Dutch Deadline

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Dutch Deadline

Kate Imbach

2 episodes

2 months ago

In-depth analysis of the biggest issues in the Dutch news, in English. Reporting from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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In-depth analysis of the biggest issues in the Dutch news, in English. Reporting from Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes (2/2)

Dutch Deadline

Dutch kids can't read because of capitalism

Dutch kids have some of the worst reading skills in Europe. Smartphones, the after-effects of pandemic school closures, migrants in the classroom, and the teacher shortage complicate the picture. But the real reason why one-third of Dutch fifteen year olds are "insufficiently literate?" Schools are run like businesses.

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1 year ago

9 minutes 29 seconds

Dutch Deadline

How a convicted terrorist got cancelled

Why was convicted terrorist-turned-radicalization-expert Soumaya Sahla expelled from her political party? Did she really “steal” 85,000 euros from her mentor, former VVD party leader Frits Bolkestein? This scandal reveals a deeper issue in the Netherlands—a shift from the "multicultural debate" of the 1990s and 2000s, when we discussed how immigrants should be integrated into Dutch society, to today, when we discuss how to keep them out.

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2 years ago

10 minutes 28 seconds