TheESP – Ep. #548 – Real Democracy Requires Informed Voters

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Isar Aerospace achieves first launch to orbit from continental Europe and in TWISH we celebrate the 60th anniversary of Star Trek, a show that brought humanism into science fiction. Then, it’s time for the news:

• SWEDEN: General elections update plus early voting screwup
• GERMANY: AfD wins in Saxony-Anhalt
• INTERNATIONAL: IgNobel prizes of 2026
• UK: Discrepancy between public perception of crime rates and actual statistics

This week’s Who’s Quacking? award goes to Fredrik Paulún, self-proclaimed Swedish health guru.

Enjoy!

https://theesp.eu/podcast_archive/theesp-ep-548.html

Segments:

0:00:27 Intro

0:00:50 Greetings

0:06:14 TWISH

0:16:44 News

0:47:25 Who's Quacking?

0:54:01 Quote

0:55:20 Outro

0:56:43 Outtakes

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