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Sandra Hueskes from Find My Swiss School

Broadcast on: 12 November, 2024

There are a million questions that come up during an international move, and one of the most pressing for families is: Where do I send my kids to school? This is no simple question. Finding and vetting schools and arranging enrollment can be a challenge, and the choice of a school can shape a family’s social life and cultural adjustment.

December

Lisa Chuma, Drumming at Fasnacht, Best Sights To See - Tinguely Fountain

Broadcast on: 17 February, 2015

Lisa Chuma is a 30-year-old innovative, open-minded, inspiring and heart-centred entrepreneur who moved to Switzerland 3 years ago as a trailing spouse without a job. This Zimbabwean-born and -raised entrepreneur has quickly become a role model to many due to her courage and risk-taking attitude.

Sue Style, Rob Stuart

Broadcast on: 10 February, 2015

We're always delighted to have Sue Style on the show - this time to talk about the tradition of pre-Lenten/Carnival foods, cue for a load of wondrously rich and stupendously fattening deep-fried pastries and other goodies that were traditionally scoffed in anticipation of a lean time during Lent:

Money Logging, Pre-Fasnacht Show Drummeli

Broadcast on: 3 February, 2015

Lukas Straumann is the author of the controversial new book Money Logging: On the Trail of the Asian Timber Mafia. Money Logging investigates the massive destruction of the Borneo rainforest by Malaysian loggers.

Professional Women's Group Basel, Best Sights To See - Basel's City Gates

Broadcast on: 27 January, 2015

This week, Laura Salvador and Isabelle Valibus of the Professional Women's Group of Basel (PWG) came to the Radio X Studios.

Shoe Design, Sue Style's Museum Cafes

Broadcast on: 20 January, 2015

Museums Night 2015, SBB Short Breaks

Broadcast on: 13 January, 2015

It's Museums Night 2015 this Friday - always a great event to wander around a museum or ten at 1 in the morning. We talked to Eva Keller of the Cultural Department Basel-Stadt, who is responsible for Museums Night. She told us what Museums Night is, where to go as a family, and how to get from museum to museum.

Basel Chamber Voices, Rob Stuart, Theatre Preview

Broadcast on: 6 January, 2015

Catherine Nisato of Basel Chamber Voices came into the studio this week to tell us about the choir's upcoming

Our Special New Year's Show 2014!

Broadcast on: 30 December, 2014

On the second-to-last day of 2014, The English Show team bring you a special New Year's Show! It's our "lite" version with more music than ever, each song hand-picked by the team as their track of the year. And they are:

Jessie J - Bang Bang

Blonde - I Loved You (feat. Melissa Steel)

Pharrell Williams - Happy

Ed Sheeran - Sing

PRhyme - U Looz

Arctic Monkeys - One For The Road

Lion Babe - Jungle Lady

Mr Probz - Waves

Idina Menzel - Let It Go (from "Frozen")

Cabin Pressure, Winter Depression

Broadcast on: 23 December, 2014

We had comedy as well as (winter) depression on this week's show - the whole range of human emotions in one tidy package.

Hoi: Your Swiss German Survival Guide, Sue Style

Broadcast on: 16 December, 2014

This week, we talked to the authors of Hoi: Your New Swiss German Survival Guide, Sergio Lievano and Nicole Egger, about the new edition of their book now available. The book is an essential and FUN guide to Swiss German language and culture.