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The Ministry of No Silly Dancing Edition - Week 11 - 2019
In a week when the government agreed to bring in a "polluter pays" tax on CO2 emissions, the atmosphere turned poisonous at an Amsterdam school where…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Belgium is Cancelled Edition - Week 10 - 2019
Plenty of ground to cover in this week's podcast, from Ajax's swashbuckling conquest of Madrid to Wopke Hoekstra's peacemaking mission to Paris and a…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Magnificent Solo Gift Card Edition - Week 9 - 2019
A week of impulse buys and dodgy transactions is capped by the Dutch government increasing its stake in Air France-KLM, sparking ophef in Paris and c…
7 years, 3 months ago
The Jihadi Daycare Edition - Week 8 - 2019
The sound of doors slamming shut runs through this week's podcast as the Netherlands says it will turn away returning IS fighters, Venezuela closes i…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Everyone's a Muppet Edition - Week 7 - 2019
A blockbuster edition of the podcast this week as the Dutch government sends in Stef Blok to wrestle with a muppet named Brexit and try to beat Venez…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Whistling Dixit Edition - Week 6 - 2019
There's an end of days feel to the podcast as we review a week in which schoolchildren took a collective day off to demand urgent action on global wa…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Tweede Derde Vierde Kamer Mint Edition - Week 5 - 2019
It's a high-stakes edition of the podcast as political parties are banned from receiving foreign donations, the government sees an €8 million Rubens …
7 years, 4 months ago
The Barefoot Refugees Edition - Week 4 - 2019
Dirty money and clean air are the hot topics on this week's podcast as the government is warned it won't meet the targets for CO2 emissions in the Ur…
7 years, 4 months ago
The Blame David Cameron Edition - Week 3 - 2019
It may be winter outside, but there's been plenty to get hot under the collar about on the news front this week. Amsterdam's most infamous neighbourh…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Bonfire of the Ophefs Edition - Week 2 - 2019
The podcast returns after the Christmas holidays to blaze a trail through the opening week of the year. We ask why a 48-metre bonfire on a beach on a…
7 years, 5 months ago