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Updated 10/18/2024
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6D AGO

Democratic rights and freedoms at a crossroads?

Send us a text The world is changing fast. Are democracy and human rights under threat? Our Inside Geneva podcast takes a deep dive. “Donald Trump is unravelling the constitution, where I believe we could describe this as a coup d'état,” says human rights lawyer Reed Brody. What happens when Big Tech gets involved in politics? “It is fine for Instagram or TikTok to realise that I am into biking and then try to sell me bikes. That’s fine. That’s a product. Manipulate me to sell me that. But th...

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36 min
6D AGO

Lost Cells, Ep.6: The Canaries

Send us a text 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, Futur Proche, and Studio Ochenta. This gripping investigative podcast series has been uncovering the human stories behind the promises and failures of private stem cell banking in Switzerland. In our series finale, the Lost Cells team digs deeper into the international standards of ...

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43 min
FEB 24

US-Russia talks on Ukraine: peace or appeasement?

Send us a text On the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Inside Geneva has some big questions about the US-Russia talks this week on ending the war in Ukraine. “Is this really a peace deal or is it just a deal about money? Or is it even some kind of capitulation or a power grab?” asks Inside Geneva host Imogen Foulkes. What does US President Donald Trump want? “Do you want to just stop the war, or do you want to win it? We don’t know what President Trump would consider a win. ...

Feb 24

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37 min
MAR 4

Books to make you think 2025: Are Human Rights Being Ripped Away?

Send us a text On Inside Geneva this week, we take a step back from the breaking news and talk to the authors of two books about the better side of humanity. “The defence of human rights is not a matter of holding a candle and singing Kumbaya. The defence of human rights is about playing hardball. It's about putting pressure on governments, making them realise that repression isn't paying because the consequences are so severe,” says Kenneth Roth, author of Righting Wrongs. Those consequences...

Mar 4

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41 min
MAR 25

Ep. 6 - Advertencias

Send us a text El equipo internacional de Madre Célula investiga los estándares de la industria de los bancos de sangre de cordón umbilical. Antoine Harari interpela a las autoridades suizas para encontrar respuestas. Tatiana y Ratko eligen compartir públicamente su experiencia para que otros padres y otras madres eviten enfrentar una situación similar. Madre célula es una serie de pódcast trilingüe original de SWI swissinfo.ch, en colaboración con Piz Gloria Productions, Futur Proche y St...

Mar 25

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46 min
JAN 21

What makes a good peace deal?

Send us a text In this week’s Inside Geneva podcast episode, we ask: what makes a good peace agreement? “Peace is not just a status. Peace is a process, and it’s a process that is part of politics in general,” says Laurent Goetschel from Swisspeace. So, are quick peace deals possible? “When someone says, ‘I want to have an agreement in 24 hours,’ my response as a professional is, ‘Okay. What are our ideas? What is possible right now? What is the most that can be made out of this possibility,...

Jan 21

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31 min
MAR 11

Ep 4 - The Hunt

Send us a text Luis Daniel, Tatiana and Ratko investigate in multiple European jurisdictions. The international band of families turns to Antoine Harari and Valeria Mazzucchi, two journalists based in Geneva, to give them the answers they can’t get from a company in turmoil. Luis Daniel visits Poland looking for assurances that his daughter's stem cells can help him cure his cancer before it's too late. An original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast series in collaboration with Piz ...

Mar 11

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28 min
MAR 18

Inside Geneva: where are women's voices in peace talks?

Send us a text In Ukraine, and in the Middle East, men say they are negotiating peace. But are they? “Ending war is necessary to peace without a doubt, but ending war does not mean peace. So, whenever these men use the word ‘peace’ in order to say ‘ceasefire’ and ‘stop the guns’, this is not peace,” says Deborah Schibler from PeaceWomen across the Globe (PWAG). “What the US is doing right now is an extractivist assertion of power, arguably even a second imperial ambition that we are seeing no...

Mar 18

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42 min
MAR 4

Ep 3 - The Program

Send us a text Tatiana and Ratko prepare to move their frozen stem cells but things don’t go as planned. Perhaps the company and its marketing aren’t everything they’ve been promised? Families around Europe begin asking questions about their cells, and where and how they’re being stored. Swiss authorities are alerted and arrange an inspection. What they discover sets off an international quest. An original SWI swissinfo.ch trilingual podcast series in collaboration with Piz Gloria Productions...

Mar 4

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17 min
FEB 4

Donald Trump, the UN and the future

Send us a text With Israel banning UNRWA and the US planning to withdraw from WHO, our Inside Geneva podcast reports on a turbulent couple of weeks for United Nations agencies. In Gaza, Israel’s ban on the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has come into effect. “UNRWA is what we call the backbone of the humanitarian operation. Meaning that they not only bring in aid themselves, but they are also the operation on which all other huma...

Feb 4

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44 min

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