Standard Time
Eurozine’s weekly talk show discussing topics that affect people across Europe, with guests from all over the world.
This programme is is a Display Europe production, supported by the European Union and the European Cultural Foundation and produced in collaboration with Okto.tv.
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The digital world we navigate today was built on centuries of technological innovation by librarians and archivists. The unprecedented access to online information now compels these institutions to evolve. In this discussion, librarians and a data steward from Helsinki, Vienna, and Pécs explore the challenges and opportunities of this transformation.

Governments are scrambling to stop the sharp decline in birth rates across the developed world; the pronatalist policies on offer don’t seem to have found a solution. They do, however, disproportionately target women, fuel culture wars and some very gendered propaganda. This is our International Women’s Day edition of the Standard Time talk show.

Losing privileges
Young people struggling with screentime
Some governments use legal restrictions to battle social media use; others leave families and individuals to self-regulate. Who’s responsible for young people’s addiction problems?

The ceasefire between Hamas and Israel has brought a sigh of relief to the international community – not least because we love to avoid discussing, even thinking about this conflict. Why is that? In this Standard Time episode we talk about anti-muslim racism and how to understand what’s happened in Gaza.

Unmasking hate
21st century iterations of Antisemitism
Once again, the age-old prejudice is rising in Europe and producing new mutations. In this episode of Standard Time, we discuss how to tell criticism from hate.