Eurovision Song Context
A podcast where we bring in smart people. We talk about smart things, then veer into glitter, wind machines, and geopolitics. Experts. Insight. Eurovision chaos.
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Episode 71: Bonus: Sanremo Fashion with Donato Lospalluto
July 12th, 2025 | 8 mins 53 secs
donato lospalluto, eurovision, kate miller-heidke, sam ryder, sanremo, strauss, voyager, waltz into space
Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space.
They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination.
They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo.
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Episode 70: (Part 2) Sending Strauss into Deep Space with Donato Lospalluto and the European Space Agency
July 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
donato lospalluto, eurovision, kate miller-heidke, sam ryder, sanremo, strauss, voyager, waltz into space
Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space.
They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination.
They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo.
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Episode 69: (Part 1) Sending Strauss into Deep Space with Donato Lospalluto and the European Space Agency
July 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 26 mins
donato lospalluto, eurovision, kate miller-heidke, sam ryder, sanremo, strauss, voyager, waltz into space
Bradley speaks with Donato Lospalluto, Ground Station Engineer and Operations Architect at the European Space Agency (ESA), about Waltz Into Space — an extraordinary project created with the Vienna Tourist Board to broadcast all 13,743 notes of Johann Strauss II’s “Blue Danube Waltz” into deep space.
They discuss how ESA converted the music into electromagnetic signals, transmitted it via a 35-meter deep space antenna in Spain, and sent it across the solar system toward Voyager 1 — correcting what the team calls a “cosmic omission” from NASA’s original Golden Record. Donato explains the physics of antennas, how ESA communicates with spacecraft millions of kilometers from Earth, and what it feels like to merge engineering, art, and human imagination.
They also talk about Strauss’s 200th birthday, Vienna’s cultural storytelling, public engagement with space science — and yes — a little Sanremo.
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Episode 68: Bonus: Eurovision 2025 Postmortem with Suzie & Russ!
June 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 3 mins
eurovision
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Episode 66: Staging & Body Language Analysis in Eurovision 2025 with Mark Bowden!
April 13th, 2025 | 1 hr 20 mins
austria, bara bada bastu, behavior analysis, ebu, esc, estonia, eurovision, eurovision 2025 esc2025, eurowhat podcast, georgia, johannes pietsch, kaj, mark bowden, martin osterdahl, melfest, remember monday, sauna, sweden, tommy cash, united kingdom
In this episode, Bradley is joined by body language expert and author Mark Bowden (The Behavior Panel) to break down performances from Sweden, Estonia, Georgia, Austria, and the United Kingdom. They also take a closer look at Martin Österdahl’s body language — and his choice of Rolex.
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Episode 63: Bonus: Eurovision 2025, Anglosphere in Crisis? Australia, Ireland, the UK
March 12th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
emmy basel, esc, eurovision, eurovision 2025, go jo, remember monday
Russ and Suzie from Euroriffs join me for an emergency recording to discuss whether two-thirds of the anglosphere won't make it to the Eurovision Grand Final. Also: possible hygiene issues on ice cream trucks.
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Episode 62: (Part 2) Inside the Rainbow Gulag with Tony De Luz
February 12th, 2025 | 47 mins 34 secs
blanka, brooke, eurovision, lisa frank, natalia gordienko, silvia night, tony de luz
I talk with former Lisa Frank illustrator Tony De Luz (featured in Amazon’s Glitter & Greed: The Lisa Frank Story) about the ultra-colorful, hyper-cute esthetic that Lisa Frank and Eurovision share. We watch acts like Sylvia Night, Natalia Gordienko, Brooke, Blanca, and Nemo and dig into world-building, kitsch, capitalism, and why so many of us still crave rainbow overload. 🎧✨
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Episode 61: (Part 1) Inside the Rainbow Gulag with Tony De Luz
February 12th, 2025 | 53 mins 33 secs
blanka, brooke, eurovision, lisa frank, natalia gordienko, silvia night, tony de luz
I talk with former Lisa Frank illustrator Tony De Luz (featured in Amazon’s Glitter & Greed: The Lisa Frank Story) about the ultra-colorful, hyper-cute esthetic that Lisa Frank and Eurovision share. We watch acts like Sylvia Night, Natalia Gordienko, Brooke, Blanca, and Nemo and dig into world-building, kitsch, capitalism, and why so many of us still crave rainbow overload. 🎧✨
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Episode 60: (Part 2) Happy Chords, Sad Chords with Ethan Hein
January 12th, 2025 | 50 mins 10 secs
alexander rybak, eurovision, loreen, music theory
NYU music theorist and producer Ethan Hein breaks down why “sad” chords aren’t inherently sad, using Beatles cadences, blues voice-leading, and Eurovision classics like “Euphoria” and “Fairytale” as case studies. We also talk Groove Pizza, his browser-based Accordion instrument, and what makes a chord progression feel tragic, wistful, or euphoric on the ESC stage.
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Episode 56: (Part 1) Sad Chords, Happy Chords with Ethan Hein
November 27th, 2024 | 57 mins 35 secs
alexander rybak, eurovision, loreen, music theory
NYU music theorist and producer Ethan Hein breaks down why “sad” chords aren’t inherently sad, using Beatles cadences, blues voice-leading, and Eurovision classics like “Euphoria” and “Fairytale” as case studies. We also talk Groove Pizza, his browser-based Accordion instrument, and what makes a chord progression feel tragic, wistful, or euphoric on the ESC stage.