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
Cleaner air in Eindhoven is a joint responsability, Jean Paul Close says
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, a…
LiFi, where do we stand in 2022? Prof. Harald Haas about Optical Wireless Communications.
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 usin…
Chineke! bringing diversity (back !?) to classical music.
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…
How to design good interaction with a lighting system? Prof. Berry Eggen
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…
DDW 2022: Designing a Just Digital Society by Pakhuis de Zwijger
Inequality and exclusion are not limited to our built environment, but also seep into our digital world. In this session, host Dymphie Braun of Pakhuis de Zwijger explores different forms of in- and …
Drivers of Change at Dutch Design Week: A first impression from Ketelhuisplein at Strijp S
Lucas Asselbergs, coordinator of the TU Eindhoven exhibit gives a first impression from the Drivers of Change event
Drivers of Change at DDW22: Solar Team Eindhoven started innovation on cars powered directly from the sun
At Dutch Design Week 2022 Bob van Ginkel explains how student teams create breakthroughs in automotive innovation. It started as a feature for the Solar Challenge in Australia: to use the solar panel…
Students from Hogeschool Zuyd organize "Peace and Europe" in Parktheater, Eindhoven
Unfortunately the daily news nowadays consists of war reports in Europe. Is peace possible? Peace, the European promise? Students from Hogeschool Zuyd think "yes" and organize an event on November 9 …
Learning and working with a view on Europe: Jacques Giesbertz
The European Union plays an important role and impacts the Brainport region. It influences our work and how we learn and what we can do with our earned degrees within the EU. On a regional level, we …
Visit to the European Parliament, hosted by Jacques Giesbertz
In these times of high inflation, high energy costs and a war ongoing the European Union has a pivotal role taking drastic steps keeping Europe aligned. How do they do that? Do you understand how Eu…
Drivers of Change: TU Eindhoven at Dutch Design Week 2022
Technology is Driver of Change to tackle the grand challenges that the world faces. At Dutch Design Week 2022, TU Eindhoven focusses on technology that makes the world more sustainable, for instance …
Lara Hofstra: TUe diversity week is not only for minorities, it is about finding your authentic self
At Eindhoven University of Technology, Student Diversity Officer Lara Hofstra emphasizes that the diversity week is for all students and for all staff. Feeling at home starts with allowing yourself t…
Christian de Heij walks from Eindhoven to India: but most important is the inner journey
Walking from Eindhoven to India, it will be quite an adventure but Christian de Heij is not so worried about the outer journey. It is all about the inner journey. Learning about himself.
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Eindhoven was liberated on Sept 18, 1944, but the end of war was still far away
Stephen Harianto takes us back to 1944. How did the liberators experience the time around September 18, 1944? Historic facts out in the context of the humans who were fighting for freedom in the Neth…
With 70,000 vacancies to be filled, TU Eindhoven needs to grow twice as big: Prof. Baaijens opens academic year 2022
At the opening of the academic year 2022, ASML CEO Peter Wennink even challenged the university and the Dutch government to let TU/e grow by a factor of four. But Rector Prof Frank Baaijens targets a…
The creation of a design eco system: Prof. Berry Eggen at the roots of Dutch Design Week
What made Eindhoven a hotspot for Design? We may go back to Louis Kalff, but in the 90s, design of electronic systems underwent a revolution. Thanks to multiple initiatives, and thanks to the Brainpo…
Finding your own natural voice at Toastmasters: Light Town Speakers Eindhoven
At Radio 4 Brainport we had a great opportunity to learn from experienced speakers. What are the "secrets" of giving a great speach. In fact you can learn to be authentic in a fun way by interacting …
The joy of seeing 2 million+ flowers in one big parade: Bloemencorso Valkenswaard
For many internationals, the Netherlans is all about wndmills, clogs and .... flowers. But in Valkenswaard, just south of Eindhoven you can experience what it means to see more than 2 million flowers…
What does freedom mean to you?
The meaning of freedom is different for every human being. Freedom creates and embraces diversity. To celebrate India's Independence Day, we spoke to the youth of today and young children about freed…
Tour de France 2022 was also a victory for scientific research
In July 2022, cyclist Jonas Vingegaard won the Tour de France. It was a team success of Jumbo-Visma, building upon insights from Professor Bert Blocken, the team’s permanent advisor on aerodynamics s…