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The First Allied Airborne Army launched an attack into the German occupied Netherlands on September 17, 1944.  Eventually over the 41,000 troops went in by parachute and glider.  The idea was for this huge airborne force to seize nine bridges stretched across 64 miles of the Netherlands.  Seizing these bridges would allow the British Army’s XXX Corps to advance rapidly across the rivers and into Germany.  It was a bold plan that ultimately failed.  Cornelius Ryan explains why in “A Bridge Too Far”.  

Erik loopt ongetwijfeld rood-wit aan van jaloezie, want vanochtend ontbijt Pieterjan samen met voetbalster Toby Alderweireld. De sterkhouder van Antwerp (Toby, niet Pieterjan) blikt terug op twee bewogen deelnames, en heeft het met Pieterjan over handtekeningen tatoeëren, Qatarese verhuizen en de zoektocht naar zelfvertrouwen. Goeiemorgen!

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Welcome to Antwerp, Belgium! Antwerp is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and is in the Flanders region. It is known for its stunning architecture, vibrant culture, and delicious cuisine. 

This vibrant city is located on the banks of the Scheldt River and is home to some of the most incredible sights in all of Europe.

I (Natalie) visited in the Fall of 2021 with my family. I have a great uncle who lives there, and my parents, my sister, my niece, and I visited him and this beautiful city. We started the day by taking the train from Brussels to Antwerp to meet my great-uncle at a cafe for some delicious coffee and treats. The station in Antwerp is one of the most unique and beautiful in the country! My great-uncle took us all around! 

We walked around the main square, but we stayed pretty much in the same area, aside from when we went to walk along the river for a little bit. The weather was frigid that day! We stayed for a short time, but it was fun to see such a historic city, meet my great-uncle, and spend time with him. It was fun to see how similar he was to my grandma, and he and my dad enjoyed speaking in Dutch with each other, although his English is excellent! That's the case for most of the Dutch and Flemish people. 

Antwerp is one of the oldest cities in Belgium and is known for its stunning architecture, vibrant culture, and delicious cuisine! Lots of good Flemish dishes to be had. Including Flemish stew! We ate lunch at a restaurant near the Cathedral of Our Lady, which we spent a while touring. The cathedral was built in 1352! 

The cultural scene in Antwerp is vibrant and alive. The city is home to numerous festivals and events throughout the year that celebrate the art and culture of the city. Visitors can explore the city's many art galleries, music venues, and theaters. Antwerp is also home to some of the best restaurants in Belgium. Whether you're looking for traditional Belgian dishes or something more exotic, Antwerp has something for everyone.

Antwerp is also a great place to shop. The city is home to numerous high-end boutiques, designer stores, and unique shops. Shopping in Antwerp is a great way to get a feel for the city and experience the local culture.

Fun WW2 fact: Antwerp is a deep-water inland port close to Germany. It is connected to the North Sea via the river Scheldt, allowing ocean-going ships to be passed. Following the destruction of Rotterdam in 1940, Antwerp was the largest surviving port in Western Europe and the obvious choice to support an invasion of Germany - helping the Allied powers win the war! 

Whether you're looking to explore the city's history and culture, enjoy the vibrant nightlife, or shop till you drop, Antwerp is the perfect destination. So don't miss out on the chance to visit this amazing city!

For episode 24 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Minne Warmenbol. Minne is a master in Architecture and co-founded BUURMAN 3 years ago.

BUURMAN Antwerp is a circular construction market where reused building materials from the region are collected, processed and offered. In this way, they offer a logical and local alternative to burning or low-grade recycling of good materials. The materials come from all kinds of different parties - from museums to demolition companies - that are unable to repurpose them within their organisations. A collaboration with Buurman solves a waste problem and a sustainability issue for them at the same time. Apart from used material, they also repurpose uprooted urban trees. These tree trunks are processed into usable wooden planks, instead of being shredded in the regular, low-grade way.

Show notes: 

Buurman Antwerpen

‘Gerooide bomen van Noordkasteel krijgen tweede leven als meubelstuk’ 

John Muir

Orin Hardy & Maria Farrugia: Bamboo U 

John Muir: books

Time stamps: 

0:00Intro 

3:00The start of Buurman 

13:00 Where does the material come from? 

17:00 Growth of Buurman 

24:00 Biggest learnings 

36:30 Sustainability vs. Profitability 

40:30 Using the architectural experience in Buurman 

43:30 Buurman within 10 years 

48:10 Outro

A podcast where we talk about films and stuff! Continuing their public service by watching shows you've probably never heard of, Ethan and Pete watch two recent tv shows, neither of which they would normally watch! Listen as Ethan and Pete do quick fire analyses/first impressions of Netflix's Rough Diamonds and Virgin River! 

Do you have any film or TV recommendations? Is there a show you think you'd be interested in watching but you don't have the time? Let us know at aloha@filmsandstuffpodcast.com, tweet us @FandSPodcast, DM us on Instagram or @filmsandstuffpodcast. Please make sure to like and leave comment on each video, and subscribe to our YouTube channel! 

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For episode 23 of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Simon Maillet. Simon is the Group Sustainability Officer of Cordeel Group. He’s originally from Germany and today lives in Belgium since almost 5 years. He did an apprenticeship as an industrial clerk and later studied economics part-time. He is now active at Cordeel for almost one year.

The Cordeel Group, a leading European construction company based in Belgium, offers comprehensive services for the entire construction process. It consists of several highly specialised companies that collectively provide expertise in all aspects of construction, from design and technical support to completion and maintenance. Essentially, Cordeel Group is more than just a construction company, as it provides a one-stop solution for all construction needs.

Show notes: 

Cordeel 

The business units of Cordeel 

The Minimalists 

Marie Kondo

Steve Harris 

Cal Newport – 'Deep Work' book

Time stamps: 

0:00 Intro

2:00 About Cordeel

6:25 Simon’s interest in construction

12:30 Small margins in construction

18:00 Being the sustainability officer of Cordeel

34:45 Trade-off between sustainability and profitability

40:05 Passion for sustainability

47:00 Lessons learned at Cordeel

49:45 Housing market

56:30 Outro

Sarah is founder and CEO at Go Forest. Go Forest is a young company, established in 2020 that plants trees all over the world for companies and individuals who want to work towards a greener environment. Go Forest aims to restore nature by planting the right kind of trees in environments where they have positive effects on biodiversity, carbon storage, employment, livelihood, and local economy. 

With more than 200 companies having become clients in only 2 years time, they have had tremendously rapid growth. Therefore, I thought it would be nice to invite Sarah to discuss the past 2 years and also look ahead to the future together. 

Show notes: 

Go Forest 

CO2logic 

South Pole 

Wim Vermeulen books 

Peter Wohlleben – The Hidden Life of Trees 

Sarah’s LinkedIn 

Time stamps: 

0:00 Intro

1:45 Start of Go Forest

6:40 Personal motivation for planting trees 

8:15 The idea behind Go Forest

13:55 The tree planting process 

28:30 The Go Forest organization

31:25 Work-life balance

36:30 Future of Go Forest

39:55 Use of blockchain 

46:15 Final remarks on Go Forest

47:15 Outroc

For our Christmas Special of the Bao Podcast, we welcomed someone very special: Axel van der Donk! Axel is CTO and co-founder at Bao Living. We thought it would be fun to dedicate an episode to what we do here at Bao Living and the learnings of the past 5 years. So I invited my partner in crime Axel to discuss it together. 

Show notes: 

Bao Living 

Antwerp Management School 

Studio Dott 

Vanhout.pro 

Climate Kic 

Luma 

Bao Living for Urbicoon 

Urbicoon 

Ray Dalio: The changing world order 

Candice Millard: River of the gods 

Time stamps: 

0:00 Intro

2:00 The beginning of Bao Living

34:30 Lessons learned

49:45 Future of Bao Living

57:00 One thing that Axel would change about the construction industry

59:50 Outro

Tre emner dækker dagens episode: Meta er igen i problemer for ikke at overholde GDPR-lovgivningen med deres personaliserede reklamer på deres platforme. Den belgiske storby Antwerp er røget i stilstand ift. borgerrelevante systemer, som følge af et kæmpe cyberangreb. CloudSEK er blevet ramt af et credential stuffing attack, og mener en cybersikkerhedsvirksomhed står bag.

Vært: Omar Hawwash, Cybersikkerhedskonsulent og journalist, LEVEL7.   

For episode 17 of the Bao Podcast, we had the honour to welcome Kristof De Jaeger. Kristof is the director of Inhout, a company specialising in timber frame construction. Here they focus on sustainable business using bio-ecological materials. Since 2020, they have also been making modular homes, under the name of Mobble. This is the result of a collaboration with the University of Ghent. These houses, 'Mobbles', are also made from sustainable materials (wood frame with bio-ecological insulation materials) and are flexible and adaptable according to the needs of the moment. 

We at Bao Living have already had the honour to work together with Mobble when they just started. We love the idea behind it and Kristof is one of the guests that have been on our list of podcast guests for a long time.

For more information about Inhout and Mobble, please visit https://inhout.be/ and https://www.mobble.be/. 

Show notes: 

Inhout

Mobble

Bekaert

Steward Brand Model

Wouter Torfs

Jill Peeters – Wat houdt ons tegen? 

Jill Peeters – 40 graden in de schaduw

Time stamps: 

0:00 Intro

4:40 Circular and environmental approach of Mobble

11:30 Market evolution

20:50 Collaboration with UGent

23:30 Biggest hurdles

32:45 Kristofs interest in circular construction and Mobble

42:40 Future of Mobble

46:55 Outro

when you pack for the trip back to belgium at christmas you let your friend in connecticut know you won’t return and you’re not sure if that means just to her apartment or if it means something more you’re welcomed like a long-lost son-in-law by the au pair’s family when you return but outside of a nice christmas dinner at their house you don’t see them your old high school friend from phoenix flies to london and you and the au pair meet him there for a planned trip to celebrate hogmanay the new year’s celebration in edinburgh you and your high school friend have always talked about attending but first you stop north of london at the house of a girl your friend met in his travels abroad the house is in willoughby waterleys a small village with a pub at the end of the lane the girl’s house is a two-story georgian called the old rectory and she’s there with her mother and sisters her youngish father having recently and tragically died while working in the garden the house cast in a pall but in english fashion you’re received and put up in the part of the house that has heat you’re asked to sign the guest book and you notice the actress helena bonham carter has recently signed it too 

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the lead singer of the band inxs which you saw all those years ago in high school hangs himself in a hotel room maybe it’s an accident maybe it’s something else even a scurrilous rumor about autoerotic sex gone awry the actor chris farley is found dead in his chicago apartment from a drug overdose paula jones’s lawyers subpoena a former white house intern in jones’s ongoing sexual harassment suit against the president the director woody allen marries the adopted daughter of his former lover the actress mia farrow who played daisy in the film version of the great gatsby

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Hello people!

It's been an interesting couple of weeks, with some really fascinating and eye-opening stories. In this episode, I sat down with Mathieu, a Belgium-born student who shares his experience of cannabis dependency. Mathieu started smoking in high school, around the age of 15. His smoking progressed to addiction, which he got ahold of during the pandemic.

Chapters:
00:00  Podcast intro
01:09  What was your first experience with marijuana?
05:06 When did it transition into dependence?
06:20  Would you say marijuana is a gateway drug?
08:49  Did you have trouble with other drugs?
10:24  Describe your high school experiences when you were sober vs. when you were high
13:22 What happened after you started smoking by yourself?
17:08 Was smoking considered normal among your peers?
18:41  Mathieu’s quitting experience
23:36  3 things Mathieu did wrong when quitting weed
28:39  How were your withdrawals when quitting?
30:17  3 things that are different now that Mathieu is sober
32:18  Tell us about your Facebook page
34:01  How do you feel about the current situation with weed in Europe?
37:18 What would you say to your younger self?
41:51  Mathieu’s plans for the future
43:01  Podcast outro

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Özturk Taspinar works at KPMG as Digital Innovation Consultant and is very passionate about entrepreneurship, innovation and anything that’s digital such as AI, Blockchain, robotics et cetera. With the ever-growing PropTech industry that's closing the gap between construction and the digital world, he’s the perfect guest for our Bao Podcast to tell us more about this interesting industry. 

For more information about Özturk, please visit https://www.linkedin.com/in/taspinar/. 

Show notes: 

KPMG

Linkedin Özturk

WTCB / BBRI 

WEB3 - Metaverse

Deliverect

RecAp Accelerator Program

Apple VR Headset

McKinsey Great attrition, great attraction 2022 report  

Signals Repository: trend radar: Technology  

Signals Repository: trend radar: Startups

Air Taxi Readiness Index 2022

Suyin Aerts - Tijd voor de creatieve generalist! 

Time stamps: 

00:00 Intro 

01:14 Özturk’s activities 

05:10 Views on the construction industry 

34:30 Digitalisation and VR 

42:30 Changing the work environment 

46:45 Drones

51:30 Outro

For the last episode of this season, our guest is Margaux Lespagnard. Margaux is a PhD researcher at VUB - Vrije Universiteit Brussel - in architectural engineering. In her research, she aims to develop circular design guidance for architects when designing circular affordable housing. She does this under supervision of engineer-architects Niels De Temmerman and Waldo Galle. Her research obviously leans very closely to what we want to achieve at Bao Living, so we thought it would be interesting to have a conversation with her about this. 

For more information about Margaux, please visit https://www.vub.be/arch/people/margaux-lespagnard.

Show notes: 

About Margaux 

Architectural engineering @ VUB 

Building a circular economy: Design qualities to guide and inspire building designers and clients (VUB)

Facadeclick

Clickbrick 

McKinsey: The next normal in construction 

Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economy

Roman Krznaric – The Good Ancestor 

Time stamps: 

00:00 Intro

02:40 Affordability

15:25 Circular construction

20:10 Goal of the research

31:20 Main breakthroughs so far

42:30 Translation of the outcome of the PhD to reality

47:40 Goals after the PhD

50:00 Outro

Johan is director of Madaster Belgium. This Dutch company developed a digital materials passport for buildings. This passport is a crucial link to make circular building possible. It’s a digital platform where users can list all the materials that are in a building. This information is enriched, among other things, with product data and commodity prices, and related to regulations and certification methods.

For more information, please visit https://madaster.com/.

Show notes: 

Thomas Rau

Madaster

Madaster Belgium

BPD (Bouwfonds Gebiedsontwikkeling)

Asbestos in KBC tower

Johan Klaps (N-VA)

Thomas Rau - Material Matters book

Time stamps: 

00:00 About Madaster and Thomas Rau

34:30 Life before Madaster

47:40 Start of Madaster Belgium

51:20 Politics

1:01:50 Hurdles for Madaster

1:03:20 Outro

In the 13th episode of the Bao Podcast, we welcome Xavier Leclair. Xavier is founder and CEO of Slow Cabins. This is a Belgian company that allows guests to rent cabins placed in secret locations across the countryside, and has plans to soon expand the concept throughout Belgium and Europe. These Slow Cabins are temporary eco houses that are completely self-sufficient when it comes to water and electricity provisions. In a Slow Cabin there is no internet as well, which means that you can slow down and break free from the stress of everyday life.

For more information, please visit https://www.slowcabins.be/en/.

Show notes: 

BASF 

Verbund at BASF 

The Blog of Tim Ferriss 

Lean startup 

Steve Jobs 2005 Speech 

Dalai Lama Art of Happiness 

Slow Cabins 

Time stamps: 

0:00 Life before Slow Cabins

6:35 Start of Slow Cabins

30:00 How renting a Slow Cabin works

31:40 Covid impact

36:00 How renting a Slow Cabin works 2

38:00 Ambitions

42:20 Lessons learned

47:45 Market competition

49:20 Outro

In this episode I break down Jannik Sinner's latest trophy in Antwerp and what that could mean for his chances at making the ATP Finals. I also talked about Moscow and the very random troubles for Andrey Rublev. Other topics include player ATP rankings system, Vienna, and St. Petersburg.

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