Patrick Peters, Conny Reichling, Serge Haan and Andy Genen are my guests for this Christmas weekend. Patrick Peters is an orthopaedic surgeon and also an explorer. As a natural progression from ice-climbing he finds polar exploration the perfect mental and physical reset, and carries out science experiments simultaneously. Dr. Peters was the first Luxembourger to the North Pole and the first to complete a full classic polar crossing. He set a record breaking expedition in 2008 coast to coast Greenland East to West; a full South North Greenland kite expedition in 2019, and had two scientific firsts during the The Explorers Club Flag expedition 2023. These expeditions, apart from being a physical test of resilience, it’s also an opportunity to develop a mental state of flow for Patrick. We go on to talk about the competitive environment that some workplaces can engender, and how damaging to one’s mental health this can be. Indeed Dr. Peters gave a TEDx talk in Luxembourg on this matter. If you have had any experience of mobbing in the workplace please get in touch and feel free to share your story anonymously. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-peters-md-phd-a4216663/ www.drpatrickpeters.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr Conny Reichling is the Director of the Fondation Follereau Luxembourg who support more than twenty different projects (health, education, protection and emergency) in eight African countries. Her latest mission took her to Benin in November to see the on-going projects development with the teams in situ. We discuss the movement of charity to cooperation and how the world is one living entity which requires us to live in solidarity. To find out more about the wonderful work carried out by FFL and donate to their projects, check out: ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/fondationfollereau/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ffl.lu LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/company/2769370/ Website : https://ffl.lu/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Serge Haan is a professor of biological chemistry in the Department of Life Sciences and Medicine at the University of Luxembourg with a deep interest in communicating science to the public which led to his founding the DESCOM project. Andy Genen is an illustrator and comic book artist. Together they have developed “LUX:plorations – A Universe of Research” - a series of science comics published by the University of Luxembourg. These short stories are produced by doctoral candidates in collaboration with comic artists from Luxembourg. In this conversation we talk about the learning acquired by reading and developing a comic strip. Andy explains how a comic illustration forces us to think in the gaps between the pictures. You can find all the publications in five languages (English, French, Luxembourgish, German and Portuguese), in print as well as online. And they're looking for feedback! There are prizes to win if you answer the survey before 15th January 2024. You can win an individual comic portrait by Andy Genen, a comic book and free entrance tickets to the Luxembourg Science Centre. https://sciencecomics.uni.lu/ Feedback survey and lottery: https://sciencecomics.uni.lu/feedback/ https://descom.uni.lu Tune in on Today Radio Saturdays at 11am, Sundays at noon and Tuesdays at 10am.