Europe on the Edge with Katya Adler
★ 10 · 2026 · 59m · Documentary
Katya Adler examines the political situation in Europe.
Episodes
1. Episode 158m · Katya visits Italy and Germany to explore how they’re changing in the turbulent new world. She attends the Palio in Siena, joins a Nato exercise and meets a family building a nuclear bunker.
2. Episode 259m · Katya continues her journey through Germany and into Spain, paragliding over Neuschwanstein Castle and meeting nationalists in Catalonia.
3. Episode 359m · Katya continues her journey through Spain, training with a team of firefighters, and heads to France, witnessing a rocket launch in French Guiana and learning about France's welfare state in Paris.More Like This
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