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Election Night Special - The Thank God You're Not Hugo Edition - Week 11 - 2021
We react to a dramatic exit poll that the election campaign scarcely deserved, with big wins for D66, disappointment for PVV and CDA and devastation …
5 years, 3 months ago
The Superspreading Nazi Hippos Edition - Week #10 - 2021
In a week dominated by elections, infections and corrections, Mark Rutte engaged some elaborate verbal trickery to justify extending the coronavirus …
5 years, 3 months ago
The It´s All Happening In Drenthe Edition - Week 9 - 2021
A mixed week for boutique entrepreneurs as hairdressers and beauticians went back to work while cafe owners and sex workers protested against the loc…
5 years, 3 months ago
The Dancing German Gangsters Edition - Week 8 - 2021
The third wave of coronavirus rolls in just as deliveries of the vaccine grind to a halt and Amsterdam becomes the superspreading capital. Shipments …
5 years, 3 months ago
The Dreadlocked Lockdown Deadlock Edition - Week 7 - 2021
Alarm bells rang in The Hague this week as a judge struck out the coronavirus curfew, prompting a mad scramble to get a new version through parliamen…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Wrong Way Icebreaker Edition - Week 6 - 2021
Coronavirus plays second fiddle to skating fever this week as temperatures plunge and politicians call for the Elfstedentocht to go ahead, whether Fr…
5 years, 4 months ago
The Hugo Is Skating On Thin Ice Edition - Week 5 - 2021
The Netherlands is bracing itself for its biggest freeze in a decade, but it still won't be as cold as the relationship between health minister Hugo …
5 years, 4 months ago
The Demissionary Corona Edition - Week 4 - 2021
First the government collapses, then law and order breaks down on the streets of Zwolle. January 2021 is shaping up to be quite a month. The podcast …
5 years, 4 months ago
The This Debate Should Have Been An Email Edition - Week 3 - 2021
The government caved to pressure this week to bring in a 9pm curfew, after five hours of furious debate about what time it should begin. All fingers …
5 years, 5 months ago
Extra Episode - The On Your Bike, Rutte Edition - Week 2 - 2021
A special edition of the podcast following the collective resignation of Mark Rutte's cabinet on Friday. We ask what this means for the families invo…
5 years, 5 months ago