{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/77ca3392-3d6f-434f-8821-6472a6c25d8d/65a95ccf8b01ea001763df27?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Centre-right collapse explained, and why do Swedes drink so much coffee?","description":"<p>In this week's episode: why the centre-right has hit a new low in polls, cocaine at the Riskdag, the effects of growing unemployment and falling inflation, why opposition parties failed to depose Sweden's environment minister in a confidence vote, and why public sector workers are fuming over workplace coffee cuts.&nbsp;</p><p>Here are links to some of the stories we discuss:</p><h2>Politics&nbsp;</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20240118/cocaine-found-in-toilets-of-four-swedish-parties-parliamentary-offices?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Cocaine found in toilets of four Swedish parties' parliamentary offices</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20230503/how-did-sweden-end-up-with-its-zero-tolerance-attitude-to-drugs?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How did Sweden end up with its zero-tolerance attitude to drugs?</strong></a></li></ul><h2>Economy</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20240116/swedish-finance-minister-warns-more-people-will-lose-their-jobs?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Swedish finance minister warns more people will lose their jobs</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20240115/new-figures-bring-swedish-inflation-close-to-two-percent-target?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>New figures bring Swedish inflation close to two-percent target</strong></a></li></ul><h2>Weather</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20240116/sweden-records-coldest-temperature-of-the-century?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sweden records coldest temperature of the century</strong></a></li></ul><h2>Coffee</h2><ul><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20170712/how-to-be-swedish-in-ten-easy-steps?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>How to be Swedish – in ten easy steps</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20180702/why-coffee-was-banned-in-sweden-five-times?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Why coffee was banned in Sweden five times</strong></a></li><li><a href=\"https://www.thelocal.se/20190123/swedish-word-of-the-day-patar?tpcc=podcast-article\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Swedish word of the day: påtår</strong></a></li></ul><p><br></p>","author_name":"The Local"}