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Women’s sports events are less attractive because the level is lower. This is an often-used argument to justify female athletes earning less and getting less attention. The argument however, lacks context. Men don’t play better because they are men. They compete on a higher level better because they receive loads of support. In today’s interview on Local Matters, we talk to Luxembourg national team football player Amy Thompson about the inequalities between men and women that continue to exist in Luxembourg’s professional football.

Oakland is a city of just over 4 hundred thousand people located in California’s bay area across the water from its bigger and far more famous sister city, San Francisco. Despite its relatively smaller size and relationship as the “other” city to San Francisco. Oakland has produced some brilliant music by the likes of Pharoah Sanders, The Pointer Sisters, Sheila E. MC Hammer, 2pac, Souls of Mischief, Del tha funky homosapien, Raphael Sadiq and Seasick Steve. When it comes to music there are a few genres that Oakland has been known particularly for over the years and they are Jazz, Blues, Soul and Hip Hop. In the early 1900s a wave of jazz musicians arrived with the migration of labourers that moved to the bay area from places like New Orleans to work on the railroads that were being built at the time. By the 1960s there was already a highly developed jazz scene in the city. Clubs like Creole Café, Musicians Union Club, Sweet's Ballroom and the Burma Lounge had live jazz music playing every night of the we

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On international women's day, Tom was joined by Ambre Schulz from Passerell to talk about the Istanbul Convention and how it has been implemented in Luxembourg. The Istanbul Convention is an international treaty signed by the council of Europe which acts as a legal framework for the protection of women from violence, abuse and persecution. Passerell is an organisation that offers legal guidance and assistance to Asylum seekers and refugees in Luxembourg. As Ambre describes, Luxembourg has introduced measures to implement the Istanbul convention however there are still instances where asylum seekers fleeing persecution in their own countries are receiving rejections to their appeals for asylum due to misinterpretation or lack of understanding surrounding the Istanbul Convention. For more information on the Istanbul Convention visit https://www.coe.int/en/web/istanbul-convention For more information about Passerell visit https://www.passerell.lu

Inequalities in scheduling, in funding and promotion - the sports sector still needs a lot of progress to achieve gender equality. For today's Local Matters, we had a visit to the female team of the Escher Volleyball Club EVBC to talk about how they perceive (in)equality between women and men in the local and national volleyball clubs.

Siren's Call festival takes place this year on the 24th of June. The multidisciplinary and multivenue festival which takes place in the beautiful setting of the Clausen valley is always a highlight of Luxembourg's Summer live music schedule. Festival programmer Michel Welter joined Tom on the show this morning to talk about what the festival has in store. After the announcement in December that Phoenix would be headlining, Den Atelier recently announced the rest of the festival's line up which focuses on bringing the best in up and coming talent next to legendary headliners to the grand duchy. Highlights this year include the likes of Dublin punk rockers Sprints, Up and coming Belgian shoegaze pop band The Haunted Youth, the sensational all female youth ensemble from Benin, Star Feminine Band and newly formed project of local hero Bartelby Delicate Englbrt. Further up on the bill, which features a primarily female representation, are the one-woman sensation, Billy No Mates and New York indie pop rockers

The first ever women-led revolution is taking place in Iran. In our interview, activist Shabnam Sabzehi wants to raise awareness and amplify the voices of the courageous women who risk their lives speaking up and demonstrating for democracy. We talk about the protests, the human rights situation in Iran and about Shabnam's personal attachment to this fight. Shabnam is our first guest on the brand new feature Voices Matter. Every Monday, we invite people to speak about their personal stories and struggles, about what makes them get up every morning, and what keeps them awake at night. Our new feature Voices Matter is meant to inspire, to contribute to a mutual understanding, and to amplify the voices of those who want to be heard - no matter what the issue is. Tune in every Monday at 9.40 am for our new feature Voices Matter. If you have a story to share, get in touch at listeners@ara.lu.

In the late 1970s and 1980s Manchester became hugely significant in the evolution of post punk and then dance music. Factory records was an independent record label that was started in 1978 by a duo called Alan Erasmus and Tony Wilson. Early releases on the label included singles by A Certain Ratio, Cabaret Voltaire, The Durutti Column Orchestral Manoeuvres in The Dark. The first full album released on the label a certain LP called ‘Unknown Pleasures ’ by a new band on the scene called Joy Division. Joy Division was formed of singer Ian Curtis, Guitarist and Keyboard player Bernard Summer, Bassist Peter Hook and Drummer Stephen Morris. They developed a sparse and melancholy style of playing - driven by angular guitar riffs and direct drums that made them one of the pioneering bands of the post-punk movement. Joy Division have gone on to become a cult band of legendary status but in 1980 only 2 years after the release of Unknown Pleasures, on the eve of the band’s first tour of America and 2 months befo

At the English class for seniors at the senior club Beim Kiosk in Schifflange, learning English is one part of the deal, staying active and being together the more important one. For our third and last episode of this week's Local Matters on the risk of loneliness for elderly people, we took the microphone and participated at the English class for seniors.

New York is a city located in the north east of the United States of america. It is currently home to just under 9 million people and over the years, some famous bands and musicians to have come out of this city include the likes of The Velvet Underground, The Cramps, The Ramones, The New York Dolls, Television, Talking Heads, Blondie, Suicide, Kiss, The Beastie Boys,, Run DMC, A Tribe Called Quest, Public Enemy, Wu Tang Clan, Notorious B.I.G, Jay Z, Sonic Youth, The Strokes, LCD Soundsystem, The Rapture, Interpol, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Battles, Vampire Weekend, Diiv, Frankie Cosmos, and many more. For this city scenes we look at the story of one venue called CBGB that was a hot spot in New York City in the 1970s and 80s, it played a huge roll in the development of both new york punk, new wave and rock and roll and which hosted, often for the first time, such legendary bands and artists as The Ramones, Pattie Smith, Talking Heads, Television, Blondie, Sonic Youth. CBGB was a rock club that is synonymous

Unicef is a charity that provides support for children in need around the world. Today Paul Heber from Unicef Luxembourg joined Tom in the studio to talk about the organization's activities in Poland where they are supporting newly arrived refugees who have fled the conflict in Ukraine. Paul Heber is head of communication for Unicef Luxembourg. He recently returned from a trip to Poland where he saw first hand the work that Unicef is doing to help children that have feld the war in Ukraine. These young people have often been traumatised by witnessing the horrors of war. Their lives have been disrupted as they have been forced to leave their homes to find safety. Unicef works to provide aid to them in the form of psychological support, housig aid, care packages and access to education. To support Unicef's activities and fins out more go to https://www.unicef.lu/

The association Beienhaus aims to set up and promote a housing project where elderly people would live together in housing communities. In our interview, Gaby Monville explains the concept and the benefits of such a housing model. The interview is part of this week's Local Matters series on the risk of loneliness for elderly people.

The Luxembourg City Film Festival celebrates its 13th Edition this year. Between 2nd and 12th of March, the festival will host screenings, workshops, exhibitions, conferences, masterclasses parties and other events around the city. This morning Alexis Juncosa, artistic director of the festival joined Tom on the Breakfast show to talk about what this year's edition has in store. Luxembourg City Film Festival was recently named as one of the 25 coolest festivals in the world in US magazine Moviemaker. It's a testament to the effort that the programming team have put into making the festival such a success since beginning 12 years ago. In that time, Alexis Juncosa has seen the Luxembourg film industry go through huge evolutions to the point where Luxembourgish films are receiving international recognition and the offering of Luxembourg-made productions is almost warranting of its own category in the festival's competition. This year's film festival will feature roughly 180 screenings and attendance numbers are

On the 2nd and 4th of March Michel Lucius International School will host their annual open day for prospective parents and students. Grace Vaitty from the leadership team at Michel Lucius Primary joined Tom on the Breakfast Show this morning to talk about what people can expect from the open day. Michel Lucius is an international primary and secondary school in Luxembourg which, as well as offering language education in English, Luxembourgish, French and German, teaches the Cambridge international curriculum, offering students GCSE and A Level examinations. The open day, which provides a good opportunity for introduction to the what the school offers for prospective students, will take place in both an online and in person format with the online event taking place on the 2nd of March and the in person event taking place at the school on the 4th of March. More information can be found at https://www.lml.lu/open-day-2023-primary/

Upon retiring, people who have always worked, need to restructure their everyday life. In our interview, Laura Zuccoli and Astrid Lauterbach explain how the Gero Kompetenzzenter fir den Alter supports people taking this step. They both volunteer as "pensiounscoaches" and guide people into this new phase of life. This is our first interview of this week's Local Matters on the risk of falling into loneliness for elderly people.

Earth's history has known five great mass extinctions. The sixth is in progress and this time, it is the man who is the cause. What is the impact of our way of life and consumption on the environment? What are the avenues for a more sustainable use of natural resources? How to protect biodiversity in order to regain an ecological balance? This week, Luxembourg arrived at Overshoot Day - the day of the year when a country depletes the last of its unreplenishable resources for the year - faster than any country in the world (apart from Quatar). A new exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Luxembourg explores the avenues that Luxembourg can take to achieve a more sustainable and greener future. For Culture Matters, Ben George Coles interviews curator of the exhibition Monique Kirsch.

Multiplica Festival is taking place at Rotondes this weekend, hosting audiovisual performances, live shows, DJ sets, workshops and an exhibition which opens tonight. Tête-à-tête is an exhibition which invites you to explore the relationships between emotions and technology through the works of six participating artists. This morning Tom was joined on the Breakfast Show by Karen Lancel and Herman Maat who will be presenting an installation called Kissing Data Symphony. Since 1995 Karen Lancel and Herman Maat have been collaborating as artists exploring the dynamics of humankinds interactions with technology. Their installation Kissing Data Symphony does just that by inviting participants to monitor their brain activity as they embrace in a kiss. The data from the brain readings is then projected around the sitting participants and simultaneously transformed into music that soundtracks the kiss. What transpires is a completely unique moment and set of data which is produced by each kiss between audience membe

Radio Luxembourg was a pioneering and hugely popular radio station that broadcasted to millions of people around Europe, on 208 Medium wave, from right here in Luxembourg, from 1933 until 1992. One of the famous DJs on the station in the 1950s-70s was Barry Alldis and today Tom was joined on the Breakfast Show by his daughter Janet Alldis who has recently released a song in tribute to her father. Barry Alldis moved to Luxembourg in 1956 to begin working at Radio Luxembourg, the first commercial radio station in Europe. For 10 years he worked as the chief announcer on the station and built up a huge following around Europe for his groundbreaking radio shows that were often the first place that you could hear new hit records being played. In the 1960s Alldis moved to London and worked as a presenter at the BBC but in the 1970s he returned to Luxembourg with his family and presented the Sunday evening Top 20 show on Radio Luxembourg until his death in 1982. Janet Alldis has early memories of hearing her dad

It was a busy studio this morning as Tom was joined by Ruby Hughes, Stella Hughes, Penelope Neighbor, Katie Frank, Victoria Wise and Alessia Hancock from the RCL rugby club along with their coach April Jiang, who came to talk about the RCL Ladies Day that is happening on the 5th of March. In order to encourage more girls and women to play sport, the Rugby Club de Luxembourg is running a Rugby/Touch experience on Sunday 5th March from 10am-1pm. Girls and women from 8yrs upwards are invited to come to the Boy Konen terrain to try out the sport of Rugby contact and Touch. Most women think of Rugby as a male dominated sport. In fact the non contact form called Touch Rugby is ideally suited to women and in countries such as Australia and New Zealand is one of the main female sports. Here Luxembourg RCL has 28 girls & women playing, and Walferdange Ladies provides an opportunity for women's contact Rugby. This taster will consist of some activities that illustrate the skills and fun of rugby. This will be follo