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POLITICO’s daily audio briefing on what’s moving Brussels — and why it matters. The Brussels Playbook Podcast is the audio extension of the Brussels Playbook newsletter.

Spoken has transcripts of 656 Brussels Playbook Podcast episodes, with the speakers named. The newest listed here is from June 17, 2026.

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archive.sh
curl -s -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
  https://spoken.md/podcasts/1244862657/episodes \
  | jq -r '.episodes[] | "\(.id) \(.title)"' \
  | while IFS=' ' read -r id title; do
      slug=$(echo "$title" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -cs 'a-z0-9' '-' | sed 's/-*$//')
      [ -f "${id}-${slug}.md" ] && continue
      curl -sf -H "x-api-key: YOUR_KEY" \
        -o "${id}-${slug}.md" \
        https://spoken.md/transcripts/$id || rm -f "${id}-${slug}.md"
      sleep 0.34
    done

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Latest Brussels Playbook Podcast transcripts

Von der Leyen won't run for a third term. Or will she?

June 17, 2026

SPEAKER_1 (0:00)

Ray-Ban Meta Glasses take the friction out of travel. Move through the world with your hands free and your head up.

Ian Wishart (0:06)

Hey Meta, where's the nearest metro station?

Zoya Sheftalovich (0:08)

Closest metro to you is Union Square, about three blocks away.

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