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Featured
What’s right:  Person with type 1 diabetes produces their own insulin
Aug 13, 2025
What’s right: Person with type 1 diabetes produces their own insulin
Aug 13, 2025

For the first time, a person with type 1 diabetes produces their own insulin after gene-edited cell transplant. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Aug 13, 2025
What’s right: Four-Day Workweek Boosts Happiness and Performance
Aug 12, 2025
What’s right: Four-Day Workweek Boosts Happiness and Performance
Aug 12, 2025

The biggest global trial for a 4-day work week just wrapped up, running across six countries and involving companies in all sorts of industries. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Aug 12, 2025
What’s right: Free Summer Meals for Every Child in NYC
Aug 8, 2025
What’s right: Free Summer Meals for Every Child in NYC
Aug 8, 2025

New York City is offering free summer meals to all children 18 and under — no registration, no ID, no strings attached. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Aug 8, 2025
What’s right: Homophobic Attitudes Have Fallen Sharply in Western Europe and the U.S.
Aug 7, 2025
What’s right: Homophobic Attitudes Have Fallen Sharply in Western Europe and the U.S.
Aug 7, 2025

A remarkable shift in attitudes toward homosexuality—especially in Western Europe and the United States - is taking place. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Aug 7, 2025
 Whats Right: A Tool against Unfair Rent Hikes
Aug 6, 2025
Whats Right: A Tool against Unfair Rent Hikes
Aug 6, 2025

Düsseldorf tenants can now check and report illegal rent hikes in minutes, thanks to a smart online tool. It’s already inspiring similar systems in other German and European cities. Get all the details on today's "What's Right with the World".

Aug 6, 2025
 Whats Right: Zero Deaths, Safer Streets
Aug 6, 2025
Whats Right: Zero Deaths, Safer Streets
Aug 6, 2025

Helsinki just hit a milestone—zero traffic deaths in a year. How did they do it, and why can’t other cities, like Luxembourg, match that success? Get all the details on today's "What's Right with the World."

Aug 6, 2025
Interview with the Carolina and Jason Jazz Duo
Aug 4, 2025
Interview with the Carolina and Jason Jazz Duo
Aug 4, 2025

We spoke to Jason Kavanagh and Carolina Marcelino from the Carolina and Jason Jazz Duo about their recent gigs and involvement in the Luxembourgish jazz scene.

Aug 4, 2025
New Music Monday Tracks
Aug 4, 2025
New Music Monday Tracks
Aug 4, 2025

Listen to our New Music Monday songs and let us know your favourite to become Track of the Week!

Aug 4, 2025
What’s right: Dutch phone bans boost focus and social connection in schools
Jul 31, 2025
What’s right: Dutch phone bans boost focus and social connection in schools
Jul 31, 2025

A new government-backed study in the Netherlands shows that banning mobile phones and other electronic devices in schools is paying off. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Jul 31, 2025
 Language as Power: Kneecap screening and Hip Hop Showcase in Bettembourg
Jul 30, 2025
Language as Power: Kneecap screening and Hip Hop Showcase in Bettembourg
Jul 30, 2025

We spoke to Cyrille Bähr about the Language as Power event in Bettembourg which features an open-air screening of the film Kneecap, a showcase of local hip hop artists as well as a panel discussion on the role of the Luxembourgish language in the local hip hop scene.

Jul 30, 2025
What’s right: Most new renewables now cheaper than fossil fuels
Jul 30, 2025
What’s right: Most new renewables now cheaper than fossil fuels
Jul 30, 2025

91% of newly built renewable energy projects—especially solar and onshore wind farms—were already cheaper than new fossil fuel power plants. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Jul 30, 2025
What’s right: First Male Pill with No Side Effects Clears Safety Test
Jul 29, 2025
What’s right: First Male Pill with No Side Effects Clears Safety Test
Jul 29, 2025

A major breakthrough in reproductive health: the first-ever non-hormonal male birth control pill has passed its initial human safety trial. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!


Jul 29, 2025
 What's Right: Less Crime thanks to community measures
Jul 28, 2025
What's Right: Less Crime thanks to community measures
Jul 28, 2025

Homicide and violent crime rates are dropping across the U.S. in 2025, with prevention, community support, and post-pandemic stability proving more effective than tough-on-crime policies. Get all the details on today's "What's Right with the World."

Jul 28, 2025
What’s right: First IVF Rhino Pregnancy Could Bring a Species Back From the Brink
Jul 25, 2025
What’s right: First IVF Rhino Pregnancy Could Bring a Species Back From the Brink
Jul 25, 2025

In an unprecedented leap for conservation science, researchers have successfully achieved the world’s first IVF pregnancy in a rhino. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Jul 25, 2025
What’s right: Removing Down Syndrome at its Root
Jul 24, 2025
What’s right: Removing Down Syndrome at its Root
Jul 24, 2025

Japanese researchers from Mie University have taken a remarkable step toward addressing Down syndrome at its genetic core. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Jul 24, 2025
PwC People Pulse: Fostering in-house innovation
Jul 23, 2025
PwC People Pulse: Fostering in-house innovation
Jul 23, 2025

PwC joined us in the studio to tell us about their new, innovative AI project. We spoke with the winners or their Dragon's Innovation Tournament about their work and future steps.

Jul 23, 2025
What’s right: Ozzy Osbourne’s Farewell Sets Charity Record
Jul 23, 2025
What’s right: Ozzy Osbourne’s Farewell Sets Charity Record
Jul 23, 2025

Ozzy Osbourne’s farewell concert, Back to the Beginning, just made history—becoming the highest-grossing charity concert ever. Get all the details on today’s What’s Right!

Jul 23, 2025
 

Local Matters

Featured
 Local Matters: Towards a refugee assembly
Local Matters
Local Matters: Towards a refugee assembly
Local Matters

Tune in to Local Matters today as architect Mohammed Zanboa shares his vision for Municipality 101 and it could transform refugee participation and challenge ideas about belonging in Luxembourg.

Local Matters
Local Matters: Victory for political transparency and pedestrian safety
Local Matters
Local Matters: Victory for political transparency and pedestrian safety
Local Matters

A grassroots group took Luxembourg City to court—and won. Zug's fight for safer streets and public transparency is setting legal precedents and inspiring civic action.

Local Matters
Local Matters: The mental health impacts of long covid
Local Matters
Local Matters: The mental health impacts of long covid
Local Matters

A groundbreaking study in Luxembourg reveals how long COVID impacts mental health in unique ways, urging personalized care. Experts say one-size-fits-all treatment no longer meets patient needs.

Local Matters
Local Matters: Making hidden disabilities visible
Local Matters
Local Matters: Making hidden disabilities visible
Local Matters

How can we make hidden disabilities more visible? Tune in to Local Matters as Be Human tackles inclusion, disability rights, and new airport initiatives for better accessibility! Listen to the entire interview with Nadia Kendall.

Local Matters
Art exhibition on the Passerelle with Festival des Migrations
Local Matters
Art exhibition on the Passerelle with Festival des Migrations
Local Matters

Discover an interactive art exhibition at the Passerelle, blending analog and digital techniques. Part of the Festival des Migrations, it runs until the end of March. Meet the artists at Luxexpo in two weeks!

Local Matters
Narrowing the gender gap in research
Local Matters
Narrowing the gender gap in research
Local Matters

Women in research face funding gaps and career barriers. On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, ARA City Radio looks at efforts made in Luxembourg, speaking to the FNR and the University of Luxembourg.

Local Matters
 Local Matters: Where to have coffee with kids
Local Matters
Local Matters: Where to have coffee with kids
Local Matters

Today on Local Matters, we explore the challenges parents face in finding family-friendly cafés in Luxembourg. Hear from Cecile, who created a new label certifying child-welcoming spaces, and visit Florence Café in the Gare area, one of the certified spots hosting an event for new moms this afternoon.

Local Matters
 Local Matters: Esch's mayor Christian Weis about civic participation
Local Matters
Local Matters: Esch's mayor Christian Weis about civic participation
Local Matters

The city of Esch has introduced an online platform where citizens can easily request a meeting with a municipal officer or alderman. The initiative aims to strengthen the direct contact between the citizens and the politicians. In our interview on Local Matters, mayor Christian Weis (CSV) explains how the city of Esch aims to foster civic participation through this and other initiatives.

Local Matters

Music Matters

Featured
Interview with the Carolina and Jason Jazz Duo
Aug 4, 2025
Interview with the Carolina and Jason Jazz Duo
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
New Music Monday Tracks
Aug 4, 2025
New Music Monday Tracks
Aug 4, 2025
Aug 4, 2025
This week's gig guide with Jon
Nov 21, 2024
This week's gig guide with Jon
Nov 21, 2024
Nov 21, 2024
Fish, Brutus and more on today's Gig Guide!
Nov 13, 2024
Fish, Brutus and more on today's Gig Guide!
Nov 13, 2024
Nov 13, 2024
Francis of Delirium featured on KEXP!
Sep 13, 2024
Francis of Delirium featured on KEXP!
Sep 13, 2024
Sep 13, 2024

SOCIAL ISSUES

Featured
socials issues
Language Inequality: Rethinking Literacy with Daniel Rudas
socials issues

What if the most powerful forms of literacy aren’t taught in schools—but passed down through resistance, gardens, and handwritten notes? Listen to Daniel Rudas' interview in the framework of the Redes_Ling project on language inequality.

socials issues
 Challenging Language Inequality with Laura Villa Galán
socials issues
Challenging Language Inequality with Laura Villa Galán
socials issues

In our new interview series on language inequality, sociolinguist Laura Vila Galán reveals how language inequality stems from history and power, not grammar. Hear why dialects matter and how social change begins with linguistic awareness.

socials issues
What's right: protecting heritage through fashion
News, socials issues, Sustainability, What's right
What's right: protecting heritage through fashion
News, socials issues, Sustainability, What's right

Young Philippine female entrepreneurs have started to preserve traditional crafts by working with local weavers and embroiderers from a small village to create beautiful traditionally hand-made garments, thus preserving the indigenous culture through fashion.

News, socials issues, Sustainability, What's right
No room for discriminatory petitions
Politics, socials issues
No room for discriminatory petitions
Politics, socials issues

Luxembourg’s LGBTIQ+ rights groups gathered yesterday to protest for the rights of queer people as the petition that demands LGBTIQA+ related topics to be scrapped from school education surpassed 6.000 signatures – one of the fastest growing petitions in recent history. Franziska comments on protest and the petition.

Politics, socials issues
What's right: a ground-breaking cure for alcoholism?
socials issues
What's right: a ground-breaking cure for alcoholism?
socials issues

Using gene therapy, scientists have discovered that managing the level of the protein GDNF is key to the the correct transmission of dopamine, the feel-good neurotransmitter, in the brain. GDNF levels plummet when alcoholics abstain from drinking, leading to a dopamine shortage and feeling of discomfort, which makes alcoholics resort to drinking. Gene therapy is now thought to 'fix' GDNF levels, which could be a solution for those suffering from alcoholism.

socials issues
 What's Right: Erectile dysfunction drugs may reduce Alzheimer's risk
socials issues
What's Right: Erectile dysfunction drugs may reduce Alzheimer's risk
socials issues

Men who were prescribed erectile dysfunction drugs such as Viagra and Cialis were 18 percent less likely to develop Alzheimer's disease, according to a British study. That gives some hope that such drugs could be repurposed to prevent a common form of dementia.

socials issues
What's Right: Ghana's girls from the coast are changing culture through surfing
socials issues
What's Right: Ghana's girls from the coast are changing culture through surfing
socials issues

Obibini is Ghana's only female surf club. It gives young women and girls a place to play, learn and socialise. Teaching girls to swim and surf even seems to have lowered the local teenage pregnancy rate.

socials issues
Overindebtedness: How debts relate to health issues
Local Matters, socials issues
Overindebtedness: How debts relate to health issues
Local Matters, socials issues

Amélie Dolo knows: Debts make sick. And she also knows that people have to make debts to stay healthy. Amélie Dolo is the head of the Inter-Actions' over-indebtedness counseling service. In our interview on Local Matters, she explains how debts and health are related.

Local Matters, socials issues
Overindebtedness: Ending up stuck in debts
socials issues, Local Matters
Overindebtedness: Ending up stuck in debts
socials issues, Local Matters

When something unexpected happens in life – job loss or sickness – people risk making more debts than they can afford. The Ligue Médico-sociale offers consultancy for people with excessive debts. Christian Schumacher, the head of the department, is our guest on Local Matters.

socials issues, Local Matters
Interview With Clean Something For Nothing
EcoTalks, Activities, socials issues, Breakfast Show
Interview With Clean Something For Nothing
EcoTalks, Activities, socials issues, Breakfast Show

Cesar from Clean Something for Nothing was Tom's second guest of the morning today on the Breakfast Show. He stopped by the studios to talk about the app which he has built to support litter picking communities all over the world and how people can get involved in world clean up day this Saturday in Luxembourg.

EcoTalks, Activities, socials issues, Breakfast Show

CULTURE MATTERS

Featured
Zoom on Luxembourg: Interview with Suzan Noesen
Culture, Whine and Shine
Zoom on Luxembourg: Interview with Suzan Noesen
Culture, Whine and Shine

Suzan Noesen tells us about her art practices, inspirations and experiences as a full-time artist in Luxembourg and abroad.

Culture, Whine and Shine
No Stupid Question: What do you need to do on the day of the elections?
No Stupid Questions, Education, Culture
No Stupid Question: What do you need to do on the day of the elections?
No Stupid Questions, Education, Culture

Luxembourg-City candidate and integration minister Corinne Cahen (DP) joined us in the studio to talk about Election Day etiquette and the do’s and don’ts of choosing your future commune representatives.

No Stupid Questions, Education, Culture
Sant Jordi Celebrations In Luxembourg - Interview With Toni Montserrat From The Centre Catala
Culture
Sant Jordi Celebrations In Luxembourg - Interview With Toni Montserrat From The Centre Catala
Culture

This weekend the Centre Catala de Luxembourg invite you to celebrate the traditional catalan holiday of Sant Jordi and experience their culture and gastronomy with the catalan community of Luxembourg. Toni Montserrat from the Centre joined Tom on the phone to talk about what's in store for the celebrations.

Culture
Julia Zhang about the Chinese women's club
Culture, socials issues
Julia Zhang about the Chinese women's club
Culture, socials issues

The Chinese women's club celebrates their 5th anniversary this spring. In our interview, president Julia Zhang explains why the need for such a community exists.

Culture, socials issues
Talking St Patrick's Day With Niamh From The Irish Hour
Culture
Talking St Patrick's Day With Niamh From The Irish Hour
Culture

Happy St Patrick's Day! To mark the occasion, Tom and Joanne were joined on the show this morning by Niamh Ní Mhathúna, host of the Irish hour on Ara City Radio to discuss why St Patrick's day is such a big deal, how they celebrate it in Ireland and how people can celebrate it tonight in Luxembourg.

Culture
Celebrate Nauryz with the Kazakhstan - Luxembourg Cooperation ASBL
Culture
Celebrate Nauryz with the Kazakhstan - Luxembourg Cooperation ASBL
Culture

Nauryz is an ancient traditional festival that is celebrated in Kazakstan as well as in Central Asia, Balkans, the Black Sea Basin, the Caucasus, the Middle East and other regions. It marks the end of winter and the beginning of spring and can be traced back over 5000 years as a pure expression of appreciation of the nature, its cycles and celebration of life.

Culture

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