Saturday 25.05.2013  
 
 
 

Audio & Podcasts


Musical influences

Modern Swiss music draws on the past

Yodelers

Where can you find yodelling courses for CEO's, a tragic musical performed on the shores of a lake, and a guitarist who sings that laughing is good for you? In Switzerland, of course, where all the world's a stage!  [...]

Book worm

A day at the fair

Book fair

A treasure hunt, an automatic library, and plenty to read at the Geneva Book Fair  [...]

Talking Tech

From CERN to Facebook in 20 years

CERN computer

When the first Web browser was launched at CERN two decades ago, few would have predicted its massive impact or that the technology would eventually help a tiny Swiss town become known around the world through Facebook.
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Sound

The spectrum from silence to dissonance

Baby with headphones

This week swissinfo.ch exposes you to a range of noises. Decide for yourself: how much is too much?  [...]

People and politics

Bern: city of movements and overtures

Outside Parliament

swissinfo.ch criss-crosses the Swiss capital in search of proof that politics is not dull and boring, and discovers political activity of all ages and forms  [...]

Life and death

Heard the one about the heart donor?

Find out why organ donation is a laughing matter, who received mixed obituaries from Swiss newspapers and why three human skeletons turned up in a Fribourg vegetable patch.  [...]

High and low

The search goes on

AMS

Looking for mysterious dark matter somewhere out there, looking for rare organ donors and looking for the money trail and big bucks.
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Wisdom of crowds?

The kindness and investment savvy of strangers

More and more Swiss are coming to the aid of people who are convinced they have a brilliant idea but lack the means to convert it into reality. Crowdfunding can leave everyone happy – so why have some people called it the new Wild West?  [...]

Fair trade?

Easter in Switzerland, coping in Cyprus

eiertutsche

We look at some of the quirky ways the Swiss celebrate Easter and delve into the origins of their well-loved chocolate bunnies. Plus, swissinfo.ch's business correspondent provides an update on the situation in Cyprus.  [...]

Bittersweet pills

Examining healthcare in India

Suradeep Hospital, India

swissinfo.ch journalist Susan Vogel-Misicka reports from India on the availability and affordability of medicine.  [...]