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: In the trenches

Style File: In the trenches
Thursday, 18 March, 2010The trench coat—always a classic but this season a key fashion item. Clarissa Brooke Turner drops in for a chat about icons, shapes and how to style your trench for Spring 2010:

WORK: Ski patroller

WORK: Ski patroller
Wednesday, 17 March, 2010Victoria Jamieson could not imagine living and working without a mountain within reach. She’s a ski patroller in Verbier.

Health Matters: Thyroid glands

Health Matters: Thyroid glands
Tuesday, 16 March, 2010Dr. Michelle Wright discusses the purpose of your thyroid glands and what happens when it becomes too active or not active enough:

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:

WORK: Film maker

WORK: Film maker
Wednesday, 10 March, 2010Meet Pascal Forney, a young Swiss film maker, on the set of his new production: a short film on a vampire.

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:

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