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.
Episodes
76 episodes
Lost Cells, Ep.6: The Canaries
This is the final episode of 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz Gloria Productions, Fut...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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42:47
Lost Cells, Ep.5: In Limbo
Over the next two episodes, we're proud to present 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz G...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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28:23
Lost Cells, Ep.4: The Hunt
Over the next three episodes, we're proud to present 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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28:47
Lost Cells, Ep.3: The Program
Over the next four episodes, we're proud to present 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz ...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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17:24
Lost Cells, Ep.2: Seeds of Hope
Over the next five episodes, we're proud to present 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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21:12
Lost Cells, Ep.1: The Promise
Over the next six episodes, we're proud to present 'Lost Cells', a short investigative podcast series. The production is an original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast made in collaboration with Piz G...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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27:03
Lost Cells is out now!
Please sign up for the latest episodeSWI swissinfo.ch's new podcast tells the story of the families affected by a private stem cell banking scan...
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3:12
Unveiling Ancient Life: Microorganisms in Melting Glaciers in Swiss Alps
This episode takes listeners to the Rhone glacier in the Alps, which is rapidly melting and releasing ancient microorganisms. These microorganisms, which have been trapped in the ice for thousands of years, are now being studied by scientists f...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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16:22
Climate solution for the future: How to keep cities cool during heatwaves
Cities tend to get hotter than the countryside when a heatwave hits. What can be done about these urban heat traps? How can hot summers be made more tolerable for city dwellers? SWI swissinfo.ch asked an expert at the federal technology institu...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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17:08
Turning concrete into a carbon sink: an innovative Swiss approach to decarbonizing the construction industry
This episode explores a groundbreaking Swiss innovation that could revolutionise the construction industry. Join us as we delve into Neustark's pioneering method of turning concrete waste into a carbon sink, permanently removing CO2 from the at...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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13:36
Young Swiss scientists boost rocket research
Swiss students are propelling the future of space travel with innovative reusable rocket technology, putting Switzerland on the map in the global space race. SWI swissinfo.ch took a closer look at their projects in northern and western Switzerl...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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13:58
Why Swiss scientists want to find ice on comets
Using a new type of instrument, two astrophysicists from the University of Bern hope to get a little closer to unravelling the mystery of the solar system's origins. They believe the key to this lies in the ice that can occur in a dust layer on...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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13:06
Herwig Schopper, Former CERN head has served science and peace for 100 years
Swissinfo talks to Herwig Schopper, former CERN director, the grandfather of the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, who helped promote peace through a Middle Eastern science hub and has his qualms about the Nobel Prize. If Herwig Schop...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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17:07
Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP6 Sherry Wong ‘Living in a society where capital is strong and the welfare state is weak‘
For 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...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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23:14
Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP5 Fred Turner ‘The dream of tech companies serving humanity has turned into a nightmare‘
In 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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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18:35
Switzerland and Silicon Valley: EP4 Pamela Munster ‘From cancer doctor to cancer patient and back again’
Pamela 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 ...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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19:17
What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP3 Connected through Innovation
In 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 te...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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13:10
What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley: EP2 Swiss start-ups in California
More 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...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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14:31
What Switzerland can learn from Silicon Valley and Hippies: EP1 The potential of human beings
In 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 bi...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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18:53
Why Are leading Swiss Pharmaceutical Companies Investing in Slovenia?
Pharmaceutical 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 Bal...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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16:01
Swiss training for forensic scientists in Africa and Mexico
Forensic 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 n...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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15:47
Swiss Roman battle site reveals hidden secrets of historic clash
Over 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...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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15:29
The Future of Aviation: Hypersonic plane powered Hydrogen designed in Switzerland
It’s 20 years since Concorde made its final commercial flight, ending the first era of supersonic travel. A Swiss start-up is part of a new generation of aviation pioneers trying to re-introduce high-speed travel using clean hydrogen. But the r...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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11:15
Drones capture eDNA in cutting-edge biodiversity research in Zurich, Switzerland
Researchers in Zurich are using drones to collect environmental DNA (eDNA) in a technique combining robotics and genetics that could change our understanding of Earth’s biodiversity.The
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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17:34
What CERN’s next-generation particle collider could look like?
Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) near Geneva are taking the next steps towards creating a huge particle collider. With the Future Circular Collider (FCC), they want to search for new physics and answer fundame...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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15:54