The Swiss Connection
Discover science and innovation in Switzerland with the Swiss Connection Podcast! From the tiniest particles to the vastness of space, satisfy your scientific curiosity and join our journalists while they talk to researchers working on projects ranging from rocket building and AI to medicine and climate solutions.
This podcast is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual public service media company in Switzerland.
Podcasting since 2019 • 86 episodes
The Swiss Connection
Latest Episodes
Bonus Episode - The Trends Shaping the Pharmaceutical Industry in 2026
Join host, Jo Fahy, and pharmaceuticals and healthcare reporter, Jessica Davis Pluss, to weigh up the forces shaping pharma in 2026. From AI’s real gains in clinics and labs, to the case for inclusive data, we also discuss the politics of who f...
•
16:18
Bonus Episode - Inside Switzerland’s Quiet Rise as a Longevity Hub
How did longevity go from a social media trend to a focus of serious science?In this special bonus episode our host, Jo Fahy, is joined in the studio by pharmaceuticals and healthcare reporter, Jessica Davis Pluss. We trace how Switzerland ...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 7
•
26:12
Special announcement: Season wrap for longevity, please try out Lost Cells
Lost cells on Apple, Spotify and
•
3:42
Rethinking Aging: Science, Society, And The Stories We Tell
Want a longer life that still feels like yours? We sit down with psychologist Christina Röcke of the University of Zurich’s Healthy Longevity Center to unpack what actually f...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 6
•
20:25
How Michael Hall’s TOR Discovery Reframed Longevity Science
We trace how a soil-derived drug led to the discovery of mTOR, why growth control sits at the core of aging biology, and where evidence ends for humans. Michael Hall’s quiet breakthroughs explain fasting, autophagy, and rapamycin without the hy...
•
Season 6
•
Episode 5
•
18:21
Podcasts we love
Check out these other fine podcasts recommended by us, not an algorithm.
Inside Geneva
SWI swissinfo.ch
Let's Talk - a video podcast from SWI swissinfo.ch for Swiss abroad.
SWI swissinfo.ch
Geldcast: Wirtschaft mit Fabio Canetg
Fabio Canetg
Dangereux Millions
SWI swissinfo.ch - Europe 1 Studio - Gotham City
O Sequestro da Amarelinha
revista piauí, Swissinfo e Rádio Novelo
Lost Cells
SWI swissinfo.ch
Madre Célula
SWI swissinfo.ch