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Lunch with WRS
Lunch With WRS: Hostage negotiator George Kohlrieser
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013WRS’s Lucas Chambers talks to an IMD Business School professor and hostage negotiator who’s come a long way from the days psychopaths used to hold knives to his throat. George Kohlrieser drew on his extreme experiences to write bestsellers on good management tactics, and he’ll be telling us why caring is daring:
Wednesday, 22 May, 2013WRS’s Lucas Chambers talks to an IMD Business School professor and hostage negotiator who’s come a long way from the days psychopaths used to hold knives to his throat. George Kohlrieser drew on his extreme experiences to write bestsellers on good management tactics, and he’ll be telling us why caring is daring:
Lunch With WRS: Peter Reber, musician, Eurovision contender
Wednesday, 15 May, 2013WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Peter Reber, Swiss singer songwriter who participated in a number of Eurovision Song Contests over the years. “I never was convinced I got the ultimate solution to winning,” he says. He weighs in on the heart-stopping moments and the many memories:
Wednesday, 15 May, 2013WRS’s Dave Goodman talks to Peter Reber, Swiss singer songwriter who participated in a number of Eurovision Song Contests over the years. “I never was convinced I got the ultimate solution to winning,” he says. He weighs in on the heart-stopping moments and the many memories:
Lunch with WRS: Alexander Joel, conductor
Wednesday, 17 April, 2013His critics are few in the upper echelons of classical music, and his fans many. British-German conductor Alexander Joel, a graduate of the Vienna Academy of music, has held distinguished positions in various German and Viennese opera houses. WRS’s Susan Flory sits down with the conductor to talk about his lively, vital style in the pit and Geneva Opera’s Madame Butterfly, which opens Saturday, April 20:
Wednesday, 17 April, 2013His critics are few in the upper echelons of classical music, and his fans many. British-German conductor Alexander Joel, a graduate of the Vienna Academy of music, has held distinguished positions in various German and Viennese opera houses. WRS’s Susan Flory sits down with the conductor to talk about his lively, vital style in the pit and Geneva Opera’s Madame Butterfly, which opens Saturday, April 20:
Lunch with WRS: Installation artists Lang/Baumann
Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Imagine a staircase to nowhere with doors at either end that clearly function only in your imagination. This week, WRS’s Susan Flory sits down with installation artists Lang/Baumann. From their base outside Bern, they’ve been creating head-spinning, space-altering structures that make you gasp and smile and wonder what next:
Wednesday, 10 April, 2013Imagine a staircase to nowhere with doors at either end that clearly function only in your imagination. This week, WRS’s Susan Flory sits down with installation artists Lang/Baumann. From their base outside Bern, they’ve been creating head-spinning, space-altering structures that make you gasp and smile and wonder what next:
Lunch With WRS: The many sides (and nails) of comic Eddie Izzard
Wednesday, 27 March, 2013WRS’s Catherine Allen talks to Eddie Izzard, comic, multiple marathon runner and transvestite. Yet he is resolutely straight. And he is committed to performing his comedy in multiple languages, starting with French:
Wednesday, 27 March, 2013WRS’s Catherine Allen talks to Eddie Izzard, comic, multiple marathon runner and transvestite. Yet he is resolutely straight. And he is committed to performing his comedy in multiple languages, starting with French:
Lunch with WRS: Ai Weiwei, artist and political activist
Wednesday, 13 March, 2013Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, while of course known for his work, including with Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron on the Beijing Olympic stadium, is also known as a political activist. Last week he headed the jury for the International Film Festival on Human Rights in Geneva (FIFDH), but from his home in Beijing, as his passport was taken away. This is an expanded version of the interview previously aired on WRS, and conducted by Tomasz Sajewicz:
Wednesday, 13 March, 2013Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, while of course known for his work, including with Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron on the Beijing Olympic stadium, is also known as a political activist. Last week he headed the jury for the International Film Festival on Human Rights in Geneva (FIFDH), but from his home in Beijing, as his passport was taken away. This is an expanded version of the interview previously aired on WRS, and conducted by Tomasz Sajewicz:
Lunch With WRS: Petula Clark...'I don't look back!'
Wednesday, 27 February, 2013WRS’s Dave Goodman sits down for a good long chat with singer Petula Clark, who is out with a new album, Lost in You. She discusses how she ended up in Geneva and all about her career and her life here:
Wednesday, 27 February, 2013WRS’s Dave Goodman sits down for a good long chat with singer Petula Clark, who is out with a new album, Lost in You. She discusses how she ended up in Geneva and all about her career and her life here:
Lunch With WRS: René Fasel, International Ice Hockey Federation president
Wednesday, 13 February, 2013René Fasel is president of the International Ice Hockey Federation and winter sports rep on the International Olympic Committee’s executive board. He was a dentist for 20 years and never thought he’d combine his hobby and passion with a profession in the hockey world. He talks to WRS’s Jo Fahy:
Wednesday, 13 February, 2013René Fasel is president of the International Ice Hockey Federation and winter sports rep on the International Olympic Committee’s executive board. He was a dentist for 20 years and never thought he’d combine his hobby and passion with a profession in the hockey world. He talks to WRS’s Jo Fahy:
Lunch With WRS: Ultra-distance runner Lizzy Hawker
Wednesday, 6 February, 2013WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to ultra-distance runner Lizzy Hawker. She is considered one of the best in the world and lives in the canton of Graubünden. She tells Vincent about how she almost stumbled into the sport:
Wednesday, 6 February, 2013WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to ultra-distance runner Lizzy Hawker. She is considered one of the best in the world and lives in the canton of Graubünden. She tells Vincent about how she almost stumbled into the sport:
Lunch With WRS: Extreme sports legend Géraldine Fasnacht
Wednesday, 30 January, 2013Géraldine Fasnacht has been on skis since she could walk. At nine, she learned snowboarding and later entered the world of adrenaline sports—when few women were involved, as a base jumper. Last weekend, she jumped off a balloon with a wingsuit at the Château-d’Oex festival. And that’s just one of her daring adventures. WRS’s Lucas Chambers went to meet her to discuss her life as a woman and athlete in extreme sports:
Wednesday, 30 January, 2013Géraldine Fasnacht has been on skis since she could walk. At nine, she learned snowboarding and later entered the world of adrenaline sports—when few women were involved, as a base jumper. Last weekend, she jumped off a balloon with a wingsuit at the Château-d’Oex festival. And that’s just one of her daring adventures. WRS’s Lucas Chambers went to meet her to discuss her life as a woman and athlete in extreme sports:
