107 Catching up with Stephen Devincenzi from SEND7

Stephen Devincenzi, founder and host of SEND7 interviews Daniel Godson! Topics are: Swiss language, Swiss food, Swiss military, Argentina and more... YouTube Version: https://youtu.be/BZMFFcaM8Dk Transcript version to read along while listenig: https://share.descript.com/view/rayvXsN27c9  Time Stamps: 0:00:01 Why is Stephen interviewing Daniel? 0:00:45 The bad, bad Swiss citizen 0:04:44 Weird Swiss dialect 0:06:16 The official languages of Switzerland. 0:07:59 Do Italian speakers understand Romansh? 0:08:14 Do Romansh speakers speak another Swiss language? 0:09:33 The difference between Swiss German and Standard German 0:10:20 Is Swiss German a language or just a dialect? 0:11:40 Where does Daniel live nowadays? 11:52 Did Daniel's dialect become more understandable over time? (THE TRAITOR) 13:42 Can you have a conversation in French? (Communication first) 14:46 Languages that Swiss people learn in School 15:22 Are most people successful in learning a second Swiss language? 16:25 The language situatoin in Basel 18:16 How do Swiss people speak to each other? 19:48 Swiss neutrality and the Pope guarded by Swiss guards 24:58 Direct democracy in Switzerland / Referendum 31:35 Is it true that on Sundays by law, you can't make a lot of  33:12 What is the typical Swiss dish? 38:28 Argentina  40:40 Do you like mate tea? Did the COVID situation have an effect on the mate culture? 44:47 Daniel and Maradona 46:29 Do you travel much into the other countries? Have you traveled much around Europe? 48:15 Tuscany and Barcelona 50:26 My Fluent Podcast 52:42 The future of SEND7  57:38 The Vocab Man Podcast 1:01:26 Stephen's passion about the news 1:02:24 Outro - Simple English News Daily podcasts overpassed 1 million downloads!  1:02:38 Interview with Stephen (Luke Thompson from Luke's English Podcast) Simple English News Daily | SEND7 podcast: https://www.send7.org/  Is The News good for learning English? (From LEP#766): Stephen was features on Luke's English Podcast in April 2022. Take a listen here: https://youtu.be/tn-W1x7nRSE   92 - How to learn English with a News Podcast - Simple English News Daily: This is the interview I conducted back in 2021 with Stephen.  https://youtu.be/Au8tUE8jxw0   Some remarkable  Swiss referendums that came to mind after recording: Exemplary Swiss work ethics: In March 2012 Swiss people voted against extra holidays. The idea was to go from 4 to 6 weeks paid holiday a year. (Swiss people really must love working!) Monthly income of 2,500 Swiss francs for every adult? No thanks! Swiss people have rejected a proposal in June 2016 to introduce a guaranteed basic income for all. Suggested was a monthly income of SFr2,500 ($2,555) for adults and SFr625 for each child. 77% opposed the plan only 23% backed it. Source:  https://qr.ae/pvsuMU