Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTypeface designer is in love with letters
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…
4 years, 11 months ago
Decrypting cryptocurrency and blockchain
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 cryptocurr…
5 years ago
Why people love the Locarno Film Festival
A gorgeous location for a film festival: Locarno in southern Switzerland. The international event features about 200 films in 10 days. But what makes…
5 years ago
Meet the Swiss woman bringing open water swimming to Boston
Swiss architect Renata von Tscharner has devoted over two decades to improving the public spaces along the Charles River in Massachusetts. She even h…
5 years, 1 month ago
Are nuclear weapons really banned?
In this episode host Susan Misicka introduces our sister podcast, Inside Geneva. Nuclear weapons were banned by international treaty at the start of …
5 years, 1 month ago
Should kids be sweating for our chocolate cravings?
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 f…
5 years, 2 months ago
What soil sounds like and why it matters
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 unde…
5 years, 2 months ago
Are electric cars and planes the way to go?
Switzerland missed its target to reduce its carbon footprint in 2020. But there are still some promising developments when it comes to electric mobil…
5 years, 3 months ago
How to clean up the gold trade
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 champi…
5 years, 3 months ago
Strange days: checking in with Swiss people in America
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. …
5 years, 4 months ago