TheESP – Ep. #516 – We’re Shedding Plastics

Canada’s Mark Carney could possibly be a role model for our European leaders, and the Swedish Bar Association agrees with our criticism of putting children in prison . In TWISH we hear of Emanuel Swedenborg , a great polymath of the Enlightenment who somehow turned into a religious mystic. Then it’s time for the news: RUSSIA : The Ukraine war has given rise to an ‘exorcism economy’ in Russia UK : The current status and concerns of the proposed ban on social media for under 16s SPAIN / SWEDEN : More immigrants, please! Spain to regularise 500,000 undocumented migrants Swedish Communes say they want more immigrants – for the community and added workforce INTERNATIONAL : So, where do we actually stand on microplastics? UK : Bigfoot has crossed the pond The Really Wrong Award goes to the UK House of Lords , where a few unelected persons are somehow allowed to filibuster the Assisted Dying Bill . Enjoy! Segments : 0:00:27 Intro 0:00:53 Greetings 0:10:45 TWISH 0:28:07 News 1:00:57 Really Wrong 1:05:35 Word of the Week 1:06:54 Quote 1:08:18 Outro 1:09:40 Outtakes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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TheESP – Ep. #516 – We’re Shedding Plastics is an episode from The European Skeptics Podcast by TheESP.eu.

This episode is 1:10:31 long.

This episode was published on Jan 30, 2026.

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