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The Blok's Book of Bigots Edition - Week 36 - 2018
The podcast returns after the summer hiatus with news of a foreign minister fighting to stay in his job, two children fighting to stay in the country…
8 years ago
The Groundhog Ophef Edition - Week 28 - 2018
With the summer break looming, we decided to pick out our favourite examples of 'ophef' - those tornados of outrage that blow up on social media only…
8 years, 1 month ago
The Rutte Gets Busy Edition - Week 27 - 2018
As one of the longest droughts on record continues, examiners are feeling the heat after an administrative meltdown leaves hundreds of students in Li…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Everything Is Miserable Edition - Week 26 - 2018
Own goals, defensive stalemates and an unorthodox formation – no, not the World Cup, but Rotterdam's talks to find a coalition, which finally conclud…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Canna-Business As Usual Edition - Week 25 - 2018
The podcast team looks back at a week of contrasts, as falling crime levels lead the government to consider closing more prisons while rising sea lev…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Balls, Bans and Bangs Edition - Week 24 - 2018
The podcast team looks back at a week in which the government decided that burqas were a bigger threat to society than stray fireworks, a school in D…
8 years, 2 months ago
The Did You Spill My Coffee Edition - Week 23 - 2018
This week's podcast asks if Amsterdam can hold back the rampant spread of tourism in the age of Airbnb and stag weekends. We also look back at a week…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Crunching Councils, Sleeping Lion Edition - Week 22 - 2018
This week's podcast brings you up to date on the process of forming council administrations after this year's local elections. Elsewhere, torrential …
8 years, 3 months ago
The 8% is the Goldilocks Zone of Communism Edition - Week 21 - 2018
This week's podcast looks at the ramifications of the latest developments in the MH17 inquiry as the Dutch government and joint investigation team po…
8 years, 3 months ago
The Ophefgeddon Edition - Week 20 - 2018
The podcast returns after a two-week break with a round-up of the minor outrages that have been swirling round social media, from the French family w…
8 years, 3 months ago