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DutchNews
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Jun 8, 2018 • 34min
The Did You Spill My Coffee Edition - Week 23 - 2018
This week's podcast asks if Amsterdam can hold back the rampant spread of tourism in the age of Airbnb and stag weekends. We also look back at a week in which Mark Rutte's handiness with a mop broke the internet, universities once again asked if English is taking over on campus, AD's fishy judging panels kicked up a stink and two fallen giants of world football went through the motions in Turin.
Liner notes: https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/06/dutchnews-podcast-the-did-you-spill-my-coffee-edition-week-23

Jun 1, 2018 • 35min
The Crunching Councils, Sleeping Lion Edition - Week 22 - 2018
This week's podcast brings you up to date on the process of forming council administrations after this year's local elections. Elsewhere, torrential rain causes havoc around the country, the Dutch government gets tough on Russia over the MH17 inquiry, opposition grows to reforming the 30% tax ruling, and a court makes a groundbreaking ruling on gender neutrality. We also look at how Tom Dumoulin narrowly missed out on the Giro d'Italia title and what happened when a purloined lion-shaped pearl went under the hammer.
If you live in the Eindhoven area, you can now listen to the DutchNews podcast on Radio 4 Brainport at radio4brainport.org or on AM radio at 747 mHz.
https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/06/dutchnews-podcast-the-crunching-councils-sleeping-lion-edition-week-22

May 25, 2018 • 31min
The 8% is the Goldilocks Zone of Communism Edition - Week 21 - 2018
This week's podcast looks at the ramifications of the latest developments in the MH17 inquiry as the Dutch government and joint investigation team point the finger of blame squarely at Russia. We also find out about the Friesland community came up with an eye-catching additional member to the European Capital of Culture programme, why a soldier is being given a ceremonial burial four centuries after he died and who won the battle of the Dicks on the football field. In the discussion we ask if the Dutch system of holiday pay is a nice little seasonal sweetener or a paternalistic anachronism.
Liner notes: https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/05/dutchnews-podcast-the-8-is-the-goldilocks-zone-of-communism-edition

May 18, 2018 • 44min
The Ophefgeddon Edition - Week 20 - 2018
The podcast returns after a two-week break with a round-up of the minor outrages that have been swirling round social media, from the French family who cheated death at a safari park to Hema's protracted protractors and Thierry Baudet's unsettling ode to a baguette. Elsewhere, find out why Mark Rutte had some unlikely guests on his flight back from the Caribbean, how Amsterdam is planning to turn back the tourist tide and why universities are concerned about the growth of English-language classes. And in sport, we catch up with Tom Dumoulin's bid for a second Giro title and attempt to untangle the Byzantine permutations of the end-of-season Eredivisie play-offs.

May 4, 2018 • 36min
The Shortbread and Chill Edition - Week 18 - 2018
Liner notes: https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/05/dutchnews-podcast-the-shortbread-and-chill-edition-week-18

Apr 26, 2018 • 31min
The Missing Gordon Is Taxing Edition - Week 17 - 2018
It's a special King's Day podcast this week as the team examine the Dutch tradition of donning inflatable headgear and flogging your unwanted Dire Straits CDs to unsuspecting neighbours. We also find out why the prime minister was caught out by some unmemorable memos, why Turkey was upset about Menno and why expats are up in arms about the 30% ruling. Plus how a Dutch city gave a ringing endorsement to the late Swedish DJ Avicii.
Dividend Tax Memos
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/rutte-does-u-turn-and-pledges-to-release-documents-on-dividend-tax/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/dutch-prime-minister-faces-stormy-debate-over-dividend-tax-memos/
30% Ruling
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/government-to-cut-time-limit-for-30-rule-from-next-year/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/no-transition-period-for-expats-hit-by-30-ruling-cuts-ministry-says/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/opposition-parties-unit-to-censure-prime-minister-over-dividend-tax-memos/
Armenian Genocide
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/dutch-minister-attends-armenian-genocide-commemorations-for-first-time/
Bikes
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/for-the-first-time-more-cyclists-are-killed-on-the-dutch-roads-than-people-in-cars/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/features/2018/04/red-light-air-pollution-measurement-bike-shows-traffic-hotspots/
Sports
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/van-persie-ponders-future-with-feyenoord-after-scoring-in-knvb-cup-win/
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/house-where-football-legend-johan-cruijff-grew-up-is-available-for-rent/
Avicii
https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2018/04/utrechts-tribute-to-dance-maestro-avicii-goes-around-the-world/

Apr 20, 2018 • 33min
The More Coke, Less Drop Edition - Week 16 - 2018
We have a second shot at discussing the war on drugs in the week's podcast: is the Netherlands really becoming a narcostate, and are so-called 'cocaine yogis', with their healthy eating, hard partying lifestyles really to blame? We also bring you the latest news on British citizens' efforts to secure their rights ahead of Brexit, the expats who are allegedly taking over Amstelveen's schools, the impasse in Rotterdam's coalition talks and a rugby club that's going to surreal lengths to pay for their solar panels.

Apr 13, 2018 • 22min
The Breaking Brabant Edition - Week 15 - 2018
Today on the podcast: is the housing market overheating, why did a singing road lose its voice, is Max Verstappen more accident-prone than a Jeff Koons sculpture, and how did hawks and sea eagles become embroiled in a treetop turf war?
Note: Due to a technical error, there is no discussion on this week's podcast.

Apr 6, 2018 • 38min
The Arm The Prostitutes Edition - Week 14 - 2018
After scoffing all their Easter chocolate in record time, the podcast team return with news of the Dutch banker jailed for his part in Donald Trump's rise to power, why the supermarkets came under fire for their part in English football fans' latest rampage through Amsterdam, and the man ordered by his local council to hunt down and catch a school of vanishing fish. We also look at proposals to change the security law, in the wake of the sleepwet referendum, and rules on bankers' pay in the wake of ING's climbdown on their chief executive's salary. In our discussion we ask if restricting freedom of speech should be curtailed after Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb was called an 'infidel' in a video blog by an imam.

Mar 23, 2018 • 28min
The Spekkoek and Stracciatella Edition - Week 12 - 2018
It's an election results special in this week's podcast, as we discuss why local parties rule the roost, how D66 lost out in the cities, whether it can get any worse for Labour and who fared best of the newcomers, including Denk, the PVV and the Animal Rights Party. There's also news of the 'dragnet' referendum, technological advances in football and death in the Oostvaardersplassen.