The Eurovision Song Contest’s National Selection season is the biggest mixtape of musical discovery. Ewan Spence thinks about the importance of the Song Contest to break out of the pop-powered shackles of Spotify.

Dates for Albania’s Festivali i Kenges, tickets for Sweden’s Melodifestivalen, a nice longest from Malta, and more, in the latest Insight News podcast.

With armed conflict and terror threats rising across Europe, Ben Robertson explains why the Eurovision community is speculating on how the next Eurovision Song Contest could be the most geopolitically important in history.

For Eurovision Wars’ third part of the Russia vs Ukraine story, Phil Dore is joined by Erik Nelson talk about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the impact it had on the Eurovision Song Contest.

There’s more to Albania’s Eurovision selection than giving us something to watch over the holidays. Phil Dore talks to author Nicholas Tochka on the roots of Albania’s Festivali i Këngës.

Finland’s National Final is sold out, Ireland and Germany need a bit more time, France has some wings in the wings, and more, in the latest Insight News podcast.