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Andreas Von Gunten kritisiert die neue Vereinbarung zwischen der SRG und den privaten Medienkonzernen in der Schweiz. In der Diskussion mit Martin Steiger stellen sich unter anderem folgende Fragen: Hilft der erhebliche Leistungsabbau der SRG überhaupt gegen die «Halbierungsinitiative»? Was bedeutet die KI-Sperre durch die SRG? Wie müsste die Zukunft der SRG eigentlich aussehen?

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Wie viel Geld soll die SRG, die Schweizerische Radio- und Fernseh-Gesellschaft, zukünftig von ihren Bewohnerinnen und Bewohnern erhalten? Wie beeinflusst der politische Druck die Berichterstattung darüber? Und wie wirkt sich die Debatte, wie stark der öffentliche Rundfunk finanziert werden soll, auf die private Medienlandschaft aus?Was also ist den Stimmbürgerinnen und Stimmbürgern eine öffentliche Berichterstattung wert? Und könnte dieser Auftrag nach einer Annahme der SRG-Halbierungsinitiative überhaupt noch umgesetzt werden? Diese und weitere Fragen beantworten Jacqueline Büchi, Larrisa Rhyn und Fabian Renz in einer neuen Folges des «Politbüro». Host: Philipp LoserProduzent: Tobias HolzerArtikel zum Thema: «200 Franken sind nicht genug» – «Juristische Personen können nicht fernsehen»Nationalrat sagt Nein zur SRG-Halbierungsinitiative«Katzenvideos»? Jungpolitikerin fordert SRG-Chefin Wille in der «Arena» heraus Unser Tagi-Spezialangebot für Podcast-Hörer:innen: tagiabo.chHabt ihr Feedback, Ideen oder Kritik zu «Apropos»? Schreibt uns an podcasts@tamedia.ch

Was hat er selbst dazu beigetragen, ein Glückskind zu werden? Wie vertraut man den eigenen Ideen? Roger Schawinski wird heute Mittwoch 80 Jahre alt. Er blickt auf sein Leben zurück – und spricht über das Älterwerden, das Loslassen und den Tod. Der Zürcher Medienpionier Roger Schawinski wird am Mittwoch 80 Jahre alt. Über Jahrzehnte hinweg prägte der Journalist, Radiopirat und Unternehmer die Schweizer Medienlandschaft massgeblich. Er war Gründer von Radio 24, dem ersten Privatradio der Schweiz, sowie von Tele Züri, dem ersten lokalen Privatfernsehsender. Zudem rief er den Deutschschweizer Sender Tele 24 ins Leben und lancierte Radio 1, das bis heute auf Sendung ist. Sehr früh hatte Schawinski seine Karriere bei der SRG begonnen, wo er 1974 das Konsumentenmagazin "Kassensturz" erfand. Roger Schawinski ist zu Gast bei David Karasek.

Der Ständerat lockert die Exportvorschriften für Kriegsmaterial, der Nationalrat diskutiert über die SRG, die EU finanziert Klimaaktivisten.

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Der Nationalrat berät in der laufenden Session die 200-Franken-Initiative. Sie verlangt, dass die Haushaltsabgabe für Radio und Fernsehen deutlich gesenkt und für Unternehmen ganz aufgehoben wird. Umstritten ist, welche Folgen die Gebührensenkung hätte – und was die SRG leisten soll. Knapp 80 Rednerinnen und Redner haben sich angemeldet, um im Nationalrat ihre Meinung zur 200-Franken-Initiative kundzutun. Diese verlangt, dass die Gebühren für Radio und Fernsehen von heute 335 Franken auf 200 Franken reduziert werden. Zudem sollen sämtliche Unternehmen von der Abgabe befreit werden. Welche Folgen hätte die Gebührenreduktion für die SRG? Und was bedeutet es für die privaten Medien? Die SRG und der Service public Der Bundesrat lehnt die Initiative ab. Er will die Haushaltsabgabe allerdings auf dem Verordnungsweg auf 300 Franken senken. Das Initiativkomitee – bestehend aus Vertretenden der SVP und Jungfreisinnigen – argumentiert: 200 Franken seien genug, die SRG müsse sich auf ihren Kernauftrag beschränken. Die Gegenseite warnt derweil vor einem Frontalangriff auf den Service public. Wie viel Geld braucht es für unabhängige Information? Und was heisst das für den Medienplatz Schweiz? Zu diesen Fragen begrüsst Sandro Brotz am 6. Juni 2025 in der «Arena»: – Andrea Gmür-Schönenberger, Ständerätin Die Mitte/LU; – Gregor Rutz, Nationalrat SVP/ZH; – Jon Pult, Vizepräsident SP; und – Melanie Racine, Vizepräsidentin Jungfreisinnige. Ausserdem im Studio: – Susanne Wille, Generaldirektorin SRG; und – Urs Furrer, Direktor Schweizerischer Gewerbeverband.

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Die SRG hat in Zusammenarbeit mit der Fanfare l'Ancienne de Courgenay neue Aufnahmen gemacht. Diese sind nun in der Sendung «Fiirabigmusig» zu hören. «Der Ort Courgenay wird vor allem in der Deutschschweiz immer mit der Gilberte in Verbindung gebracht», schmunzelt Louis Hêche im Gespräch mit der SRF Musikwelle. Der Präsident der Fanfare l'Ancienne de Courgenay nimmt es gelassen. Er müsse nie erklären, woher sein Verein komme. Die Mitglieder der Fanfare l'Ancienne de Courgenay pflegen eine enge Kameradschaft: «Jeden Freitag nach der Probe essen wir zusammen im Probelokal», sagt Louis Hêche. Die Fanfare l'Ancienne de Courgenay spielt in der Kategorie Harmonie 2. Am letzten jurassischen Kantonalmusikfest ging sie sogar als Siegerin hervor. Der Verein schätzt die musikalische Abwechslung, sagt Dirigent Clément Herminjard: «Es gibt keinen Musikstil, den wir nie spielen und es gibt keinen Musikstil, den wir immer spielen». Diese Freude an der Abwechslung spiegelt sich auch in der Auswahl der Stücke für die neuen Aufnahmen mit der SRG wider. Folgende neue Aufnahmen mit der Fanfare l'Ancienne de Courgenay sind in der «Fiirabigmusig» zu hören: - Salut à l'Ajoie, Marsch (Paul Montavon) - Arsenal, Marsch (Jan van der Roost) - Lux Aeterna (Otto M. Schwarz) - Retro (Amano Masamicz) - Feeling Good (Leslie Bricusse) Die Musikaufnahmen entstanden im Rahmen eines Blasmusikprojektes der SRG. Die Radiosender der vier Sprachregionen der Schweiz (SRF, RTS, RSI und RTR) haben Ende 2024 mehrere Blasmusikvereine aufgenommen, um ihr Musikprogramm zu bereichern.

Die EU-Aussenminister werden nächste Woche weitere Sanktionen gegen Russland absegnen. Diese neuen Sanktionen sollen gegen den Export von Öl und Erdgas gehen. Wie stark treffen sie das Land? Weitere Themen: Schweizer Medien stehen unter Druck. Die SRG und die privaten Medienunternehmen wollen deshalb künftig stärker zusammenarbeiten. Die SRG hat sich mit dem Verlegerverband VSM darauf geeinigt, dass sich die SRG etwa im Bereich Online oder bei den Sportrechten künftig etwas zurückhalten wird. Die Verleger ihrerseits sprechen sich gegen die sogenannte Halbierungs-Initiative aus. In Portugal wird diesen Sonntag ein neues Parlament gewählt. Schon wieder: Bereits vor einem Jahr waren in Portugal Wahlen. Die zwei grossen Mitte-Parteien wechseln sich seit Jahren an der Macht ab. Besonders junge Wählerinnen und Wähler stört das allmählich.

In this episode of IB Talk, Lee Anderson, Deputy Group CEO at SRG and Plamedie Molongi, Marketing Assistant at SRG share their insights into insurance can open itself up to a new generation of talent.

Today I welcome back to the program Al Fadi and Amy McClintock, with the Strategic Resource Group, an organization that funds projects to reach unreached people groups in the Middle East and North Africa, the so-called MENA region of the world. Both Amy and Al have been on the program before to discuss a bible translation project for Hejazi speaking people. This is an Arabic language spoken by more than 11 million people. More than three years ago, I started reporting on a new initiative by the Strategic Resource Group that – if successful – could have a dramatic impact on the way we do Bible translation. They are using a so-called Translation Service Provider – an organization that normally translates contracts, treaties, movie scripts, books, and all manner of other material – to translate the Bible. I wrote my first article about this process in August of 2021. But one aspect of this project that is different from those undertaken by traditional Bible translation organizations is the remarkable degree of transparency SRG has shown to me in the process. Since this project began, I have been checking in with them every six months to get updates, and to hear lessons learned.  And that's what we are doing today. The very fact that Al and Amy and SRG are allowing me to have these regular check-ins is dramatically different from the way the Bible translation industry normally operates.  It's an industry cloaked in secrecy and layers of bureaucracy.  In fact, for the past four years or so, I've written about 50 articles on the industry and its practices, and I'll have links to some of those articles in today's show notes. I encourage you to check them out:  https://ministrywatch.com/bible-translations/

Sustainability reporting is a vast and evolving area. PwC's Sustainability Reporting Guide (SRG) serves as a compendium of the reporting requirements under the sustainability frameworks expected to have the broadest impact globally, including ESRS, IFRS® Sustainability Disclosure Standards, and the SEC Climate disclosure rules. We are joined by Katie Woods, from PwC's Global CRS Sustainability Reporting team and one of the authors of the SRG. Find out more at: https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/gx/en/pwc-ifrs-talks/PwC-IFRS-talks/Listen-to-the-latest-episode.html

Die SRG hat in Zusammenarbeit mit der Musica da Domat neue Aufnahmen gemacht. Diese sind nun als Radiopremiere in der Sendung «Fiirabigmusig» zu hören. Die Musica da Domat wurde im Jahr 1803 gegründet. Sie ist damit die älteste Musikgesellschaft im Kanton Graubünden. Sie spielt in einer Brass Band Besetzung und zählt knapp 40 Aktivmitglieder. Am 20. und 21. Juni feiert die Musica da Domat ihr 222-jähriges Bestehen mit Konzerten und dem neu geschaffenen Wettbewerb «Mountain Brass in Concert». Dirigent der Musica da Domat ist Gian Stecher: «Ich bin mit der Musica da Domat aufgewachsen, schon mein Vater hat sie dirigiert», erzählt er. Dank der langen Geschichte und der musikalischen Konstanz ist der Verein in der Region ein Begriff: «Die Musica da Domat ist bei uns sehr bekannt», bestätigt Hugo Schär vom rätoromanischen Radio RTR. Folgende Neueinspielungen mit der Musica da Domat sind in der «Fiirabigmusig» zu hören: · Aureum (Paul Lovatt-Cooper) · Leven Polkka, Polka (Traditional/Mario Bürki) · Moon Theme (aus:) Duck Tales (Hiroshige Tonomura) · Slaidburn, Marsch (William Rimmer) · Stal Himmel (Alan Fernie) Die Musikaufnahmen entstanden im Rahmen eines Blasmusikprojektes der SRG. Die Radiosender der vier Sprachregionen der Schweiz (SRF, RTS, RSI und RTR) haben im Jahr 2024 mehrere Blasmusikvereine aufgenommen, um ihr Musikprogramm zu bereichern.

Mit dem Medienpionier Roger Schawinski lief er 2001 den New York Marathon. Mit Joschka Fischer, dem ehemaligen deutschen Aussenminister, verbindet ihn eine enge Freundschaft. Er war Chefredaktor des Tages Anzeigers, der ZEIT und Generaldirektor der SRG. Heute ist der 72-jährige Roger de Weck freier Publizist. Kritiker sehen in ihm einen abgehobenen Intellektuellen, andere loben de Wecks Scharfsinn. Als Spross einer einflussreichen freiburgischen Patrizierfamilie wuchs de Weck in Freiburg, Genf und später in Zürich auf. Er studierte an der HSG und stieg dann in den Journalismus ein, wo er bald Karriere machte. De Weck ist Verfechter eines starken, fundierten und unabhängigen Journalismus und überzeugter Befürworter einer engen Verbindung zwischen der Schweiz und der Europäischen Union. Die Musiktitel: 1. Joe Cocker - N'oubliez jamais 2. Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five 3. Angèle - Bruxelles je t‘aime 4. Charles Aznavour - Les enfants de la guerre 5. Max Raabe & Palast Orchester & LEA - Guten Tag, liebes Glück

Grossi News und grossi Frage: Näb dr Witerentwicklig vo beyond FORMAT widme mr üs ir aktuelle Foug Animationsmeisterwärch, grosser Kunst und dr Frag, was eigentlech aktuell grad bir SRG abgeit.Inhaut:Daily Business Talk (08:17)Was konsumiersch du? (29:25) Frage ohni Antwort oder doch mit: WTF, SRG?! (01:37:42)BSCHTEU JETZ DIS SHIRT! SLIDE I ÜSI DM UF INSTAGRAM!Unterstütz üs mitemne Bier: www.buymeacoffee.com/beyond.format D'beyond MODERN Classics-Liste: https://tinyurl.com/beyondmodernclassics

Künstliche Intelligenz ist längst im Alltag angekommen, etwa wenn wir einen Begriff in eine Suchmaschine eingeben. Was bedeutet nun die Lern-Fähigkeit von Maschinen für die Medien? Wie setzen sie heute Künstliche Intelligenz ein? Welche Gefahren und Möglichkeiten bietet KI im redaktionellen Alltag? Die Medienhäuser machen sich Gedanken, wie sich KI in den Redaktionen berufsethisch unbedenklich einsetzen lässt: als Hilfsmittel. Doch Kontrolle und Verantwortung sollen immer den Menschen obliegen. Was kann KI? Was kann sie nicht? Was bedeutet KI für die Medien-Nutzerinnen und -Nutzer? Es diskutieren die Informatikerin Sabine Süsstrunk, Professorin an der Fakultät für Informatik und Kommunikationswissenschaften an der EPFL in Lausanne und Verwaltungsrätin der SRG, und Alexandra Stark, die unter anderem CH Media in Sachen KI berät und der Eidgenössischen Medienkommission angehört.

1922 startete das Radio in der Schweiz, 1924 kam mit Radio Zürich ein erster Sender in der Deutschschweiz dazu. Hundert Jahre später könnte man glauben, der Rundfunk sei am Ende – dabei hat die SRG und weitere Sender wie Radio Stadtfilter bloss aufgehört, ihre Programme via UKW zu verbreiten. Doch die Aufruhr ist noch immer gross. Wir kommen nicht umhin, uns zu fragen: Ist es Liebe zu einer analogen Technologie? Oder bloss der Unwille, sich mit den Veränderungen abzufinden, die uns zur Anschaffung eines neuen Empfangsgerätes nötigen? Uns scheint die Sache klar: Bei der Digitalisierung des Rundfunks ist einiges schiefgelaufen – trotzdem ist DAB besser als sein Ruf. Und weil wir nicht in dieser Diskussion stecken bleiben wollen, fragen wir uns, wie das Radio der Zukunft aussehen könnte: Ist es der gleiche alte Dudelfunk, dessen höchstes Ziel es ist, niemand unter den Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörern zu verschrecken? Oder braucht es eine Weiterentwicklung, damit wir nicht beim «Radio Gaga» enden?

Die SRG hat in Zusammenarbeit mit der Filarmonica Unione Carvina neue Aufnahmen gemacht. Diese sind nun in der Sendung «Fiirabigmusig» als Radiopremiere zu hören. Die Filarmonica Unione Carvina wurde im Jahr 1933 gegründet. Heute vereint sie Musikantinnen und Musikanten aus sieben Dörfern rund um Rivera. Rivera liegt etwa in der Mitte zwischen Bellinzona und Lugano. Der Verein engagiert sich stark in der Nachwuchsförderung und verfügt über eine eigene «Mini Banda» (Jugendmusik) mit rund 25 jungen Musikantinnen und Musikanten. Seit rund fünf Jahren ist Roberto Ferrari Präsident der Filarmonica Unione Carvina: «Wir sind eine tolle Truppe», schwärmt er im Gespräch mit der SRF Musikwelle von seinem Verein. Für die Radioaufnahmen hat die Filarmonica Unione Carvina ein abwechslungsreiches Programm einstudiert: «Wir sind immer auf der Suche nach neuer, attraktiver Musik, die wir gemeinsam spielen können». Folgende neue Aufnahmen mit der Fanfare la Dixence d'Hérémence sind in der «Fiirabigmusig» zu hören: · Olympiade, Marsch (Jaroslav Labský) · March of the Belgian Paratroopers (Pierre Leemans) · Heaven (Steve Lee) · The Wolves of Alaska (Rossano Galante) · The Mask of Zorro (James Horner) Die Musikaufnahmen entstanden im Rahmen eines Blasmusikprojektes der SRG. Die Radiosender der vier Schweizer Sprachregionen (SRF, RTS, RSI und RTR) haben im Jahr 2024 mehrere Blasmusikvereine aufgenommen, um ihr Musikprogramm zu bereichern.

Diese Woche geht es im Doppelpunkt um die Folgen der Abschaltung aller UKW-Sender der SRG. Für alle die wissen wollen, was passiert ist und wie sich die aktuelle Situation präsentiert. Songs: Radio Ga Ga - Queen, Video Killed The Radio Star - The Buggles , Radio - The Corrs

Eine neue GFS-Umfrage im Auftrag der SRG zeigt: Heute würden über 60 Prozent der Befragten die Initiative ablehnen. Die Initiative verlangt einen Wirtschaftswandel – hin zu mehr Nachhaltigkeit und weg vom Fokus auf Gewinne. Und: · In den USA hält US-Präsident Donald Trump mit weiteren Verordnungen das Tempo hoch. Damit schüre er bewusst Angst, sagt unsere Korrespondentin. · Ab Februar hat die Schweiz ein neues Krisenmanagement. Macht uns das wirklich krisensicherer?

Codey and Kev catch up on all the recent news Timings 00:00:00: Theme Tune 00:00:30: Intro 00:01:06: Feedback 00:08:21: What Have We Been Up To 00:43:30: Game Releases 00:57:44: Game Updates 01:06:41: New Games 01:28:43: Outro Links Harvest Hills Release Chill Town Development Update Dragon Shelter Trailer Steamworld Build Physical Release Echoes of the Plum Grove Digital Art Book Harvest Moon: Home Sweet Home “Controller and Cloud Save” Update Research Story “Shimmering” Update Go-go Town Roadmap Terra Nil “Heatwave” Update Cattle Country Litchi Town Cinnabunny Contact Al on Mastodon: https://mastodon.scot/@TheScotBot Email Us: https://harvestseason.club/contact/ Transcript (0:00:30) Codey: Hello, farmers and welcome to another episode of the harvest season. My name is Cody. (0:00:36) Kev: My name is Kevin, and we are back in the sad woodbeam. (0:00:40) Codey: Welcome to a new year. This is actually, this is actually being recorded in the new year. (0:00:41) Kev: Wow. (0:00:44) Kev: Oh yeah. (0:00:46) Kev: The first one. (0:00:49) Kev: Yeah. (0:00:50) Kev: Unlike the last one, which is recorded before a lot of the ones before that, which is wild. (0:00:55) Codey: Yeah, I just, I just finished. (0:00:57) Kev: Oh, wildflowers got a sequel, prequel, and I wouldn’t say it. (0:01:04) Codey: Yeah. So I guess so. Okay. So this episode is about a news catch up, (0:01:09) Codey: but we do want to hear Kev. (0:01:10) Kev: Yup. (0:01:14) Codey: I want to hear. So there’s a couple of things that we have to, (0:01:17) Codey: we have to talk about first, uh, all, but yeah, (0:01:19) Kev: I saw the note (0:01:22) Codey: I’ll put any feedback on game of the year. (0:01:24) Codey: So do you have any feedback on Rusty’s retirement winning game of the year? (0:01:28) Kev: Oh, so like, I’ll tell you what, my feedback is that this is just the, the, the (0:01:36) Kev: revenge of the, the coral island debacle of the previous year. (0:01:40) Kev: That’s what this is. (0:01:41) Codey: No, who would you have well you probably would have had wildflowers win, right? (0:01:41) Kev: Um, me, no, I mean, well, okay. (0:01:49) Kev: Some deep inside baseball, right? (0:01:51) Kev: Like this is, we’ve been talking a little bit on how to structure this (0:01:54) Kev: game the year, because it’s challenging, right? (0:01:57) Kev: with so many games that come out, right? (0:01:58) Kev: And we cover, you know, at most 52 games in a year, and obviously we’re not going to bring 52 games in a year. (0:02:06) Codey: Right (0:02:06) Kev: And furthermore, they’re probably not all going to be games that came out that year. (0:02:12) Kev: So that is a lot of games that we don’t play and consider and, you know, we might be missing things, right? (0:02:22) Kev: So like Wildflowers, we missed it the year it came out. (0:02:26) Kev: came out, so I didn’t put it in. (0:02:28) Kev: It wasn’t in the running for Game of the Year, so I think that we should maybe try (0:02:34) Kev: to aim for next year is like, we already started doing the categories or whatever kind of, (0:02:41) Kev: so I think there should be one for actually 2020, whatever, four, five, whatever, and then (0:02:47) Kev: one that we covered on the show that year, you know what I mean? (0:02:50) Kev: That’s probably how we should structure that, but either way, I mean, yeah, either way, (0:02:55) Kev: But a lot of thought was just not going to be my vote because we didn’t cover it last time. (0:02:58) Kev: I would have gone with Mika of course, but I get it. (0:03:00) Codey: Okay. (0:03:02) Codey: That was me, I was gonna say maybe Mika. (0:03:06) Kev: I will say I haven’t played Rusty’s retirement in myself. (0:03:10) Kev: Like I said, I don’t like the concept of something playing on your screen as you’re doing other stuff. (0:03:20) Kev: I’m the total opposite end of the spectrum from that. It doesn’t tell me at all. (0:03:26) Kev: Um, but I’m sure it’s fine. (0:03:27) Kev: Like what, what I, you know, (0:03:28) Kev: what I want to talk about, it’s great and, and what, right. (0:03:31) Kev: Um, and furthermore, like, uh, I think it was my, I don’t know, brought it up like (0:03:36) Kev: that, you know, it’s breaking more new ground than say Mika’s because Mika, you (0:03:42) Kev: know, there’s no doubt that Mika is definitely standing on the shoulders of (0:03:46) Kev: giants leaning on a Wind Waker aesthetic and the studio Ghibli and all that. (0:03:52) Kev: Um, so, you know, I can appreciate that. (0:03:54) Kev: Um, so, you know, Mika would have been my vote. (0:03:57) Kev: But I don’t know. (0:03:58) Kev: I’m fine with my sister’s time. I’m not complaining. I do like the rule but um but uh but yeah um yeah that’s that’s my only real thought um like yeah it’s fine not my vote but again for two-fold reasons and and I get why you guys picked it so I’m not complaining too much. (0:04:00) Codey: Mm hmm. Okay, yeah. (0:04:13) Codey: Hmm. Yeah, those of us with ADHD, it just tickles that itch for sure. (0:04:24) Codey: Okay, so the second question would be wild society. How are you? How do you? What are your thoughts? (0:04:30) Kev: So, obviously I’m hyped, right, because Studio Drydock has done fantastic work, kind of across the board, right, not just, except maybe the art style, which, you know, I’m not going to defend it per se, but the story they wrote, the mechanics, how they came about it, even their promotion, how they interact with the community. (0:05:00) Kev: Um, just call it stuff across the board, right? (0:05:04) Kev: Um, obviously I’m biased, you know, I’m going to go dove into wildflowers because of Ray and yada, yada, but, um, and bother is a lot of fun and whatnot, but, um, like the fact that we’re getting a sequel, one, that’s great, right, or people, I guess. (0:05:20) Kev: Um, and what’s exciting is that it’s not going to probably be a, you know, one-to-one sequel. We’re not on a farm now. We’re running a hotel bed and breakfast thing. (0:05:30) Kev: I don’t know if you remember, so, you know, I’m interested to see what we’re going to do. I’ll probably put, we had a lot of emphasis on the social interactions and whatnot, but, um, you know, that was, I think, one of the strong suits from wildflowers, like the community of that little island and people interacting and whatnot. (0:05:48) Kev: So, you know, focusing more on that, I think it’s going to be fun. (0:05:52) Kev: Um, I do wonder how the magic will fit into everything because, you know, you use the magic. (0:06:00) Kev: For farming, but here we’re just hosting key parties, question mark. So what are we, you know, what spiking drinks with potions was a feature in wildflowers. (0:06:08) Codey: - Yeah. (0:06:14) Kev: So, um, oh yeah, you’re right. There was like a seance thing. Yeah, right. There you go. That’ll be interesting. Um, but yeah, um, I mean, yeah, of course. (0:06:14) Codey: - Didn’t they have in wilds? (0:06:16) Codey: Didn’t you have a seance in the trailer for wild society? (0:06:28) Kev: Yeah, of course, I’m super excited for it. (0:06:32) Kev: I believe they already confirmed there will be returning characters, which is interesting because they think it’s going to be a fairly large time gap. (0:06:38) Kev: But there are characters who could show up. I can already name two or three of them. (0:06:44) Kev: So it’ll be fun to see them show up. (0:06:50) Kev: This is generally somewhat bad form, but I’m pretty sure the voice in the trailer was Valerie Rose Lohman. (0:06:56) Kev: So I’m sure she’s going to get a character in there. I feel like she has to, right? She has to. (0:06:59) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:07:02) Kev: So, you know, but we’ll see. I don’t know. (0:07:06) Kev: All in all, obviously, I’m very excited. It’s fun. (0:07:10) Kev: Yeah, well, John, my eyes are peeled and I’ll be day one buyer, of course. (0:07:14) Kev: I’m so open. (0:07:15) Codey: Well, and I will say that after everything that you’ve talked about the game and looking (0:07:22) Codey: at wild society, well, maybe we’ll be doing a second harvest of wildflowers this year (0:07:31) Codey: because I want to play it. (0:07:31) Kev: Oh, oh, oh, like, you know, obviously my hyperbolic cartoonish adoration of the game is great now, but like it is still a very solid game. (0:07:44) Kev: Like I cannot recommend enough. (0:07:45) Kev: Like it is up there with the, you know, the top Stardew clones or farming is whatever. (0:07:52) Kev: Um, it’s solid. (0:07:54) Codey: Yeah, yeah, no, it looks great. (0:07:54) Kev: Um, you know, cause you could just pass the, the style, I don’t play many once. (0:08:01) Kev: But hey, that’s good. That’s good. (0:08:02) Codey: So, okay, so, yeah, the, as I’ve already mentioned, today, the topic is news catch up, so we have (0:08:11) Codey: a lot of news to get through, but next section is the what have we been up to section. (0:08:19) Codey: And here’s the final question for Kev. (0:08:22) Codey: - Kev, you have to– (0:08:24) Codey: - I just remember you saying, “oh yeah, I got a puppy,” (0:08:26) Codey: and I’m like, “ah, I need details!” (0:08:28) Codey: And this is the first time we’ve been on a pod together, so… (0:08:30) Kev: Mm-hmm. Okay (0:08:30) Codey: I just remember you saying, “oh yeah, I got a puppy,” (0:08:32) Codey: and I’m like, “ah, I need details!” (0:08:36) Codey: And this is the first time we’ve been on a pod together, so… (0:08:38) Codey: together, so. (0:08:39) Kev: So yeah, um (0:08:42) Kev: Some recording I don’t I don’t remember where or what was the like where the harvest season (0:08:51) Kev: Time-wise where I was when I recorded near puppy (0:08:54) Kev: But okay, so I I feel like I did so, you know (0:09:00) Kev: Here’s show time if you go listen to if you listen to the the Rainbow Road radio the neutral show (0:09:02) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:09:06) Kev: I do with our friend now, it’s so are you things? (0:09:07) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:09:09) Kev: You you could he hear the puppy saga in real life in real time because I’ve given up updates (0:09:14) Kev: But anyways, so, okay, I’m gonna give context for people who might not know I imagine most folks might know (0:09:21) Kev: Things I brought it up here and there but okay. So first of all (0:09:26) Kev: two years ago (0:09:29) Kev: October (0:09:30) Kev: 29th, I know that I know the date it’s weird, but I I have a reference point but we lost our first dog passed away two (0:09:38) Kev: Years ago on October 29th heard (0:09:42) Kev: Whatever do you know it’s new year, whatever (0:09:45) Kev: His name was though though he we had him for 18 years same age as my brother (0:09:50) Kev: toy poodle (0:09:52) Kev: obviously left the big (0:09:54) Kev: hole in the family and all that (0:09:57) Kev: and so (0:09:58) Kev: Uh, but for the first while we were. (0:10:00) Kev: We’d been petless, right? (0:10:01) Kev: Um, uh, Kiyo about a year later, a little, it was actually around the (0:10:06) Kev: same time around November of 2023. (0:10:09) Kev: Well, we got two kitties, um, Daisy and Teddy, and they were very small kittens. (0:10:15) Kev: And they were just a couple, like three, maybe four weeks old when we got them. (0:10:19) Kev: Um, and so that was my first time having cats and, and, and they were fun and, and, (0:10:24) Kev: and all the weird and wonderful and really weird things that cats are. (0:10:30) Kev: But, um, you know, but they’re relatively chill compared to dogs, right? (0:10:33) Kev: They’re a little more low home maintenance. (0:10:36) Kev: Um, uh, anyway, so Q this past year on by like, did you no one realized? (0:10:43) Kev: Well, I was the first one to realize it on the same date, October 29th of 2024. (0:10:48) Kev: Two years to the day after though, though. (0:10:50) Kev: Um, I was given lucky as an early birthday gift. (0:10:54) Kev: Um, so he was a toy poodle, much like the, um, the other was a (0:10:59) Kev: blonde, light brown color. (0:11:01) Kev: is like red cinnamon type of fur color. (0:11:05) Kev: Um, he was two months old, I think when we got him, he was still a really little guy, all in all. (0:11:13) Kev: Um, so yeah, um, we got him, uh, took probably a week or two to pick the name and settled on Lucky. (0:11:20) Kev: That is his name. (0:11:21) Kev: Um, and he has been a handful, like, so Dodo was the chillest guy. (0:11:30) Kev: He was smart. (0:11:31) Kev: He was chill. (0:11:32) Kev: Like he, he, he putty trained himself. (0:11:35) Kev: It was wild. (0:11:37) Kev: Um, uh, and whatnot. (0:11:39) Kev: Um, and, and he was just chill. (0:11:41) Kev: He just loved hanging out in cuddling and whatever. (0:11:43) Kev: Lucky is your stereotypical, you know, or would you think of the dog like puppy storm? (0:11:50) Kev: Like he’s chewing everything, biting everything. (0:11:53) Kev: He’s running. (0:11:54) Kev: He’s very friendly. (0:11:55) Kev: He’s very social. (0:11:56) Kev: He loves meeting people. (0:11:57) Codey: Mm-hmm. (0:11:57) Kev: Sometimes to Marsha Grin because if he ever gets up (0:12:00) Kev: the leash or will run up to other people and so you know but but yeah he (0:12:08) Kev: that he’s been here we set up the Christmas decorations he’s been chewing (0:12:12) Kev: on them so it’s been a handful I mean it’s obviously still very puppy and so (0:12:17) Kev: learning but he is a joy a bundle of joy he’s probably double means maybe even (0:12:24) Kev: triple not triple but at least double in size I’m sure since we got him but he is (0:12:30) Kev: a toy poodle so he’s still gonna be a little guy on all but but yeah he’s part (0:12:37) Kev: of the home now he’s obviously a lot of attention a lot of work now the cats are (0:12:43) Kev: interesting he gets along with one her name is David Daisy she’s pretty chill (0:12:48) Kev: with him usually but sometimes he’ll try to knit and you know nip play with her (0:12:53) Kev: like a dog would replay fighting or whatever and so she did she doesn’t like (0:12:56) Kev: that, obviously, because even though they’re a year old, they’re like, (0:13:00) Kev: he’s already bigger than both of them. (0:13:02) Kev: Um, and then Teddy, uh, I feel so bad cause poor Teddy, he is our sweetheart. (0:13:08) Kev: He is only, he lives up to his name of Teddy. (0:13:10) Kev: He’s a Teddy bear. (0:13:11) Kev: He’s, he’s, he’s sweet and calm and chill, but he’s so skittish and nervous. (0:13:18) Kev: Like he still freaks out over lucky. (0:13:21) Kev: He’s not used to him on like, not even like I’d say 50% like he’ll, he’ll hiss (0:13:28) Kev: and, you know, and do all this stuff. (0:13:30) Kev: keep his distance and obviously Lucky’s just a puppy he just wants to like run up and play (0:13:34) Kev: at him he’s not he’s never you know Lucky doesn’t have a mean boat in his body or anything um (0:13:41) Kev: but he’s just uh had he just not dealing well with the new so yeah um no that’s unfortunate (0:13:46) Codey: Yeah. I’m sure there’ll be best of friends because that’s how it always goes right like (0:13:52) Kev: yeah yeah yeah I imagine it certainly takes time right like obviously like I said never (0:13:57) Kev: had cats before, so I’ve always never had cats and dogs together before. (0:14:00) Kev: And obviously I did some research on that, and yeah, it looks like it can vary, like I said, (0:14:06) Kev: Daisy and Lucky can get along pretty well. But yeah, I’m sure Teddy will just kind of give it (0:14:13) Kev: time. He’s a very giddish sort of fella that’s the only thing about him. But yeah, that is Lucky. (0:14:23) Kev: Hold on. Let me send you a picture. I’m talking about it, but I didn’t even send you a picture. (0:14:26) Codey: I was going to say, please post one in the Slack, so that yeah, if y’all want to see (0:14:28) Kev: Sure, hold on, Lumi. (0:14:30) Kev: Okay, yeah, there you go, there’s your Patreon Slack exclusive. (0:14:36) Kev: Yeah, I’ll have to dig and find them. (0:14:38) Codey: baby toy poodle pics, and I am all for it. (0:14:46) Kev: I’ll try to find some earlier ones when he was real little cuz he was real like, (0:14:50) Kev: he could barely poke out of the grass standing a little. (0:14:54) Codey: Um… (0:14:54) Kev: But he’s a good bit bigger, but he still acts very much like a mate. (0:15:01) Codey: Yeah. That doesn’t go away for a while. Stella’s finally, can you stop? She’s also all up in my (0:15:03) Kev: Yeah. (0:15:08) Codey: business right now. Um, she, uh, only just started getting out of some of her puppyish like (0:15:09) Kev: Speaking of which, yeah. (0:15:18) Codey: behaviors, like, um, Aussies, both healers and shepherds will like bite at ankles, um, (0:15:27) Codey: to like try and herd you. She’s finally- (0:15:32) Codey: to me, she only ever did it to me, which is stupid. My partner would like be like, “get mommy, get mommy” and like she would come up and get my ankles and I would be like, “are you serious?” (0:15:36) Kev: Hmm (0:15:49) Kev: Yeah, oh my gosh, that’s the thing with (0:15:53) Codey: Look at the little lint. Oh, he’s- (0:15:56) Kev: Yeah, though the one on the left aside posted the picture on slack (0:15:59) Kev: He slackers can look at it now or you probably already have but um on the left side (0:16:04) Kev: Yeah, that’s close to when we got him. (0:16:06) Codey: Mm-hmm. Yeah. (0:16:06) Kev: He’s tiny. You can see him next to the leaves like for comparison and then to the right. That’s a more recent picture (0:16:11) Kev: That’s him with Daisy. Um, like I said, he’s bigger now (0:16:15) Kev: but (0:16:16) Kev: But yeah, the biting the biting’s insane cuz honestly though they never did the biting (0:16:21) Kev: But we hear he’s just nipping at everything (0:16:25) Kev: I you know, I have some facial hair. So he it’s not heavy facial hair, but he likes to nibble on it (0:16:31) Codey: It doesn’t, yeah, yep. (0:16:34) Kev: I just, you know, just nip, nip, nip. (0:16:36) Kev: at it. Um, but that’s, yeah, that’s the lucky saga. Um, good, (0:16:41) Kev: you know, good, uh, obviously good times. A lot of work every (0:16:44) Kev: day. Everyone is yelling, because he’s running around (0:16:49) Kev: causing chaos, but we still love him. And, and he, he’s a pretty (0:16:53) Kev: good boy. Like I said, he’s not aggressive or anything like that. (0:16:57) Kev: You know, he’s, he likes to bite because he’s playful or whatever, (0:17:00) Kev: but, um, yeah, he’s a puppy. Yeah. Um, yeah. (0:17:00) Codey: he’s a puppy that’s just puppy behavior classic puppy behavior (0:17:06) Kev: So that is the lucky saga. Um, well, you know, I’ll do it, you (0:17:10) Kev: know, as I look forward to Mark Phillips or whatever, I’ll, I’ll (0:17:14) Kev: bring up news if things happen. Um, but, uh, but yeah. Um, so (0:17:21) Kev: there you go. There, there you go overseas and folks, there, (0:17:23) Kev: there’s your catch up. Um, okay. So aside from that more recent (0:17:24) Codey: What else have you been up to? (0:17:30) Kev: times, um, I talked about it like when we record cause they’d (0:17:36) Kev: just come out. Like I think when, uh, when Al, I think I did (0:17:40) Kev: the episode of Al Marvel Rivals has been on the big ones, the (0:17:42) Codey: Yeah (0:17:43) Kev: Overwatch clone with Marvel stuff. Um, like. Yeah. Yeah. (0:17:46) Codey: That was really fun to listen to because (0:17:50) Codey: You like basically mentioned it and I was like, oh thank goodness that I don’t like games like this (0:17:57) Codey: Because then I don’t have to play it and then you were like, oh no, no (0:17:57) Kev: Yeah. Yeah, the funny thing, the funny thing is we were just talking and just shooting (0:18:00) Codey: Like it’s not what you think he was like, oh no, no, I have to play it (0:18:10) Kev: the breeze before we started recording that episode and I was talking about rivals and (0:18:14) Kev: he mentioned because like the camera thing was like the big thing and he mentioned that (0:18:16) Codey: Yeah! (0:18:18) Kev: and that’s when I was like, I’m going to button this right now so I can save this for the (0:18:22) Kev: show to drop the reveal on. (0:18:25) Codey: Oh, that’s so funny. (0:18:27) Kev: Oh, yeah, I am as best as I can. So there is a weird thing about like being multi-platform (0:18:27) Codey: So yeah, you’re still enjoying it. (0:18:37) Kev: or whatever. So Calvin likes it too, right? So he plays on our PlayStation. I play on (0:18:38) Codey: - Mm-hmm, okay. (0:18:43) Kev: a laptop that I have just so we can both play it or whatever at the same time. And the kicker (0:18:52) Kev: on being PC is I’m not a PC gamer, generally speaking. I can’t do the– (0:18:57) Kev: a mouse and keyboard and all that stuff, right? So I hook up a controller and I play that (0:19:03) Kev: way but I get bodied because there are those insane mouse and keyboard super aiming people. (0:19:11) Kev: And it’s also like you can tell the population skews younger because of course it’s free to (0:19:18) Kev: play so all the teenagers and kids and it’s Marvel, right? They’re hopping on. So they (0:19:23) Kev: They get a lot more practice time than say I do. (0:19:27) Kev: I get bodied. I’m trying my best. I try to focus or whatever, but it can be rough. (0:19:34) Kev: It can be a bit bumpy at times. I won’t lie, but yeah, it’s good stuff. (0:19:40) Kev: And we actually on the end of the first, they call it season zero, whatever the first battle pass, yada, yada. (0:19:48) Kev: So then there’s new content probably in the next week or two coming out, including the Fantastic Four. (0:19:56) Kev: And so, yeah. (0:19:57) Kev: Good, more exciting stuff to look forward to. (0:20:01) Kev: I’m always down for that. (0:20:03) Kev: But yeah, Marvel Rival continues to be a joy in the curse at times. (0:20:07) Kev: But but that that is it is what it is. (0:20:12) Codey: - Are you still playing Spider-Man? (0:20:13) Kev: Let’s see. (0:20:14) Kev: Um, so I play not Spider-Man is hard. (0:20:18) Kev: I’m not going to lie. (0:20:19) Kev: Spider-Man is really hard to play (0:20:19) Codey: Okay. (0:20:21) Kev: because he plays just like the PlayStation Spider-Man games. (0:20:24) Codey: Yeah. (0:20:25) Kev: but in this context, it’s real. (0:20:28) Kev: I struggle with him, and in fact, when I see Spider-Man players, I’m scared, because I know I’m a good player. (0:20:35) Kev: But, let’s see, my go-tos, I think after all this time, like, did you watch Spider-Verse, the first one into the Spider-Verse? (0:20:45) Codey: - Yes. (0:20:46) Kev: Okay, so Penny Parker, the anime one with the robot, the anime Spider-Verse, she’s in this game. (0:20:50) Codey: - Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah. (0:20:52) Kev: Um, yeah, she’s a little older, she’s more like, I think college age, I think. (0:20:57) Kev: It’s just, but she still has a robot. (0:20:59) Kev: I play her, she’s fun. (0:21:01) Kev: Um, she’s, she sets up like a little tower that shoots out spider robots and (0:21:05) Kev: mines and stuff, and so you kind of, you’re, you kind of set up an area where (0:21:09) Kev: you defend, um, that’s what she’s good at. (0:21:11) Kev: Um, so she’s my go-to tank, um, for healer, Jeff the Landshark, I don’t know. (0:21:17) Kev: Have you ever seen Jeff Landshark? (0:21:18) Codey: No. (0:21:19) Kev: Um, he, he, oh my gosh. (0:21:22) Kev: Okay. (0:21:22) Kev: So just hold on, let me send you a picture. (0:21:22) Codey: Okay, you’re fine. You could just say like, I’m sure that everyone, every listener probably knows what you’re talking about. So. (0:21:27) Kev: No, you see, here’s the thing. (0:21:31) Kev: No, here’s the thing, Jeff the Landshark in one of the freaks, (0:21:35) Kev: the deep butt pics that no one on Earth knows. (0:21:36) Codey: Oh, okay. (0:21:38) Kev: [LAUGH] Yeah, but Jeff the Landshark, okay, he’s basically a puppy, (0:21:44) Kev: but he’s a shark with legs, he doesn’t talk or anything. (0:21:49) Kev: And he just swims around and or like he can do the shark thing with the fin sick and (0:21:55) Kev: with the fin sick and now I can move around he heals people (0:21:57) Kev: and he shoots ice balls and all sorts of stuff (0:22:00) Kev: he’s fairly straight forward but he’s pretty satisfying (0:22:04) Kev: so he’s my go to healer (0:22:06) Codey: a puppy. But he’s a shark. Okay. (0:22:07) Kev: he acts like a puppy he does all the (0:22:10) Kev: yes he’s a shark yeah (0:22:14) Kev: yeah so he’s my go to healer he’s (0:22:17) Kev: yeah and like I said one of the cool things about rival is they weren’t (0:22:21) Kev: afraid to get some really deep cuts weirdo pics (0:22:24) Kev: Um, like Jeff, uh, (0:22:28) Kev: what is this that I do? (0:22:29) Kev: Alright, there we go. (0:22:31) Kev: Okay. Uh, sorry. (0:22:32) Kev: Um, so that’s my go-to healer just because he is pretty easy to use and he’s adorable. (0:22:38) Codey: Okay, he definitely looks like a puppy. (0:22:39) Kev: Um, he is just a puppy, but he’s all shark with legs. (0:22:46) Kev: Um, like, it’s a weird description, but that is exactly what it is. (0:22:50) Kev: Um, and then for my damage person, I picked Squirrel Girl. (0:22:54) Kev: She has squirrels, she shoots acorns with a sl- (0:22:57) Kev: she’s oh you don’t know squirrel girl ah okay again okay no you know what no (0:22:58) Codey: Squirrel girl dude I don’t know much of Marvel I yeah okay (0:23:07) Kev: again squirrel girl is a pretty deep but so her pull power is she can communicate (0:23:13) Kev: with squirrels like she you know she’s athletic or whatever but her superpower (0:23:20) Kev: is she can communicate with squirrels and so she will you know send armies of (0:23:24) Kev: squirrels on people and so on and so forth. (0:23:27) Kev: Um, she is an incredible character, something of a joke character, but also (0:23:33) Kev: played for like straight, incredible, like, like in her first issue, she goes (0:23:39) Kev: up against Dr. (0:23:40) Kev: Doom and takes him down with an army of squirrels. (0:23:42) Kev: Um, and, and just, she’s the best, like funny character, um, and she (0:23:49) Kev: dresses up kind of like a squirrel. (0:23:50) Kev: Um, and she has one on her shoulder at all times. (0:23:54) Kev: Um, but yeah, she, her name, in fact. (0:23:54) Codey: Okay, okay. (0:23:57) Kev: The moniker she’s often used is The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl. (0:24:00) Kev: Again, just because she’s so, like, hyperbolic, um, goofy, um… (0:24:06) Codey: I mean, if a squirrel is trying to come at you, they’re going to get you from working (0:24:10) Codey: at the Wildlife Center, like I used to have this one squirrel that would sit on my shoulder. (0:24:11) Kev: Yeah? (0:24:11) Kev: Yeah. (0:24:16) Kev: Yeah. (0:24:17) Codey: But if he decided that he wanted to run all over and like suddenly be on my back and then (0:24:23) Codey: and suddenly be on my leg. (0:24:24) Codey: like he they they can do some crazy things oh you sent me a picture of her okay (0:24:28) Kev: Oh, yeah. (0:24:30) Kev: Yep. (0:24:32) Kev: Um, yeah, so she’s great. (0:24:34) Kev: People who know her love her. (0:24:35) Kev: She is, she is a, he is adored. (0:24:38) Kev: Like I said, she’s obviously low-tiered. (0:24:40) Kev: She doesn’t get pushed, like, some, but, um, but she, she’s great. (0:24:44) Kev: Um, so yeah, that’s, that’s Squirrel Girl. (0:24:46) Kev: That’s Marvel Rivals, and those are my three. (0:24:48) Kev: That’s my wacky crew. (0:24:49) Kev: Um, let’s see, aside from Rivals, uh, so I picked up a game, uh, just a couple days ago. (0:24:57) Kev: It’s called Armored Core. (0:24:58) Kev: Are you familiar with this? (0:25:00) Codey: No. (0:25:00) Kev: Okay. (0:25:00) Kev: Uh, are you familiar with, from software? (0:25:02) Codey: No. (0:25:03) Kev: Okay. (0:25:04) Kev: The Elden Ring, people. (0:25:06) Codey: Okay, okay. (0:25:06) Kev: Okay. (0:25:07) Kev: So. (0:25:08) Codey: So you don’t, you like pain. (0:25:10) Codey: You like… (0:25:11) Kev: Yes. (0:25:12) Kev: Yes, I do. (0:25:12) Codey: Okay, okay. (0:25:13) Kev: Okay. (0:25:14) Kev: So you’re familiar with Elden Ring? (0:25:15) Kev: Of course everyone is, right? (0:25:16) Codey: Yeah. (0:25:16) Kev: ‘Cause it’s the biggest game that year, whatever. (0:25:18) Kev: Okay, what if I told you the Elden Ring people said, “What if we, okay, now we wanna do a game, but it’s all robots and mecha?” (0:25:25) Kev: that in that case (0:25:27) Kev: gives you armored core (0:25:30) Kev: so it is a (0:25:32) Kev: it is the same level of polish (0:25:34) Kev: a very like grounded (0:25:36) Kev: you know realistic-ish visual style and whatnot (0:25:40) Kev: the challenge (0:25:42) Kev: I don’t think it’s as hard as Elden Ring (0:25:44) Kev: because Elden Ring is hard (0:25:46) Kev: it’s really hard (0:25:48) Kev: but armored core it’s a different flavor (0:25:50) Kev: because you (0:25:52) Kev: you know you’re controlling a robe alright (0:25:54) Kev: so you switch out parts you can (0:25:57) Kev: think you’re whatnot (0:25:59) Kev: and that’s a big part of the puzzle (0:26:01) Kev: like when you’re given (0:26:03) Kev: a new boss or whatever (0:26:05) Kev: they’ll heavily like hint hint (0:26:07) Kev: use this kind of robot (0:26:09) Kev: because if you’re not (0:26:11) Kev: you’re gonna be in trouble right like (0:26:13) Kev: Pokemon type advantages basically (0:26:15) Kev: so (0:26:17) Kev: there’s a lot of love and attention to detail (0:26:19) Kev: being a robot game you can (0:26:21) Kev: paint your robot however you want (0:26:23) Kev: and I’ll spend a lot of time doing that (0:26:25) Kev: Um, and, and, and. (0:26:28) Kev: It’s very fun. (0:26:29) Kev: Um, like I said, I don’t think anywhere near as hard as Elden Ring, but, uh, still satisfyingly challenging. (0:26:35) Kev: Um, it controls like how I’d want to, the robots will fly, they’ll dash, they’ll, you, you held two weapons. (0:26:41) Kev: You can have double guns or a melee weapon and a gun and missiles, all the, all the good stuff. (0:26:47) Kev: It is, it is very straightforward Mecha. (0:26:50) Kev: Um, so if you’re a fan of that, uh, you know, that’s definitely a thumbs up. (0:26:55) Kev: Okay. (0:26:56) Kev: Uh, that’s a lot from me. (0:26:57) Kev: But now, Cody, tell me, what have you been? (0:26:58) Codey: I have been, um, so I’ve still been playing like, uh, pocket and go, um, go, I am burned (0:27:14) Codey: by because, uh, the shiny work party hat weren’t bull was in, um, in the like new year’s challenge (0:27:26) Codey: or whatever. (0:27:28) Codey: And I still have it, like I’ve been playing every time that there’s an event where you can get this worm bowl and I still have it, like I’ve been playing every time that there’s an event where you can get this worm bowl and I still have it. (0:27:36) Kev: Oh no. (0:27:40) Codey: And I still have it, like I’ve been playing every time that there’s an event where you can get this worm bowl and I still have it, like I’ve been playing every time that there’s an event where you can get this worm bowl. (0:27:54) Codey: I’ve been playing every time that there’s an event where you can get this worm bowl. (0:27:58) Codey: And last year I was so mad about it that I got it tattooed onto my body because I was (0:28:05) Codey: like, if I cannot have a shiny party hat worm bowl in the game, I’m going to have one (0:28:12) Codey: as a tattoo. (0:28:14) Codey: And I’ve had plenty of friends be like, oh, I have one. (0:28:17) Codey: I can trade it to you. (0:28:18) Codey: And I’m like, no, no, no, no, no, I need I’m not going to have any traded until I’ve (0:28:22) Kev: do they not know the story of captain cody in the white wormhole (0:28:24) Codey: caught one on my own. (0:28:28) Codey: and the in the worm bowl. Yeah. Moby worm bowl basically. (0:28:32) Kev: actually I don’t think it’s white it’s like purple but anyways um (0:28:38) Codey: Um yeah, so yeah, it is my white whale. Um still didn’t get (0:28:43) Codey: it. I got to shiny Jigglypuff and I refused to click on the (0:28:47) Kev: Mmm! (0:28:49) Codey: hoot hoot. Um and yeah, but no worm bowl. So that game is now (0:28:56) Codey: dead to me until the next time. (0:28:58) Codey: that there is an event that I care about. (0:28:58) Kev: that’s cruel but no it’ll be back like oh that it so I’m not a fan of go it’s (0:29:04) Codey: I know (0:29:08) Kev: when it came out especially I was not an area that was conducive to it and so in (0:29:14) Kev: my whole lifestyle I’m still not the most conducive to it um excuse me um but (0:29:20) Kev: I do think that the party hats are probably like one of the best things to (0:29:24) Kev: come out of that game, especially if you put it on a ridiculous. (0:29:28) Kev: Those Pokemon like weren’t pull that that’s solid. (0:29:29) Codey: Yeah. (0:29:31) Kev: Um, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. (0:29:31) Codey: Because the party hat’s almost too big for him. (0:29:35) Codey: It’s clearly about to fall off. (0:29:39) Codey: Yeah, so that has also started a thing. (0:29:42) Codey: I’m going to be meeting with my artist, again, probably (0:29:45) Codey: during spring break. (0:29:47) Codey: They’re going to be back in town. (0:29:48) Codey: And they’re going to add three more bug-type Pokemon (0:29:53) Codey: with party hats on. (0:29:54) Kev: I was about to say a warble tattoo every year until she catches it (0:29:55) Codey: No, no, we have, um, I think we have a Snome, um, with, with the, a party hat on each of (0:30:04) Kev: Oh, no, no, no, no, oh, that’s good. (0:30:07) Codey: its little bumpies, um, and then I want a Shedinja, but I want, um, it, it to be like (0:30:17) Codey: a ghost. (0:30:18) Codey: Um, no, so it’s a ghost, so it’s a ghost Pokemon, but like, I want it to be like ethereal, look (0:30:18) Kev: Okay, is it not already more ghosts than it? (0:30:25) Codey: game. (0:30:25) Kev: Materiel, alright. (0:30:26) Codey: Like I don’t just want it to look like it looks in the game. (0:30:28) Kev: Mm-hmm. (0:30:30) Codey: And then I want the party hat to also be ethereal. (0:30:32) Codey: And then the last is, uh, not Sizzlepede, Sizzlepede, um, because it’s so grumpy and (0:30:42) Kev: mmm (0:30:42) Codey: I want it to have a black party hat. (0:30:46) Codey: I need my, my emo phase, yeah, my emo phase that was not a phase needs to be somewhere. (0:30:48) Kev: Oscar the grouch at the party. Oh, that’s that’s it (0:30:55) Codey: They’re presented. (0:30:57) Kev: So (0:30:58) Kev: Oh man, these man pokemon like so many solid bug pokemon. These are all solid picks of course. Um (0:31:05) Kev: she didn’t (0:31:06) Kev: it was like (0:31:08) Kev: And how many years been what 20 years since ruby and sapphire it’s still (0:31:12) Kev: my mind how they came up with that concept first you didn’t Joe and like (0:31:14) Codey: I just love it. As an entomologist, like every time I see a cicada shed, I’m just (0:31:16) Kev: you have to have the extra pokeball oh my it’s so good (0:31:26) Kev: yeah oh my gosh and it’s so good right like and (0:31:27) Codey: like, it’s its own thing. It’s a one hit point. Love it. (0:31:42) Kev: like you know obviously coming from Japan right like the whole cicada thing (0:31:46) Kev: schedules like that’s the bug collecting that’s a way bigger there um it’s genius (0:31:51) Kev: so good man bug Pokemon are so cool yeah I like hair across I like a lice upon (0:31:54) Codey: Correct. Send a scourge. (0:31:59) Kev: I like um like the other one and not that sizzle feed the other no no um not (0:32:13) Kev: no the big one Scolipede Scolipede that’s the one been five yeah that’s a good one (0:32:14) Codey: Oh. I think people know by now that I’m going to talk about bugs at some point in every (0:32:18) Kev: big old purple huge train bug oh I love it welcome to the bug appreciate Pokemon (0:32:24) Kev: appreciation podcast (0:32:31) Kev: that’s fine with that (0:32:34) Codey: pod. Yeah, so I’ve been playing that or I guess I’m not going to be playing that for (0:32:40) Codey: a while. Um, I’ve been playing Slay the Spire. So (0:32:44) Kev: Okay, have you- have you in fact slayed the spire? (0:32:45) Codey: Jeff, I have slayed the spire during the daily climbs. So have (0:32:53) Codey: you ever played this game? Okay. Yeah, so it’s like a card and (0:32:54) Kev: I have not but I am familiar with it’s the cards, right? (0:33:00) Codey: you’re going up a tower and slaying things. And there’s four (0:33:03) Codey: different types of characters that you can play, but one of (0:33:05) Codey: them is unlocked at first. But they have this thing called the (0:33:08) Codey: daily climb every day, which is like a random, like, version of (0:33:12) Codey: the game, but with modifiers. (0:33:14) Codey: So it’s like, Oh, you get this character, but every time you add a card to your deck, (0:33:20) Codey: it adds two more copies of that card and you can’t, you can no longer upgrade your cards (0:33:27) Codey: and you’re cursed, like, so it’s, they just like add all this stuff to it. (0:33:31) Codey: And so it’s kind of like a more difficult version and you have to change your gameplay. (0:33:36) Codey: So I have slayed the spire in the daily climbs, but that doesn’t count for achievements. (0:33:40) Kev: Yeah. (0:33:44) Codey: And I cannot for the life of me, beat this game without a daily climb. (0:33:52) Kev: mmm wow oh well hey I know that I know that feeling and then discuss it because ever present (0:33:54) Codey: So my partner has had to do it for me. (0:34:02) Kev: but i’m i’m still belatruing I actually just unlocked the final difficulty just yesterday (0:34:04) Codey: -Oh, yeah. (0:34:08) Codey: Yeah. (0:34:08) Kev: um so i’m i’m there but um I i get it i’m i’m trying to climb my own spire verbally (0:34:16) Codey: Yeah, I’ve, I’ve not quite gotten to Bellatro yet, but that’s because I’ve, I recognize (0:34:22) Codey: based on my love of Slay the Spire that Bellatro would take over my life. So. (0:34:25) Kev: That is correct that I look I look at sleigh as fire and I can see it’s it’s one-to-one (0:34:32) Codey: Yep. (0:34:32) Kev: It’s just a different flavor, but it’s the same concept your cards, and you’re you’re doing your runs with cards (0:34:36) Codey: Yeah. (0:34:40) Kev: Yeah (0:34:41) Kev: That’s good. Good stuff (0:34:44) Codey: - Yep. (0:34:46) Codey: And then I’m still playing Honeygrove, (0:34:48) Codey: still really liked that game. (0:34:51) Codey: Still play it every day, multiple times a day. (0:34:54) Codey: And also I have now begun the final year of my PhD. (0:35:01) Codey: I’m gonna be a bug doctor soon. (0:35:04) Kev: Oh, well, congrats. Okay, congrats. So, uh, not for a second, cause I thought you were talking about Honeygrove, but, um, but, um, uh, okay, so, so I have a friend who’s also been PhDing for a long time now, he’s had unfortunate professors and issues, so it’s dragged on for a long time. (0:35:14) Codey: Oh, yeah, sorry. Switch. (0:35:32) Kev: Um, now you say this. (0:35:34) Kev: Are you like, you know for a fact, that like, it is gonna be this year? (0:35:39) Codey: Okay, well, yeah, so basically, like, I, I set it at this year for this to be like the (0:35:40) Kev: I, I said, I don’t mean to sound threatening, but… (0:35:44) Kev: Uh, don’t re– (0:35:46) Kev: Look, oh– (0:35:53) Codey: last, like, possible time for my timeline. (0:35:59) Codey: Um, I mean, theoretically, like, stuff happens, but I do not have any more field work. (0:36:06) Codey: All I have to do is finish writing one of my chapters. (0:36:09) Codey: I’ve already published one of them in a journal and so that will just literally get like stapled into my dissertation as one of my chapters and I don’t have to look at that again. (0:36:19) Codey: This other chapter that I’m about to publish will be the same thing. So it’ll just be two chapters that my committee can’t say anything about because they’re already published. (0:36:26) Kev: Hmm, yeah, I look at that that’s the way to do it (0:36:29) Codey: So they’ll basically just be like, they’ll just be like, oh, yep, you did that. (0:36:35) Codey: like yep I did um so they’ll only have to (0:36:39) Codey: they can talk about um and it’s just can I get the stuff done in the time that I have and the (0:36:46) Codey: answer is yes um I will try and defend in the summer but um that’s I actually didn’t ever plan (0:36:55) Codey: to defend in the summer but I might be able to um but we’ll see I mean I don’t have to um I have (0:37:05) Codey: guaranteed funding for the rest of the year. (0:37:08) Kev: Oh, that’s great. (0:37:09) Kev: Well, oh, that that’s huge relief then. (0:37:09) Codey: Yeah, PhDs man, they’re great. Well, I guess PhDs in the life sciences, that’s the standard is that you get paid and you get tuition remissions so you don’t have to pay your tuition. (0:37:10) Kev: All right. (0:37:11) Kev: Well, Hey, congrats on that. (0:37:26) Kev: you know like yeah yeah for sure oh absolutely because I have a friend who I don’t think that (0:37:26) Codey: I have health insurance, like all of that stuff. So it’s not true everywhere. (0:37:36) Kev: is the case for him sadly um man like such nonsense like the way to get there the the road to it like (0:37:36) Codey: Yeah. (0:37:46) Kev: I you know I have my undergraduate degree right so like I it it boggles my mind because you know (0:37:54) Kev: up so pretty much up. (0:37:56) Kev: undergraduate it’s very clear like okay here your classes do them all satisfy (0:38:00) Kev: the requirements you get your thing right but once you go past especially the (0:38:06) Kev: PhD it’s it’s all just so nebulous question your checklist is question or (0:38:12) Kev: question your requirements are satisfied when the your professors say they are oh (0:38:20) Codey: Yeah. It’s basically like choose your own adventure. It’s like, undergrads degrees are (0:38:20) Kev: it’s why I don’t I don’t know how yeah man (0:38:26) Kev: I guess (0:38:31) Codey: basically like, okay, here is the proper formula, here you go, you need to have this done this done (0:38:38) Codey: this done, etc, etc. And then for a graduate degree, they’re basically like, here are some (0:38:44) Codey: courses that you need done, but you’ll get these done in the first two years of your degree. (0:38:50) Codey: It’s kind of a big old shrug. It depends on your funding. It depends on your advisors. It depends (0:38:55) Codey: on whatever. And if you have bad advisors, like you said your friend has had, they can keep you (0:39:00) Kev: Yeah. Oh. (0:39:03) Codey: forever. Like one of my friends, one of my friends, her advisor like would not let her defend even (0:39:11) Codey: though she was done, like she’s she was long done, because the advisor could just pay her (0:39:17) Codey: less money than having to like get a post. (0:39:20) Codey: I’m going to go to the postdoc. To do all that work. Yep. (0:39:21) Kev: right right like that’s one that’s one aspect that’s one aspect of it that just seems so grimy (0:39:28) Kev: like there’s clearly an element of very cheap labor for your advisory professors right like (0:39:37) Kev: I mean not yours specifically but like the the system is set up where that can be exploited (0:39:42) Kev: very easily and wow it’s oh academia oh oh (0:39:50) Codey: Yeah, I’m blessed in that, like with the advisors that I have, (0:39:51) Kev: uh-huh (0:39:54) Codey: the advisor that I have now, (0:39:56) Codey: like he doesn’t really do that kind of stuff, (0:39:58) Kev: Mm-hmm. (0:39:58) Codey: but a lot of advisors do, they’ll just be like, (0:40:00) Codey: okay, well, I’m paying for your stuff. (0:40:02) Codey: And because of that, like you also have to help me (0:40:05) Codey: with these other projects. (0:40:06) Codey: So at this one point in the year, (0:40:09) Codey: so you have to drop everything (0:40:11) Codey: and like do this research with me, (0:40:12) Codey: even though it’s not gonna be in your dissertation. (0:40:16) Kev: It is to some degree a hostage situation, isn’t it? (0:40:17) Codey: like. (0:40:20) Codey: Kind of, yeah, and then it’s worse if you’re an international student because (0:40:22) Kev: Haha, that’s uh, huh. (0:40:26) Kev: Oh, oh that sounds terrifying, oh gosh. (0:40:26) Codey: then you have like less protections and yeah. Which is why some of us, some universities (0:40:34) Codey: have unionized and we at my university just recently submitted our letter to the Dean, (0:40:43) Codey: Dean, President, President of the university that we intend to unionize, so thank yous. (0:40:48) Kev: Hey, good for you. That’s great. (0:40:50) Codey: I think he’s crossed there because last time they did this, they threatened people. So (0:40:57) Kev: Oh, oh, fuck. (0:40:57) Codey: they can’t do that. They’re not, that’s illegal, but they did it last time and it didn’t, (0:41:02) Kev: Well, well, I don’t know if you know about strikes in the U.S. (0:41:03) Codey: but we’ll see. Yeah. Oh yeah, we’re gonna, we’re gonna have to do it possibly. (0:41:12) Codey: Hopefully they’ll, they’ll work in good faith and we won’t have to, but we’ll see. (0:41:16) Kev: Oh (0:41:18) Codey: So maybe, maybe. (0:41:20) Codey: Sometime in this year, uh, my, what have I been up to will be striking (0:41:25) Kev: Well, but you know (0:41:27) Codey: because yeah. (0:41:29) Kev: Over on Rainbow Road radio friend. I do a mutual friend Alex. He’s also striking last month. So (0:41:36) Codey: Oh my gosh, we’re just, we’re just rebels. (0:41:38) Kev: Hit him up for some for some tips (0:41:41) Kev: I guess (0:41:43) Kev: Oh (0:41:45) Kev: Oh. (0:41:46) Kev: Oh, labor, academia, good, good times. (0:41:52) Codey: 10 out of 10 would not (0:41:52) Kev: Welcome to the harvest season, where we talk about cozy games. (0:41:56) Kev: Ss, ss, ss, ss, ss, ss, ss, ss, ss. (0:41:57) Codey: We talk about so I mean that’s the joke right is that we play these games where we can live in fantasy worlds where we (0:42:04) Codey: can have a house and (0:42:06) Codey: Afford a house and a and a like all this (0:42:12) Kev: Where’s the unionizing update to research story? (0:42:12) Codey: Because that’s uh, not not reality (0:42:19) Codey: Oh my gosh (0:42:22) Codey: I would love to have a union (0:42:25) Codey: Like storyline in any game like where you just strike that would be (0:42:32) Codey: Amazing. I don’t know how you would incorporate that (0:42:34) Kev: Oh, I mean, like, alright, I’ll give you the relatively low-hanging easy path, the Jojo (0:42:42) Codey: Yeah. Okay, yeah, yeah, I could see that. (0:42:43) Kev: route in Stardew, right, like, yeah, I mean, you got, there’s other people working for (0:42:51) Kev: Jojo already, so, you know, there’s, oh, oh no, I like this, this Spandfic I’m writing, (0:42:58) Kev: oh no, no. (0:42:58) Codey: oh no don’t don’t say this out loud he might listen and then haunted chocolatier will be even (0:43:04) Codey: more delayed because he’ll be like hey wait a minute that’s a great idea (0:43:10) Kev: Unless the ghosts in the Chocolatier, you mean, nice. (0:43:14) Codey: maybe he adds it into that game and stuff uh so yeah that is what we’ve been up to (0:43:18) Kev: Hmm. (0:43:21) Kev: Well, that’s a lot. Happy new- (0:43:23) Kev: Look guys, it’s a new year. There’s been a lot going on. (0:43:25) Codey: It is. It is. We’re. (0:43:28) Codey: We’re here for it. OK, so first we have some game releases. (0:43:34) Codey: So the first one in the list is Harvest Hills. (0:43:39) Codey: So this game released on the 15th of January and or will release. (0:43:46) Codey: Sorry, that’s the future. (0:43:50) Codey: Quote, thanks to the feedback from two major demo updates, (0:43:53) Codey: I’ve been able to fine tune game mechanics and make the experience even better. (0:43:57) Codey: The full game now features… (0:43:58) Codey: …an updated system for growing vegetables and fruits… (0:44:01) Codey: …an improved fertilizing system… (0:44:03) Codey: …a refined leveling system… (0:44:05) Codey: …a brand new product selling system… (0:44:07) Codey: …and more crops, vegetables… (0:44:09) Codey: …vegetables, fruit trees, livestock and homemade product machines. (0:44:15) Codey: My only comment about this is I looked at it and I need more information about those beehives. (0:44:23) Codey: They look… (0:44:23) Kev: - So. (0:44:24) Codey: They look legit. (0:44:26) Codey: Like those look like the standard Langstra Thives. (0:44:28) Codey: And we always paint them each frame or not each frame each body of the hive is always colored in really ridiculous colors and they did that. (0:44:40) Kev: Is that done intentionally or is that done just for giggles? (0:44:46) Codey: I don’t remember so I know that we paint them because you want there to you don’t want the heat like if it’s hot out you don’t want the heat of outside to like cook the hive. (0:44:59) Kev: Oh, oh. Yeah. Sure, sure. (0:44:59) Codey: So you always want it to be light colors but yeah on top of it being like colors I mean you can just have it be fun colors. (0:45:09) Codey: Sometimes you can like make it a color per hot like a certain color per hive or whatever but we always just painted them fun colors so I need. (0:45:18) Kev: Wow. So I’m, I’m looking at the trailer and stuff like my, okay. (0:45:24) Kev: It is more management style, like zoo tycoon, you know, (0:45:29) Kev: floating cam sort of thing, as opposed to starting where you can fill in the (0:45:32) Kev: character, but there’s a character who follows your like air where you click. (0:45:35) Kev: And he runs over there and then does the activity, which are kind of fun. (0:45:38) Kev: I think the coolest thing about here is the visual style. (0:45:41) Kev: Cause it’s almost like origami paper, like three heavy polygonal. (0:45:46) Kev: Um, so I’m like the cows almost look like (0:45:46) Codey: - Mm-hmm, yeah. (0:45:48) Kev: they’re made of origami or a box or something, um, which is charming. Um, so hey, but hey, good, (0:45:56) Kev: yeah, it looks decent enough. Um, I like those cows and you go pretty beehives. That is surprising. (0:46:02) Kev: We don’t have those before, but, um, there you go. January 15th, experience it yourself, (0:46:04) Codey: I like those cows. (0:46:06) Kev: the world of box shaped cows and fun colors. (0:46:13) Codey: So next on our list is Chill Town. (0:46:16) Codey: Um, they have a new announcement on Steam. (0:46:20) Codey: Um, and the gist of it is this just that the project slowed down because of money (0:46:25) Codey: issues, um, and they’re pretty transparent in there about what they are and where (0:46:30) Codey: the money is going and all of that, except for they can’t like mention (0:46:35) Codey: specifics because of confidentiality agreements, but, um, if you’re curious, (0:46:41) Codey: I recommend going and looking at that. (0:46:43) Codey: The biggest thing out of it, other than the fact that it was delayed, is, or is being slowed down, is that the 1.0, they expect it to come out this year, and that when the 1.0 comes out, it will have a museum system, it will have additional quest lines, different seasons and festivals, and clearly bug fixes and gameplay improvements from what is on the early access. (0:47:11) Kev: Uh, all right, so well, I mean, hey, first of all, props to like game development is so hard, right? (0:47:17) Kev: It’s such a brutal space to be quite frank. So yeah, condolences. But they they’re being, um, very, uh, (0:47:23) Kev: Up front and clear about it. Um, so, you know off to them and best of luck, like hopefully they are still on track, right? (0:47:31) Kev: this is one of the parts of early access as much as I uh, (0:47:36)

2026 übernimmt die Schweiz den Vorsitz der Organisation für Sicherheit und Zusammenarbeit in Europa (OSZE). Eine grosse Ehre und zugleich eine enorme Herausforderung - nicht nur aufgrund der geopolitischen Lage, sondern auch weil die OSZE derzeit zutiefst gespalten ist. Weitere Themen: Ende Jahr ist Schluss mit UKW für die Radioprogramme der SRG. Ab dem 1. Januar 2025 können die Sendungen von Radio SRF deshalb nur noch über DAB+ und Internet empfangen werden. Ein umstrittener Entscheid - mit Folgen für das ganze Radiopublikum. Ab dem 1. Januar 2025 dürfen Gerichte Teile von Zivilverhandlungen mittels Videokonferenzen durchführen. Bei Strafprozessen gäbe es die Möglichkeit von Einvernahmen per Video schon länger, doch die Gerichte sind zurückhaltend, wie zwei aktuelle Fälle am Bundesstrafgericht zeigen.

Im zweitenTeil unserer Serie «Best of Doppelpunkt» hören Sie Ausschnitte der spannendsten und interessantesten Gespräche mit folgenden Gäste welche im zweiten Halbjahr 2024 bei Radio 1-Chef Roger Schawinski zu Gast waren: Pedro Lenz, Autor und Berner Mundart-Dichter, Roger de Weck, Autor, frühere Generaldirektor der SRG und Chefredaktor von mehreren Zeitungen und Emil Steinberger, der der absolut bekannteste Schweizer Kabarettist. Songs: Demain c'est toi - ZAZ, Les enfants de la guerre - Charles Aznavour, The Bad & The Ugly - Ennio Morricone

In den USA kommt der Kongress mehrheitlich in republikanische Hände. Die Republikanerinnen und Republikaner holen sich nicht nur die Mehrheit im Senat, sie verteidigen auch die Mehrheit im Repräsentantenhaus. Damit sind die beiden Parlamentskammern künftig republikanisch kontrolliert. Weitere Themen: · Lateinamerika ist eng mit den USA verbunden – die Rede ist teilweise vom Hinterhof der USA. Darum wird die zweite Amtszeit von Donald Trump als US-Präsident auch Auswirkungen auf Länder wie Brasilien, Argentinien und Mexiko haben. · Wer bei Künstlicher Intelligenz das Sagen hat, beherrscht künftig die Welt, so zumindest sieht es die KI-Industrie. Dass die Technologie schon heute die Geopolitik prägt, darüber sind sich Expertinnen und Experten einig. Vor allem China und die USA kämpfen aktuell um die globale Technologievorherrschaft. · Im Jahr 2040 fehlen in der Schweiz rund 5500 Ärztinnen und Ärzte. Zu diesem Schluss kommt eine Studie des Beratungsunternehmens PWC. Um diesem Fachkräftemangel entgegenzuwirken wollte die ETH Zürich ihr Medizinstudium ausbauen. Doch nun legt die ETH diesen Plan für den tatsächlichen Ausbau vorerst auf Eis. · Die Wechseljahre sind vor allem in Unternehmen ein Tabu. Doch das ändert sich gerade, denn die Wechseljahre sind für viele Frauen ein Problem – und damit auch für ihre Arbeitgeberinnen und Arbeitgeber. Es gibt aber wenig Studien über die Auswirkungen der Wechseljahre auf die Arbeitsleistung von Frauen. · Schon wieder droht dem Bundesrat eine Pleite. Bei den kommenden Abstimmungen am 24. November wird über insgesamt vier Vorlagen abgestimmt. Der Bundesrat hat bei allen ein Ja empfohlen, doch die aktuelle Trendumfrage von «gfs.bern» im Auftrag der SRG zeigt: Es wird knapp und allenfalls könnten sogar alle vier Vorlagen scheitern.

(00:50) Spätestens seit Corona ist die prekäre Lage von vielen Musikschaffenden offensichtlich geworden. In der Stadt Bern wurde deshalb vor 10 Monaten eine neue Kulturförderpraxis eingeführt. Wir ziehen Zwischenbilanz. Weitere Themen: (05:15) «Verrückt normal»: Historisches Museum Basel zeigt Ausstellung über Geschichte der Psychiatrie. (09:37) Jazzsaxophonist Lou Donaldson stirbt mit 98 Jahren: Sein Tod ist alles andere als nur eine Fussnote. (13:49) Jazzkonzerte für ein junges Publikum: Dritte Saison für Konzertreihe «Noiis» im Dynamo Zürich. (18:33) Überschwemmungen, Hochwasser, Wirbelstürme, Waldbrände: Belgischer Philosoph Jean-Pierre Wils setzt sich in Essay «Verzicht und Freiheit» mit ökologischer Grosskrise auseinander. (23:17) Ende Jahr stellt SRG den UKW-Betrieb ein: Wie UKW 1978 die Mittelwelle abgelöst hat.

Ab dem 1. Januar 2025 werden die Radioprogramme der SRG nicht mehr via UKW verbreitet. Ab dann können unter anderem die Radios SRF 1, SRF 2 Kultur und SRF 3 nur noch über DAB+ oder via Internet empfangen werden. Besonders betroffen sind Autofahrerinnen und Autofahrer: Schon etwas ältere Autos sind noch nicht mit einem DAB-Empfänger ausgerüstet. Für die Umrüstung des Autoradios gibt es verschiedene Lösungen – vom einfachen Adapter bis zur Anpassung der bestehenden Anlage. Je nach Variante und eigenem handwerklichen Geschick ist mit Kosten von knapp 100 bis mehr als 1000 Franken zu rechnen. Weitere Themen: - David gegen Goliath – Kunde gegen Konzern

Seit Donnerstag können sich Leserinnen und Nutzer verschiedener News-Portale nicht mehr einloggen. Der Grund ist ein Cyberangriff auf OneLog, die Login-Plattform der grössten Schweizer Medienhäuser wie Ringier, Tamedia und der SRG. Derzeit sind viele Fragen noch offen. Weitere Themen: Menschen mit Behinderungen sollen dieselben politischen Rechte erhalten wie alle anderen Schweizerinnen und Schweizer ab 18 Jahren. Das hat die Staatspolitische Kommission des Nationalrats mit knapper Mehrheit beschlossen und fordert den Bundesrat zum Handeln auf. Die Beziehung zwischen China und den USA ist geprägt von gegenseitigem Misstrauen. Daran wird auch die Präsidentschaftswahl in den USA nichts ändern, sind sich chinesische Politbeobachter einig. Sowohl eine erneute Präsidentschaft Trumps als auch ein Wahlsieg von Harris seien beide Gift für China.

Zu Gast bei Roger Schawinski ist Roger de Weck, der frühere Generaldirektor der SRG. Was der ehemaliger Chefredaktor vom Tages Anzeiger und der Zeitung "Die Zeit" in seinem neuen Buch zur Rettung des Journalismus und den Medien vorschlägt - in dieser Sendung erfahren Sie es. Songs: I.C.E - Chilly Gonzales, Bruxelles je t'aime - Angèle, Les enfants de la guerre - Charles Aznavour, Le Ranz des Vaches - i Muvrini

Der ehemalige Generaldirektor der SRG kritisiert die Medien in der Schweiz und in Europa. Er sagt, der Journalismus gleiche sich zunehmend den sozialen Medien an. Am Montag ist sein neues Buch erschienen. Die Gesetze des Journalismus und die des Medienbetriebs laufen auseinander. Der Publizist Roger de Weck sagt, die Kunst bestehe darin, Journalismus zu machen trotz der Medien: trotz Medienkrise, trotz Instagram, trotz der Boulevardisierung und trotz der postfaktischen Ära. «Das Prinzip Trotzdem – Warum wir den Journalismus vor den Medien retten müssen» (Suhrkamp-Verlag) heisst sein neues Buch. Roger de Weck war Generaldirektor der SRG, Chefredaktor der «Zeit» und des «Tages-Anzeigers».

Die Menschen in der Schweiz blicken pessimistischer in die Zukunft als noch vor einem Jahr. Das zeigt die grosse Meinungsumfrage «Wie geht‘s, Schweiz?», die die SRG zum zweiten Mal durchgeführt hat. Mit ihrem aktuellen Leben sind die Befragten hingegen mehrheitlich zufrieden. Weiteres Thema:  Die USA werfen Russland Einmischung in die Präsidentschaftswahl vor. Es geht unter anderem um Influencer in den Sozialen Medien, die russische Propaganda verbreiten

(00:00:49) Live aus dem KKL Luzern: Das Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra unter der Leitung von Beat Furrer mit Werken von Lisa Streich und Morton Feldman. (00:05:47) Autor Christian Haller bleibt in Topform: Sein Neuer Roman Das «Institut» beleuchtet Machtkämpfe in einer Denkfabrik der 70er Jahre. (00:10:01) Faszination Medien: Zum Auftrag der SRG gehört es auch, Musik zu fördern. Wir stellen fünf Musikschaffende vor. Heute ist es die Jazzmusikerin Nicole Johänntgen. (00:15:42) Zwei unterschiedliche Persönlichkeiten über ihr Asyl: Das Zürcher «sogar theater» zeigt die Begegnung zweier Frauen in der Schweiz. (00:20:12) 20 Jahre Beziehung mit Autor Thomas Hürlimann: Schriftstellerin Katja Oskamp schreibt in ihrem neuen Buch «Die vorletzte Frau» in verschlüsselter Form über ihre Liaison.

Heute um 10 Uhr gibt die SRG bekannt, ob Basel oder Genf den nächsten Eurovision Song Contest austragen darf. Die Nervosität bei den Basler Verantwortlichen ist gross und sie betonen, wie sehr die Stadt und vor allem Hotels und Restaurants profitieren würden. * Der Baselbieter Landrat spricht 2,5 Millionen mehr, damit der Wald besser mit dem Klimawandel zurecht kommen soll

(00:00:41) Künstlerin Fränzi Neuhaus im Gespräch: Natur, Technik und Kunst im Dialog. (00:11:10) Start des Filmfestivals in Venedig: Prominenz und Premieren auf dem roten Teppich. (00:19:32) Faszination Medien: Zum Auftrag der SRG gehört es auch, Musik zu fördern. Wir stellen fünf Musikschaffende vor. Eine von ihnen ist Corin Curschellas. (00:15:24) «Alles Fifty Fifty» – eine Komödie über das Chaos nach der perfekten Scheidung. (00:24:11) In seinem Essay «After Woke» hinterfragt Jens Balzer die Reaktionen progressiver Linker auf den Hamas-Angriff und das Schweigen zu den israelischen Opfern.

(00:00:55) Der Schweizer Designklassiker wird dieses Jahr 80 Jahre alt. (00:05:14) In ihrem neuen Buch «Favorita» widmet sich die Schweizer Autorin Michelle Steinbeck dem Thema Femizid - also dem Mord an Frauen.  (00:10:10) Faszination Medien: Zum Auftrag der SRG gehört es auch, Musiktalente zu fördern. Wir stellen fünf von ihnen vor. Eine von ihnen ist Helena Winkelman. (00:14:57) Bauhaus ist auch Teil der Schweizer Textilkunstgeschichte: Das zeigt die Ausstellung «Gunta Stölzl und Johannes Itten. Textile Universen» im Kunstmuseum Thun.  (00:18:49) Das ungewöhnliche Filmmusical «Gloria!» spielt in einem Mädchen-Internat im Venedig von 1800. 

(00:00:59) Das Saisonnier-Statut riss Familien auseinander. Nun muss sich die Kantonsregierung mit der Aufarbeitung dieser Gschichte beschäftigen. (00:05:17) Mit einem neuen Gesetz in der Ukraine soll die ukrainisch-orthodoxe Kirche verboten werden: Legitimer Schutz vor russischer Einflussnahme oder unverhältnismässige Einschränkung der Religionsfreiheit? (00:09:45) Faszination Medien: Zum Auftrag der SRG gehört es auch, Musiktalente zu fördern. Wir stellen fünf von ihnen vor. Einer von ihnen ist Andreas Schaerer. (00:15:00) Ist Willhelm Tell ein Held oder ein Mörder? Das ergründet die 125-Jahr-Jubiläumsinszenierung der Tellspiele in Altdorf.  (00:19:43) Deborah Levys Essayband «Die Position der Löffel» würdigt die Idole der Autorin.  (00:24:18) Welche Kultur wird in Südkorea gefördert? Dieser Frage geht ein Artikel in der Süddeutschen Zeitung nach. 

Today I welcome back to the program Al Fadi, with the Strategic Resource Group, an organization that funds projects to reach unreached people groups in the Middle East and North Africa, the so-called MENA region of the world. Al has been on the program before to discuss a bible translation project for Hejazi speaking people. This is an Arabic language spoken by more than 11 million people. More than three years ago, I started reporting on a new initiative by the Strategic Resource Group that – if successful – could have a dramatic impact on the way we do Bible translation. They are using a so-called Translation Service Provider – an organization that normally translates contracts, treaties, movie scripts, books, and all manner of other material – to translate the Bible. I wrote my first article about this process in August of 2021. But one aspect of this project that is different from those undertaken by traditional Bible translation organizations is the remarkable degree of transparency SRG has shown to me in the process. Since this project began, I have been checking in with them every six months to get updates, and to hear lessons learned.  And that's what we are doing today. The very fact that Al and SRG are allowing me to have these regular check-ins is dramatically different from the way the Bible translation industry normally operates.  It's an industry cloaked in secrecy and layers of bureaucracy.  In fact, for the past four years or so, I've written about 50 articles on the industry and its practices, and I'll have links to some of those articles in today's show notes.  I encourage you to check them out:  https://ministrywatch.com/bible-translations/ I'd like to remind you that MinistryWatch is donor supported.  We take no money from ministries.  All of our content is free.  No paywall.  That means we couldn't do what we do without faithful donors.  You guys are the real heroes of this enterprise.  So if you'd like to join that heroic group by pitching in to make sure that MinistryWatch remains a viable endeavor, you can go to MinistryWatch.com and hit the “donate” button at the top of the page. And if you donate in the month of August, we'll send you, as our thank you, a digital subscription to WORLD Magazine. This subscription has a $50 value, but is yours with a donation of any size to MinistryWatch. The producer for today's program is Jeff McIntosh.   We get database, technical, and editorial support from Stephen DuBarry, Christina Darnell, Rod Pitzer, and Casey Sudduth. Until next time, may God bless you.

Am Dienstagvormittag hat eine IT-Störung bei der SBB für Probleme gesorgt. Besonders betroffen waren die Kundeninformation und der Billetverkauf. Im Tessin kam es zu einem zwischenzeitlichen Stillstand im Regionalverkehr, zwischen Bern und Olten wurden Züge umgeleitet. Weitere Themen: Fake News verbreiten sich gerade in den Sozialen Medien rasant. Für Kinder und Jugendliche ist es noch schwieriger als für Erwachsene, falsche Meldungen zu erkennen. In Zusammenarbeit mit der SRG hat die SBB ihren Schulzug für Schulklassen um einen Wagen rund ums Thema Fake News ergänzt. Eine Woche nach den heftigen Unwettern im Berner Oberland ist ein Teil des Dorfes Brienz noch immer Sperrzone, die Verwüstung ist gross. Riesige Schäden nach Unwettern gab es im Sommer auch im bündnerischen Misox sowie im Wallis und im Tessin. Was heisst das für die Versicherungen?

Für Radio DRS beginnt am 1. März 1971 ein neues Kapitel. DRS ist nun allein für die Radionachrichten zuständig und übernimmt von dies der Schweizerischen Depeschenagentur und baut laufend aus. Bis es aber dann rund um die Uhr DRS-Nachrichten gibt, dauert es noch ein paar Jahre.  Es gibt neue Sendungen, die Texte und auch die Anmutung der gesprochenen Texte durch die Sprecher:innen verändert sich im Lauf der Zeit. Gleichzeitig verändert sich die Medienlandschaft - die Privatradios entstehen und 1983 gibt es mit DRS3 einen neuen Radiosender. Damit erhalten die Nachrichten erneut einen Veränderungsschub. Nach dem Brand von Schweizerhalle 1986 werden dann auch in der Nacht Live-Nachrichten gesendet und die Nachrichten zur Alarmierung der Bevölkerung verpflichtet. In der Sommerserie «100 Jahre Weltgeschichte im Radio – was Sie und uns bewegt» - erzählt Kurt Witschi als Zeitzeuge und Nachrichtenexperte, was er in seinen 43 Jahren als Nachrichtenredaktor erlebt hat. Etwa den Morgen nach dem Brand in Basel. Und mit dem Historiker und Medienwissenschafter Edzard Schade reden wir unter anderem über die Entstehung der Privatradios und deren Einfluss auf die SRG.

Rund um die Uhr werden wir heute versorgt mit stündlichen Radio-Nachrichten. In den Anfängen der SRG in den 1930er Jahren waren Nachrichten aber noch ein Ereignis. Am Landessender Beromünster gab gerade mal zwei Nachrichtenbulletins am Tag, produziert von der Schweizerischen Depeschenagentur. Nicht die SRG, sondern die SDA war über 40 Jahre für die Nachrichten beim Radio zuständig. Kontrolliert von den Verlagen gewann sie dabei eine hohe Glaubwürdigkeit. Insbesondere während des 2. Weltkriegs, aber auch in den Jahren danach. Die Entwicklung der Berichterstattung am Radio beleuchten wir in der Sommerserie «100 Jahre Weltgeschichte im Radio – was Sie und uns bewegt». Der Historiker Edzard Schade ist Professor an der Fachhochschule Graubünden, er hat die Veränderungen der Radio-Berichterstattung der letzten 100 Jahren erforscht und sagt: «Das schnelle Medium Radio war für die Verlage eine Konkurrenz, das wollten sie kontrollieren.» Das Schaffen der SDA als Radionachrichtenlieferantin noch aktiv miterlebt hat der langjährige Nachrichtenredaktor Kurt Witschi. Als junger Redaktor arbeitete er in den 1960er Jahren beim damaligen Radio DRS und erzählt als Zeitzeuge von der damaligen Schaffen.

Ronin is a Mork Borg compatible RPG that brings the samurai and yokai of mediaeval Japan to life on the table top. Featuring stunning, high energy, high octane art and graphic design, and a solid fast paced ruleset it is no surprise that the game, and its publisher - Slightly Reckless Games - are building a following.I got the chance to sit speak with Sacha Lightfoot, founder of Slightly Reckless Games, and creator of Ronin, about the art and business behind starting an RPG publisher and writing a brand new game. With the next SRG game, Berserkr, coming to Kickstarter it felt like the perfect time to chat.Slightly Reckless Games Interview, Sacha Lightfoot in conversation with Jordan SorcerySacha's Links:[Slightly Reckless Games]https://www.slightlyrecklessgames.com/[Berskr Kickstarter]https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/slightlyreckless/berserkr?ref=clipboard-prelaunchJordan's Links:ELEMENT GAMES AFFILIATE LINK:https://elementgames.co.uk/?d=11216PATREON:https://www.patreon.com/jordansorcery

We are back after a week break! Locked in with another smooth episode, today we are focused on good vibes and good energy. Great songs and great events coming forward!Follow my sponsor and buy some candles from the site! steadyypace.com@livefromthecloud on instagramTracklist:Roll Up - Wiz Khalifa (mixed w/ Let it Go- Keyshia Cole)Beauty in the Dark - Mos Def Rosa Parks - OutkastSweetest Thing - Lauryn HillSunflower Seeds - Young NudyGlock - Don ToliverLuvsik - F*** KwaunLauntrezze - Drank Head (ft. 76 Tutes)SRG - PlaystationYRN - Further from Hellsend mail directly to the podcastSupport the Show.

I have the best job in the world. That is, it's the best job for someone like me, who really likes talking to people and finding out what they are doing and thinking – but also as a bi-product finding out what they are really like. The reason I am saying this is because today's episode was so much fun to make that it didn't feel like a standard day at the office. I have had Warren Downey (left) and Lee Anderson (right) of London-headquartered intermediary Specialist Risk Group (SRG) on the show before and really enjoyed their company, good humour and the openness and ease with which could discuss their strategy and business philosophy, but the interview you are about to hear is exceptional. This is because rarely do I interview two senior executives who finish each other's sentences so regularly and enjoy each other's company so much. The trigger for our podcast was a change of investors that has brought Blue Chip players Warburg Pincus and Temasek into the fold at a reported valuation of over £1 billion pounds, so perhaps that is why the conversation was so animated. Whatever the reason, what follows is a very enjoyable romp outlining the strategy and culture of an incredibly successful broking duo. What is SRG going to do with its new investment? The answers are all in here. And that's because of the two people in the room with me. A minute ago I said I have the best job in the world for me – and it seems obvious to me that these two would say exactly the same about their jobs. NOTES: Warren is the first to speak. The football team owned by Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney is Wrexham. LINKS: We thank our naming sponsor AdvantageGo: https://www.advantagego.com

Der Bundesrat senkt die Radio- und Fernsehabgabe von aktuell 335 Franken auf 300 Franken pro Jahr. Gleichzeitig lehnt er die SRG-Initiative aus dem Umfeld der SVP ab, welche die Gebühr auf 200 Franken reduzieren will. Er wolle Haushalte und Unternehmen finanziell entlasten, so der Bundesrat. Weitere Themen: (01:25) Bundesrat senkt die Serafe-Gebühr auf 300 Franken (09:52) Senkung der Serafe-Gebühr: Was heisst das für die SRG? (14:48) Italien: Weg zu mehr Autonomie bleibt trotz neuem Gesetz lang (17:57) Frankreich macht ungebremst Schulden - und jetzt? (22:00) UNO wirft Israel Kriegsverbrechen in Gaza vor (25:26) Was verdienen Ärztinnen und Ärzte künftig? (29:55) Solarboom bringt Stromnetze an den Anschlag (33:52) Jubel, Trauer, Hoffnung in 90 Minuten: Was Fussballfans antreibt

Laura Hill was about 30 years old when she helped create one of Portland's most-iconic designs. When the Port of Portland was redesigning Portland International Airport in 1986, architecture and design firm SRG Partnership led the project. Hill retired from the firm in 2008, but at the time she was a principal interior designer for SRG. In this bonus episode of Beat Check with The Oregonian, reporter Lizzy Acker shares her interview with Hill. Hill explains how the famous design came to be, the research SRG did at other airports and what other designs were pitched. Here's their conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erstmals steht eine Frau an der Spitze der SRG, der Schweizerischen Radio- und Fernsehgesellschaft: Susanne Wille. Die ausserordentliche Delegiertenversammlung der SRG wählte die 50-jährige Journalistin zur Nachfolgerin von Gilles Marchand. Weitere Themen: (01:14) Susanne Wille wird SRG-Generaldirektorin (11:42) SVP: Einigkeit in der Migrationsfrage (16:04) Putin spielt den Schiedsrichter in den Elitekämpfen (21:48) Medienfreiheit weltweit unter Druck

How are you boldly incorporating scripture into your life and business? In this episode, Jeff and Rick discuss: Incorporating scripture into our day-to-day lives from individual to business. Handling tough situations in the right way. Rick's transition from a career in the multi-family residence business to working in the Middle East with SRG. The three impacts you can have.  Key Takeaways: Do the right thing because it's the right thing. God will bless. Live your life after God's manner and you will be making a statement that you will be running your business differently because it's the right thing to do before the Lord.  You don't need to wait until you get older to be bolder. Get out there, be who God wants you to be, and get out there.   "All you have is Gods. The sooner you realize that, the more freeing that will become." —  Rick Graf Episode References: NCF: https://www.ncfgiving.com/Apartment Life: https://apartmentlife.org/homeThe Business Card by Dr. Steve O. Steff About Rick Graf: Rick serves as a resource partner, board member, and as the senior managing partner for SRG. As senior managing partner, he has responsibility for stewarding the overall organization, and reporting to the board of directors. He leads a gifted team of managing partners that oversee resource development, portfolio management, strategic initiatives, and strategic services. Prior to retiring in late 2022, Rick served as president of multi-family asset services at Cushman & Wakefield, a global leader in commercial real estate. In this role, he focused on strategic oversight for the vision and growth of the multi-family asset services platform, while managing a spectrum of real estate assets for major institutional housing clients across multiple states. This culminated in a 45-year career in the real estate industry. Rick and his wife, Linda, live in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, and have four married children and seven grandchildren.  Connect with Rick Graf:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rigraf/   Connect with Jeff Thomas: Website: https://www.arkosglobal.com/Podcast: https://www.generousbusinessowner.com/Book: https://www.arkosglobal.com/trading-upEmail: jeff.thomas@arkosglobal.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ArkosGlobalAdv Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/arkosglobal/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/arkosglobaladvisorsInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/arkosglobaladvisors/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLUYpPwkHH7JrP6PrbHeBxw

If you’d like to build stronger relationships throughout your business and your career, join Andrew Bowen and SRG’s Tina West as they discuss how to handle change — expected and unexpected — in the world of multifamily and how to ensure your centralization efforts effectively leverage your team’s strengths to significantly upgrade your resident experience. Learn more about Tina West and Sares Regis Group at:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tinawest777/https://www.sares-regis.com/

Today I welcome back to the program Amy McClintock, with the Strategic Resource Group, an organization that funds projects to reach unreached people groups in the Middle East and North Africa, the so-called MENA region of the world. Joining Amy is Al Fadi, who is helping to lead a bible translation project that we have been talking about for a couple of years here at MinistryWatch. More than two years ago, I started reporting on a new initiative by the Strategic Resource Group that – if successful – could have a dramatic impact on the way we do Bible translation. They are using a so-called Translation Service Provider – an organization that normally translates contracts, treaties, movie scripts, books, and all manner of other material – to translate the Bible. I wrote my first article about this process in August of 2021. But one aspect of this project that is different from those undertaken by traditional Bible translation organizations is the remarkable degree of transparency SRG has shown to me in the process. Since this project began, I have been checking in with them every six months to get updates, and to hear lessons learned.  And that's what we are doing today. Today I talk with Amy McClintock and Al Fadi, who are two of the leaders of this project. The very fact that Amy, Al, and SRG are allowing me to have these regular check-ins is dramatically different from the way the Bible translation industry normally operates.  It's an industry cloaked in secrecy and layers of bureaucracy.  In fact, for the past three years or so, I've written about 40 articles on the industry and its practices, and I'll have links to some of those articles in today's show notes.  I encourage you to check them out:  https://ministrywatch.com/bible-translations/  FINAL THOUGHTS: I'd like to remind you that MinistryWatch is donor supported.  We take no money from ministries.  All of our content is free.  No paywall.  That means we couldn't do what we do without faithful donors.  You guys are the real heroes of this enterprise.  So if you'd like to join that heroic group by pitching in to make sure that MinistryWatch remains a viable endeavor, you can go to MinistryWatch.com and hit the “donate” button at the top of the page. And if you donate in the month of February, we'll send you, as our thank you, a copy of “Handling Allegations in A Ministry: Responses and Investigations.” The producers for today's program are Rich Roszel and Jeff McIntosh.   We get database, technical, and editorial support from Stephen DuBarry, Christina Darnell, Rod Pitzer, and Casey Sudduth.    Until next time, may God bless you.