No subtitles.

I watched the October 30th show of Pauw & Witteman (Dutch only), for which I apparently have to thank the IT department of the Dutch broadcasting crew for. The show featured the guests Henny Vrienten (earlier at xsamplex), JunkieXL, politician Kant and podcasting priest mr. Roderick Vonhogen (you can find his [catholic tinted] podcasts at sqpn).

I watch the program so once in a while: it provides a sort of ‘litmus’ test to see what is playing in that old country overseas. Obviously, with the upcoming elections, the main discussion theme was the healthcare system. JunkieXL had some interesting remarks about what living on a different continent means. Kant (who apparently is an epidemiologist ) was the choice-candidate for minister of Health in a future center-left cabinet (according to the influential Dutch association of physicians and family doctors). Obviously, she struck a note when she said that this was obviously an honour: after all, family doctors are literally closer to the electorate than, say (ed: paradox alert), politicians?

I do find Dutch shows rude so once in a while: I think I’ve mentioned this before, oh, maybe many months ago. I also believe that the public broadcaster should provide subtitles for their shows, preferably in 10 different languages, including Canadian¹

¹ My Firefox spelling checker apparently is geared to only support American English words.