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Choose a Tune - Amy (3-7 August)
Mid Morning Mix
Amy is this week's 'Choose a Tune' guest on the Mid Morning Mix. She's chosen 5 songs based on the following themes: - Monday: Motivate me! - Tuesday: "This i...
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La Garenne - Wildlife rescue centre in Vaud
Mid Morning Mix
La Garenne is a wildlife rescue centre in Vaud. The animals at the park can all be found in Switzerland and many of the animals came to them as orphans or were wounded. Where possible, they will al...
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Walking 55 million steps with ESCA Cancer Support
Mid Morning Mix
ESCA CancerSupport provide emotional support, practical help, well-being activities and a welcoming community in English to anyone affected by cancer. Although their Geneva Centre is currently...
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UN Roundup - Wildfires in Siberia
UN Roundup
27 July 2020. On today's UN Round-up: 1 - Siberian wildfires require urgent climate action. “Some parts of Siberia this week have again topped 30 ...
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Dig It! Chillis, Cherries, Cats & Coriander
Dig It!
Garden Doctor Hester Macdonald steps into the studio with Katt Cullen to run through all of your garden questions.
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UN Roundup - UN chief’s strongest appeal yet to tackle inequality
UN Roundup
20 July 2020. On today's UN Round-up: 1 - WHO's Covid19 update. 2 - On Saturday 18 July, the UN chief Antonio Guterres made his strongest appeal yet to t...
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The economic reset of covid19: putting people & planet in line with profits
Mid Morning Mix
With increasingly worrying reports about the state of the economy, it’s an interesting perspective to view this as an opportunity to “reset“ and work towards a more sustainable fu...
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Dig It! Magical Swiss Gardens (13 July 2020)
Dig It!
This is the last Dig It before our summer break, and as many people will be taking their holidays in Switzerland, this is a great opportunity to explore some magical Swiss gardens. Some of the gard...
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UN Roundup - Nelson Mandela virtual lecture
UN Roundup
13 July 2020. On today's UN Round-up: 1 - COVID update & UNAIDS warns that the world’s HIV response is still failing children. 2 - Waiting to declare famine &lsquo...
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Choose a Tune - Daisy (13-17 July)
Mid Morning Mix
Daisy is this week's 'Choose a Tune' guest on the Mid Morning Mix. She's chosen 5 songs based on the following themes: - Monday: Motivate me! - Tuesday: "This...
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McKay Interview: The Reverend Dr William McComish (13 July 2020)
The McKay Interview
This week, Michael is talking to Bill McComish. He will be well-known to many of you. Whether you are Genevois, Christian, Protestant or just from the UK, you will probably know, or know of, the Re...
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Communication Coach Amy Carroll on talking through tension
Mid Morning Mix
Amy Carroll is a Communication Coach, Trainer, Speaker & Author. Today we're looking at some of the communication issues that arise during a pandemic and how to best approach them. Amy e...
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Swiss Up! How Unemployment Insurance works (8 July 2020)
Swiss Up!
On this week's Swiss Up, Dario tells us the basics of the Swiss unemployment system. We certainly don't want to need to know - but for many, it's a risk.
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Gadget Guru - a fancy Weber BBQ thermometer
Gadget Guru
This week Paul Bristow looks at the gadgetry you need to move your BBQ into the 21st century.
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Health Matters: Basic Life Support during Covid-19 (9 July 2020)
Health matters
Knowing how to give Basic Life Support can save a person’s life if their heart and breathing have stopped. Dr Michelle explains the important adaptations when giving Basic Life Support during the C...
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Gadget Guru - SwissCovid contact tracing app
Gadget Guru
Paul Bristow has taken a look at the contact tracing app for this week's Gadget Guru episode...
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Making Carouge part of your staycation
Mid Morning Mix
Today we speak to Cecilia Campeas from the Ville de Carouge about the architecture, ambiance and activities in Carouge that make it a perfect place to visit for this summer's staycation. Tod...
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Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies - Covid19 Third Wave: an update
Mid Morning Mix
At the end of March we spoke to Dr Karl Blanchet from the Geneva Centre of Humanitarian Studies (formally CERAH) about the potentially devasting effects of Covid19's "third wave", and...
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Dating in the new normal - Trea from SuccessMatch.ch speaks to us
The Breakfast Show
While we were all locked-down, some people kept their dating hopes alive using technology. Trea from www.successmatch.ch says it's likely to become a favoured way of making that first contact i...
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UN Roundup - hydroxychloroquine trials discontinued
UN Roundup
6 July 2020. On today's UN Round-up: 1 - COVID update on international drug trials to beat the bug: The World Health Organization (WHO) said at the weekend that it was discontinuing ...
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Former UN Special Rapporteur calls for Palais Wilson re-name
The Breakfast Show
In the wake of the Black Lives Matter campaign – more attention is being drawn to the past lives of famous people, and the views they held. Former US President, Woodrow Wilson is now in the s...
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Dig It! New nursery in Fribourg (6 July 2020)
Dig It!
This week on Dig It we are visiting a brand new nursery in the Canton of Fribourg, the Pépinière d'Agnens, run by Ludivine Weber and Alexis Choffat. They started the nursery last autumn and expecte...
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