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Insights & Conversations
Explore interviews, behind-the-scenes stories, podcast highlights, and reflections from Lisa’s work across media, science, and the arts. Thoughtful perspectives, inspiring voices, and a closer look at the moments that matter.


"This week I lost a testicle" and Summer Reading
Tom Weber speaks candidly about cancer, autism and the books that helped him return to himself, alongside Luxembourg City Library and Between the Lines.


Finding the Right Presenter to Hire
How to hire the right presenter


Africa Inside Global Finance from Luxembourg
Four African diaspora minds explain why the future of Africa-Europe capital is ownership, not aid, and why the people structuring it are already in the room.


Before We Mine the Moon, We Need to Know What Is There
First in a new series for The Space Economy with Clive Neal


Why The Video Game Industry is the Future of Entertainment
What does the video game industry bring to the economy and how is it developing in Luxembourg? Check out The Lisa Burke Show


European Young Farmers
In June 2026, the European Commission [DG Agri] and the European Investment Bank Group [FI-Compass] convened a conference in Warsaw, Poland with a focus on the Young Farmers of Europe. Why Poland? One quarter of EU Young Farmers are Polish.
Farming is a beautiful but tough vocation, often running through family lines, making it hard for new people to enter. Climate change is also having an effect on the land, risk assessments and planning. These are just a couple of the my


D9+ Ministerial Meeting: Addressing Online Safety and European Competitiveness
Earlier this month, Luxembourg hosted the D9+ Ministerial meeting. The D9 represents the nine most digitally advanced countries in Europe. The "plus" indicates that additional countries have joined since then. Notably, the UK left due to Brexit, despite being a significant player initially. Can you guess which 13 countries are now included?


Myaamia tribe to Miami University... in Ohio... and their European HQ in Luxembourg
Miami University is NOT in Miami: it's named after the Myaamia tribe, who later moved to Oklahoma, and is located in Oxford, Ohio!
Tribe members study at Miami tuition-free, and of roughly 150 graduates, 45 have come through Luxembourg. The Myaamia Center is actively revitalising the tribe's language and culture.
Along with Myaamia tribe members, students who went to Luxembourg schools can get scholarships to study in Miami university.


Why McGill University is coming to Luxembourg: €8.3 trillion funds to manage
McGill University is coming to Luxembourg at a defining moment for European finance. With €8.3 trillion in fund assets under management, Luxembourg has capital and regulation. Now it needs talent, financial education and a bigger conversation about Europe’s savings, pensions and future competitiveness. ALFI’s Serge Weyland and McGill’s Patrick Augustin explain why talent, pensions and financial literacy matter now.


Lash Artist Entrepreneur
How to make the creative industry profitable.


On the Brilliantly Branded Podcast: Balancing Career, Family, and Self-Care
In this episode of Brilliantly Branded, I share the winding path from my science studies at Cambridge to a career in media.
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