About the show
The Eurowhat? Podcast launched in 2018 and features two Americans (Ben Smith and Mike McComb) attempting to make sense of the Eurovision Song Contest. The show tracks national selections and artist announcements, breaks down each year’s songs with a diverse array of guests, and dives into the 65+ years of contest history using Eurovision as a lens to analyze what’s happening in pop culture and the world.
The EuroWhat? Podcast: Eurovision News & Reviews on social media
Episodes
-
Episode 134: Belarus
November 9th, 2021 | Season 5 | 32 mins 15 secs
australia, belarus, germany, latvia, lithuania, poland, russia, ukraine
Belarus won't be competing at Eurovision in the foreseeable future, so this seems like a good time to take an historical view of the country and its identity.
-
Episode 133: Metaverse
October 26th, 2021 | Season 5 | 32 mins 4 secs
armenia, azerbaijan, czech republic, iceland, ireland, italy, lithuania, malta, montenegro, netherlands, serbia, sweden, united kingdom
Does breaking the fourth wall work at Eurovision? Ben takes us through a collection of songs that try to go meta.
-
Episode 132: Hot 100
October 12th, 2021 | Season 5 | 38 mins 26 secs
estonia, italy, netherlands, spain, sweden, united kingdom
Maura Johnston guides us through how the Billboard Charts work and why Måneskin and Duncan Laurence cracked the American Top 40.
-
Episode 131: Viña del Mar
September 28th, 2021 | Season 5 | 38 mins 29 secs
belgium, denmark, greece, iceland, ireland, italy, luxembourg, monaco, san marino, spain, switzerland
We continue our series of music competitions with Eurovision connections by visiting Chile's Viña del Mar International Song Festival.
-
Episode 130: Quale Città?
September 14th, 2021 | Season 5 | 22 mins 42 secs
belgium, estonia, italy, netherlands, sweden
As we wait for the Eurovision 2022 host city announce, we take a look at the five cities hoping to stage the event for Italy.
-
Episode 129: Sanremo
August 30th, 2021 | Season 5 | 34 mins 44 secs
italy
Italian music aficionado Bradley Dalton-Oates takes us on an historical tour of the Sanremo Music Festival and its relationship with Eurovision.
-
Episode 128: Bordspel
August 16th, 2021 | Season 4 | 37 mins 19 secs
iceland, italy, netherlands, san marino, spain, ukraine
Dave Steeves facilitates a play through of the Eurovision Song Contest Board Game. Mike en Ben verstaan de Nederlandse taal niet.
-
Episode 127: New Wave
August 2nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 32 mins 34 secs
italy, latvia, moldova, russia, spain, ukraine
New Wave has been part of the music competition journey for many Eurovision contestants. We take a look at the contest's history.
-
Episode 126: A Song Called Hate
July 19th, 2021 | Season 4 | 38 mins 20 secs
australia, belarus, iceland, israel, italy, norway
Film buff and Eurofan Evan Stewart joins us to discuss the Hatari documentary A Song Called Hate.
-
Episode 125: The Discourse 2021
July 5th, 2021 | Season 4 | 28 mins 32 secs
cyprus, iceland, italy, moldova, netherlands, ukraine, united kingdom
Meredith Clark joins us to discuss some of the societal issues that Eurovision struggles to address in the fandom discourse.
-
Episode 124: It was the Elves
June 22nd, 2021 | Season 4 | 31 mins 29 secs
iceland, netherlands, norway, spain
Author Seanan McGuire joins us to explain how the elves helped Eurovision Song Contest: the Story of Fire Saga earn a Hugo nomination.
-
Episode 123: Live on Tape
June 8th, 2021 | Season 4 | 39 mins 46 secs
belarus, belgium, croatia, czech republic, greece, iceland, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, moldova, norway, poland, romania, russia, san marino, serbia, switzerland, ukraine
Bre Booker joins us to discuss the pre-recorded Live on Tape performances from the 2021 Eurovision Song Celebration YouTube specials.