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The Pick On An Empress Your Own Size Edition - Week 25 - 2026
The Japanese emperor visits the national war memorial to commemorate the victims of his country's occupation of Indonesia. Over at the World Cup, Ora…
1 day, 10 hours ago
The Book Arrest and Organ Joke Edition - Week 24 - 2026
New European rules on asylum come into force, but the Dutch immigration service warns it will take a year to clear the backlog. An extradition treaty…
1 week, 2 days ago
The Vitesse Arnhem of Cabinets Edition - Week 23 - 2026
In the wake of the recent asylum riots, we unpick the Dutch far-right landscape with the help of Leiden university professor Sarah de Lange. Voters' …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
The Herding Cats and Chasing Cheeses Edition - Week 22 - 2026
Social affairs minister Hans Vijlbrief cans the cabinet’s plans to extend the retirement age in the hope of avoiding a summer of strikes. Accusations…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
The Fishermen's Final Day Derby Dogfight Edition - Week 21 - 2026
As the atmosphere outside asylum centres grows heated and the debate becomes increasingly poisonous, Rob Jetten sends in a crack team of civil servan…
1 month ago
The Keep Calm And Sail To Tenerife Edition - Week 19 - 2026
An outbreak of a rat-borne virus on a cruise ship triggers mass anxiety as phrases like "self-isolation" and "test and trace" re-enter the lexicon. L…
1 month, 1 week ago
The Ready... Aim... Wildfire Edition - Week 18 - 2026
The army is feeling the heat after several wildfires break out during training excercises in tinderbox conditions. The king gets his skates on and st…
1 month, 2 weeks ago
The Marjolein Faber's Legacy of Chaos Edition - Week 17 - 2026
Vaudevillian scenes in the Senate as the PVV block their own asylum bill before blaming D66 for not wanting to soil their hands with it. The cabinet …
1 month, 4 weeks ago
The Women Take Over The Podcast (Again) Edition - Week 16 - 2026
Those who can, plan; those who can't, plan scenarios. At any rate, that seems to be how the Dutch government is preparing for the impending crisis tr…
2 months ago
The Crazy World of Arthur Brand Edition - Week 15 - 2026
The Netherlands promises to help keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but only once the hellfire has died down. Continuing the theme of negotiating with s…
2 months, 1 week ago