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The Hairpin Turns and Tongue Twisters Edition - Week 37 - 2023
The animal rights party PvdD completed its metamorphosis into a fully fledged Dutch political party this week with a bloody, bare-knuckled power stru…
3 years ago
The Pim-Pam-Pipigate Edition – Week 36 – 2023
This week the main political parties set out their stalls as the campaign for the first Rutte-free election in 20 years gathers momentum. Asylum mini…
3 years ago
The Orange Kermispenis Edition - Week 35 - 2023
As is tradition in September, the cabinet’s plans for the coming year will strategically leak in the weeks before the budget is officially presented …
3 years ago
The Revolting Komkommers and Chateau Almere Edition - Week 34 - 2023
The podcast returns to chew over the latest developments in the election campaign. Pieter Omtzigt steps into the fray, Dilan Yesilgöz steps into Mark…
3 years ago
The Groundhog Day Is Over Edition - Emergency Resignation Special
A special edition of the DutchNews podcast focuses the collapse of the cabinet, the end of the Rutte era and the upcoming election. Will immigration …
3 years, 2 months ago
The Rutte on a Sticky Wicket Edition - Week 27 - 2023
As we recorded this week's podcast, it was unclear if Mark Rutte was going to a step further than Vladimir Putin and stage a mutiny against his own g…
3 years, 2 months ago
The H'ART and Headscarves Edition - Week 26 - 2023
Justice minister Dilan Yesilgöz lends the far right a veil of respectability by backing a PVV proposal to ban police from wearing headscarves. Farmer…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Megabrothel Roadblock Edition - Week 25 - 2023
In an explosive week for education, schools minister Dennis Wiersma's short fuse detonated for the last time and universities erupted in protest agai…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Planes, Trains and Tractors Edition - Week 24 - 2023
The king announces he'll be taking regular train services after the decision to retire the royal carriage. He'll be able to travel to with NS, QBuzz …
3 years, 3 months ago
The Tulips Are Cancelled Edition - Week 23 - 2023
It's a bad week for European connections as the eurozone slips into recession and Eurostar trains to Amsterdam face being suspended for seven months.…
3 years, 3 months ago