City Scenes is the feature where we examine the music scene of a different city each week. As we go along we’re moving through the alphabet from A to Z and this week we’re on the letter F and today we’re in Frankfurt Germany.
Activism abroad: Solmaz' voice for Iran
For years, Solmaz Jodairi Saber has been active for human rights in her home country Iran, even though living in Luxembourg she can't do a lot, even though for many years, little has moved in Iran. On Local Matters, she tells us about her fight against the Iranian regime.
Activism abroad: "Sleeping with Pengovsky"
"Sleeping with Pengovsky" is the name of Aljaz's blog. In our interview on Local Matters, he tells us what his perspective as a Luxembourg resident can contribute to the discourse on Slovenian politics.
Interview with Ambassador Thomas Barret
Ambassador of the USA for Luxembourg, Thomas Barrett joined Tom on the Breakfast Show to talk about the upcoming anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge and why it’s important to remember those that lost their lives in what was one of the bloodiest battles of the second world war.
City Scenes - Edinburgh
City scenes is our journey through the music scenes of different cities around the world as we move through the alphabet and look at a different city each week. This week we’re on the letter E and we’ve landed in the capital of Scotland, Edinburgh.
Drug consumers: Therapy for parents with small children
A visit to the therapeutical centre Manternach, a centre for drug addictions that has recently presented their child-parent program where parents of young children receive addiction therapy together with their children.
Interview with Nada Surf
Tom caught up with Mathew Caws from Nada Surf ahead of their headline show at Den Atelier on the 11th of December. In our interview Mathew discusses the early days of the band as they started to record and play gigs in New York in the early 1990s, his relationship to playing and living in both America and Europe and his relationship to music making after over 30 years as a professional musician.
Interview With Martha Ventura From The Insight Project
The insight project is an organisation that works to combat human trafficking in Luxembourg through community action. Martha Ventura from the organisation joined Tom on the Breakfast Show to talk about the recent conference that they held at the Abbey Neimenster in the context of Orange Week, a week dedicated to raising awareness around and preventing violence towards women.
Local Matters: Abrigado's drug consumption room
For Local Matters, Claudia Allar showed us around at the centre Abrigado in Luxembourg-city, a safe space for drug users.
Drug consumption: Interview with Nadine Berndt from the Ministry of Health
In our interview on Local Matters, Nadine Berndt from the Ministry of Health told us how many people in Luxembourg use drugs, how these numbers shifted in recent years and what is been done to prevent and fight problematic drug use.
Elf On The Shelf Competition At Home From Home
Calum and Sarah from Home From Home joined Tom on the Breakfast Show to give our listeners a heads up about their festive Elf on The Shelf competition that they're running over the festive season.
Delano Top Of The Week
Tom was joined on the show by a new member of the Delano Team, Lydia Linna for Delano's Top Of The Week this morning. Up for discussion was Twitter and the affects that it's new ownership might have on the way people interact with the platform.
Touch Rugby In Luxembourg: Interview With Alessia Hancock And Albert York From RCL
Tom was joined on the Breakfast Show this morning by 2 rising stars in Luxembourg's growing touch rugby scene. Alessia Hancock and Albert York came on the show today to talk about their experiences playing at the Junior European Championships in Vichy.
City Scenes - Detroit
City scenes is our weekly Thursday feature in which we dive head first into the music scene of a particular city. We’re going through the alphabet from A-Z. Last week for C we looked at Chicago and this we’re driving 4 and half hours down the road into Michigan and we’re looking at Detroit.
Shifting Paradigms - Interview with Charlie Winston
On today's breakfast show, Tom spoke over the phone with Charlie Winston ahead of his headline show at Den Aelier on the 5th of September.
Prisoners: A new prison for detainees on remand
For Local Matters, we’ve been to the inauguration of the new prison Ueschterhaff. 400 people can be detained there. It is built for prisoners on remand, those who are waiting for their trial and have not been convicted yet.
Prisoners: Jeannot's show "Iwwert d'Maueren" on Radio Ara
A new episode of Local Matters, a look behind walls, a look into the studio of Radio Ara where Jeannot Schmitz for 32 years, has hosted the show Iwwert d'Maueren. Prisoners call in and leave messages for their loved ones, live on the radio.
Bullying In Schools - Interview With Lidia Rahal
Lidia Rahal joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk about the issue of bullying in schools in Luxembourg. She has created a petition calling for improved national frameworks for tackling the issue of bullying in Luxembourg's schools.
Interview with James Libbey From Voices International
James Libbey, director of Voices International joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk about the busy month of concerts ahead for the choir.
Prisoners: Becoming a member of society again - interview with Eran, Eraus... an elo?
On Local Matters, we focus on prisoners and ex-prisoners. In our first interview of this week's series, Christian Richartz, president of the Asbl Eran, eraus ... an elo?, tells us why so many ex-prisoners struggle to find their place in society again.