Broadcast on: 6 December, 2022

The Christmas season in the German speaking part of Switzerland, which includes Basel, begins on the first day of Advent - this year that was on the 27th of November.


Broadcast on: 29 November, 2022

Melinda and Robert Schoutens joined us tonight in The English Show studios at Radio X to tell us about their latest publication, released 7 November 22: "Winter Kids Switzerland, 36 Family Activities".


Broadcast on: 22 November, 2022

Mizmorim Kammermusik Festival returns to Basel for its January 2023 season with "Projekt Blau-Weiss". Michal Lewkowicz, artistic director of the festival which runs from the 18th to the 22nd of January 2023, was in the studio with us tonight to tell us about the festival, its theme for 2023, and what's on offer.


Broadcast on: 15 November, 2022

Ryan Locker, the singer of Basel-based band Jack Dancing, joined us for two live acoustic sessions. What a joy to have live music back in the studio!


Broadcast on: 8 November, 2022

Sarah Nevill-Stinson visited with The English Show to tell us about the upcoming Christmas Bazaar hosted by the Anglican Church in Basel (ACB).  The event has moved this year to the Johanneskirche, so please be aware that it is at a new venue.


Broadcast on: 1 November, 2022

Basel has plenty of experience with dressing up for a holiday, having celebrated the "modern" version of Fasnacht for over 500 years, with roots of that tradition dating back nearly 1000 years. So it's no surprise that global Halloween traditions have also taken root here.


Broadcast on: 25 October, 2022

Formed in 2010 by singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Nicholas Wood as a solo project, the UK's The KVB turned into a duo when vocalist, keyboardist and visual artist Kat Day joined Wood in 2011.


Broadcast on: 18 October, 2022

The Semi-Circle is Basel's English language amateur theater group which has been staging plays and musicals for 45 years. Their upcoming autumn production is "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" by Christopher Durang.


Broadcast on: 11 October, 2022

Our guest today, Professor Anna Wirz-Justice, has invested her academic career into looking into chronobiology - the study of biological rhythms. The best studied rhythm in chronobiology is the roughly 24-hour circadian rhythm.

 

 

 

 

 


Broadcast on: 3 October, 2022

Designer Judee Kisob Frick joined us to talk about her Tribal Traces pop-up store on Gerbergässlein 10, which includes high-end home furniture and furnishings from or inspired by influences from around the African continent.