Brad Vanstone, part of the Together Ukraine team, joined us to share how they have found a direct way to help Ukrainian refugees by driving vans and lorries full of much needed supplies to the Polish-Ukraine border. Brad was a guest on the Dam Daily show on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station on 9 March 2022, hosted by Cathy Leung. This is an edit of that interview.

It’s likely the situation will get worse in Ukraine so they also have a plan to transport people away and to a place of refuge. For that they need mini-buses and probably more drivers. Follow the links below to help with financial donations or offering the help/supplies currently needed.

https://www.instagram.com/togetherukraine/
https://whydonate.nl/fundraising/vital-supplies-for-ukrainian-women-and-children/en

BRAM Talk is a series of talk-only highlights from Broadcast Amsterdam radio station, streaming 24/7 and all shows available On Demand. https://broadcastamsterdam.nl

Ann Doherty, from Voedselpark Amsterdam, on the race against time to “preserve a green piece of Amsterdam for future generations”, specifically by buying the ultra fertile 42 hectare Lutkemeerpolder in Amsterdam Nieuw-West. Ann was a guest on the Dam Daily show on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station on 28 February 2022, hosted by Cathy Leung and Sara McCloskey. This is an edit of that interview.

You can follow and support the Voedselpark Amsterdam initiative at https://voedselparkamsterdam.nl or on Instagram at @voedselpark_amsterdam.

Ann is also part of the Pluk CSA community farming project in Amsterdam Nieuw-West, with about 100 Amsterdamers farming their own produce, and Ann helps to run Cityplot, educating Amsterdammers on things like balcony gardening, worm composting and more.

BRAM Talk is a series of talk-only highlights from Broadcast Amsterdam radio station, streaming 24/7 and all shows available On Demand. https://broadcastamsterdam.nl

Hear a totally unofficial google translate version of the first poem of 2022 by the Amsterdam city poet, Marjolijn van Heemstra. The original poem is in Dutch of course, but we can appreciate the imagery and the sentiment even in English. The Dutch version has an added lyrical feel of course and we have a little taster of that too, with @CathyCentral's very best Dutch pronunciation.

(First broadcast on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station on 9 February 2022 on our Dam Daily Wednesday edition.

https://www.parool.nl/kunst-media/eerste-stadsgedicht-van-marjolijn-van-heemstra-2022~b9654e9c/

https://www.marjolijnvanheemstra.nl/nieuws/marjolijn-van-heemstra-is-de-nieuwe-stadsdichter-van-amsterdam/

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Matt Ruppert, from Parakeet joined us on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station to talk with Dam Daily (Friday) host, Chris Willis, about how it's going for Amsterdam's bars coming out of the most recent lockdown, funding for affected businesses, and the fun stuff of developing new menus.

https://www.parakeetamsterdam.nl

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Alexis Kelly called into our Dam Daily radio show with a report back on how it goes travelling through Schiphol Airport to Ibiza under the current corona virus measures.

First broadcast on Dam Daily radio show, 31 May 2021

See the full show post, here: https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/podcast/sara-dominika-31-may-2021/

What to expect when you get vaccinated at the RAI? Cathy reports back with a few tips to help it go smoothly. 

First broadcast on Dam Daily radio show, 26 May 2021

See the full show post, here: https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/podcast/pop-packed-with-news/

There's a a call-out to submit your input to Amsterdam’s Environmental Vision for 2050. @CathyCentral joined Alexis on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station to share with our listeners all about the draft vision, how you can have your say, and how it will be rolled out.

The deadline for your submissions is Wednesday 3 March 2021 - but the possibility to get a 2 week extension if you let them know you'd like extra time.

Info: https://www.iamsterdam.com/en/living/latest-news/2021/amsterdam-comprehensive-vision

This feature was first broadcast on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station, https://broadcastamsterdam.nl/

On Wednesday 20 January 2021 the Dutch caretaker government held a press conference at 14:00 to announce new corona virus measures for the Netherlands.

As always @DutchnewsNL live tweets the proceedings. For the first time, Broadcast Amsterdam decided to live broadcast their live-tweeting action. The full news story on the new measures can be found on Dutchnews.nl here: https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/01/curfew-on-the-cards-for-this-weekend-no-flights-from-uk-or-south-africa/

Rik Stapelbroek, from 'Prison Escapes', joined us on Broadcast Amsterdam radio station to talk with BRAM Breakfast host, Chris Willis, about how the current partial lockdown, and the coronavirus, has affected their business. Can you really take an escape game online? They have.

https://prisonescape.nl/online/en/

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Zack Newmark joins Broadcast Amsterdam radio station's BRAM Breakfast host, Chris Willis, to discuss the latest breaking news, a regular feature on the show. In this clip they discuss the partial lockdown measures announced by the Dutch government on 13 October 2020.