Best Willem Alexander Podcasts (2024)

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Being Green - 31 May 24_Antarctic sea ice at record low 6:38

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A study published recently by the British Antarctic Survey raised concerns about the record low levels of sea ice around Antarctica. Scientists found that in 2023 – compared to an average winter – the maximum extent of the Antarctic Sea covered by ice, shrank by over two million square kilometres. It found that these historically low levels were a …

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Being Green - 24 May 24_Alexis Cronin, co-founder of Dunia 7:02

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Plastic waste is poorly managed along coastal zones in West Africa, and Tanzania is no exception. But as the public becomes more aware of the problem, there are an increasing number of initiatives to deal with the problem, and opportunities to recycle. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Alexis Cronin, co-founder of Dunia,…

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Being Green - 17 May 24_Dr Christopher Jack, deputy director of UCT’s Climate System Analysis Group, 6:14

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The powerful El Nino weather phenomenon, a big contributor to last year’s record-breaking global temperatures, has faded. Its opposite, La Nina, is expected to emerge in the next few months. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook asks Dr Christopher Jack, deputy director of UCT’s Climate System Analysis Group, what impact it is likely …

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Ground Control: Lunar with Eyal Solomon 27:17

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Eyal Solomon (@EyalSolomo44643) is the CEO and co-founder of Lunar, an open-source platform which bills itself as the “first reverse API gateway.” Lunar allows engineering teams to monitor, manage, and optimize API consumption. According to Eyal, it’s very easy to integrate with APIs, but difficult to keep them maintained, and there was a clear nee…

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Being Green - 10 May 24_Wood vinegar a natural plant growth booster and pesticide 6:33

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Wood vinegar, a by-product of charcoal production, has been used in agriculture for over two thousand years, both as a growth booster for plants and a natural pesticide. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Ralf Dedig, the owner of Namibian company, Makarra Wood Vinegar, about the benefits of the product.…

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Being Green - 03 May 24_Bamboo toilet paper a greener option 6:18

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Bamboo is the fastest-growing plant on earth, and products made from this grass are highly eco-friendly. Among its many benefits to the environment is the fact that it absorbs twice as much carbon dioxide as trees and generates an impressive amount of oxygen. Glynis Crook caught up with Go Bamboo, a company that imports bamboo toilet paper, kitchen…

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Being Green - 26 April _ BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob take environment minister to court 6:27

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Two bird conservation organisations, BirdLife South Africa and Sanccob, are taking the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment to court over what they see as a flawed plan to protect the endangered African Penguin. In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook asks Sanccob’s head of conservation, Nicky Stander, what motivated the…

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Metadata Management: DataHub with Shirshanka Das 36:56

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Shirshanka Das (@shirshanka) is the CTO of Acryl Data and founder of DataHub, which bills itself as the #1 open-source metadata platform. It enables data discovery, data observability and federated governance to help tame complex data ecosystems. Shirshanka first developed DataHub while at LinkedIn, but has grown it into an independent project with…

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Being Green - 19 April 24_Nileta Knoetzen, co-founder of Malmesbury-based company 6:52

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Nileta Knoetzen, co-founder of Malmesbury-based company, Growing Paper, which not only hand-manufactures paper from paper waste, but also infuses it with seeds so you can “plant” it after use.By Glynis Crook

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Weet u van de andere opstanding met Pasen? 1:01:46

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In het evangelie naar Mattheüs wordt gesproken van een andere opstanding naast die van onze Heere. Op Goede Vrijdag gingen de graven open en vele heiligen stonden op. In deze aflevering van Bible Time gaan we in op de betekenis hiervan en allerlei vragen die hierbij kunnen opkomen. We laten ook zien hoe een eeuwenoude profetie van Amos in vervullin…

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Being Green - 12 April 24_World Travel Market Africa 6:36

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to World Travel Market Africa sales manager, Penny Fraser, and marketing manager, Olivia Gradridge, about how seriously the tourism industry is taking the negative impact it makes on the environment.By Glynis Crook

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Take Your Own Advice: vlcn with Matt Wonlaw 31:58

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After his first child was born, Matt Wonlaw (@tantaman) imagined giving his son life advice. What kind of life did he want his kid to lead? At the time, he was working for Facebook, and he decided that his own life needed a change in direction. So Matt started vlcn, aka Vulcan Labs, a research company that develops open-source projects like CR-SQLi…

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Being Green - 05 April 24_Heather Wares of the Two Oceans Aquarium 6:28

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Heather Wares of the Two Oceans Aquarium about the incredible work done by its foundation in the field of ocean research and conservation and the beach clean-up it is holding at Surfers’ Corner, Muizenburg, on Saturday morning. Time: 9h-12h. Bring along gloves and a bucket to collect the…

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Being Green - 29 Mar 24_, Anthony Gird Honest Chocolate co-owner 7:07

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Honest Chocolate co-owner, Anthony Gird, about their efforts to make their products sustainable and environmentally friendly and how climate change is impacting cocoa bean production. To find out more about their chocolate and workshops, visit their website: honestchocolate.co.za…

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Secret Sauce: Amplication with Yuval Hazaz 31:22

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Amplication is an open-source development platform for scalable and secure Node.js applications. It allows engineers to skip writing boilerplate code and offers the flexibility to customize and add components. Amplification was created by Yuval Hazaz (@Yuvalhazaz1), a veteran developer who determined that low-code platforms save time but restrict f…

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Welke vrijheid hebben we op onze scholen? 42:09

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In de Tweede Kamer zijn er nog steeds mensen die serieus een zondagsschool politie willen. Op maandag 25 maart sprak ik over de vrijheid van het christelijke onderwijs bij de SGP op de jaarvergadering in Elspeet. In deze toespraak schets ik de levensbeschouwelijke, staatkundige en maatschappelijke verschuivingen in onze samenleving die geleid hebbe…

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Being Green - 22 Mar 24_Zoe Gauld-Angelucci from Greenpops 6:24

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Greenpop’s Zoe Gauld-Angelucci about the organisation’s incredible urban greening and forest restoration projects and the Reforest Fest is it holding in the Overberg on the Easter weekend.By Glynis Crook

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Kun je Gods wil kennen in een postmoderne tijd? 43:23

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Woensdag 20 maart sprak ik bij de jaarvergadering van de Confessionele Beweging in Friesland, een gezamenlijke vergadering van uit deze vereniging en de Gereformeerde Bond binnen de PKN. In deze aflevering staan we stil bij de grote veranderingen die zich de afgelopen tijd voltrokken hebben in de Nederlandse samenleving, en de verwarring die dit ve…

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Being Green - 15 Mar 24_Victor Sterling, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate 6:51

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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Victor Sterling, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate, about the importance of soil quality and the farm’s practice of planting cover crops between the vine rows.By Glynis Crook

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To the Moon: OpenBB with Didier Lopes 39:41

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OpenBB is an open-source investment research platform created by Didier Lopes (@didier_lopes). OpenBB grew out of a project called Gamestonk Terminal that Didier began working on shortly before the Gamestop short squeeze in January 2021. Today, OpenBB has evolved into an infrastructure platform that allows users to build extensions and access finan…

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Being Green - 08 Mar 24_Reminder to not waste water as dam levels drop below two-thirds 7:02

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Reminder to not waste water as dam levels drop below two-thirds About a week ago, the Western Cape Department of Water and Sanitation reminded residents of the need to be cautious about the amount of water they use. This as dam levels in the region collectively stood at 65.8 per cent. In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to climate scienti…

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Being Green - 01 Mar 24_Wavescapes Surf and Ocean Festival 6:52

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Shani Judes, director of the Wavescape Surf and Ocean Festival which takes place from 1-14 March. It features a host of events focusing on ocean conservation, including a beach clean-up, documentaries, and a charity auction of surfboards painted by South African artists. Find out more on…

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Robust Observability: OpenTelemetry with Austin Parker 35:01

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OpenTelemetry is an open-source observability framework for collecting and managing telemetry data. OpenTelemetry has been more successful than expected, becoming the second fastest growing project in the CNCF. It allows for flexibility and avoids vendor lock-in, making it attractive to startups and large enterprises alike. On today’s show, Eric (@…

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Being Green - 22 Feb 24_Christiaan Gildenhuys a postgraduate student in Stellenbosch University’s Department of Botany 7:12

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In this week’s edition of Being Green, Glynis Crook speaks to Christiaan Gildenhuys, a postgraduate student in Stellenbosch University’s Department of Botany and Zoology, who has co-written a paper about the 400-year-old history of oaks in the Cape, and why they are now becoming a problem.By Glynis Crook

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Schijnvrijheid anno 2024 47:55

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Natuur en Schrift als kenbronnen van de ethische grondstructuur van onze samenleving, belicht vanuit Dante en Hiëronymus Bosch. Lezing voor de St Nicolaas Academie in Amsterdam.

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Being Green - 16 Feb 24_Dr Colmán Ó Críodáin , Head of Policy, Wildlife Practice at WWF International 6:18

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A major United Nations report on the world’s migratory species, published earlier this week, has found that nearly half of them are in decline and are increasingly in danger of being wiped out. Of the over 1,189 species assessed, researchers found that more than one in five of the already threatened species now face extinction. In this week’s editi…

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Never Build Permissions Again: OPAL with Or Weis 37:15

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OPAL is an open-source administration layer for Policy Engines such as Open Policy Agent (OPA). OPAL provides the necessary infrastructure to load policy and data into multiple policy engines, ensuring they have the information they need to make decisions. Today, we’re talking to Or Weis (@OrWeis), co-creator of OPAL and co-founder of Permit, the e…

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Willem Teellinck: tijdens het Heilig Avondmaal 52:29

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In deze aflevering denken we samen met Willem Teelinck na over wat we doen als we aan het Heilig Avondmaal deelnemen.

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Being Green - 09 Feb 24_Dr Wentzel Coetzer, a conservationist and member of the Greater Kabeljous Partnership 5:50

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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Dr Wentzel Coetzer, a conservationist and member of the Greater Kabeljous Partnership, that has launched a campaign to preserve two key sites in the area of Jeffrey’s Bay that are home to several endangered animal and plant species.By Glynis Crook

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Being Green - 02 Feb 24_Nora Thiel, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate 6:38

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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Nora Thiel, co-owner of Delheim Wine Estate, about conservation efforts at the farm. It is not only a WWF-South Africa Conservation Champion but was also recently named the 2024 Conservation Pioneer for the Cape Winelands region, in the Great Wine Capitals’ “Best of Wine Tourism” awards.…

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Oxygen Deprivation: FerretDB with Peter Farkas 33:55

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FerretDB enables users to run MongoDB applications on existing Postgres infrastructure. Peter Farkas (@FarkasP), co-founder and CEO of FerretDB, explains the need for an open source interface for document databases. Peter also discusses the licensing change of MongoDB and the uncertainty it created for users. He emphasizes the importance of open st…

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Being Green - 26 Jan 24 - Hugh Tyrrell, director of Green Edge 6:23

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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Hugh Tyrrell, director of Green Edge and a specialist waste management and recycling consultant, about problems with waste collection in townships that seem to have come to a head this week with reports that the mayor tabled a motion to place the executive director of urban waste management on suspen…

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Being Green - 19 Jan 24 - Gaathier Mahed, senior lecturer in geosciences at Nelson Mandela University 6:49

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In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Gaathier Mahed, a senior lecturer in geosciences at Nelson Mandela University, about an ancient system of drawing water from aquifers called a qanat. Not only is this ingenious method of water supply recognised by UNESCO as an outstanding example of traditional technology, but it is also an environme…

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Firmissime credam: de exegetische basis van de prediking in de vroege Kerk 2:20:17

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Hoe je de Bijbel ziet, is alles bepalend voor hoe en wat je preekt. Omdat de vroege Kerk een bepaalde opvatting had over de Schrift vond ze het belangrijk om die te lezen en uit te leggen. Doe mee met dit gratis avondcollege op het Hersteld Hervormd Seminarie. We staan achtereenvolgens stil bij: 1) Het voorbeeld van de Heere Jezus 2) De prediking v…

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The Duke of SQLite: Litestream with Ben Johnson 34:14

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Ben Johnson (@benbjohnson) is the creator of Litestream and LiteFS, two open-source disaster recovery solution for SQLite. Litestream is designed to provide continuous backups for SQLite databases by streaming incremental changes, allowing for easy data recovery in the event of a server crash. LiteFS, on the other hand, is built on LiteStream but u…

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Being Green - 12 JAN 24 6:26

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Scientists at Europe's Copernicus Climate Change Service on Tuesday confirmed that the world is dangerously close to a global warming limit as 2023 goes down as the hottest on record by a substantial margin. In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook speaks to Willem Landman, a professor in Meteorology at the University of Pretoria, about the report.…

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Being Green - 5 Jan 24 6:13

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PROUDLY SPONSORED BY GERLINDE MOSER OF RE/MAX. Being Green – Your window on the environment broadcast every Friday morning at 9.30. Glynis Crook will focus on key issues affecting our lifestyles, science and research outcomes, the quest for sustainable living and a healthier planet.By Glynis Crook

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Rust Never Sleeps: Tonic with Lucio Franco 36:24

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Tonic is a native gRPC implementation in Rust that allows users to easily build gRPC servers and clients without extensive async experience. Tonic is part of the Tokio stack, which is a library that provides an asynchronous runtime for Rust and more tools to write async applications. Today, Lucio Franco (@lucio_d_franco) of Turso joins the podcast …

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Being Green - 29 Dec 23 - Trevor Abrahams, Working on Fire managing director 6:47

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We’ve been hearing a lot this month about climate change and the impact the rise in global temperatures is having on so many aspects of our lives. One of these is the likelihood that the size, frequency, and severity of wildfires will increase in the years to come. In Being Green this week, Glynis Crook, speaks to Working on Fire managing director,…

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Being Green - 22 Dec 23 - Dr Christian Reynolds, a Reader in Food Policy at City, University of London 6:53

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Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, but it does tend to be excessive in terms of all the delicious meals we eat. And we shouldn’t forget that the world’s food system is a huge contributor to global greenhouse gas emissions. So, how can we keep the environment in mind when preparing all those special celebratory meals. To give us some ideas, …

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The Social Miracle: rqlite with Philip O’Toole 43:02

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rqlite is a lightweight, distributed relational database built on Raft and SQLite. Founder Philip O’Toole (@general_order24) decided to combine these technologies while working at a startup years ago. The startup no longer exists, but rqlite is going strong. Today, Philip is an engineering manager at Google, while he continues to be the driving for…

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Being Green - 15 Dec 23_ Professor Francois Engelbrecht, Director of Wits University’s Global Change Institute. 6:43

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There was a standing ovation on Wednesday morning when a landmark deal was agreed on at the end of the United Nations climate summit in Dubai. While it doesn't specifically mention the "phasing-out" of fossil fuels, it does call for parties to contribute to efforts to "transition away" from the use of fossil fuels in energy systems in a way that wi…

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Persecution as a blessing in disguise: Mrs Päivi Räsänen MP 1:07:57

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Thirteen hours interrogation at police headquarters for Christian views that she had advocated for all of her adult life. A surrealist situation. We are not talking North Korea, but Finland. Not some obscure pastor from somewhere, but the Minister of the Interior (Home Affairs) who used to be head of the Police. In this episode of Signs of the Time…

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