Épisodes

  • Making the most of your EU Bubble events
    May 16 2025

    Join Bump’s Ali Colwell and moderator extraordinaire Anna Gumbau Martínez as they discuss all things events in Brussels — smart pre-event preparation, Anna’s POV as a moderator, keeping audiences engaged with non-standard session formats and much more.

    Recorded before a live audience of policy communicators at the Bump Policy Experience Space on Place Lux.

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    27 min
  • The EU media business
    May 13 2025

    Habib Msallem talks to Augusta Ramaccioni, Director of Programmes at The Parliament, about the EU media business and how one of Brussels' longest standing media outlets is evolving to meet the needs of a increasingly crowded market.

    Recorded before a live audience of policy communicators at the Bump Policy Experience Space on Place Lux.

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    22 min
  • Reporting in Brussels and beyond
    Mar 28 2025


    Habib Msallem sits down with seasoned EU journalist Eleonora Vasques to discuss a career that has taken her from migrant rescue boats on the Mediterranean, to conflict zones in the Middle East and the highest corridors of power in Brussels.

    As well as plenty of stories from the field, Eleonora shares her views on Brussels' rapidly evolving EU media landscape and how policy communicators should engage with journalists.

    Filmed before a live audience of policy communicators at the Bump Policy Experience Space on Place Lux.

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    39 min
  • Winning at your first 5 years in Brussels
    Feb 28 2025

    Habib Msallem sits down with rising policy communications star Alexia J. Cosmello Guisande to talk about her journey to EU Brussels, how she overcame imposter syndrome, and the must-have skills for young policy comms pros.

    Filmed before a live audience of policy communicators at the Bump Policy Experience Space on Place Lux.

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    33 min
  • What’s the point of being creative?
    Feb 26 2025

    Brett Kobie sits down with fellow Creative Director Meisoon Nasralla to talk about policy communications, what even is creativity (and who are these creative directors), and how their mums/moms are their biggest fans on LinkedIn.

    Filmed with 7 cameras before a live audience of policy communicators at the Bump Policy Experience Space on Place Lux.

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    29 min
  • Writing v. sketching out ideas
    Sep 23 2024

    Mawi Peeters is never not sketching. Ali Colwell and Habib Msallem "don't draw." Which is the true path to workshopping new ideas in policy comms? Are there unicorns our there who can really do it all?

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    15 min
  • Policy comms skills that pay the bills
    Sep 23 2024

    Ali Colwell, Habib Msallem and Brett Kobie talk about the less often advertised skills a policy communicator might find worth building. There's also a whole thing on accents and sandwiches.

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    19 min