Europe: A Woman Without Borders w/ Brent McDonnell and Sarah Unbehaun

Welcome to season 1.5 of Star Spangled Eurovision, where we’ll be digging deep into Eurovision-related topics while we wait for the 2019 song contest to kick into gear. This week, Max is joined by special guests Brent McDonnell and Sarah Unbehaun to talk about Eurovision in the context of greater European History and how the song contest has reflected major events and shifts in Europe since its first edition in 1956. Listen in as we discuss Eurovision during the beginnings of European integration, the fall of the Berlin Wall, the migrant crisis, and everything in between! Songs we talk about: ABBA – “Waterloo” (Sweden) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FsVeMz1F5c Paulo de Carvalho – “E Depois de Adeus” (Portugal) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=89LBNSX_vig Gigliola Cinquetti – “Si” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWrtN6LBJtk Tuto Cutegno – “Insieme: 1992” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=0b5whZydVZc Ketil Stokkan – “Brandenburger Tor” (Norway) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=6IoRGn6rN40 Beat – “Fri?” (Finland) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMQxvqZWOn0 Jamala – 1944 (Ukraine) – “www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCG2rw4ZXTY” Madame Monsieur – “Mercy” (France) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHb-gWC-WTc Ermal Meta & Fabrizio Moro – “Non Mi Avete Fatto Niente” (Italy) – www.youtube.com/watch?v=zguJGdoPPnw