Luxembourg to bust the myth that British citizens living in Europe are wealthy and originate in the south England. They discuss her migration biography from…

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Brexit and the British in Poland 21:59

4+ y ago21:59

21:59

We’re travelling to Poland today, as Michaela talks with Steve Davies, who is studying for his PhD in Sociology at the Polish Academy of Sciences. From the fall of the Berlin Wall to Brexit, Steve introduces us to a lesser known story of intra-EU mobility: the migration and settlement of British citizens in Poland. He highlights how Poland’s histor…

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Lisa in France 23:26

4+ y ago23:26

23:26

Recorded earlier this year, in the episode Michaela talks with Lisa in France. In her thirties and married to a French man, she talks about what the EU has meant for her and her life. Moving within Europe as a student and in the first stages of her career, she eventually settled in France with her husband. But this was never the firm plan, just the…

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Advocating for British in Europe, from Referendum to COVID-19 26:50

4+ y ago26:50

26:50

In the wake of the Brexit referendum, British citizens living across Europe started to come together in an unprecedented way, concerned about what Brexit might mean for their future legal status. In this episode, Michaela is joined by Jane Golding, co-chair of British in Europe to talk about the grassroots legal advocacy work on the future rights o…

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Brexit and the British in France, three years on 31:15

4+ y ago31:15

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It’s the second of this week’s double-bill to mark the release of our latest reports! Michaela and Karen discuss the report drawing across three years of researching Brexit in the lives of Britons living in France. They talk about making sense of the ongoing uncertainty that Brexit has introduced to the lives of many Britons in France, and what thi…

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Brexit and the British in Spain, three years on 27:19

4+ y ago27:19

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This week we’re bringing you a double-bill to mark the release of our latest reports. In this first episode, Michaela is joined by Karen to talk about her report drawing across three years of researching Brexit in the lives of Britons living in Spain. They discuss the importance of locating Brexit within the context and conditions of British migrat…

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The British in Berlin, from the Berlin Wall to gentrification and the creative classes 28:21

4+ y ago28:21

28:21

Recorded in Berlin in November 2019, in this episode Michaela is joined by Christy Kulz, Technical University Berlin and Christine Barwick, Centre Marc Bloch, to talk about the migration of British citizens to Berlin. We disturb some of the reductive narratives about the British in Berlin, in particular, understandings that see them solely as the y…

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From the ‘Brexit Irish’ to the English in Ireland 25:12

5y ago25:12

25:12

Sticking with the theme of Brexit and Ireland, Michaela is joined by Vikki Barry Brown, a PhD candidate from Queen Mary, University of London, to talk about Irish passports, English and Irish identities, and Brexit. They discuss the rise in applications of Irish passport following Brexit and how the significance placed on this by those claiming the…

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The Irish border and bordering practices before and after Brexit 32:32

5y ago32:32

32:32

Since the recording of this podcast, the election returned a majority Conservative government in Westminster which has since passed the Withdrawal Agreement for leaving the EU. A transition period, lasting at least until the end of 2020, should mean British citizens in EU countries will retain their current rights until at least that period. If you…

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A Brexit Brits Abroad Retrospective 31:48

5y ago31:48

31:48

Our first episode of 2020, and it’s a throwback to a live recording of presentation that Michaela and Karen gave to colleagues at a conference in Umeå, Sweden. They offer some reflections on the practice of doing research with British citizens living in the EU27 over the course of the Brexit negotiations. As they draw out the complex picture of how…

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From market-based to fundamental rights in understandings of EU citizenship 28:16

5y ago28:16

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This episode sees Michaela joined by Adrienne Yong, lecturer at City Law School (https://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/adrienne-yong), to talk legal perspectives on Brexit and citizens’ rights. Adrienne offers her analysis of what case law reveals about shifts within legal understandings of EU citizenship. She charts the trajectory of EU citizens…

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Debbie Williams, founder of BrExpats hear our voice 25:53

5y ago25:53

25:53

In the latest of our episodes focussed on Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27, Michaela is joined over the Internet by Debbie Williams, founder of BrExpats Hear our Voice (https://brexpatshov.com). She explains how she went from never having been involved in politics beyond voting to founding this group that has had an i…

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Brexit inequalities, unequal Europes and unequal Europeans 29:37

5y ago29:37

29:37

In this episode, Michaela is joined by Lorenza Antonucci (University of Birmingham) and Simone Varriale (University of Lincoln). They discuss the conclusions of their recent paper Unequal Europe, Unequal Brexit ( https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/portal/files/69623578/Antonucci_Varriale_Unequal_Europe_Current_Sociology_2019.pdf ). In particular, th…

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Molly and Naomi, young and highly mobile Europeans 24:56

5y ago24:56

24:56

What does Brexit mean for young British citizens living in the EU who have never known anything other than being European? In this episode, Michaela is joined over the Internet by Molly (in Spain) and Naomi (in Germany), campaigners for Young European Voices (https://twitter.com/youngeuvoices). Both in their twenties, they describe what Freedom of …

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Brexit in the real lives of Britons living in the EU27: Bel on racism in the Netherlands and the absence of migrant solidarity in narratives about citizens’ rights 30:33

5y ago30:33

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This episode sees Michaela and Chantelle return to understanding the racialised exclusions at the heart of Britishness and other European national identities. They talk with Bel Parnell-Berry (https://project-parnell.com) who lives in the Netherlands. Drawing on the work she does as the programme manager for the European Race and Imagery Foundation…

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An EU love affair 25:13

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Living in Spain … nearly 40 years on 24:29

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Social mobility, Free Movement and the impermanence of citizenship rights 29:45

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Brexit and the British in Poland 21:59

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Lisa in France 23:26

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Advocating for British in Europe, from Referendum to COVID-19 26:50

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Brexit and the British in France, three years on 31:15

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Brexit and the British in Spain, three years on 27:19

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The British in Berlin, from the Berlin Wall to gentrification and the creative classes 28:21

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From the ‘Brexit Irish’ to the English in Ireland 25:12

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The Irish border and bordering practices before and after Brexit 32:32

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A Brexit Brits Abroad Retrospective 31:48

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From market-based to fundamental rights in understandings of EU citizenship 28:16

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Debbie Williams, founder of BrExpats hear our voice 25:53

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Brexit inequalities, unequal Europes and unequal Europeans 29:37

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Brexit in the real lives of British citizens living in the EU27: Molly and Naomi, young and highly mobile Europeans 24:56

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Brexit in the real lives of Britons living in the EU27: Bel on racism in the Netherlands and the absence of migrant solidarity in narratives about citizens’ rights 30:33

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