The dirt on digging for gold
Switzerland is the world’s leading gold refiner. But in spite of efforts to make the supply chain more transparent, there are still some big questions about the origins of all this gold, and how it's ...
2 Feb 202119min
Part 3: Why do we get nostalgic?
Part three of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness. If a friend abandoned you in a foreign country, how angry would you be? And how healthy is it to dwell on th...
19 Jan 202125min
Part 2: Why do we get nostalgic?
Part two of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness. We "meet" a medical student who attended Basel University in the 17th century, and we try to retrace the steps...
5 Jan 202128min
Part 1: Why do we get nostalgic?
Part one of a three-part series about the connection between nostalgia and homesickness. For this we travel back in time to join two backpackers exploring Europe in the 1980s, and we find out how the...
22 Des 202018min
Moving back to Switzerland in a pandemic
In 2020, getting the kind of schooling you want for your kids sometimes meant moving halfway across the world, at the drop of a hat. Meet a Swiss woman in California who did just that. Send us Fan Mai...
16 Des 202022min
The jazz singer with Swiss folk roots
When you first see her with her sleek bob and glossy fingernails, it’s kind of surprising to learn that Gabriela Martina was raised on a farm. But it’s memories of her rural upbringing that power some...
19 Apr 202011min
Inside Geneva: A decade of war in Syria
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26 Mar 202025min
Inside Geneva: the United Nations and China
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22 Mar 202031min
