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 • 92 episodes
The Swiss Connection
Latest Episodes
Building a Swiss FabLab: the future of Switzerland’s semiconductor strategy
In this episode of The Swiss Connection science podcast, we're digging into the push to create a Swiss FabLab, a shared chip fabrication laboratory that brings public research and private industry together under the Swiss Chip Alliance. Our hos...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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18:30
Climate solution series: how Bangladesh adapts to erosion, floods, and rising seas
Where do people go when the water takes their land? Guided by a three-year ETH Zurich study and first-hand voices, we trace a pattern that defies the headlines: most climate migration is short and local, driven by community ties, scarce resourc...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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24:58
Climate solutions series: how does Switzerland deal with the food waste problem?
A bin bag can tell you a lot about a country. We follow the trail of rubbish from Swiss kitchen cupboards and discover why one of Europe’s wealthiest nations still throws away so much edible food. With fresh data, on‑the‑ground auditing, and ca...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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16:01
Climate solutions series: a Swiss community living on 2,000 watts
What does a good life look like when you cap your energy use at 2,000 watts? We take you inside Zurich’s "Hunziker Areal", a car‑free, cooperative neighbourhood turning a bold climate target into liveable daily routines. From shared workshops a...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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24:51
Climate Solutions Series: What Antarctic Ice Reveals About CO2 And Climate Shifts?
We follow the 2,800-meter Antarctic ice core from Little Dome C to a -50°C lab in University of Bern, tracing how scientists extract ancient air to probe the Mid-Pleistocene transition and the limits of abrupt climate change. The story links fi...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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27:24
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