Meet the Swiss woman bringing open water swimming to Boston

The Swiss Connection

EpisodeJul 20, 202120m

Meet the Swiss woman bringing open water swimming to Boston

The Swiss Connection

EpisodeJul 20, 202120m

Send us a textSwiss architect Renata von Tscharner has devoted over two decades to improving the public spaces along the Charles River in Massachusetts. She even hopes to get people swimming in Boston's so-called "dirty water" on a regular basis. We met her at the Rhine River in her native Basel.SWI swissinfo.ch is a public service media company based in Bern, Switzerland.

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Discover science and innovation in Switzerland with the Swiss Connection Podcast! From the tiniest particles to the vastness of space, satisfy your scientific curiosity and join our journalists while they talk to researchers working on projects ranging from rocket building and AI to medicine and climate solutions. This podcast is produced by SWI swissinfo.ch, a multilingual public service media company in Switzerland.

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