Podcasts 4 Brainport, featured by Radio 4 Brainport, 747AM and DAB+

Female Tech Heroes is a new initiative, created with the aim of inspiring women to explore the world of technology. Former European Commissioner, Neelie Kroes, was the face of the launch of this new network – a fitting role for a woman who has devoted decades to forging the way for women in business, politics and technology. Erika van der Merwe, on behalf of Radio4Brainport.org, spoke to Neelie at...

Anique Soetermeer believes that teamwork is the key to success in innovation and in doing business. Based on her experience as co-founder of the start-up accelerator HighTechXL, she is also of the view that diversity within the team increases team performance – provided that the diversity is nurtured and managed well. In the fourth podcast in the series for Female Tech Heroes, Radio4Brainport spok...

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang.  Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes th...

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang.  Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes th...

How does the Chinese community celebrate the new year in the Chinese lunar calendar? How important are the Zodiac animals? What are the secrets behind making a good dumpling? In this podcast series, Jean-Paul Linnartz and Stephen Harianato invite Shuxia Tao, Jing Li, and Xi Yang.  Every year, hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world celebrate the Chinese New Year, and that includes th...

Episode 4 in our podcast chat with midwife Janneke Oudenaarden of Midwifery Practice Eindhoven and Kinderrijk Meerhoven.

Continuing our podcast chat with midwife Janneke Oudenaarden of Midwifery Practice Eindhoven and Kinderrijk Meerhoven, we learned that sharing experiences with other internationals, not only from your own country is very useful to form your opinion about your personal delivery plan. What are the other differences compared to other countries? What is special about the Dutch system?   Jean-Paul...

Podcast chat with midwife Janneke Oudenaarden of Midwifery Practice Eindhoven and Kinderrijk Meerhoven. Jean-Paul Linnartz invited Janneke to the microphone of Radio 4 Brainport.

Why is it that the Dutch prefer to give birth at home rather than in a Hospital? what are the other differences compared to other countries? One such difference is the role of the midwife. We chat with Janneke Oudenaarden from Midwifery Practice Eindhoven and Kinderrijk Meerhoven. Janneke sees many internationals during delivery time and during, but often already before, pregnancy.   A podcas...

To buy or to rent a house is a decision that many internationals make when they come to Eindhoven. Roy Schreurs of Expat Mortgages explains the process of how to find a house and how to finance it. In this episode: The role of the mortgage expert and that of the real estate agent (de makelaar). A Podcast 4 Brainport hosted by Stephen Harianto and Jean-Paul Linnartz

To buy or to rent a house is a decision that many internationals make when they come to Eindhoven. Roy Schreurs of Expat Mortgages explains the process of how to find a house and how to finance it. In this episode: The role of the mortgage expert and that of the real estate agent (de makelaar). A Podcast 4 Brainport hosted by Stephen Harianto and Jean-Paul Linnartz

To buy or to rent a house is a decision that many internationals make when they come to Eindhoven. Roy Schreurs of Expat Mortgages explains the process of how to find a house and how to finance it. In this episode: The role of the mortgage expert and that of the real estate agent (de makelaar). A Podcast 4 Brainport hosted by Stephen Harianto and Jean-Paul Linnartz    

How does the Chinese community celebrate the Chinese New Year? Jean-Paul Linnartz asked Xiangyu Wang about the traditions and the meaning of the festival.    

Christmas 2020 is like no other year before. But for the expats, internationals, expats and their spouses it even means staying in a foreign country in lockdown. Christmas is being celebrated differently across the world, but mindfulness and intimacy is what is common in almost all cultures. What do the internationals in Eindhoven organize during the holiday season? How do they cope with missing t...

In the week in December 2020 in which a national lockdown was announced, Eindhoven presents a new Christmas movie. 'Hey Eindje' is a short feel-good movie as a present and heartening for all Eindhoven residents, Jean-Paul Linnartz of Radio 4 Brainport hosts Edwin Blok-van Enck of Eindhoven365  The movie is an initiative of city marketing organisation Eindhoven365 and is, after 'Een Kei Fijne...

Back to basics: that's the theme for this year's Christmas. With a culture of huge celebrations, shoppings and holidays around Christmas, it's hard to imagine Christmas without those things. Our guest this time, Parag Gupta, goes to great extend explaining what Christmas means for him as an American that just moved to Eindhoven less than a year ago and his plans for Christmas. A podcast hosted by...

Working from typical home office may induce a substantial shift in your biological clock. It may feel like a jet-lag that builds up during the week. In this Podcast 4 Brainport, Julie Allen invites Jan Denneman, founder of the Good Light group and TU/e light expert Chara Papatsimpa to debate what can be done to avoid running into a winter depression.

How to safely enjoy diner in Corona times? Hendrik Coetzee from Hendrik Works and Hannerie Visser from Studio-H designed "socialising tools" . The tools act as conversation starters that help to maintain the physical distance without losing the social aspect of meeting up.  The project Mini-Meets was presented at the World Design Embassies. In this podcast, Jean-Paul Linnartz meets Hendrik Co...

Is social distancing of 1.5 meter adequate to avoid Corona infections? According to an alarming MIT paper, the corona virus may be carried by much smaller particles the heavy droplet assumed thus far. The 1.5 meter norm appears to have been based om models for tuberrculose, but COVID behaves differently.  At Radio 4 Brainport we ask an expert in air flows, Professor Bert Blocken, about whethe...

Over 200 nationalities consider the Brainport region as their home, place to study and to work. The area has unquestionably become a melting pot and diversity is certainly not an alien concept, but something that we hold dear to our heart. What is diversity to you? How can we benefit from diversity or even contribute to it? Especially, in this COVID-19 crisis, inclusion and diversity matter more t...

Our radio 4 Brainport Podcast hosting Stephen Harianto, columnist Limi Kalpurachal and Julie Allen about a US tradition that may or may not become popular in Eindhoven as well.     

Our reporter Leon Balmaekers interviews Gilbert Soeters of Via Belgica about the key role that this critical infrastructure had on the development of our region.  A unique opportunity to get in contact with Roman history beyond the usual city visits.    Photo : Inge Stevens

Annually, an average of 6,4 billion hens lay 1,1 trillion eggs. Simultaneously one third of all food per year is lost or wasted which includes eggs that have short shelf life and whose fragile shell is not the most suitable protection against processing and transport. In the project ‘how do you like your eggs’ the content becomes container, an egg cup is produced from discarded eggs. In fact, dama...

BC Materials transforms pure earth of construction sites to local building materials such as clay plasters, compressed earth blocks and rammed earth for walls and floors. These products are circular, carbon neutral, healthy and possess minimal grey energy. Jean-Paul Linnartz interviewed Anton Maertens about the project Exploded View at Dutch Design Week 2020. 

Ons veranderende lichaam is een gevoelig onderwerp. De samenleving waarin we leven heeft een hoge mate van maakbaarheid en met behulp van allerlei filters profileren we ons op social media als mooi, jong en vrolijk. Tijdens de corona pandemie ondervinden we allemaal dagelijks het gevolg van onze lichamelijke kwetsbaarheid. In het maatschappelijke debat hangt de zorg voor het veranderende lichaam s...