Enough politics: we’ve got a nature-themed episode for you this week. Producer Katz Laszlo joins Katy to explain how Austria’s environment minister went rogue to save the EU’s hugely important nature restoration law; we’re also talking about the German town that just voted to kill all its pigeons. And in the human world: the podcast that brings Scandinavians together in their own languages. Hilde Sandvik takes us behind the scenes of ‘Norsken, svensken og dansken’, a show described as family therapy for neighbouring nations.
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Hilde is one of the board members of NORD 55, an initiative seeking to build public debate in the Nordic region. You can listen to ‘Norsken, svensken og dansken’ here via NRK.
This week’s Inspiration Station picks: Garden to Grill and ‘Midsummer Night’.
Other resources:
‘Pigeon problems: German town votes to have birds killed, outraging animal rights’ activists’ - Euronews, July 12, 2024
‘How do we survive the media apocalypse?’ - Search Engine, March 15, 2024
00:22 Summer plunges and untranslatable words
04:19 Good Week: Europe's plants and animals
16:17 Bad Week: The pigeons of Limburg
28:43 Interview: Hilde Sandvik on creating Scandinavia's cross-border, multilingual podcast
41:03 The Inspiration Station: 'Garden to Grill' and 'Midsummer Night'
44:52 Happy Ending: Wild times for Windy
Producers: Katy Lee and Wojciech Oleksiak
Mixing and mastering: Wojciech Oleksiak
Music: Jim Barne and Mariska Martina
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