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.
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Episodes
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Episode 30: Dustin the Turkey Day
November 21st, 2018 | Season 2 | 31 mins 43 secs
belarus, greece, ireland, israel, united kingdom
Happy Thanksgiving! We're talking turkey this week and that means either the country or Ireland's Dustin the Turkey. Guess what we chose.
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Episode 29: Start Voting Now
November 7th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 24 secs
bulgaria, france, ireland, israel, netherlands, norway, spain, sweden, switzerland
How does the voting process work at Eurovision? If you think it's confusing now, the history of voting at the Contest has many surprises.
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Episode 28: The Aftermarket
October 24th, 2018 | Season 2 | 33 mins 2 secs
australia, bulgaria, malta, ukraine
Eurovision provides an aftermarket for winners of singing competitions. Why don't we have that in America? Andy Dehnart from Reality Blurred joins us to discuss.
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Episode 27: Orchestras, Synthesizers, and Lulu
October 10th, 2018 | Season 2 | 32 mins 59 secs
ireland, israel, italy, netherlands, norway, spain, ukraine, united kingdom
Orchestras used to be a requirement at Eurovision. In this episode, we take a look at the evolution of live music at the competition.
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Episode 26: Tel Aviv and Other Headlines
September 26th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 41 secs
bulgaria, finland, germany, iceland, israel, netherlands, san marino, sweden
Tel Aviv will be hosting Eurovision in 2019! I mean, we pretty much knew that, but now it's official!
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Episode 25: Planning Your Eurovision Vacation
September 12th, 2018 | Season 2 | 36 mins 27 secs
denmark, estonia, france, israel, spain, sweden
We know the Eurovision Song Contest will be in Israel in May 2019, so now is the perfect time to start planning your vacation!
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Episode 24: Israel at the Eurovision Song Contest
August 29th, 2018 | Season 2 | 51 mins 30 secs
israel
Israel has had a fascinating history at Eurovision. We've invited Noam Roth from EuroFreak to talk about his country's participation.
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Episode 23: That’s How You AI a Song
August 15th, 2018 | Season 1 | 36 mins 6 secs
ireland, israel, netherlands, norway
We gave a computer more than 300 Eurovision Song Contest entries from the last decade and this is what it gave us.
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Episode 22: World Cup Song Contest
July 18th, 2018 | Season 1 | 26 mins 5 secs
azerbaijan, germany, iceland, malta, russia
Is there anything more EuroWhat? than the World Cup? How about World Cup songs performed by Eurovision Song Contest alumni? Yeah, that oughta do it...
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Episode 21: Putting the US in E_rovi_ion
July 4th, 2018 | Season 1 | 40 mins 9 secs
israel, north macedonia
Happy 4th of July! In honor of America's birthday, special guest Maura Johnston joins us to discuss the prospect of the US competing at Eurovision. Could we? Should we? If we somehow got an invite, who should represent whatever our sound is?
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Episode 20: Bite The Apple
June 20th, 2018 | Season 1 | 44 mins 12 secs
finland, georgia, ireland, italy, san marino
What if the Eurovision Song Contest were a secret plot to take over the world by forcing people to exercise daily to the winning song? On this week's episode, Ben, Mike, and special guest Josh Hehner explore this dystopia(?) in the 1980 film The Apple.
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Episode 19: Eurovision Drag Race
June 6th, 2018 | Season 1 | 41 mins 39 secs
armenia, austria, denmark, israel, lithuania, norway, san marino, slovenia, sweden, ukraine
Happy pride! The Eurovision off season can be a drag, so let's talk about drag at Eurovision!