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 during the contest off-season, using Eurovision as a lens to analyze what’s happening in pop culture and the world.

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Episodes

  • Episode 154: Himbo

    April 26th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  46 mins 35 secs
    belgium, czech republic, montenegro, poland, romania, sweden

    Ned Raggett returns to discuss that last six entries of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022. Will one of the boys with emotions be able to overtake Sweden’s melancholy? (No. The answer is no.)

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    Episode 153: Americana?

    April 19th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  42 mins 32 secs
    australia, cyprus, estonia, ireland, north macedonia, san marino

    The middle of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022 is all over the map, but seems to have a lot of Americana vibes? Bre Booker returns to help us sort through the randomness.

  • Episode 152: Subversive

    April 12th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  54 mins 46 secs
    azerbaijan, finland, georgia, israel, malta, serbia

    Justin Ladia joins us to start our coverage of the second semi-final for Eurovision 2022, with Finland, Israel, Serbia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Malta on the docket this week.

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    Episode 151: Lilith Fair (Taylor's Version)

    April 5th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  44 mins 48 secs
    croatia, denmark, greece, iceland, italy, norway, portugal

    We have a running order! We have tickets when! We have Mike Nothnagel joining us to discuss the rest of the first semi final for Eurovision 2022: Portugal, Croatia, Denmark, Iceland, Greece, and Norway

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    Episode 150: Meditation Therapy

    March 29th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 41 secs
    armenia, austria, netherlands, slovenia, switzerland, ukraine

    Evan Stewart joins us to discuss more entries from the Eurovision 2022 first semi-final. Will the Netherlands, Slovenia, Switzerland, Armenia, or Austria be able to challenge current favorite Ukraine?

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    Episode 149: Fairgrounds

    March 22nd, 2022  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 5 secs
    albania, bulgaria, latvia, lithuania, moldova

    Meredith Clark joins us to discuss Albania, Bulgaria, Latvia, Lithuania, and Moldova as we kick off our coverage of the first semi-final for Eurovision 2022.

  • Episode 148: One More Google

    March 15th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  45 mins 19 secs
    armenia, austria, azerbaijan, belgium, cyprus, georgia, greece, iceland, israel, italy, malta, portugal, sweden, switzerland, united kingdom

    In the last week of Eurovision Selection Season, we have a manageable number of internal selections to process and ease into the sunset with chill vibes from three national finals.

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    Episode 147: Math

    March 8th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  40 mins 37 secs
    denmark, france, germany, iceland, italy, montenegro, netherlands, portugal, romania, serbia, sweden

    Our brains may have turned into soup, but we survived the last overstuffed Saturday of Eurovision Selection Season. Just barely though... we were told there would be no math...

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    Episode 146: Україна

    March 1st, 2022  |  Season 5  |  33 mins 27 secs
    australia, finland, france, germany, iceland, italy, netherlands, romania, russia, serbia, sweden, ukraine

    We stand with Ukraine.

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    Episode 145: Quante voci? In questa economia?

    February 22nd, 2022  |  Season 5  |  40 mins 51 secs
    australia, azerbaijan, croatia, finland, iceland, italy, malta, norway, poland, san marino, slovenia, sweden, ukraine

    In the biggest Saturday for Eurovision 2022 selection season, 6 songs were chosen for Turin. We travel to Norway, Slovenia, Croatia, Poland, San Marino, and Malta and examine a variety of TV formats along the way.

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    Episode 144: HyperRoop

    February 15th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  38 mins 54 secs
    austria, croatia, estonia, italy, latvia, lithuania, malta, norway, poland, romania, slovenia, sweden, ukraine

    It was another busy week for Eurovision as Ukraine, Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia made their picks for Turin. We get caught up and look ahead to the next Super Saturday in this week's episode.

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    Episode 143: Oops! All Screens!

    February 8th, 2022  |  Season 5  |  43 mins 11 secs
    croatia, denmark, estonia, germany, ireland, israel, italy, latvia, lithuania, north macedonia, norway, romania, san marino, serbia, sweden, ukraine

    North Macedonia, Ireland, Israel, and Italy have determined their songs for Turin, and that was only about 1/3 of Eurovision Super Saturday number 1 for the 2022 season. We recap this weekend's non-stop content stream.