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Podcasts - SWI swissinfo.ch

Summary: A weekly programme of news and features from Switzerland, from the English service at swissinfo.ch.

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 Taking on the boardroom in the war on inequality | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Why are heroic Swiss women from history less well known and why are modern Swiss women still fighting to get to the top? This week’s programme goes from the conference rooms of international companies, to the battlefields of Switzerland’s history.

 Switzerland, all over the place | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

People leaving the country and troublesome guests arriving…another side to migration.

 Abundant leftovers, from edible to toxic | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Dealing with waste in Switzerland, whether it's hazardous or nutritious.

 Immigration vote remains front and centre | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Nationwide anti-immigration ballot grabs attention abroad but the result in favour of setting quotas for foreigners shows that direct democracy works say specialists.

 The challenges facing Swiss ski resorts | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

What can be done to bring skiers back to the slopes?

 Assisted suicide: dignified death, or euthanasia? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Along with advisors, patients, advocates and critics, swissinfo.ch explores the issue of assisted suicide in Switzerland and around the world

 Gatherings of movers and shakers | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Two international conferences draw world leaders to Switzerland - but what's the attraction?

 Should first-class train carriages be open to all? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A Green politician says yes, most other people say no. Also, discover what life was like in Switzerland as an interned bomber pilot during the Second World War.

 Adapting to life in a multilingual society | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Taking a closer look at language learning

 Looking for solutions as old certainties vanish | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

swissinfo.ch pulls out the crystal ball: how will Switzerland respond to challenges to its tax policies, can it mend its its fractious relationship with the EU and just how much should the country do to help the Middle East.

 What's the mystery of Appenzell? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

swissinfo.ch investigates the secrets and traditions of a 500-year-old canton.

 What does it take to be number one? | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The side-effects of being Glencore: not everyone wants your money. And is Switzerland home to the next Stephen Hawking?

 Getting the story behind the stories | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

A new leader is elected in Bern, swissinfo journalists share tales from the road, and the music of Queen is remembered in Montreux.

 Going, going, gone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Swiss armed forces brace themselves for a leaner future, how heroin prescription has gone from bogeyman to mainstream in just a few years and a new - and long extinct - species makes itself known.

 Going, going, gone | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

The Swiss armed forces brace themselves for a leaner future, how heroin prescription has gone from bogeyman to mainstream in just a few years and a new - and long extinct - species makes itself known.

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