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

Ineke Hurkmans who deeply connects with words like positivity, passion, empathy, creativity, and enthusiasm is the Founder and Managing Director of Jump Movement. She is a distinguished leader, who makes a positive impact on organizations and various social settings. Would you like to discover more about her upcoming project “Burst the Bubble”? Tune in to an engaging conversation with Ineke Hurkma...

Kim Henst - reFlex and Flow- Did you know your Feet can help diagnose serious health conditions? The stress and pressures of modern life can give birth to many underlying issues and lead to harmful diseases. Addressing your deep-rooted problems through orthomolecular therapy can transform your life for the better. At reFlex & Flow, a holistic healthcare practice, they combine reflexology and o...

Beyond Language: Insights from a Dutch Language Coach, Yvonne Van Deursen-Bakx, in an interview by Supriya Vij on Radio 4 Brainport. Ever wondered how cultural awareness and sensitivity impact Dutch language learning? Supriya Vij interviewed a Dutch language coach, Yvonne Van Deursen-Bakx, on Radio4Brainport in a live program from Parktheater in Eindhoven. Yvonne and Supriya explore the evolving i...

Ralu Nistor-Lustermans interviewed @Nikky Hamerslag, a young politician woman, at the top of her party (for the provincial elections) who inspired us with her energy and drive to have a positive impact and give a voice to the weakest. #positiveimpact #voicefortheplanet March 11, 2023

Want to know how women in STEM are driving innovation in the Brainport region? Curious about Zonta Eindhoven's efforts to promote STEM education among young girls? Don't miss Supriya Vij’s interview with Jeanne de Loos, President of Zonta Eindhoven. Radio 4 Brainport host Supriya Vij discussed with Jeanne de Loos the challenges faced by women in STEM and how Zonta Eindhoven is working towa...

Heidi Los was our guest, live on Radio 4 Brainport, talking about her best-selling Dutch management book "De kracht van de ondernemers dochters": "You feel it in everything. How you live. How you approach things with a lot of energy and enthusiasm and see opportunities. How you keep going until you drop, being hard on yourself and others, and getting terribly worked up about people...

Mrs. Joan Roach . Head of Primary International, International School Eindhoven shared her thoughts about equity and equality. She also emphasized that her success has been driven by hard work and her unwavering commitment to learning. Listen to an inspiring conversations on the occasion of International Women's Day.

Running up to the 2023 elections for the water authority "Waterschap de Dommel", Henk Schepers explains the challenges of managing water in the Eindhoven Brainport region. Making sure that nature, farming and the population have enough water even in a dry summer cannot just be solved by just filling a big reservoir. The soil needs to contain enough water continuously to avoid irreversible changes...

A thought on women equality and equity by author Chaitali Sengupta, on air on Radio 4 Brainport on the eve of International Women's Day.

Women raise their voice on at Parktheater celebrating International Women's Day 11 March 2023 Parktheater Eindhoven: Embrace Equity. Eindhoven celebrates the collective work of organizations, artist individuals, men and women who create an inclusive city for all. Radio 4 Brainport wil come live from the event, but Milagros Maldonado already gives us a preview

March 15, 2023 is the day of the elections for the water authority. Mado Ruijs pitches the position of Water Natuurlijk, Lijst 1 in the Eindhoven region.  Recorded by Radio 4 Brainport.

Mado Ruijs is a member of the executive board of Waterschap de Dommel. Running up to the elections for the Waterschappen on March 15th, 2023, we dive into the dilemma's of avoiding flooding during intense rain, or to maintain adequate ground water levels during draughts. While the Dutch already installed water boards in the 13th century as the first governmental body, its role is dramatically chan...

And the winner is.... You may remember that we at Radio 4 Brainport asked you before Christmas to send in your holiday wishes, and as an incentive we promised to give away a DAB radio to one of the contributors. Today, we went to Sweet Dreams bakery to hand over the receiver to Aralys and Amar. They sent in their Christmas wishes for our listeners after Aralys spotted us with the live broadcast du...

Nothing better than a dive into the sea on New Year's Day? Ralu Nistor-Lustermans tried it our for herself. To Jean-Paul Linnartz of Radio 4 Brainport she disclosed that it really gives fresh energy for the whole year. Cool! Ralu writes about this; For decades the Nordics, celebrate the New Year by taking a dive into the freezing water of the Nordic Sea. I used to watch this event on TV and think,...

When Jeroen Dijsselbloem became the new mayor of Eindhoven in Sept 2022, the city had become far more vibrant then when he left at the age of 19. Eindhoven had benefitted for many decades by bringing in new people. Anne Yianni interviewed Mayor Dijsselbloem for Howdo Magazine, after being in office for a couple of months. Radio 4 Brainport chatted with Anne about how she expereienced the interview...

Heleen de Coninck is frequently seen on stage to pitch her drive and her hope to contain climate change. As a co-author on IPCC climate reports,  as professor of Technology, Innovation & Society at Eindhoven University of Technology and associate professor at Radboud University in Nijmegen, she feels the urgency to increase knowledge about environmental issues, but at the same time she is...

Ralu Nistor Lustermans interviews Anne Yianni about the magazine HowDo that reaches out to expats and internationals.

Timeless Tales in Translation is Chaitali’s third work in translation. It is a collection of 12 notable Indian short stories written my famous, award winning, Indian authors. The stories bring out a meticulous picture of India in the colonial times. These contain some of the most groundbreaking, progressive, and thought-provoking writing in Indian Literature from 1855 to 1955, considered as an imp...

Housing is one of the main issues for internationals. City counselor Mirian  Frosi about the priorities for the CDA in Eindhoven and about how experiences in coming to Eindhoven.  A short interview recorded by Supriya Vij at the launch of Howdo 31, November 2022 

Starting a PhD in February 2022 meant for our radio guest Lev Azarkh that he got out of Ukraine just before the Russian troop approached in on his home town Kyiv. Now that winter is kicking in and Putin's forces relentlessly bomb the citiy infrastructures, we chat with him about December in Eindhoven and back home. What does Christmas mean for him, how is celebrated in his home country?  &nbs...

As a physiotherapist at Praktijk Welschap in Meerhoven-Eindhoven, Anke Eliëns saw more people coming to her practice for help in COVID times. Apparently working from home is not always best for your posture and your fitness. A massage or even medication may not cure the problem in the long run, creating awareness and changing personal habits and behavior are key to a full recovery.   &nb...

Particulate matter (fijnstof) is a key factor that deteriorates the air quality and in Eindhoven air quality can be improved. Transportation, large industries emit PM. Also agriculture contributes, as Brabant breeds more pigs than it has human inhabitants. Yet, citizens cannot only fingerpoint to companies, to farmers, to logistics. Meanwhile the energy crisis is not helping to reduce emissions fr...

At the Optical Wireless Communications Conference 2022, Prof. Harald Haas gave a keynote speech on the role of LiFi in 6G . We look back and looks forward into the challanges and the promises of using light to communicate wirelessly.  Faster and more secure access to the internet by avoiding the congested radio waves.  Lifi can unlock terabit per second connectivity, but is "speed" the o...

Talking about classical music, you may think of it as an icon of Western European culture dominated by white male composers. For a long time, Chi-chi Nwanoka found herself as the only black player in the orchestra. But in her journey of promoting diversity and inclusion, she also found out that there are great classical composers of color or that Dvorak had listened to native Americans and to the...

A light system that always controls the light such that it takes away your desire to interact is not the best lighting system. Good interaction paradigms do search for active participation and engage you.  Jean-Paul Linnartz explores what makes an interactive lighting system work well. Prof Berry Eggen of Eindhoven University of Technology is our guest. "User preferences do not exist", at lea...