What's Behind the News

When
24/06/2026
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Location
Full Circle House, 89 Ch. de Vleurgat, 1050 Ixelles
Spaces left
44

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WHAT'S BEHIND THE NEWs

The Inside Story

A news commentary with James Kanter & guests

Ideas / Conversations / Wed 24th Jun / 7-8.30 pm

Live & On the Record: A Podcast Launch with James Kanter

Doors open at 6.30pm

Europe’s news is loud and moving fast. What’s Behind the News keeps up and cuts through the noise.

Join us for the live debut of the show bringing Europe's most consequential stories to life - on the record, in the room, in front of you.

Hosted by veteran Brussels journalist James Kanter, each episode brings together a rotating cast of fellow reporters and analysts to break through the clutter: EU power plays, the fault lines, the stories that shaped the week and the ones that slipped past the front page. Unscripted. Unfiltered. Live in front of you.

This is journalism doing what it's supposed to do: telling it as it is. And this is a live show for people who want to know what's really going on behind and beyond the headlines.

This first recording is where it all begins. Come join us and dig into the stories defining Europe right now.

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ABOUT THE HOSTS & GUESTS

James Kanter is an American and British award-winning journalist and Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs. Previously at Herald Tribune and The New York Times. He's co-founder and editor of the Podcast EU Scream.

Natasha Mellersh is an international journalist specializing in human rights, public international law, and migration. As a correspondent for Deutsche Welle (DW), she extensively covers European migration policies, integration and regularization programs, particularly in Spain and the broader EU. She is also a qualified solicitor (England & Wales).

Simon Van Dorpe is an EU investigative journalist at Follow The Money, and an expert on EU competition and industrial policy. His focus is on corruption and on how large multinationals - from tech giants to European lobby champions - set the agenda in Brussels. Previously he was at Politico Europe, Belga and Trends.

Estelle Nilsson-Julien is a broadcast and digital journalist at Euronews. She's producer and presenter of The Cube, a daily fact-checking show on disinformation and manipulation. Alongside this, she covers news and feature stories from across Europe. Versatile across formats, she spans the full production process, from presenting and filming to editing and writing.