Podcasts - SWI swissinfo.ch

Pharmaceutical giant Novartis invested billions in Slovenia, helping turn the country into a global player in generic drug production.  Now, as cheap Asian competitors increasingly dominate the ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14940004-why-are-leading-swiss-pharmaceutical-companies-investing-in-slovenia.mp3

Forensic science is critical in the search for justice and the fight against impunity. Africa suffers from a dearth of forensic pathologists and Switzerland is helping to boost their numbers with...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14898396-swiss-training-for-forensic-scientists-in-africa-and-mexico.mp3

Over the past two years, experts have unearthed thousands of Roman military artefacts littering a hillside in southeast Switzerland. The first Roman battle site ever discovered in the Alpine coun...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14846933-swiss-roman-battle-site-reveals-hidden-secrets-of-historic-clash.mp3

It’s 20 years since Concorde made its final commercial flight, ending the first era of supersonic travel. A Swiss start-up is part of a new generation of aviation pioneers trying to re-introduc...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14785177-the-future-of-aviation-hypersonic-plane-powered-hydrogen-designed-in-switzerland.mp3

Researchers in Zurich are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) in a technique combining robotics and genetics that could change our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity. The artic...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14760674-drones-capture-edna-in-cutting-edge-biodiversity-research-in-zurich-switzerland.mp3

Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva are taking the next steps towards creating a huge particle collider. With the Future Circular Collider (FCC), they ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14674854-what-cern-s-next-generation-particle-collider-could-look-like.mp3

Artificial intelligence chatbots like ChatGPT generate remarkably human-like results. But how intelligent is it really? SWI swissinfo.ch visits Lab42, a new AI lab in Davos, which is deploying pl...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/14105278-exploring-science-in-davos-ep6-lab-42-ai-lab-decoding-the-human-brain.mp3

When and where the next avalanche will happen is hard to predict. In a special cold laboratory in Davos, researchers simulate the effects of wind on fresh snow to better understand the mechanisms...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/13939116-exploring-science-in-davos-ep5-snow-and-avalanche-research-in-davos.mp3

Solar irradiance provides heat and light for life. It waxes and wanes with the cycle of solar activity, which currently cannot be predicted accurately. Solar storms can have a great impact on tec...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/13924773-exploring-science-in-davos-ep4-how-solar-cycles-influence-climate.mp3

The small city of Davos in southeastern Switzerland, located at an altitude of 1,560m above sea level in the Swiss Alps, attracted tuberculosis patients back in the 1800s and 1900s after scientis...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/13894191-exploring-science-in-davos-ep3-why-house-dust-mites-pollen-and-food-additives-cause-allergies.mp3

Before 1960, broken bones were treated simply by using plaster casts or traction. Then 13 Swiss surgeons began rethinking fracture treatment: they standardised instruments, screws and nails, scie...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/13850667-exploring-science-in-davos-ep2-studying-bones-at-the-ao-research-institute-davos.mp3

The Swiss town of Davos is famous for mountain slopes, winter sports and the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. But did you know that it also attracts scientists and doctors from all ove...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/13408165-exploring-science-in-davos-ep1-orthopaedics-gathering-at-the-ao-davos-courses-2022.mp3

Construction workers got a surprise recently while laying a pipeline underneath Lake Lucerne in central Switzerland. On the lake floor they found the traces of a prehistoric village! This finally...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9773401-using-sound-to-find-prehistoric-ruins-under-lake-lucerne.mp3

In this second part of our two-part series on assisted suicide, SWI reporter Kaoru Uda tells host Susan Misicka what it was like to accompany two Japanese patients who came to Switzerland to die....

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9629676-why-these-japanese-patients-wanted-to-die-in-switzerland.mp3

Every year, over 1,000 seriously ill people end their lives in Switzerland with the help of suicide assistants.     Assisted suicide is legal in several countries, including Switzerland, Canad...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9511621-why-this-swiss-doctor-supports-assisted-suicide.mp3

Now that Switzerland has approved marriage for all, host Susan Misicka talks with some couples who explain why it's important to them. We also hear from opponents of Swiss legislation granting sa...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9353361-meet-couples-saying-i-do-to-gay-marriage.mp3

In this encore episode of The Swiss Connection, we visit Swiss century-old pen and pencil maker Caran d'Ache. Podcast host Susan Misicka takes a tour of the factory and feels a bit silly when Car...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9266529-why-we-still-need-pens-and-pencils.mp3

Swiss designers gave us the big-name Helvetica and Frutiger typefaces in the 20th century. Now a modern-day designer from Basel is collaborating on a new font that we might soon be seeing a lot m...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9122132-typeface-designer-is-in-love-with-letters.mp3

How soon will we start buying our groceries with Bitcoin? What kind of scams do we need to be aware of? And why is Switzerland so sweet on cryptocurrencies and blockchain? SWI finance corresponde...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9109781-decrypting-cryptocurrency-and-blockchain.mp3

A gorgeous location for a film festival: Locarno in southern Switzerland. The international event features about 200 films in 10 days. But what makes the Locarno Film Festival so special? In this...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/9018080-why-people-love-the-locarno-film-festival.mp3

Swiss architect Renata von Tscharner has devoted over two decades to improving the public spaces along the Charles River in Massachusetts. She even hopes to get people swimming in Boston's so-cal...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8886231-meet-the-swiss-woman-bringing-open-water-swimming-to-boston.mp3

In this episode host Susan Misicka introduces our sister podcast, Inside Geneva. Nuclear weapons were banned by international treaty at the start of 2021. But the treaty doesn’t apply to any of...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8813673-are-nuclear-weapons-really-banned.mp3

The success of Swiss chocolate depends on cocoa beans harvested far away, often with the help of minors. In this episode we discuss whether it's OK for children to work, and how to figure out if ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8738783-should-kids-be-sweating-for-our-chocolate-cravings.mp3

What does soil sound like, and what do those sounds mean? We find out from the world’s first scientist to use acoustics to research the soil and underground biodiversity. Also, we explore some ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8671770-what-soil-sounds-like-and-why-it-matters.mp3

Switzerland missed its target to reduce its carbon footprint in 2020. But there are still some promising developments when it comes to electric mobility in Switzerland – on the roads and up in ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8591859-are-electric-cars-and-planes-the-way-to-go.mp3

In this follow-up to "The Dirt on Digging for Gold" we hear about some measures to make the gold trade more sustainable. Swiss anti-corruption champion Mark Pieth provides insight into the social...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8507054-how-to-clean-up-the-gold-trade.mp3

The past year has been a strange time for all of us. It can be even harder if you’re an expat. One in ten Swiss people lives outside of Switzerland. In this episode, we hear from a few Swiss ci...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8406155-strange-days-checking-in-with-swiss-people-in-america.mp3

Switzerland is the home of some of the world’s biggest pharmaceutical companies. But when it comes to coronavirus vaccines, the Swiss pharma giants are not part of the discussion. How did they ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8318698-what-covid-19-tells-us-about-the-pharma-industry.mp3

The case of a Swiss couple abusing Indian children –  and getting away with it –  shows the limits of the international police network. SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8232777-how-to-catch-a-child-sex-offender.mp3

Multiple spy agencies, secret documents, international intrigue, and a Swiss company's encryption machines are at the heart of this episode. But does anybody really know the whole story? SWI sw...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8149695-crypto-a-spy-thriller-made-in-switzerland.mp3

Switzerland is celebrating a rather awkward anniversary this year. It was only 50 years ago that women got the right to vote at the federal level. What was the hold-up? And what’s still holding...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/8058601-why-women-s-suffrage-took-so-long.mp3

Sometimes changing names and continents is the best way to cope in a pandemic. For Swiss country music singer-songwriter Florian Fox, this meant moving to Nashville, Tennessee. He tells us why he...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/7875217-swiss-johnny-cash-florian-fox-walks-the-line-between-zurich-and-nashville.mp3

Switzerland is the world’s leading gold refiner. But in spite of efforts to make the supply chain more transparent, there are still some big questions about the origins of all this gold, and ho...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/7603516-the-dirt-on-digging-for-gold.mp3

Part three of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness.  If a friend abandoned you in a foreign country, how angry would you be? And how healthy is it to dwell...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/7351864-part-3-why-do-we-get-nostalgic.mp3

Part two of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness.  We "meet" a medical student who attended Basel University in the 17th century, and we try to retrace the...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/7121590-part-2-why-do-we-get-nostalgic.mp3

Part one of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness.  For this we travel back in time to join two backpackers exploring Europe in the 1980s, and we find out h...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/6896972-part-1-why-do-we-get-nostalgic.mp3

In 2020, getting the kind of schooling you want for your kids sometimes meant moving halfway across the world, at the drop of a hat. Meet a Swiss woman in California who did just that. SWI swis...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/6799372-moving-back-to-switzerland-in-a-pandemic.mp3

When you first see her with her sleek bob and glossy fingernails, it’s kind of surprising to learn that Gabriela Martina was raised on a farm. But it’s memories of her rural upbringing that ...

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3462241-the-jazz-singer-with-swiss-folk-roots.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270388-inside-geneva-a-decade-of-war-in-syria.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270406-inside-geneva-the-united-nations-and-china.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270439-the-sound-of-nashville-with-a-swiss-twist.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270442-inside-geneva-what-should-we-be-doing-about-human-rights-violations.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270445-inside-geneva-how-to-deal-with-coronavirus.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270448-inside-geneva-why-humanitarian-groups-go-to-davos.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270451-why-simultaneous-interpreting-is-not-for-the-faint-hearted.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270454-inside-geneva-what-kind-of-year-will-it-be-for-the-un.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270457-science-and-diplomacy-hope-to-save-red-sea-coral.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270460-inside-geneva-humanitarians-and-counter-terror-laws.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270463-meet-the-woman-steering-swiss-foreign-policy-strategy.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270466-learning-life-skills-at-the-circus.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270469-inside-geneva-how-to-cope-with-killer-robots.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270472-mozambique-how-a-peace-deal-gets-made.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270475-inside-geneva-potential-and-pitfalls-for-syrian-peace-talks.mp3

A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270478-inside-geneva-how-the-human-rights-council-works.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270481-switzerland-s-new-us-ambassador-fascinated-to-be-in-washington.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270484-inside-geneva-populist-rhetoric-and-humanitarian-work.mp3

SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

https://www.buzzsprout.com/910414/3270487-discovering-the-secrets-of-lake-geneva.mp3