The Swiss Connection

Oct 29 2024 64 ep. 20 mins 2.2k

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This podcast is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual public service media company in Switzerland. Science and Research with a Swiss Connection.

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Send us a textThe Swiss Connection Podcast is back on October 22 with six new episodes on science happening in Switzerland.SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern Switzerland. It publishes independent news and information in 10 languages about Switzerland for a global audience.

Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP6 Sherry Wong ‘Living in a society where capital is strong and the welfare state is weak‘

Aug 20 2024 24 mins

Send us a textFor artist and researcher Şerife (Sherry) Wong the popular image of visionary geniuses who change the world from their garages is an illusion. “We are idealising the myth of the inventor, the American dream of the man who, from nothing, becomes super rich and changes the world for the better, but...for whom?” asks Wong, who studies the social implications of emer

Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP5 Fred Turner ‘The dream of tech companies serving humanity has turned into a nightmare‘

Aug 13 2024 19 mins

Send us a textIn this episode, we talk to Stanford University professor Fred Turner, who’s been studying the impact of new media technologies on American culture for decades. Turner is also among those most vocal in denouncing the injustices faced by people living and working in Silicon Valley.You can find more written content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: in English in I

Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP4 Pamela Munster ‘From cancer doctor to cancer patient and back again’

Aug 06 2024 20 mins

Send us a textPamela Munster, a world-renowned oncologist, has been working in San Francisco for 15 years. In this episode, she recounts her battle against breast cancer. You can find more written and video content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: in English in French (original) in German Journalist: Marc-André Miserez Host: Jo Fahy Audio editor/Video: Michele Andina Distribu

What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP3 Connected through Innovation

Jul 30 2024 14 mins

Send us a textIn this episode, SWI swissinfo.ch sat down with Claude Zellweger, Google's in-house design guru. We discussed the role of designers in tech innovation, AI, and the future of education. He also shared his thoughts on the challenges facing the tech industry and how we can overcome them by putting people first. You can find more written and video content about this story

What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP2 Swiss start-ups in California

Jul 23 2024 15 mins

Send us a textMore than 150 Swiss start-ups have received a boost from California entrepreneurship, and three of them are already worth $1 billion. This is a source of pride for Swissnex in San Francisco and its CEO, Emilia Pasquier. Hear what she has to say about Swiss innovation in this episode. You can find more written and video content about this story on SWI swissinfo.ch: in

What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley and Hippies: EP1 The potential of human beings

Jul 16 2024 20 mins

Send us a textIn his 50 years in the USA, St. Gallen psychologist and consultant Herman Gyr has never lost faith in human ingenuity, the ability to learn and adapt to even the most adverse circumstances. This is despite the fact that climate change is his biggest concern.In this exclusive interview with SWI swissinfo.ch, Gyr shared his insight into what he thinks are the key influe

Why Are leading Swiss Pharmaceutical Companies Investing in Slovenia?

Apr 23 2024 17 mins

Send us a textPharmaceutical giant Novartis invested billions in Slovenia, helping turn the country into a global player in generic drug production. Now, as cheap Asian competitors increasingly dominate the market, Swiss drug companies see the tiny Balkan nation playing a key role in their shift to more complex, expensive medicines.Articles and videos on Switzerland's investment in

Swiss training for forensic scientists in Africa and Mexico

Apr 16 2024 17 mins

Send us a textForensic science is critical in the search for justice and the fight against impunity. Africa suffers from a dearth of forensic pathologists and Switzerland is helping to boost their numbers with training. In Mexico, forensic scientists need support to help identify the tens of thousands of victims of Mexico's drugs war. The University Centre of Legal Medicine Lausann

Swiss Roman battle site reveals hidden secrets of historic clash

Apr 08 2024 16 mins

Send us a textOver the past two years, experts have unearthed thousands of Roman military artefacts littering a hillside in southeast Switzerland. The first Roman battle site ever discovered in the Alpine country offers clues about what happened there over 2,000 years ago.The article related to this episode and the video interview is available on swissinfo.ch. For other science sto