Gadget Guru - TrackR by WRS

Romain Garçon is a ski-station entertainer in Morzine. Katt Cullen caught up with him to talk about the Morzine loves Carnival event that takes place every Tuesday throughout February – and it ended up being a general chat about how great his job is!

Here’s Romain, to tell us about Morzine loves Carnival and the welcome drinks with a chartreuse hot chocolate.

Kerre Cole takes us through the big releases for the Wednesday 6th & Thursday 7th Feb in Switzerland.

While 'Lego Batman' looks hilarious, we're not sure the new '50 Shades Darker' movie will please the fans of the book who complained that the first movie was too tame. Did they take it up a notch? Hmmm..

Scorsese's new epic flick 'Silence' took decades to make, but was it worth the wait?

Word of Mouth - A Classic Case of Absinthe Madness

A French labourer living in Commugny, Jean Lanfray, murdered his pregnant wife and two children in a drunken rage on August 28, 1905.

The court was told that on the day of the murders, Lanfray’s lunch consisted of seven glasses of wine, six glasses of cognac, one coffee laced with brandy, two crème de menthes, and two glasses of absinthe and a sandwich. He returned home drunk with his father, and drank another coffee with brandy. He then got into an argument with his wife, and asked his wife to polish his shoes for him. When she refused, Lanfray took his rifle and shot her, and his four-year-old daughter, Rose, and his two-year-old daughter, Blanche.

He then shot himself in the jaw.

Bizarrely, the murders were blamed solely on absinthe.

A leading Swiss psychologist, testified that Lanfray had suffered "a classic case of absinthe madness”...

This is Garry's 3rd part of 3 looking at the local history behind the famous green drink in this week's episode of Word of Mouth.

On today's weekly run down with Daniel Johnson from the United Nations, we take a look at the Committee on the Elimination of discrimination against women; holding its 66th session in Geneva from 13th Feb - 3rd of March.

Daniel gives us a run-down of the 8 countries under review.

Daniel also takes us through some of the cultural events that took place last week and next. These are open to the public so check back for more information next week on further talks coming up and information on how to register.

When you take a commercial flight, what is the one thing you want your airline to improve on?

Is it better connectivity and guaranteed wifi onboard the flight?

Is it handy notifications that tell you about flight delays and what carousel your baggage is arriving on?

Is it simply a personalised service from the cabin crew?

Well your answer could reveal how old you are, or your age could determine your answer. Chaitan Jain takes a look at the most recent IATA passenger survey and notes a distinct age breakdown in terms of what we each want.

Rhetoric - the public speaking game by WRS

John Shaw from Fair Deal for Expats talks to Mark Butcher

Micro-Tyco is a month long challenge that enables participants to practice and learn fundamental business principles in a safe, 'micro' environment. Teams from schools, universities or businesses have one month to turn CHF 1 seed capital into as much money as possible, fostering essential entrepreneurial thinking, resourcefulness and team work. This capital is then

All money created by the Micro-Tycos is invested by WildHearts in micro-loans for poor entrepreneurs in the developing world.

Participants 'become entrepreneurs to fund entrepreneurs'.

We hear from Mick Jackson, who developed this particular model with his company WildHearts Group, based in the UK, and also Ian Smith who is a teacher in Geneva, using the Mycro-Tyco method to teach entrepreneurial skills to his students.

Monday - World Day for Zero Tolerance of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)

Three million girls, most under the age of 15, are mutilated each year. Through the Sustainable Development Goals, the world has pledged to end female genital mutilation by 2030. What progress has been done and what are urgent actions needed to eradicate the practice?

Cultural events: Friday 10 February 2017

Book Launch: "A Hope More Powerful than the Sea"

Melissa Fleming will be the guest of our Library to present her book in a debate with UNOG Director-General Michael Møller, followed by questions and answers with the audience.

At the end of this book, Fleming explains how she constructed her own narrative. She was looking for “distinctive accounts of survival and resilience that illustrate refugees’ predicaments”

Tune in every Monday morning at 11:20am to hear Daniel Johnson's round-up with Katt Cullen on the Mid Morning Mix.

Image: FGM awareness session run by the African Union Mission to Somalia at the Walalah Biylooley refugee camp, Mogadishu: David Mutua, African Union Mission to Somalia.