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Capital of Flemish Brabant province, Belgium

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The Running Crew
Ep. 103 - EK running Brussel-Leuven: de laatste tips & tricks

The Running Crew

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 60:00


Komend weekend verwelkomen Leuven en Brussel het EK Running: er worden titels uitgedeeld op zowel de 10k, halve marathon als marathon. En het beste van alles: wij, de amateur, mag mee aan de start staan. Jullie stelden ons heel wat vragen, hier zijn onze antwoorden.Vragen of opmerkingen? Schiet ze binnen van @therunningcrewdotcom op Instagram!

On The Continent
The Lionesses leave Leuven empty handed

On The Continent

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2025 29:54


Michelle Agyemang… WOW. Just wow. She had a night she will never forget, but England suffered a disappointing 3-2 defeat in Belgium. Rach can hear the alarm bells ringing already - but don't panic, her and Chloe are very much on hand to bring the calm that's needed in this special post-match reaction pod! Plus, it's safe to say Sazzy Wiegs has a selection headache to contend with ahead of Euro 2025, so we thought we'd help her out. We've picked our starting XI for that tough opener against France. Who's in? And who's out? Come and find out! Follow us on X, Instagram, Bluesky and YouTube! Email us show@upfrontpod.com.For ad-free episodes and much more from across our football shows, head over to the Football Ramble Patreon and subscribe: patreon.com/footballramble.**Please take the time to rate us on your podcast app. It means a great deal to the show and will make it easier for other potential listeners to find us. Thanks!** Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Matin Première
Un étudiant en gynécologie de l'UZ Leuven, coupable de viol, mais pas condamné

Matin Première

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 13:21


On en débat avec: Nathalie GALLANT, avocate pénaliste au Barreau de Bruxelles Denis GOEMAN, juge au tribunal de première instance de Bruxelles. Merci pour votre écoute N'hésistez pas à vous abonner également aux podcasts des séquences phares de Matin Première: L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwPL'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqxL'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQRetrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Retrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous : Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWMELes Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrHLe Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssrEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement. Distribué par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Alle Registers Open
#6 - Francesca Ajossa vindt het mooi dat ze met orgelspelen zonder woorden met anderen kan communiceren (S05)

Alle Registers Open

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2025 63:28


Voor deze aflevering van ‘Alle registers open' reist Elsbeth Gruteke naar Leuven in België. Ze ontmoet daar in de Sint-Michielskerk de Italiaanse Francesca Ajossa achter het unieke Contiusorgel.  Francesca volgde muziekonderwijs in Italië. Hoe kwam het dat zij zich in Nederland ging vestigen? Zelf had ze nooit verwacht dat ze binnen de muziek een carrière zou opbouwen. Immers, ook in Italië leeft het idee dat je van muziek niet goed rond kunt komen. Je moet een ‘echte baan hebben', zo wordt er gedacht. Maar toen Francesca besloten had om toch de muziek in te gaan, was de knop definitief om. Ze speelt met hart en ziel en het is haar lust en haar leven. Vooral de brede keuze binnen het muziekrepertoire maakt het orgelspelen zo gevarieerd en dat is iets wat haar boeit en goed bij haar past. Wil je meer orgelmuziek beluisteren? Ga dan naar onze speellijst op npoklassiek.nl (https://www.npoklassiek.nl/speellijsten/85f57ccf-5ce4-4dec-9e88-70ca1591f119/de-mooiste-orgelmuziek)

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Pro Forma

Podcast | BNR

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2025 45:17


Samen met strafadvocaat Ayse Çimen nemen Wouter & Christian je mee door het vonnis van de rechtbank Leuven die deze week een Belgische student gynaecologie veroordeelde voor verkrachting van een medestudent.

Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel
93. De grammatica van de school - curriculum?

Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 30:41


In een samenwerking tussen pedagogen van de universiteit Leuven, die begin 2025 een congres organiseerden over de toekomst van de school, en de schoolleidersopleiding ATTC maken we een speciale serie van Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel over de grammatica van de school. Elke aflevering gaat over  een of twee aspecten van de school. Deze keer…Kunnen we de school hebben, bedenken of maken zonder… curriculum?Te gast zijn Maarten Simons en Rembert Dejans we spreken over de volgende aspecten van het curriculum:Curriculum kan prescriptief en descriptief benaderd worden, dus enerzijds als inhouden en vaardigheden die een leerling moeten leren, anderzijds als in curriculum vitae, dus na afloop terugkijkend vragen: wat heeft de school met mij gedaan?Curriculum als een leefwereld of een proces, in plaats van alleen de focus op het eindproduct en zo efficiënt en effectief mogelijk van A naar B te gaan. Wat daartussen net zo belangrijk.Curriculum als hardloop track, een ruimte en tijd die je bewust creëert om te kunnen oefenen in plaats van een instrument om het onderwijs te controleren.Curriculum als een manier om leerlingen tot het midden te brengen, het punt waarop ze elke richting uit kunnen. Je leert niet om schrijver te worden, wel om alles te kunnen schrijven.Curriculum als het leren van nieuwe werelden, maar ook van een andere verhouding met wat je al kent, zoals leren schrijven een nieuwe verhouding tot je moedertaal is.Curriculum als transformatie van de inhouden die de samenleving van belang acht en in vertrouwen overdraagt aan de school. Niet als uitvoeringsprogramma, maar als middel voor leraren om inhouden op tafel te leggen waar leerlingen mee kunnen oefenen.Curriculum als enerzijds een manier waarop de samenleving haar verwachting naar het onderwijs uitdrukt, in termen van inhouden, anderzijds als de vraag van de school aan de samenleving om haar verantwoordelijkheid op te nemen over wat op tafel moet komen.Deze podcast is mede mogelijk gemaakt door ⁠schoolleidersopleiding ATTC⁠, onderwijsadvies ⁠School Matters⁠ en rustplek ⁠De vallei van het goede leven⁠.

Lang verhaal kort
#1060 - 'Getalenteerde' verkrachter krijgt geen straf. Hoe zit dit?

Lang verhaal kort

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 5:41


Een ​student gynaecologie verkrachtte een studente in Leuven. Hij krijgt geen gevangenisstraf, geen strafblad, en hoeft alleen een schadevergoeding te betalen. Veel mensen - in België en daarbuiten - zijn daar boos over. Wat is er gebeurd en waarom heeft de rechter geen straf opgelegd? Steef legt het je uit. 

Onder ons: crimi
De verkrachtingszaak in Leuven

Onder ons: crimi

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2025 29:23


In Leuven werd de dader van een verkrachtingszaak schuldig bevonden maar hij kreeg geen straf. Is de verontwaardiging rond de zaak terecht? Wat staat er in het nieuwe seksueel strafrecht dat sinds 2022 van kracht is? Hoe bepaalt een rechter de straf bij verkrachting? Philip Heymans en Gianni Paelinck bespreken de feiten en het vonnis.

De Jogclub
#257 - EK running Live

De Jogclub

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 127:20


Deze zijn we er live in aanloop naar het EK Marathon in Leuven volgende week.Schuiven bij ons aan tafel: John Heymans, Prof. Geert Molenberghs en Michael Somers.John doet zijn economisch en sportief plan uit de doeken.Met Prof. Geert Molenberghs hebben we het over zijn loopervaring en zijn voorbereiding op de halve marathon van Leuven.Michael Somers komt vertellen over de hectische periode die hij doormaakt en hij heeft een fantastisch verhaal van een marathon training waar een boswachter, een hond en PJ bij betrokken zijn.

Radio Maria België
Elke dag telt. Doet u mee aan de ‘extreme kruisweg’? – Congres 2025: in gesprek met Liva van Radio Maria Letland en Pierre van Radio Maria England

Radio Maria België

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 49:46


Liva Kupfere, coördinator van Radio Maria Letland Er wordt een bijzondere kruisweg georganiseerd van Leuven naar Zaventem. De organisatoren noemen het een Extreme Kruisweg omdat de wandeling 40 kilometer lang is en ’s nachts plaatsvindt. Het thema van de wandeling dit jaar is Route van de Hoop, ter gelegenheid van het Jubileum van de Hoop. […]

Het kwartier
Schuldig maar geen straf: verkrachtingszaak maakt veel los. En Netanyahu naar Hongarije

Het kwartier

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2025 15:02


Een student in Leuven die schuldig werd bevonden aan verkrachting krijgt toch geen straf van de rechter. De verontwaardiging is groot, maar is die ook terecht? De Israëlische premier Netanyahu brengt een bezoek aan Hongarije, ondanks het feit dat er een arrestatiebevel tegen hem is: hoe kan dat? En waarom betaalt iemand 19.000 euro voor een gesigneerd wielertruitje van Eddy Merckx?

The Podcast of Jewish Ideas
61. Franz Rosenzweig | Dr. Paul Franks

The Podcast of Jewish Ideas

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 67:47


J.J. and Dr. Paul Franks systematically consider Franz Rosenzweig in all his existential and idealistic glory. Follow us on Bluesky @jewishideaspod.bsky.social for updates and insights!Please rate and review the the show in the podcast app of your choice.We welcome all complaints and compliments at podcasts@torahinmotion.org  For more information visit torahinmotion.org/podcastsPaul Franks is Robert F. and Patricia Ross Weis Professor of Philosophy and Jewish Studies, Professor of German Languages and Literatures, Professor of Religious Studies, and Chair of the Department of Philosophy at Yale University.  Before coming to Yale in 2011, he was the first occupant of the Jerahmiel S. and Carole S. Grafstein Chair in Jewish Philosophy at the University of Toronto.  He was educated at Gateshead Talmudical College, at Balliol College Oxford, and at Harvard, where he earned his PhD in 1993.  He has also taught at Michigan, Indiana, and Notre Dame, and has been visiting professor at Chicago, Leuven, and Hebrew University. In addition to numerous articles on German Idealism and Jewish philosophy, Paul is the translator and annotator (with Michael L. Morgan) of Franz Rosenzweig: Philosophical and Theological Writings (Hackett, 2000), and he is the author of All or Nothing: Systematicity, Transcendental Arguments, and Skepticism in German Idealism (Harvard, 2005).  He is currently writing a book on the central concepts of post-Kantian Idealism in light of their kabbalistic roots, and with Michael L. Morgan  he is writing a history of Jewish philosophy from the 1490s to the 1990s.

Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel
92. De grammatica van de school - gebouw?

Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 28:45


In een samenwerking tussen pedagogen van de universiteit Leuven, die begin 2025 een congres organiseerden over de toekomst van de school, en de schoolleidersopleiding ATTC maken we een speciale serie van Onderwijs leiden met hart en ziel over de grammatica van de school. Elke aflevering gaat over  een of twee aspecten van de school. Deze keer…Kunnen we de school hebben, bedenken of maken zonder… gebouw?Te gast zijn Maarten Van den Driesche en Jan Masschelein en we spreken over de volgende aspecten van de school als gebouw:De school als een configuratie van ruimtes, kamers, lokalen en gemeenschappelijke ruimten.De school als meer dan alleen een klas en leren, maar ook als een plek van pedagogisch leven, die ook een plek is van gedeeld, publiek leven, misschien wel de laatste.De schoolinrichting geeft aan welke inhouden je centraal wilt plaatsen. Is dat alleen taal en rekenen, omdat dit de basis zou zijn? Of het tekenlokaal, omdat het om leren aanschouwen gaat. Of de keuken of de sportzaal, vanwege het lichamelijke?De school moet onzichtbaarheid toestaan, zodat leerlingen zich kunnen vormen op een manier die niet op voorhand bepaald is, om te kunnen worden wie ze willen zijn.De school is een sterke materialisatie is van een belofte dat iedereen alles kan leren. De belofte op een open toekomst en die van een vrije tijd. De tijd om je te kunnen vormen.Kinderen worden door het schoolgebouw ook met het verleden geconfronteerd. Het nieuwe dat met het oude in contact komt.Het digitale ligt ook op tafel in de school, om het te bestuderen en je als leerling toe te verhouden, net als met taal, rekenen en andere werelden.Deze podcast is mede mogelijk gemaakt door schoolleidersopleiding ATTC, onderwijsadvies School Matters en rustplek De vallei van het goede leven.

Science in Action
Breakthrough Antivirals and fresh US Grant cancellations

Science in Action

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 28:35


This week, after five years of research, two newly discovered antiviral molecules have been shown to combat coronaviruses. Johan Neyts of the Rega Institute for Medical Research in Leuven outlines how he hopes the new molecule developed by his team might help us deal with emerging pandemics in the future. But as the US halts all Covid related research, will drugs like these ever hit the shelves? Among the grants terminated this week by the National Institute for Health is a programme called AViDD, AntiViral Drug Discovery, supporting 9 independent consortia. Annette von Delft of Oxford University and Ed Griffen of the drugs discovery company MedChemica spoke to us about the overnight shut down of years of work and importance of antiviral development. The longest ever carbon-based molecules have been discovered by the Mars Curiosity rover. Caroline Freissinet of the Laboratoire Atmosphères et Observations Spatiales talked us through the meticulous planning and geological chance that made this possible, and whether these long chain alkanes could be a clue to discovering life on mars. Researchers at Vanderbilt University have been delving into the genetic evolution of horses to discover the mutation that's behind their runaway metabolic success. Gianni Castiglione explains how a mutation that should have been catastrophic instead helped horses to evolve from the size of dogs to the giant athletic animals we know today. Presenter: Roland Pease Producer: Emily Bird Production Coordinators: Jana Bennett-Holesworth and Josie Hardy(Photo: Two tablets of Roche Pharmaceuticals' Tamiflu. Photo by Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Restorative Works
Restorative Justice & Gendered Violence with Dr. Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt

Restorative Works

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 27:41


Claire de Mézerville López welcomes Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt, D.Phil., to the Restorative Works! Podcast. Join us as Dr. Rosenblatt discusses the critical shortcomings of the conventional criminal justice system in addressing gendered violence and explores how restorative justice offers a survivor-centered alternative. Survivors often face secondary victimization, navigating a system that can be dismissive, retraumatizing, or focused solely on punitive measures. Dr. Rosenblatt highlights research from around the world demonstrating how restorative practices—when done properly—can empower survivors, offer meaningful accountability, and provide justice that prioritizes safety and agency. She also dispels common myths about restorative justice, including misconceptions about mandatory face-to-face encounters. Dr. Fernanda Fonseca Rosenblatt is an Associate Professor at the IIRP. She also serves as the book review editor for the International Journal of Restorative Justice. She is also a member of the Research Committee of the European Forum for Restorative Justice. Dr. Rosenblatt has contributed to United Nations initiatives on multiple occasions, including serving as an expert reviewer for the latest edition of the United Nations Handbook on Restorative Programmes and as a Portuguese-speaking expert for the translation of the Restorative Justice Module of the Education for Justice project by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC). Fernanda earned her doctoral degree in Criminology from the University of Oxford in 2014 and a master's in Criminology from the Catholic University of Leuven in 2005. Tune in to learn more about Dr. Rosenblatt's research and perspective, and check out her Presidential Paper Gendered violence and restorative justice: giving survivors voice and choice.

The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis and Modern Finance with Nobel Prize Winner Eugene Fama

The Capitalism and Freedom in the Twenty-First Century Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2025 55:30 Transcription Available


Jon Hartley and Eugene Fama discuss Gene's career at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business since the 1960s and helping to start Dimensional Fund Advisers (DFA) in the 1980s, fat tails, the rise of modern portfolio theory, efficient markets versus behavioral finance, factor-based investing, the role of intermediaries, and whether asset prices are elastic versus inelastic with respect to demand. Recorded on March 14, 2025. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Eugene F. Fama, 2013 Nobel laureate in economic sciences, is widely recognized as the "father of modern finance." His research is well-known in both the academic and investment communities. He is strongly identified with research on markets, particularly the efficient markets hypothesis. He focuses much of his research on the relation between risk and expected return and its implications for portfolio management. His work has transformed the way finance is viewed and conducted. Fama is a prolific author, having written two books and published more than 100 articles in academic journals. He is among the most cited researchers in economics. In addition to the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Fama was the first elected fellow of the American Finance Association in 2001. He is also a fellow of the Econometric Society and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He was the first recipient of three major prizes in finance: the Deutsche Bank Prize in Financial Economics (2005), the Morgan Stanley American Finance Association Award for Excellence in Finance (2007), and the Onassis Prize in Finance (2009). Other awards include the 1982 Chaire Francqui (Belgian National Science Prize), the 2006 Nicholas Molodovsky Award from the CFA Institute recognizing his work in portfolio theory and asset pricing, and the 2007 Fred Arditti Innovation Award given by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Center for Innovation. He was awarded doctor of law degrees by the University of Rochester and DePaul University, a doctor honoris causa by the Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, and a doctor of science honoris causa by Tufts University. Fama earned a bachelor's degree from Tufts University in 1960, followed by an MBA and PhD from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business (now the Booth School) in 1964. He joined the GSB faculty in 1963. Fama is a father of four and a grandfather of ten. He is an avid golfer, an opera buff, and a former windsurfer and tennis player. He is a member of Malden Catholic High School's athletic hall of fame. Jon Hartley is currently a Policy Fellow at the Hoover Institution, an economics PhD Candidate at Stanford University, a Senior Fellow at the Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP), a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and an Affiliated Scholar at the Mercatus Center. Jon also is the host of the Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century Podcast, an official podcast of the Hoover Institution, a member of the Canadian Group of Economists, and the chair of the Economic Club of Miami. Jon has previously worked at Goldman Sachs Asset Management as a Fixed Income Portfolio Construction and Risk Management Associate and as a Quantitative Investment Strategies Client Portfolio Management Senior Analyst and in various policy/governmental roles at the World Bank, IMF, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation, U.S. Congress Joint Economic Committee, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, and the Bank of Canada.  Jon has also been a regular economics contributor for National Review Online, Forbes and The Huffington Post and has contributed to The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, USA Today, Globe and Mail, National Post, and Toronto Star among other outlets. Jon has also appeared on CNBC, Fox Business, Fox News, Bloomberg, and NBC and was named to the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 Law & Policy list, the 2017 Wharton 40 Under 40 list and was previously a World Economic Forum Global Shaper. ABOUT THE SERIES: Each episode of Capitalism and Freedom in the 21st Century, a video podcast series and the official podcast of the Hoover Economic Policy Working Group, focuses on getting into the weeds of economics, finance, and public policy on important current topics through one-on-one interviews. Host Jon Hartley asks guests about their main ideas and contributions to academic research and policy. The podcast is titled after Milton Friedman‘s famous 1962 bestselling book Capitalism and Freedom, which after 60 years, remains prescient from its focus on various topics which are now at the forefront of economic debates, such as monetary policy and inflation, fiscal policy, occupational licensing, education vouchers, income share agreements, the distribution of income, and negative income taxes, among many other topics. For more information, visit: capitalismandfreedom.substack.com/

Policy and Rights
UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine

Policy and Rights

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 81:47


Ministers speak with reporters on Parliament Hill as the Cabinet Committee on Canada-U.S. Relations and National Security meets. They face questions on Canada's ongoing trade disputes with the U.S. and China and U.S. President Donald Trump's recent comments that he would rather deal with a liberal than a conservative government in Canada.   Speaking with reporters are ministers François-Philippe Champagne (finance),  Jonathan Wilkinson (energy and natural resources), Rachel Bendayan (immigration), Kody Blois (agriculture), and Steven MacKinnon (jobs and families).    Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly also discusses China's recent execution of several Canadian citizens for “drug-related crime.”  the members of the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine spoke to journalists in Geneva about their latest report to the UN Human Rights Council. The Chair of the Fact-Finding Mission, Erik Møse, and the two other expert members, Vrinda Grover and Pablo de Greiff, participated in a press conference held at the United Nations Office at Geneva. The Secretary-General is still in Brussels today, and a few hours ago, he took part in a working lunch with the Heads of State and Government of the European Union. As we mentioned, he was invited by the President of the European Council, Antonio Costa – and this lunch took place at the opening of the European Council.  The Secretary-General and Mr. Costa spoke to the press as they entered the European Union building. Mr. Guterres expressed his appreciation for our partnership with the EU, reiterating that it is a fundamental pillar of the multilateral response to the challenges we face in peace and security, climate, sustainable development, and human rights.   Turning to the situation in Ukraine, the Secretary-General said any ceasefire is welcome because it saves lives, but he added that it is essential that a ceasefire paves the way for a just peace in Ukraine – a peace that respects the UN Charter, international law, and Security Council resolutions, namely about the territorial integrity of Ukraine.   The Secretary-General renewed his appeal for respect of the ceasefire in Gaza, for unimpeded humanitarian access to all areas of Gaza, and for the immediate and unconditional release of the hostages. His full remarks have been shared with you.                                                                 Tomorrow, the Secretary-General will deliver remarks in Leuven, where the universities KU Leuven and UC Louvain will jointly award an honorary doctorate to the United Nations. In his remarks, Mr. Guterres will pay tribute to the work and commitment of our UN colleagues around the world. The ceremony will be webcast live on UN WebTV.   Tomorrow, the Secretary-General is also scheduled to have a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Belgium, Bart De Wever. The Secretary-General will be back here on Monday morning.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/policy-and-rights--3339563/support.

De Lesbische Liga Podcast
#7 - Het Liga Boekenbal (S10)

De Lesbische Liga Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2025 54:22


Happy 90e Boekenweek allemaal! Deze week een speciale Liga, waarin we speelse, sappige en grootste poppentips geven over queer literatuur! Dat doen we niet alleen, want ook grote spelers Hanna Bervoets, Claudia de Breij, Thorn de Vries, Elmer, Babeth Fonchie Fotchind, Noa-Lynn van Leuven, Loes Faber, Tirsa With en Alma Mathijsen zijn hun boekenkast ingedoken -de enige kast waar ze ooit nog in te vinden zijn- en geven je hun ultieme tips van het moment!  Veel dank aan al deze geweldige mensen en  wil je meer lezen, check dan De Lesbische Leesclub!  Dit is onze voorlopig laatste aflevering tot aan mei, vanwege Vera's sabbatical. Daarna zijn we er gewoon wekelijks weer. Maar weet ons in de tussentijd te vinden middels DM of mail!

UBLpodcast
Verborgen vrouwenlevens aan de universiteit

UBLpodcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 26:25


Studeren aan de Universiteit Leiden was lange tijd alleen weggelegd voor mannen. Maar dat wil niet zeggen dat vrouwen geen belangrijke rol speelden. De Universiteit Leiden bestaat dit jaar 450 jaar. In deze speciale 450-serie van de UBLpodcast duikt universiteitshistoricus Pieter Slaman in de geschiedenis van de oudste universiteit van Nederland. Dat doet hij aan de hand van historische documenten uit de Bijzondere Collecties de Universitaire Bibliotheken Leiden, én met een gast. Voor deze aflevering heeft hij Claire Morrisson in de studio. Zij doet aan de universiteit in Leuven promotieonderzoek naar de rol van vrouwen in de vroegmoderne tijd (1575-1675) aan de universiteit, zowel in Leuven als in Leiden. Vrouwen waren eeuwen geleden misschien geen officiële leden van de universitaire gemeenschap, maar ze lieten zeker hun stempel achter. Pieter Slaman is universiteitshistoricus. In deze podcastserie neemt Pieter zijn gesprekspartners mee op een tocht door de geschiedenis van de Universiteit Leiden. In iedere aflevering brengt het duo een bezoek aan een locatie die een speciale plek heeft in de historie van de universiteit.

Magazyn Redakcji Polskiej PRdZ
Komentarze z Polski: prezydenckie weto dla ustawy incydentalnej oraz rocznica odzyskania niepodległości przez Litwę

Magazyn Redakcji Polskiej PRdZ

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2025 28:26


W dzisiejszej audycji mówimy o zawetowaniu przez prezydenta Andrzeja Dudę ustawy incydentalnej. Powiemy też o litewskiej 35. rocznicy odzyskania niepodległości, a także o inauguracji polsko-brytyjskiego sezonu kulturalnego 2025. Naszym gościem jest Elżbieta Grabiec, dyrektorka Polskiej Szkoły  im. Wisławy Szymborskiej w Leuven, w Belgii.

The Women Peloton Podcast
Nele 'ontspanning, avontuur en koffies' - The Female Cycling Tribe Podcast #68

The Women Peloton Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 55:12


In deze nieuwe episode hebben we een gezellige 'koffieklets' met een ondernemende fietsster, Nele van koffiebar Soigneur in Leuven. Ooit werd ze verliefd op de fiets als gewoon 'een leuke activiteit', tijdens Corona begon ze pas echt meer en meer te fietsen. Toch blijft ze zichzelf zien als een fietsster die vooral geniet van de ontspanning en de leuke reisjes die erbij horen. Uiteindelijk ging Nele zo hard van de koers en de fiets houden, dat ze besliste om samen met haar vriend een fiets-minded koffiebar/café te openen in hartje Leuven. In deze episode hebben we het over hoe het ooit begon (inclusief grappige styling keuzes), dromen najagen, koffietjes, cols beklimmen, ... en nog van alles en nog wat! Kortom, een zeer gezellige babbel waarbij we Nele haar passie voor de fiets zo diep mogelijk ontleden.

Thought Behind Things
From Pakistan to the World: How BAT is Revolutionizing the Tobacco Industry Ft Johan Vandermeulen | TBT 432

Thought Behind Things

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 51:27


Guest Introduction: Joining us today is Johan Vandermeulen, a distinguished leader who rose from Marketing Trainee to Chief Operating Officer at BAT. Starting in 1992, he progressed through key marketing and management roles across Belgium, Turkey, and Russia, notably leading the $1.72 billion acquisition of Tekel. His tenure as Global Brand Director revitalized the Kent brand, including the launch of Kent Nanotek. His 2014 appointment to the Management Board, and subsequent promotion to COO in 2023, underscores his strategic vision and commitment to BAT's A Better Tomorrow™ vision. Holding Masters and MBA degrees from the University of Leuven, Johan combines academic expertise with extensive practical experience.Do not forget to subscribe and press the bell icon to catch on to some amazing conversations coming your way!#thoughtbehindthings #muzamilhasan #johanvandermeulen Socials:TBT's Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thoughtbehindthings Muzamil's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muzamilhasan Muzamil's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/muzamilhasan Johan's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johan-vandermeulen-b69898150Podcast Links:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3z1cE7F Google Podcast: https://bit.ly/2S84VEd Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/3cgIkf

De Vierkante Paal
Aflevering 418: Godver… Niet opnieuw hè!

De Vierkante Paal

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2025 45:09


Kwaad en teleurgesteld. Zo moet elke Antwerp-supporter zich gevoeld hebben na de match zaterdag tegen Leuven. Tot 20 seconden voor het laatste fluitsignaal leek PO1 quasi binnen. Maar opnieuw maakte The Great Old het zich onnodig moeilijk. Of had deze keer toch vooral coach De Roeck boter op het hoofd?Host: Bob DejonghGasten: Kevin Baert en Dirk PietersMontage: Thomas Slembrouck Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

PODKAP
AURUM_Sonntagsimpuls zum Evangelium | 23.2.25

PODKAP

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 22, 2025 2:31


Bruder Julian Bruder Julian studiert gerade ein Semester in Leuven, Belgien. Was für neue Erfahrungen er dort gemacht hat und welche Auswirken sie auf seinen Glauben haben, zeigt er uns in seinem Sonntagsimpuls. [Evangelium: Lukas, Kapitel 6, Verse 27 bis 38] In jener Zeit sprach Jesus zu seinen Jüngern: Euch, die ihr zuhört, sage ich: Liebt eure Feinde; tut denen Gutes, die euch hassen! Segnet die, die euch verfluchen; betet für die, die euch beschimpfen! Dem, der dich auf die eine Wange schlägt, halt auch die andere hin und dem, der dir den Mantel wegnimmt, lass auch das Hemd! Gib jedem, der dich bittet; und wenn dir jemand das Deine wegnimmt, verlang es nicht zurück! Und wie ihr wollt, dass euch die Menschen tun sollen, das tut auch ihr ihnen! Wenn ihr die liebt, die euch lieben, welchen Dank erwartet ihr dafür? Denn auch die Sünder lieben die, von denen sie geliebt werden. Und wenn ihr denen Gutes tut, die euch Gutes tun, welchen Dank erwartet ihr dafür? Das tunauch die Sünder. Und wenn ihr denen Geld leiht, von denen ihr es zurückzubekommen hofft, welchen Dank erwartet ihr dafür? Auch die Sünder leihen Sündern, um das Gleiche zurückzubekommen. Doch ihr sollt eure Feinde lieben und Gutes tun und leihen, wo ihr nichts zurückerhoffen könnt. Dann wird euer Lohn groß sein und ihr werdet Söhne des Höchsten sein; denn auch er ist gütig gegen die Undankbaren und Bösen. Seid barmherzig, wie auch euer Vater barmherzig ist! Richtet nicht, dann werdet auch ihr nicht gerichtet werden! Verurteilt nicht, dann werdet auch ihr nicht verurteilt werden! Erlasst einander die Schuld, dann wird auch euch die Schuld erlassen werden! Gebt, dann wird auch euch gegeben werden! Ein gutes, volles, gehäuftes, überfließendes Maß wird man euch in den Schoß legen; denn nach dem Maß, mit dem ihr messt, wird auch euch zugemessen werden. Abdruck des Evangelientextes mit freundlicher Genehmigung der Ständigen Kommission für die Herausgabe der gemeinsamen liturgischen Bücher im deutschen Sprachgebiet; Evangelien für die Sonntage: Lektionar I-III 2018 ff. © 2025 staeko.net Mehr Podcasts auf www.kapuziner.de/podcast

Blockparty
#68 - 4 Zegereeksen zijn voorbij, het Mintz Mystery en de Return of Roel?

Blockparty

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2025 72:10


Wat een speelweekend! De BNXT League heeft nu officieel een tweedeling: Belgische ploegen van 1 tot 10, Nederlandse ploegen van 11 tot 19. Dat is... schrijnend.Verder praten Maarten, Henk en Matthijs over het mysterie van de verdwenen Davion Mintz bij Oostende, de mogelijke terugkeer van Roel bij Antwerpen en natuurlijk de wedstrijd Feyenoord Rotterdam vs Antwerp Giants waar Henk en Matthijs commentaar gaven.Kortom, een hoop ontwikkelingen!Hoofdstukken:0:00 Intro2:03 Tweedeling BNXT Ranking8:47 Feyenoord - Antwerpen15:12 Tweedeling Part II20:20 Superpandoering Kortrijk - LWD26:39 Leuven bekert verder35:58 Einde zegereeksen Mechelen & Aalst40:31 Het Mintz Mystery50:48 Return of Roel Moors?1:02:09 QSTA vs BAL (met nieuwe Zweed)1:06:42 Nationale Teams

New Books Network
Raphael Chijioke Njoku, "Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa's Development, 1947-2022" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 69:12


The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans (Leuven UP, 2024), Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II's role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state's quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa's independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch's dilemma of complying with Whitehall's decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth's contribution fell short of African nationalists' expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky. Kanayo Nomeh, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at Florida International University, specializing in Africa's diaspora relations, superpowers and geopolitical rivalry, and African-China sociopolitical dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in History
Raphael Chijioke Njoku, "Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa's Development, 1947-2022" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 69:12


The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans (Leuven UP, 2024), Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II's role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state's quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa's independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch's dilemma of complying with Whitehall's decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth's contribution fell short of African nationalists' expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky. Kanayo Nomeh, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at Florida International University, specializing in Africa's diaspora relations, superpowers and geopolitical rivalry, and African-China sociopolitical dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

New Books in African Studies
Raphael Chijioke Njoku, "Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa's Development, 1947-2022" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in African Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 69:12


The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans (Leuven UP, 2024), Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II's role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state's quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa's independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch's dilemma of complying with Whitehall's decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth's contribution fell short of African nationalists' expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky. Kanayo Nomeh, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at Florida International University, specializing in Africa's diaspora relations, superpowers and geopolitical rivalry, and African-China sociopolitical dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/african-studies

New Books in Economic and Business History
Raphael Chijioke Njoku, "Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa's Development, 1947-2022" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in Economic and Business History

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 69:12


The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans (Leuven UP, 2024), Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II's role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state's quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa's independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch's dilemma of complying with Whitehall's decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth's contribution fell short of African nationalists' expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky. Kanayo Nomeh, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at Florida International University, specializing in Africa's diaspora relations, superpowers and geopolitical rivalry, and African-China sociopolitical dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

New Books in British Studies
Raphael Chijioke Njoku, "Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans: Narrating Decolonization, Postwar Commonwealth, and Africa's Development, 1947-2022" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in British Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2025 69:12


The road to Queen Elizabeth II's implementation of African reforms was rough, especially in the first two decades following her ascension to the throne. In Queen Elizabeth II and the Africans (Leuven UP, 2024), Raphael Chijioke Njoku examines Queen Elizabeth II's role in the African decolonization trajectories and the postcolonial state's quest for genuine political and economic liberation since 1947. By locating Elizabeth at the center of Anglophone Africa's independence agitations, the account harnesses the African interests to tease out the monarch's dilemma of complying with Whitehall's decolonization schemes while building an inclusive and unified Commonwealth in which Africans could play a vital role. Njoku argues that to gratify British lawmakers in her complex and marginal place within the British parliamentary system of conservative versus reformist, Elizabeth's contribution fell short of African nationalists' expectations on account of her silence and inaction during the African decolonization raptures. Yet ultimately, the author concludes, she helped build an inclusive and unified organization in which Africans could assert and appropriate political and economic autarky. Kanayo Nomeh, Ph.D. Candidate in International Relations at Florida International University, specializing in Africa's diaspora relations, superpowers and geopolitical rivalry, and African-China sociopolitical dynamics. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/british-studies

Mosselen Om Half Twee
Mosselen om Half Twee #374 - WheelChérie Returns 3D.

Mosselen Om Half Twee

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 107:14


Opgenomen op 24/01/25 in Het Depot te Leuven. Xander en Jelle trappen een nieuwe Mosselen tour af in Leuven met special guests Koen De Poorter en Michael Pas! De rolstoel van Eddy Wally komt thuis, lichaamsappen worden gedeeld, Pater Damiaan komt ter sprake en een verloren Kuifje aflevering is eindelijk ingesproken.

Matin Première
La bise interdite à Leuven

Matin Première

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2025 6:05


Stop! Plus de bisous! C'est la demande assez particulière faite par la ville de Louvain à tous ses employés… Ne plus se faire la bise sur le lieu de travail, c'est l'une des règles imposée par le nouveau code de déontologie. Merci pour votre écoute N'hésistez pas à vous abonner également aux podcasts des séquences phares de Matin Première: L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwPL'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqxL'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQRetrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Retrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous : Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWMELes Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrHLe Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssrEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

RNZ: Morning Report
NZ mountain biker optimistic after huge crash

RNZ: Morning Report

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2025 1:56


Hutt Valley mountain biker Erice van Leuven is optimistic about her recovery after surviving the biggest crash of her life. van Leuven spoke to reporter Bill Hickman.

Luisterrijk luisterboeken

Deze prequel van de Thomas Berg-reeks speelt zich af in 1990. Thomas Berg is twintig en studeert theologie in Leuven. Uitgegeven door Lind & Co Spreker: Pieter-Jan De Smedt

Apologetics Profile
Episode 273: Islamic Tawhid Vs the Christian Trinity with Dr. Imad Shehadeh [Part 2]

Apologetics Profile

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 27, 2025 32:41


When engaging Muslims with the truth of Christianity, it is crucial we understand clearly not only our own doctrines but those of our Muslim friends and neighbors as well. While we use many familiar-sounding concepts, our definitions are often radically different. This week on the Profile we continue our discussion with founder and president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Aman, Jordan Dr. Imad Shehadeh. We talk more about his 2020 two-volume publication God With Us and Without Us - The Beauty and Power of Oneness in Trinity versus Absolute Oneness. Imad will share more valuable insights from his decades of engagement with Muslims about the nature of our Triune God and the absolute oneness of Allah.Dr. Imad Shehadeh is President and Senior Professor of Theology at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan, which he founded in 1991. Dr Shehadeh earned his PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas, and has carried out post-doctoral studies at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has a wide-ranging preaching and teaching ministry including online and television series, and speaking at churches, seminaries and conferences. Dr Shehadeh has written a number of articles and books published in both English and Arabic.Related Links: Access additional Watchman Fellowship resources related to this week's podcast: Watchman book: What the Qur'an Really Teaches about Jesus, by James Walker Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Islam by James Walker: www.watchman.org/Muslim Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on Shi'a Islam by Dr. Mike Edens: www.watchman.org/Shia Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on Ahmadiyya Islam by Eric Pement: www.watchman.org/Ahmadiyya Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on The Bahai Faith by Robert Pardon: www.watchman.org/Bahai Watchman Fellowship's complete Profile Notebook demo video: www.watchman.org/Demo Additional ResourcesFREE: We are also offering a subscription to our 4-page bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/Free.PROFILE NOTEBOOK: Order the complete collection of Watchman Fellowship Profiles (around 700 pages -- from Astrology to Zen Buddhism) in either printed or PDF formats here: www.watchman.org/notebook. SUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/give.Apologetics Profile is a ministry of Watchman Fellowship For more information, visit www.watchman.org © Watchman Fellowship, Inc.

Apologetics Profile
Episode 272: Islamic Tawhid Vs the Christian Trinity with Dr. Imad Shehadeh [Part 1]

Apologetics Profile

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2025 33:31


God is doing a work in the Middle East. This week and next on the Profile we talk with the founder and president of Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary in Aman, Jordan Dr. Imad Shehadeh. The seminary, established in the early 1990s, presently trains and equips Christians, many who are former Muslims, to pastor churches and serve in Christian ministry throughout the Middle East and the world. Dr. Shehadeh shares with us his insights and experience in engaging Muslims with the truth of the Christian faith. We discuss his 2020 two-volume publication God With Us and Without Us - The Beauty and Power of Oneness in Trinity versus Absolute Oneness. It is a comprehensive survey about the differences between the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and the Islamic doctrine of Tawhid, or absolute oneness.Dr. Imad Shehadeh is President and Senior Professor of Theology at Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan, which he founded in 1991. Dr Shehadeh earned his PhD from Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas, and has carried out post-doctoral studies at the Evangelische Theologische Faculteit, Leuven, Belgium, and the University of Edinburgh, UK. He has a wide-ranging preaching and teaching ministry including online and television series, and speaking at churches, seminaries and conferences. Dr Shehadeh has written a number of articles and books published in both English and Arabic.Related Links: Access additional Watchman Fellowship resources related to this week's podcast: Watchman book: What the Qur'an Really Teaches about Jesus, by James Walker Watchman Fellowship's 4-page Profile on Islam by James Walker: www.watchman.org/Muslim Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on Shi'a Islam by Dr. Mike Edens: www.watchman.org/Shia Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on Ahmadiyya Islam by Eric Pement: www.watchman.org/Ahmadiyya Watchman Fellowship 4-page Profile on The Bahai Faith by Robert Pardon: www.watchman.org/Bahai Watchman Fellowship's complete Profile Notebook demo video: www.watchman.org/Demo Additional ResourcesFREE: We are also offering a subscription to our 4-page bimonthly Profiles here: www.watchman.org/Free.PROFILE NOTEBOOK: Order the complete collection of Watchman Fellowship Profiles (around 700 pages -- from Astrology to Zen Buddhism) in either printed or PDF formats here: www.watchman.org/notebook. SUPPORT: Help us create more content like this. Make a tax-deductible donation here: www.watchman.org/give.Apologetics Profile is a ministry of Watchman Fellowship For more information, visit www.watchman.org © Watchman Fellowship, Inc.

Inside Running Podcast
Interview: Andre La Gerche (New 2025)

Inside Running Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 68:29


This week's guest is one of the most highly respected Sports Cardiologists in the world and a sub 2:30 marathoner. He is the Head of the Heart, Exercise and Research Trials Lab at St Vincent's Institute and the Victor Chang Cardiovascular Research Institute, as well as being a Cardiologist and Head of Cardiovascular Research at St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne. He completed a PhD at St Vincent's and University of Melbourne and 4 years of post-doctoral research at the University Hospital of Leuven in Belgium. His research and clinical work focuses on the effect of exercise on the human heart. He has more than 300 peer-review publications and text-book chapters, serves on multiple international guideline statements and is regularly invited to present at all major international cardiology conferences. Patreon Link: https://www.patreon.com/insiderunningpodcast Opening and Closing Music is Undercover of my Skin by Benny Walker. www.bennywalkermusic.com Join the conversation at: https://www.facebook.com/insiderunningpodcast/ To donate and show your support for the show: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=9K9WQCZNA2KAN

CrowdScience
Is beer better without alcohol?

CrowdScience

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 32:52


In the past stout beer has been touted for its supposed health benefits. Is there any truth to those claims - and what happens if you take the alcohol out?CrowdScience listener Aengus pondered these questions down at the pub, after noticing most of his friends were drinking non-alcoholic beers. He wondered how the non-alcoholic stuff is made – what's taken out and what's added in – and whether the final product is better for you than the alcoholic version.It's a question that takes us to Belgium, home to the experimental brewery of a global drinks company which takes the growing market for alcohol-free beer very seriously. David De Schutter, head of research and development, shows host Marnie Chesterton how to take alcohol out of beer without spoiling the flavour.We also find our way to a yeast lab in Leuven, Belgium where Kevin Verstrepen and his team have found another way to make alcohol-free beer with the help of industrious microbes: yeast varieties that brew beer without producing any alcohol in the first place. And how do they compare to the alcoholic versions? We discuss the importance of aromas in our perception of beer's taste.So should listener Aengus stick to non-alcoholic stout? We speak to scientist Tim Stockwell about the health drawbacks of alcohol, even in moderation. And gut microbiome researcher Cláudia Marques fills us in on her delicious pilot study, which looked at the effects of both non-alcoholic and alcoholic beers on our digestive tract. Along the way, Marnie taste-tests what's on the market, and asks the experts why this particular grocery shelf has become so much bigger and more flavourful in recent years.Presenter: Marnie Chesterton Producer: Sam Baker Editor: Cathy Edwards Production co-ordinator: Ishmael Soriano Technical producers: Giles Aspen, Andrew Garratt and Donald MacDonald(Image: Close-up of waitress holding craft beer at bar, Brazil Credit: FG Trade via Getty Images)

Matin Première
Emmanuel ANDRE, médecin microbiologiste à l'hôpital universitaire UZ Leuven

Matin Première

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2025 10:41


L'invité de Matin Première Merci pour votre écoute N'hésistez pas à vous abonner également aux podcasts des séquences phares de Matin Première: L'Invité Politique : https://audmns.com/LNCogwPL'édito politique « Les Coulisses du Pouvoir » : https://audmns.com/vXWPcqxL'humour de Matin Première : https://audmns.com/tbdbwoQRetrouvez tous les contenus de la RTBF sur notre plateforme Auvio.be Retrouvez également notre offre info ci-dessous : Le Monde en Direct : https://audmns.com/TkxEWMELes Clés : https://audmns.com/DvbCVrHLe Tournant : https://audmns.com/moqIRoC5 Minutes pour Comprendre : https://audmns.com/dHiHssrEt si vous avez apprécié ce podcast, n'hésitez pas à nous donner des étoiles ou des commentaires, cela nous aide à le faire connaître plus largement.

New Books Network
Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász, "Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 58:32


When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of Central and Eastern European towns is striking. Cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Trieste, where such notable figures as Freud, Ferenczi, Kafka, and Joyce lived and worked, are rarely studied in a translocal framework, as if Central and Eastern Europe were still a blind spot of European modernity.  Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies (Leuven UP, 2024) expands the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns, offering in-depth analyses of the intriguing link between literature, the arts, and material culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The case studies situate Hungarian urban culture within the global flow of ideas as they explore the period of modernism, the mid-century, and the post-1989 era in a context that moves well beyond the borders of the country. Ágnes Györke is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University's Department of Literary and Cultural Studies in English and principal investigator of the Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Modern City research group. Tamás Juhász is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University where he teaches modern British and American literature, cultural theory and Central European film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

New Books in Sociology
Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász, "Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in Sociology

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 58:32


When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of Central and Eastern European towns is striking. Cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Trieste, where such notable figures as Freud, Ferenczi, Kafka, and Joyce lived and worked, are rarely studied in a translocal framework, as if Central and Eastern Europe were still a blind spot of European modernity.  Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies (Leuven UP, 2024) expands the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns, offering in-depth analyses of the intriguing link between literature, the arts, and material culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The case studies situate Hungarian urban culture within the global flow of ideas as they explore the period of modernism, the mid-century, and the post-1989 era in a context that moves well beyond the borders of the country. Ágnes Györke is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University's Department of Literary and Cultural Studies in English and principal investigator of the Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Modern City research group. Tamás Juhász is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University where he teaches modern British and American literature, cultural theory and Central European film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

New Books in Eastern European Studies
Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász, "Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in Eastern European Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 58:32


When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of Central and Eastern European towns is striking. Cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Trieste, where such notable figures as Freud, Ferenczi, Kafka, and Joyce lived and worked, are rarely studied in a translocal framework, as if Central and Eastern Europe were still a blind spot of European modernity.  Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies (Leuven UP, 2024) expands the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns, offering in-depth analyses of the intriguing link between literature, the arts, and material culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The case studies situate Hungarian urban culture within the global flow of ideas as they explore the period of modernism, the mid-century, and the post-1989 era in a context that moves well beyond the borders of the country. Ágnes Györke is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University's Department of Literary and Cultural Studies in English and principal investigator of the Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Modern City research group. Tamás Juhász is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University where he teaches modern British and American literature, cultural theory and Central European film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

New Books in Urban Studies
Ágnes Györke and Tamás Juhász, "Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies" (Leuven UP, 2024)

New Books in Urban Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2024 58:32


When consulting key works on urban studies, the absence of Central and Eastern European towns is striking. Cities such as Vienna, Budapest, Prague, and Trieste, where such notable figures as Freud, Ferenczi, Kafka, and Joyce lived and worked, are rarely studied in a translocal framework, as if Central and Eastern Europe were still a blind spot of European modernity.  Urban Culture and the Modern City: Hungarian Case Studies (Leuven UP, 2024) expands the scope of literary urban studies by focusing on Budapest and Hungarian small towns, offering in-depth analyses of the intriguing link between literature, the arts, and material culture in the 20th and 21st centuries. The case studies situate Hungarian urban culture within the global flow of ideas as they explore the period of modernism, the mid-century, and the post-1989 era in a context that moves well beyond the borders of the country. Ágnes Györke is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University's Department of Literary and Cultural Studies in English and principal investigator of the Cosmopolitan Ethics and the Modern City research group. Tamás Juhász is associate professor at Károli Gáspár University where he teaches modern British and American literature, cultural theory and Central European film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Flyover Conservatives
America's Psychiatrist Speaks Out: Are We Greenlighting Violence? - Dr. Carole Lieberman

Flyover Conservatives

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2024 69:29


TO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.flyover.liveTO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.flyover.liveDr. Carole LiebermanDr. Carole LiebermanTWITTER: www.x.com/drcarolemd TWITTER: www.x.com/drcarolemdwww.x.com/drcarolemd Dr. Carole Lieberman, known as “America's Psychiatrist,” is a renowned psychiatrist, bestselling author, and Emmy Award-winning media personality. A graduate of NYU and the Catholic University of Leuven, she completed her residency at Bellevue Hospital and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is a trusted expert on psychological issues, regularly appearing on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and other major outlets to analyze topics ranging from relationships and trauma to terrorism and pop culture. As the author of books like “Bad Boys” and “Coping with Terrorism,” Dr. Lieberman combines clinical expertise with practical advice to help people navigate life's challenges. Her work as a forensic expert, author, and speaker has made her a leading voice in mental health, offering insight and inspiration to audiences worldwide.Dr. Carole Lieberman, known as “America's Psychiatrist,” is a renowned psychiatrist, bestselling author, and Emmy Award-winning media personality. A graduate of NYU and the Catholic University of Leuven, she completed her residency at Bellevue Hospital and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is a trusted expert on psychological issues, regularly appearing on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and other major outlets to analyze topics ranging from relationships and trauma to terrorism and pop culture. As the author of books like “Bad Boys” and “Coping with Terrorism,” Dr. Lieberman combines clinical expertise with practical advice to help people navigate life's challenges. Her work as a forensic expert, author, and speaker has made her a leading voice in mental health, offering insight and inspiration to audiences worldwide.--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Flyover Conservatives
America's Psychiatrist Speaks Out: Are We Greenlighting Violence? - Dr. Carole Lieberman | FOC Show

Flyover Conservatives

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 84:40


Tonight at 8:30 pm CST, on the Flyover Conservatives show we are tackling the most important things going on RIGHT NOW from a Conservative Christian perspective!  Tonight at 8:30 pm CST, on the Flyover Conservatives show we are tackling the most important things going on RIGHT NOW from a Conservative Christian perspective!  TO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONSERVATIVES SHOWS - https://flyover.live/show/flyoverTO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONSERVATIVES SHOWS - https://flyover.live/show/flyoverTO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.flyover.liveTO WATCH ALL FLYOVER CONTENT: www.flyover.liveTo Schedule A Time To Talk To Dr. Dr. Kirk Elliott Go To To Schedule A Time To Talk To Dr. Dr. Kirk Elliott Go To ▶ https://flyovergold.com▶ https://flyovergold.comOr Call 720-605-3900 Or Call 720-605-3900 Dr. Carole LiebermanDr. Carole LiebermanTWITTER: www.x.com/drcarolemd TWITTER: www.x.com/drcarolemdwww.x.com/drcarolemd Dr. Carole Lieberman, known as “America's Psychiatrist,” is a renowned psychiatrist, bestselling author, and Emmy Award-winning media personality. A graduate of NYU and the Catholic University of Leuven, she completed her residency at Bellevue Hospital and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is a trusted expert on psychological issues, regularly appearing on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and other major outlets to analyze topics ranging from relationships and trauma to terrorism and pop culture. As the author of books like “Bad Boys” and “Coping with Terrorism,” Dr. Lieberman combines clinical expertise with practical advice to help people navigate life's challenges. Her work as a forensic expert, author, and speaker has made her a leading voice in mental health, offering insight and inspiration to audiences worldwide.Dr. Carole Lieberman, known as “America's Psychiatrist,” is a renowned psychiatrist, bestselling author, and Emmy Award-winning media personality. A graduate of NYU and the Catholic University of Leuven, she completed her residency at Bellevue Hospital and UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute. She is a trusted expert on psychological issues, regularly appearing on CNN, Fox News, NBC, and other major outlets to analyze topics ranging from relationships and trauma to terrorism and pop culture. As the author of books like “Bad Boys” and “Coping with Terrorism,” DSend us a message... we can't reply, but we read them all!Support the show► ReAwaken America- text the word FLYOVER to 918-851-0102 (Message and data rates may apply. Terms/privacy: 40509-info.com) ► Kirk Elliott PHD - http://FlyoverGold.com ► My Pillow - https://MyPillow.com/Flyover ► ALL LINKS: https://sociatap.com/FlyoverConservatives

Series Podcast: This Way Out
U.S. Elections: Take the LGBTQ+ Wins

Series Podcast: This Way Out

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2024 28:58


The U.S. elections were a wake-up call for the “woke,” yet even though the overall results spell danger, there are a number of queer bright spots to celebrate. With commentary by Andy Humm and Ann Northrop of GayUSA, our coverage includes homophobic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, trans U.S. Congressmember-elect Sarah McBride (Delaware), lesbian Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin, lesbian U.S Congressmember Angie Craig (Minnesota), Native American lesbian U.S Congressmember Sharice Davids, gay U.S Congressmember Eric Sorensen, Rocky Mountain Equality Deputy Director Bruce Parker, former U.S, Senator and MSNBC analyst Claire McCaskill and U.S. Vice President and presidential candidate Kamala Harris. And in NewsWrap: Mali's ruling military junta sends a law banning gay male sex to the president for his approval, a previously dismissed lawsuit challenging Connecticut's transgender-supportive statutes for school sports is going forward again, diversity-equity-inclusion programs crash at global plane-maker Boeing, controversial trans woman darts star Noa-Lynn van Leuven is facing three-time champion Michael van Gerwen in the first round of the Grand Slam of Darts, the MUBI streaming service is cancelling its international film festival in Istanbul after authorities block a screening of the film “Queer,” and more international LGBTQ news reported by Sarah Montague and Joe Boehnlein (produced by Brian DeShazor).  All this on the November 11, 2024 edition of This Way Out! Join our family of listener-donors today at http://thiswayout.org/donate/ NOTE TO RADIO STATIONS: The weekly program uploaded to SoundCloud will soon include a pitch for This Way Out/Overnight Productions (Inc.). Stations can download a pitch-free version from radio4all.net or Pacifica's AudioPort.Org. For more information, contact Brian@ThisWayOut.org.

The Leading Voices in Food
E252: Is farm-level environmental impact reporting needed or even possible?

The Leading Voices in Food

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2024 23:33


In today's podcast, we're discussing Fast and Furious. But it's not the movie series starring Vin Diesel. Instead, the catchphrase describes rapidly increasing and somewhat confusing food system environmental impact reporting. Food firms, farmers, and governments all have a clear need for more quantitative environmental impact data in order to measure and understand factors such as carbon footprint, sustainable agricultural practices, and food supply chain processes. But there is no single standard for such reporting and different measurement methodologies make it difficult to assess progress. What's more, greater transparency regarding environmental impacts and food systems will affect trade and supply chains. Our guest today is Koen Deconinck from the Trade and Agricultural Directorate of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, or OECD for short. Interview Summary You and your colleagues at the OECD recently published a paper called Fast and Furious: The Rise of Environmental Impact Reporting in Food Systems. Can you tell me a little bit about the paper? Sure. A while ago we were talking to one of the world's experts on sustainability in food systems. He alerted us that there was a major change happening in how people think about sustainability in food systems. He told us in the past, it was thought of almost as a checklist, right? People would say, here's a list of practices that you should or shouldn't use. And then we'll come and confirm whether that's the case on your farm. Then you either get certified or you don't. And he said, you should pay attention because there's a big change underway. We're more and more moving towards actually quantifying things like what is your carbon footprint? What is your water footprint? And so on. He convinced us that this was actually a major change that was happening. Oddly enough, outside of the role of the practitioners, not that many people have been paying attention to it. That is why we wrote this paper. This is a really important shift because just thinking about this in terms of economics, evaluating outputs versus the methods that you get to those outputs can have really significant implications for the various actors involved. So, this seems like a good move, but it seems also kind of complicated. I would love to hear your thoughts about that particular move. Why did you think, or why did you all realize this was a challenge and opportunity at the same? That's a great question. It actually gets to the heart of what we're describing in the paper. Starting with the good news, we do think that this has an enormous potential to improve sustainability in food systems. Because we know from the scientific evidence that there are big differences between different kinds of food products in terms of their average environmental impact. For example, beef tends to have more greenhouse gas emissions per kilogram of products relative to poultry and then definitely relative to plant based alternatives and so on. You can see these kinds of average differences. But then the data also shows that within each kind of product category, there's huge differences between different farmers. And what you can do if you start quantifying those footprints is it actually unlocks different kinds of levers. The first lever, if you think about carbon footprints, which is maybe the most intuitive example. The first lever is people know the carbon footprint of different kinds of food products. They could shift their diets away from the products that have a higher footprint towards products that have a lower footprint. For example, less beef and more towards poultry or towards plant-based alternatives. That's one lever. A second lever is that if you can also start to get even more precise and use data that is specific to each producer, not just an average, then also within each product category, people can start shifting towards the producers that have a lower environmental footprint. So, for example, people will still be drinking milk, but then they can shift towards milk producers that have a lower carbon footprint. And the third interesting lever that you can unlock is if you have that data at a supplier level. Suppliers could then say, well, I changed my practices. I changed my inputs. I've done things differently to reduce my impact. You actually can stimulate innovation by each individual farmer, each individual company in the supply chain to lower that impact. And that is something that you can do if you're quantifying those impacts, and that is very difficult or even impossible to do with this previous checklist-based approach. So that's one of the reasons why we're, we think that this has tremendous potential if we get it right. That's right. Just saying that you're doing sustainable practices isn't sufficient. It's really critical to evaluate what kinds of greenhouse gas emissions or other environmentally problematic outcomes of that producer or firm is what really matters. But I have to ask you just how difficult, how realistic is it to be able to measure the environmental impact of every farm? That's a really good question. And of course, if you think about agriculture compared to other sectors, one of the big challenges for agriculture is indeed that there's just so many producers, right? I talked to people who work in the steel industry, and they say that their industry is complicated, but there's basically only 1000 steel factories around the world. That's not that many. The latest evidence suggests that there's more than 600 million farmers worldwide. So clearly, we're talking about a completely different order of magnitude, order of complexity. And the second difficulty is that when we talk about measurements, for a steel factory, in theory, you could put sensors in the chimney and sort of measure that. For agriculture, that's really not practical. Scientists would sometimes do that because, you know, otherwise it's hard to know what greenhouse gas emissions you have in agriculture. But it's clearly not something that you're going to do on 600 million farms. So, what people do instead is, scientists would do the primary research. There are different ways of doing that, to try and estimate which kinds of practices have which kinds of environmental impacts. If you have a cow and it has this kind of diet, how much methane is it burping and how is it affected by differences in the kinds of feed that you give the animal and whether it's inside or outside and so on. And then based on that very detailed research, that then gets simplified into a simpler model, a simpler tool, so that the farmer can plug in some key performance indicators from their farm. I can say ‘I have these many cows, this is the feed rations that I'm giving to them. These are the kinds of manure management options that I have.' And then that tool is a simplified tool that basically gives you an estimate of those emissions. And once you have a tool like that, of course, the challenge is already a lot easier. Because then, if your tool is user friendly and you can sort of focus on just a couple of key parameters that farmers would know, then, of course, you can scale it up. And there are actual examples like that. In Ireland, there is a scheme called Origin Green, which is an initiative by the Irish government to promote exports of Irish Agri food products. They cover something like 90 percent of all the beef and dairy farms in the country. And as part of the initiative, they do the audits anyway, but as part of that initiative, they also quantify the carbon footprint. They basically have farm level data for 90 percent of the farmers. New Zealand similarly has had a big campaign called Know Your Numbers, where they've convinced farmers to use these kinds of calculation tools to get a good insight on how much the emissions are on their farm. So, it is definitely not straightforward. But at the same time, we do see that it is actually happening. It is actually feasible. Thank you for sharing that. This is really impressive work that's happening in the European context and in New Zealand. I have to ask, how challenging is this for small or medium sized producers? I mean, both in a European or Northern context, but particularly when we start thinking about the fact that Agri food chains are global and, and so there can be production practices in the Southern countries that would be of concern. How do you think about this in this context? It is a really important issue. And actually, we've been here before. If you go back something like 20 years ago, and I think you actually did some research on this yourself back in the days, Norbert. There was a big increase in food safety standards, food quality standards. And these were not necessarily public standards. It was quite often retailers who started to impose that on their suppliers. And we did have all those concerns, right? Because on the one hand, it was making food safer and higher quality for consumers. But on the other hand, there was this risk that it would actually exclude, especially the poor producers, the small and medium sized enterprises from those supply chains. There's been a lot of research about that and it turns out that in the end, it was more nuanced than what people feared initially. But of course, we definitely have the same concern now. And there's a few elements to it. One is simply the difficulty of actually quantifying those things. I mentioned a few of these calculation tools and a few of these initiatives. So far, most of the investment in these things has been in high income countries. And even if you look at the underlying science, most of the research has happened in richer countries. So, if you go to tropical agriculture, we even have less scientific evidence that you would use to build a simplified tool like that. Then there's, of course, the challenge of actually getting farmers to use that. So, governments in developing countries typically don't have the same kind of capacity that the government of New Zealand, or the government of Ireland has to help farmers do that. So, there's definitely a role there for development cooperation, technical assistance, things like that. But there's also another concern, which is that one of the important drivers of the environmental impacts of food products is actually your productivity. There are many parts of the food system where your environmental impacts might be roughly the same, no matter whether you are actually very productive or not. So, if you have the type of variety of rice or wheat that you're using that just has relatively low yields, then, of course, you divide the total environmental impact by a smaller number. So, automatically, your relative impact is bigger. And typically, that is what we find in the Global South. So, typically, the producers there will have much lower productivity levels. And studies do find that they tend to have higher environmental impacts, all else equal. So even if they were able to quantify it, there is actually an additional risk that then they would still get excluded. What that means is that this rise of quantified environmental impact reporting is something that we need to pay close attention to. And development corporation agencies and everybody else should be thinking hard about how we are going to make sure that producers in the Global South are not only able to quantify, but also able to improve those environmental impacts. For example, through sustainable productivity growth. This is really helpful. And thank you for sharing that. And you're right. I did think about these issues. I was influenced rather by the experience of increasing food safety standards. I would say one of the differences that we saw with food safety standards was how safe can food be? I mean, we want our food to be extremely safe, but there are always these tradeoffs. With environmental impacts, I think it feels a little different. And I really appreciate the concern of the difference between these small and medium sized enterprises, particularly out of a developing country context. I've got to ask sort of a broader question. Why is all of this happening now? This increase of environmental sustainability measures, both in terms of the technical work and the demand. I mean, what's bringing all of this together? It is actually a pretty interesting story because it appears that, the way we look at it, there's been some changes on the demand side and on the supply side, so to speak, right? So, there's this growing demand for more information. Consumers are increasingly conscious about these things, even though it's not clear yet if this really translates into their shopping behavior. Civil society organizations, of course, have long been asking for more information on that. Governments, in some cases, are also pushing for that. One clear example there is in the European Union. There is this new rule in the EU. It's called the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive. That's quite a mouthful. And one of the things it does is it requires all large companies to report not only their own emissions and the emissions from the energy that they're purchasing, but also their emissions upstream and downstream in their supply chain. People sometimes call this Scope Three Emissions. This has huge ramifications because it means that for the supermarkets, a large part of their Scope Three Emissions are the emissions from food. They would then probably ask the food manufacturers 'well, give us more information on your carbon footprints.' And in turn, for the food manufacturers, a large part of their carbon footprint comes upstream from the agricultural sector. So, everybody would be turning around and asking their supplier and all the way up the supply chain for more information. All the way, not only to the farmer, but even further up to the fertilizer companies and so on. So, there's definitely this push on the demand side. And, I guess governments and citizens and civil society, those are sort of the usual suspects, so to speak. There's also unexpectedly a lot of pressure from investors. We see organizations of investors pushing hard for more transparency. Their logic is that sooner or later, stricter regulations on the environmental side are going to come. For some of the companies that we're currently investing in, we have no idea how hard that would hit them. So, those companies need to disclose more information because we as investors need to know how much money is at risk if we invest in a business that is, for example, linked to deforestation and things like that. So, that's the demand side. But what is really interesting is that at the same time on the supply side, it's also becoming easier to actually provide that information compared to five or 10 years ago. Some of this is because people have been working in obscurity for a long time, trying to develop certain methods and databases. A lot of that work has been coming to fruition in just the last few years. For example, there's been development of new reporting standards, there's been development of new databases, there's been development of new methods, people are now using satellites and so on to try and quantify things like land use change, deforestation impacts and so on. A lot of these things are now converging and blending with each other. We do think that the combination of this greater demand and greater supply that is driving what we're seeing now. And of course, some of these initiatives are still at a relatively early stage. At the same time, I think the direction of travel is clear. So, we think that demand is not going to go down. It will keep getting easier to supply that information. We think that this is what explains this fast increase that we're seeing. This is really intriguing, and it makes me wonder how global value chains are going to be realigned. Going back to this idea of small and medium sized producers who may not be able to have the monitoring, or if you think of even larger firms who feel uncomfortable with having some outside agency evaluating the carbon emissions or other greenhouse gas emissions from their farm. I can imagine that this could realign value chains. Is this a fair assessment? Is this a concern? I agree with you that this is something people should be looking at. At the moment, there's not yet any data on that. I don't think anybody has really researched that. We see in general that many researchers aren't really paying attention to this trend, which was actually one of the reasons we wrote this paper. But what you're describing is exactly one of the questions we have as well. There are a few ways that this could play out. You could imagine that if it's only some markets that are getting very interested in this kind of information, you might have a situation where companies in a producing country decide to just send the sustainable stuff to the countries that care about sustainability. But they keep producing the unsustainable stuff for all the other markets. In that case, the total impact for the environment might actually be limited. But there could also be other cases where companies think, well, since a large part of our customer base is asking for more sustainability, we might as well make everything sustainable just to be on the safe side. You might have other cases where companies start working backwards because they want to make sure that what they are selling is sustainable. So, you might actually have situations where a retailer starts working with suppliers or where a food manufacturer starts working with suppliers to make sure that their production is sustainable. This is again something that we have seen in the wake of these food safety standards about 20 years ago. This was a really surprising development and there was a lot of investment from other companies in the supply chain to help farmers start meeting these stricter food safety standards. So, one possibility is that something like that might happen for environmental sustainability as well. At the moment, these are all really just hypotheses. And so I really hope people will start to investigate this more seriously, because I think it is very important also for policymakers to understand what has happened. I'm really appreciative of you making the point that there is just a great deal of uncertainty in this space and that there is a need for researchers to explore this issue. And I agree the food safety concerns of 20 or so years ago is a good example. But I think there are going to be some differences and I'll be intrigued to see how that plays out. I am interested to understand, are there any risks besides the ones that we've kind of touched on, any other risks or downsides to this movement that we're seeing? Yes, there are actually. Because the story I told so far was maybe a little bit on the optimistic side. I was explaining how it's becoming easier to supply the information in part because we now have better reporting standards. That is one part of the story. That's sort of the glass half full view of it. The glass half empty view is that actually, at the same time, there's also a fragmentation. There are also many different initiatives, and this is why we call it fast and furious. So, there's lots of different initiatives that are competing for attention. And you do end up with situations where you might have different ways of calculating certain environmental impact. Different ways of reporting it. And then it's not necessarily clear when somebody is reporting something what exactly they were using as methods. And so that poses an enormous risk, because if every supermarket or every country starts coming up with its own way of doing things, its own way of reporting, then the end result is just going to be confusion and frustration and transaction costs. And then the benefits for the environment won't even be there. So, it is really important if you want this to go well, that people get together, stakeholders, governments, researchers, to get together and try to align as much as possible on common reporting standards, common methodologies, etc. So that it's clear for everybody that the data that we're looking at is comparable. This is important, and I can imagine if we think about international accords on addressing climate change and how it takes a lot of effort to get agreement on those, you can imagine that when we're talking about these kinds of measures and getting concordance on that, there could be some real challenges. We've already touched on this, but I'm interested to know, are there other policy implications of the work that this paper is doing? Is there something we should be paying attention to? Well, one idea that I hope people would start taking seriously is I want people to start thinking in timelines and cycles. And let me explain what I mean by that. There's a lot of different initiatives out there. And you can even start to see a little bit of a hierarchy, how different things, some of these standards are building on other standards. Some of these databases are then in turn using some of those other standards. There's a kind of a logic that is emerging there. One of the problems that happens now is that it's not really clear when all of these elements are going to get updated. So, suddenly one of those standards might get updated and then now all of these other standards that build on that or those databases that build on that are suddenly no longer consistent with that original standard. And then there's some confusion and then it's not really clear whether the data you are using is actually still consistent with the original standard. One idea that I'm advocating for is that people should all explicitly define a certain iteration cycle where they say, look, every four years, for example, or every three years, every five years, we are going to review the standard. We'll give everybody 12 months of warning, and we'll have a stakeholder process, and we'll have a scientific process behind that so it's clear for everybody what we're changing and why. But this way, you know well in advance when each of these building blocks is going to get updated. Then that would make it a lot easier for everybody to make sure that what they're doing is aligned with those standards. And an additional benefit of doing it like that, I think, is these things are moving so fast and there's still so much new science and new technology coming in, that we have to keep the possibility open to keep improving and updating those methods and those standards as well. If you announce in advance that we'll do this on a three year cycle or a four year cycle or whatever it may be, I think that could help us strike a balance between the need for that flexibility, but at the same time that need for stability. Because of course, if things keep changing all the time, then you're never quite sure whether the numbers you're looking at make sense or can be compared. I think that idea would be very helpful. And that will probably require quite a bit of coordination between all the different stakeholders who work in that space. And I think that would be a very good thing to do. BIO Koen Deconinck is an economist in the Trade and Agriculture Directorate of the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) in Paris. He was lead author of the OECD report “Making Better Policies for Food Systems” (2021) and has worked on market concentration, seed markets, evidence gaps, resilience, and environmental impacts of food systems. He holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Leuven and has published research in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, the European Review of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, and Business History, among others. He currently works on measurement of carbon footprints and other environmental impacts of food.  

Discovery
The Life Scientific - Conny Aerts

Discovery

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2024 26:28


Many of us have heard of seismology, the study of earthquakes; but what about asteroseismology, focusing on vibrations in stars?Conny Aerts is a Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Leuven in Belgium - and a champion of this information-rich field of celestial research. Her work has broken new ground in helping to improve our understanding of stars and their structures.It hasn't been an easy path: Conny describes herself as always being “something of an outlier” and she had to fight to follow her dream of working in astronomy. But that determination has paid off - today, Conny is involved in numerous interstellar studies collecting data from thousands of stars, and taking asteroseismology to a whole new level.In an epsiode recorded at the 2024 Cheltenham Science Festival, Professor Jim Al-Khalili talks to the pioneering Belgian astrophysicist about her lifelong passion for stars, supporting the next generation of scientists, and her determination to tread her own path.

Beyond the Peloton Podcast
Breaking Down Tadej Pogačar's WC RR Performance & WC Gravel Predictions

Beyond the Peloton Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 43:37 Transcription Available


Spencer Martin of the Beyond the Peloton Newsletter and Andrew Vontz of the Choose the Hard Way Podcast/The Better Lab break down Tadej Pogačar's stunning ride to win the World Road Race Championships in Zürich, Switzerland, before previewing the upcoming World Gravel Championships in Leuven, Belgium. BTP In-Depth World RR Championship Breakdown Listen to Andrew's Choose the Hard Way Podcast BTP is seamlessly following every twist and turn of the 2024 Tour de France with the fantastic Tour Tracker app (iPhone/Android/Web) Hit up Andrew (@vontz) on Twitter/X & Spencer (@spencersoward) on Threads with your questions, opinions, and anything else cycling-related

Live Slow Ride Fast Podcast
WK Gravel voorbeschouwing: "Dit is een parcours voor de wegrenners"

Live Slow Ride Fast Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2024 82:15


Laurens en Stefan gaan verder. En niemand minder dan Leuven's finest is te gast. Hoe kan het ook anders - het WK gravel staat voor de deur. En wie anders kan je beter vertellen hoe te koersen op deze paden, en waar te gaan staan om als toeschouwer niks van de koers te missen, dan deze man. Jasper Stuyven. De Europees kampioen, de Belgisch kampioen, in de enige voorbeschouwing die je nodig gaat hebben! En hoe zit het ook alweer met die Sassicaia wijn? Je hoort het allemaal in de nieuwste aflevering van de Live Slow Ride Fast podcast!