Podcasts 4 Brainport, featured by Radio 4 Brainport, 747AM and DAB+
Science, technology, innovation, design, lifestyle, expat life, culture, entertainment, personal development, ... from the Eindhoven TopTech region. Radio interviews and podcasts created by the team of volunteers of Radio4Brainport.org.: Jean-Paul Linnartz, Ralu Nistor-Lustermans, Karishma Vij, Supriya Vij, Susan Smit, Stephen Harianto, Julie Allen, Limi Kalapurachal, Peter Simons, Jodie Trimble, Andrea Potgieter, Tatiana Kostina, Erika van der Merwe and others.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 22 minutes
- Episodes
- 274
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
GLOW 2021 Preview: Hypar Collective grows from chaos into structured light patterns
Growth: It starts with chaos. When get closer you see structure building up. In fact, the installation interactively responds to what visistors do and grows its patterns. We interviewed Thijs de Koni…
Heroes like you at Dutch Design Week
On its 65th anniversary, Eindhoven University of Technology participates at multiple locations of Dutch Design Week. Lucas Asselbergs is curator of the TU/e presence and coordinates Heroes Like You a…
Coming from California to Eindhoven: Olivia van den Broek
An exciting and energetic story about how she found her way in the Eindhoven Brainport region. Olivia van den Broek is a driving force behind the Expat Center South. She way Karihma and Supriya's gue…
Gareth Thomas: CEO selling math solutions
""To qualify as a dad, you have to had the experience of starting your own venture yourself""
The experience of what it takes to launch a start up, first hand. Gareth Thomas, CEO and co-founder of Ve…
Light Festival in Eindhoven: Philip Ross looks forward to an interactive GLOW 2021
Pre-Corona GLOW attracted 750,000 visitors. Philips Ross is one of the leading designers of installations. Particularly, of installations that are interactive and that engage visitors. Jean-Paul Linn…
Exposed to World War II as a 17 year old boy in Eindhoven
Henk Kuiten recollects the stories of his father Marinus Kuiten (1923) who was detained in the Scheveningen gevangenis during World War II, and escaped from forced labor in Germany. Shortly after the…
September 18, 1944: Eindhoven is liberated from the WW2 occupation
Nick Kelso takes us back not only to the day of the liberation of Eindhoven but also the battles before and after September 18th and to the bombing the day after. The hunger winter, operation market …
Music, Racing and getting an EE Bachelor: Arda Karuca enjoys all three at TU Eindhoven
We dive into the world of an international student at TU Eindhoven
Arda Karuca: Inmotion's racing car helps to develop faster electrical charging
What ever happened after Inmotion showed just a mock-up at DDW? Well, they revealed ""the real thing"" in August 2021: a prototype of their all electrical racing car. Developing technology for very …
Nuno Curado, wildlife ecologist, takes wild Eindhoven as habitat
Even a crowded city like Eindhoven is full of wild life. Nuno Curado has been working with wildlife and people, in different organizations and in hos own businesses. He became increasingly captivated…
Bridging the Dutch and the Indonesian Youth with INYS
Radio 4 Brainport broadcast a highlight on the relationship and long history between the Dutch and the Indonesians! The INYS (Indonesia Nederland Youth Society) strives to connect the two (young) gro…
Expat talk: Parag Gupta's experience with buying a car; with getting health care
Ever wondered what you have to go through to buy a car in The Netherlands? What are the pros and cons of different car ownership models? How do you arrange a driver's license?
Moreover, what happens…
Culture Shocks in Tea Talk: India - Canada - Eindhoven - India
The discussion about moving to a new country, expat life, new role, and responsibilities, has been a regular highlight on our Tea-Talk show. However, this Friday we will talk about an enthusiastic an…
Trailers, trucks, passenger cars and even a fancy Royal beach car: the DAF roots of Brainport automotive track record
We meet Geert Vermeer, chairman of the DAF Museum. An intriguing history of making automobiles, starting 1928 already. And a special highlight in 2021 was the DAF Kini, specially designed for the Dut…
The Covid-pets on Radio 4 Brainport, part 2
In 2020, even the animal rescue shelters did not have any cats or dogs anymore that were still searching for a new owner. Do you have a cat or a dog? Maybe you always already enjoyed having a pet to…
The Covid-pets on Radio 4 Brainport, Part 1
During the COVID-19 pandemic, many have decided to buy/adopt pets in response to social isolation and 'free time' because of remote work, leading to unprecedented rise in pet ownership, long waiting …
The history of Philips with Sergio Derks, part 1. The hotspot where it all started.
Just a five minute walk from Eindhoven Central Railway Station, the Philips Museum emerges you in the history of the company that shaped the Brainport region. Right at the spot where Gerard Philips p…
The history of Philips Part 7. Going digital, long before we got computers
A silence on CD is really a silence. The CD offered unprecedented dynamics and changed the music industry. Digital music came in the 80s.
Just a five minute walk from Eindhoven Central Railway Sta…
The history of Philips Part 6. The first radio sets and the creation of a corporate identity
Making light bulbs, making good vacuum, laid the foundation for a huge business in radio tubes and in radio sets. But the 30s were also the decade that Louis Kalff created a corporate identity by sta…
The history of Philips Part 5. Innovation means advancing technology and reaching a new market
What do 2021 and 1891 have in common: an older brother leads the technology while the younger brother turns it into business. And Breda, not Eindhoven, almost became THE city of light.
Just a five …