The Mix

Weekdays from 11.00 to 14.00

with Pete Forster during the week, and Susan Flory on Wednesdays

Missed an early morning interview or a story that grabbed your attention? Would you like to have lunch with the major players that make up Switzerland? Or have you wondered whether lemon trees grow better in Valais or in Ticino? What’s the secret behind a good rösti? Looking for tips in raising kids in a foreign country?

Every weekday Pete Forster, and Susan Flory on Wednesdays, orchestrate The Mix: a smorgasbord of thematic segments, interviews, columns, and original information about Switzerland. Tune in to The Mix and tune in to what’s going on around you.

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Style File: Prints and princesses

Style File: Prints and princesses
Thursday, 11 March, 2010As the stores fill up with prints from tribal to floral this spring, Hansine Johnston talks to Stefan Hottinger Behmer about the key prints, who is designing them, and how to wear them. Plus the Swiss queen of monochrome style Christa de Carouge reveals why she will never use prints and we take a look at the best and worst of the Oscar dresses, prints and otherwise.

Lunch with WRS: Jeff Danziger

Lunch with WRS: Jeff Danziger
Wednesday, 10 March, 2010Susan Flory invites political cartoonist Jeff Danziger to the table:

Health Matters: Dementia and memory loss

Health Matters: Dementia and memory loss
Tuesday, 9 March, 2010Dr. Michelle Wright takes us through the signs and symptoms of dementia—and how to cope if you or someone you love suffers from it:

Bookmark: March 2010 edition

Bookmark: March 2010 edition
Tuesday, 9 March, 2010

Pete Forster and the Bookmark panel discuss:

• I.O.U.: Why Everyone Owes Everyone and No One Can Pay by John Lanchester
• The Invention of Everything Else by Samantha Hunt
• Remarkable Creatures by Tracy Chevalier

Uncorked: Swiss solution to age-old wine buying problem

Uncorked: Swiss solution to age-old wine buying problem
Tuesday, 9 March, 2010Who can you trust in the bottle store? Wine writer Jack Turner introduces us to a Swiss website that mashes up the data from all those wine rankings, medals and competition awards to give a more reliable weighted ranking system:

Kids in Mind: Father and son

Kids in Mind: Father and son
Monday, 8 March, 2010Child psychotherapist Rachel Melville-Thomas talks about how to engage this tricky relationship from the beginning:

Dig It! Garden Doctor is in...

Dig It! Garden Doctor is in...
Friday, 5 March, 2010Hester Macdonald puts on her white coat and gloves to tackle your listener questions once again. This month she’s got cases of tricky slopes, fairy rings and summer colour:

Style File: Made in... Basel

Style File: Made in... Basel
Thursday, 4 March, 2010On this week’s show Hansine Johnston and Celeste Duvoisin uncover home grown fashion labels and quirky design from Basel. They talk to designer Claudia Gudel about her pure design ethic and who she would most like to dress.

Lunch with WRS: Myret Zaki

Lunch with WRS: Myret Zaki
Wednesday, 3 March, 2010WRS’s Susan Flory invites Myret Zaki, Deputy Editor of Bilan and author of the definitive book charting the woes of Switzerland’s biggest bank, UBS: Les dessous d’un scandale:

Health Matters: Donating your organs

Health Matters: Donating your organs
Tuesday, 2 March, 2010Organ donation and transplantation saves many lives. Dr. Michelle Wright talks to Dr. Franz Immer, CEO and Director for the Swiss National Foundation for organ donation and transplantation, about what organs can be donated and exaclty how the system works in Switzerland.

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