The Love Letters

Join me as I visit Lenny van Gessel in her home to view some of the documents she utilised for the book "Bobby Dear". To view the actual documents from this soundscape go to Instagram @bobby.dear2025

Imagine one summer day sitting in your grandmother's garden and she brings out a stash of  letters from her correspondences to your grandfather. After reading them, what would you do?  Fortunately for us, author Lenny van Gessel turned these gems into a novel called "Bobby Dear" and shared these memories. The book retraces the footsteps of a young couple in love trying to lead a normal life under Nazi occupation. It is a celebration of courage, freedom and the determination to fight back for the sake of love, even when the stakes are high.Order"Bobby Dear"ContactWebsite: lennyvangessel.nlInstagam: bobby.dear2025Author Photo by Mila van Egmond"We'll Meet Again" Irene Hartkamp

Sophie Poldermans is a best-selling author, international speaker, lawyer, lecturer and consultant on women’s leadership in times of conflict, crisis and change as well as an advocate for women’s rights around the globe. Poldermans is the author of "Desnoods met wanes" (Boekerij, 2023); the New York Post & Amazon best seller “Seducing and Killing Nazis” (USA, 2019); and "Hannie Schaft" (AO, 2003) for high school students. Poldermans has been carrying out research as to Hannie Schaft and the Oversteegen sisters for 25 years; and befriended Truus and Freddie Oversteegen for 20 years, with whom she worked closely for over a decade as a board member of the Dutch National Hannie Schaft Foundation.Watch her TedTalkOrder Desnoods met wanesOrder Seducing and Killing NazisOrder Hannie Schaft (in Dutch)Book for a Keynote, Presentation or Webinar on:Women Leaders in times of Conflict, Crisis or Change (WWII, Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo, COVID-19, climate change)Women’s Leadership: Passion, Purpose, People, Perspective & Perseverance (5Ps)Women’s rights, Human Rights & Global GovernanceWriting Workshop (Narrative) [email protected] sophiepoldermans.com

If you were an ecologist, how would you remind people of their inextricable link to nature and wildlife? How would you foster that relationship so that it became a pleasure to contribute to its well-being? Meet ecologist Mark van Heukelum, the concept developer of the ingenius, "Fish Doorbell" (De Visdeurbel). With this project, he found a truly unique way for fish and people to connect and for both to be the better from the interaction. So far, 2.7 million people from around the world have rung the bell over 150,000 times. Delve into this episode to learn how to take a seemingly crazy idea into a viral phenomenon that both uplifts and benefits all those involved. Then, go ahead and ring the bell!https://visdeurbel.nl/https://www.instagram.com/visdeurbel/https://www.youtube.com/@DutchWallFish