Wednesdays at 1 p.m. during The Mix (repeats at 11 p.m. Wednesday and 12 noon on Sunday) Bringing a new Swiss personality to the table every week. Lunch with WRS podcast feed Wednesdays at 1 p.m. during The Mix (repeats at 11 p.m. Wednesday and 12 noon on Sunday) Bringing a new Swiss personality to the table every week. Lunch with WRS podcast feed WRS WRS web@wrs.ch en Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:15:26 UT Sun, 03 May 2009 16:34:29 GMT Big Medium 2.0.8 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/index.shtml (C) WRS 2009 News & Politics no Dr. Enrique Steiger is a surgeon who leads a double life. The cosmetic surgeon with a plush clinic on Lake Zurich performs breast operations and facelifts on Hollywood celebrities, politicians and diplomats. But he is equally at home saving lives in Red Cross hospitals—performing amputations, head surgery and shrapnel removal in some of the world’s worst conflict zones.: Wed, 16 Nov 2011 11:56:26 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-plastic-surgeon-enrique-steiger.shtml?27584 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17584 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix Michel Walther is a philanthropist and director of the Clinique la Source in Lausanne. He talks to WRS’s Pete Forster about what has become canton Vaud’s largest private hospital—and why not having a medical background has served him well in his job: Wed, 09 Nov 2011 12:48:20 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-michel-walther-philantropist.shtml?27468 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17468 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.lasource.ch/site/pages/default.aspx The Sphere Project was launched in 1997 by NGOs such as CARE and Oxfam. The aim is to improve the quality of humanitarian assistance as well as the accountability of those who are providing the help. WRS’s Susan Flory chats with head of the Sphere Project, John Damerell, about the organization’s work and ambitious goals: Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:45:44 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-john-damerell-of-the-sphere-project.shtml?27352 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17352 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.sphereproject.org/ Farrol Kahn is the author of Valais, Switzerland: An Undiscovered Swiss Canton. He talks to WRS’s Susan Flory about the little-known treasures to be found in the isolated valleys of the canton. He regales her with facts about “death cheese,” the longest funicular in Switzerland and the many links between the canton and the UK: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:45:25 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-farrol-kahn-author-of-a-book-about-.shtml?27220 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-17220 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.amazon.co.uk/Valais-Switzerland-Undiscovered-Swiss-Canton/dp/3033029345 Louis Palmer is a former Swiss schoolteacher turned inventor who completed the first round-the-world trip in a solar-powered car in 2008. He also directed the zero emissions race around the world earlier this year. He talks to WRS’s Lucas Chambers about his vision for a world where zero-emissions vehicles are the norm: more WRS coverage on environment Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:40:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-louis-palmer-solar-car-inventor.shtml?26947 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16947 environment Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/solar-taxi-ends-round-the-world-trip.shtml http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/wrsnews/swiss-victory-in-zero-emissions-race.shtml http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/one-global-race-one-three-wheeled-car-and-zero-emi.shtml Actor Anatole Taubman was born in Zurich. His father was from the former East Germany and his mother from Austria. He spent some of his childhood in England and attended acting school in New York. That background has left him fluent in four languages (five if you include Swiss German)—and that in turn is reflected in the cosmopolitan nature of his work in England, France, Germany, Switzerland and the United States. Perhaps best known in the English speaking world for playing the villain Elvis in the James Bond movie Quantum of Solace, he has starred and co-starred in over 60 feature films and TV productions. Outside of work, he’s a spokesman for UNICEF Switzerland. Nowadays, he lives in Berlin with his partner, the German actress Claudia Michelsen and two daughters. WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to him: Wed, 05 Oct 2011 12:40:00 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-actor-anatole-taubman.shtml?26815 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16815 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix WRS’s Vincent Landon talks to Egyptian businessman and billionaire Samih Sawiris. As CEO of Orascom Development, he is the man behind a major and controversial transformation of the Swiss village, Andermatt in the canton of Uri: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 12:20:35 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-businessman-and-billionaire-samih-s.shtml?26692 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16692 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://worldradio.ch/wrs/news/switzerland/villages-luxury-facelift-raises-hackles.shtml?26634 http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/dateline/dateline-ch-ski-butlers-to-join-locals-in-new-gild.shtml?26713 WRS’s Susan Flory invites to the table Dr. Luigi Polla, the Geneva-born, Geneva-based dermatologist behind the Forever Laser Institut and its revolutionary “soft lifting” technique: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 12:05:35 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-dermatologist-luigi-polla.shtml?26586 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16586 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.forever-beauty.com/index_en.html WRS’s Susan Flory brings to the table this week Isabelle Nordmann. The mother of three is a former retailer, banker, computer scientist—and creator and current president of Europe’s first urban day spa: Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:43:51 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-isabelle-nordmann.shtml?26476 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16476 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.aftertherain.ch/ Paul Accola has whizzed down the world’s best ski runs, and now he wants to take a run at a seat in the federal palace. Accola, from Davos, is on the Swiss People’s Party’s international ticket in the canton of Graubünden. WRS’s Jordan Davis talks to him: Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:12:26 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-paul-accola-champion-skier-and-mp-h.shtml?26374 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16374 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix Claude Béglé used to be head of Swiss Post and he boasts business experience in dozens of countries. Now, he’s hoping to gain a seat in the federal Parliament on the Christian Democrat ticket in the canton of Vaud. General elections will be held October 23. WRS’s Jordan Davis talks to him: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 12:33:28 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-past-swiss-post-chief-gets-into-pol.shtml?26258 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16258 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix October 23 marks general parliamentary elections for Switzerland. In the second of a four-part series, WRS’s Jordan Davis talks to Thierry Carrel, chief of heart surgery at Bern’s University Hospital. He is running for the canton of Bern on the center-right Liberal party ticket.  As a surgeon, he has been in the limelight for treating federal councilors in times of crisis, and performing open heart surgery on television: Wed, 24 Aug 2011 11:25:28 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-thierry-carrel-heart-surgeon-and-po.shtml?26139 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16139 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix In the first of a four-part series ahead of the Swiss national election on October 23, WRS’s Jordan Davis talks to Matthias Aebischer. He is running for the national parliament as a Social Democrat in the canton of Bern. Aebischer, a former Swiss German TV journalist, talks about why he wants to move to the other side of the microphone: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:27:38 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-matthias-aebischer-parliamentarian-.shtml?26028 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-16028 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix Hans-Peter Fricker is a scholar and teacher who earned a PhD in literature and languages from the University of Zurich. After lecturing at universities and colleges, he held various management positions at DRS, the German-language Swiss national radio broadcaster, before heading the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Association. He became chief executive officer of WWF Switzerland in 2004. WRS’s Tony Ganzer talks to him about the environmental group’s activities: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:13:18 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-hans-peter-fricker-wwf-switzerland-.shtml?25823 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-15823 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix Yangzom Brauen is a Bern native who lives in Hollywood, where she is furthering her acting career. But she continues to spend a lot of time supporting the Tibet Freedom Movement, a cause that led to her arrest in Moscow in 2001. The activist also wrote a best-selling novel about her family’s exodus from Tibet, Across Many Mountains. WRS’s Tony Ganzer interviews Brauen: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:24:15 GMT http://worldradio.ch/wrs/programmes/lunch/lunch-with-wrs-yangzom-brauen-actor-activist-and-a.shtml?25711 79fb7a047369e85e0d59f47d8906b200-15711 Programmes/Lunch with WRS Daily Shows/The Mix http://www.yangzombrauen.com/bio http://www.randomhouse.com.au/books/ACROSS-MANY-MOUNTAINS-%28EPUB%29/9781409029847/eBook/ http://www.youtube.com/user/greentaras?feature=chclk http://tibetconnection.org/about/yangzom-brauen