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Swiss Spies and the Infored Dossier Affair
October 10, 2026 · 9 minIn this episode of The Story of Switzerland, Lucas and Luna explore the dark underbelly of domestic surveillance known as the Infored dossier affair. While earlier episodes covered wartime gold trades and the National Redoubt, we now turn…
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Switzerland's Invisible Army: The Swiss Guard in Vatican History
October 9, 2026 · 10 minWhile we often think of Swiss neutrality as a political stance, it is also a military tradition that stretches far beyond the Alps. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the enduring legacy of the Pontifical Swiss Guard, established in…
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Swiss Bank Secrecy: The Laws That Hid Money
October 8, 2026 · 7 minWhile previous episodes explored Switzerland's wartime economy and spy networks, this episode dives into the legal architecture of Swiss bank secrecy. We trace the evolution of Article 147 of the Swiss Criminal Code, enacted in 1934, which…
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The Swiss Watchmakers Who Spied for Kaiser Wilhelm II
October 7, 2026 · 7 minWhile previous episodes explored the dark corners of wartime neutrality, gold transactions, and domestic surveillance, this episode uncovers a different kind of espionage that thrived in plain sight: the watchmaking industry. We trace how…
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The Swiss Gold Teeth Controversy
October 6, 2026 · 9 minWe’ve spent the last few episodes unpacking Switzerland’s wartime economy, from the Reichsbank deals to the Jewish refugee crisis, but there is a darker chapter still often glossed over in popular history: the extraction of dental gold…
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The Swiss Village That Fought Back at Arbedo
October 5, 2026 · 7 minWe often think of Switzerland as a modern invention, but its roots lie in the violent, muddy struggles of medieval mountain passes. In this episode, we travel back to May 30, 1422, to the Battle of Arbedo, where the ambitious Duke of…
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Switzerland's Secret Spies: The Infored Dossier Affair
October 4, 2026 · 8 minWhile previous episodes explored the moral compromises of wartime neutrality and the dark mechanics of bank secrecy, this episode uncovers a different kind of surveillance: the state watching its own citizens. We dive into the Cold War…
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Switzerland's Neutral Trade: The Gold That Built Neutrality
October 3, 2026 · 7 minWhile previous episodes have explored the moral compromises of wartime refugee policies and the mechanics of the National Redoubt, this episode examines the financial engine that made Swiss neutrality possible: the trade in gold. We look…
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Swiss Bank Secrecy: The Laws That Hid Money
October 2, 2026 · 10 minWe often think of Swiss neutrality as a political stance, but its economic backbone was built on something far more rigid: banking secrecy. In this episode, we trace the legal origins of the Swiss bank secret, starting with the 1934…
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Switzerland's Armed Neutrality: The Militia Myth
October 1, 2026 · 8 minFor decades, Switzerland’s neutrality was protected not by diplomacy alone, but by the sheer terror of a nation ready to fight. This episode explores the Scherzinger Reforms and General Henri Guisan’s legendary Rütli Address of 1940, where…
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Switzerland's Mountain Passes and the Battle of Arbedo
September 30, 2026 · 6 minWhile previous episodes have explored Swiss neutrality, banking secrecy, and the dark history of refugee policies during World War II, Episode 249 looks much further back to the foundations of the Confederation itself. We trace the origins…
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The Swiss Village That Fought Back: Arbedo and the Battle of Novara
September 29, 2026 · 7 minWhile previous episodes explored Switzerland's complex wartime neutrality, banking scandals, and the National Redoubt strategy, Episode 248 travels back to June 10, 1487, to the town of Arbedo in northern Italy. Here, a small Swiss…
About the show
Nestled in the heart of Europe, Switzerland's story is far more than chocolate, banks, and alpine tranquility. This show peels back the myth of a peaceful, neutral nation to reveal a history forged in war, innovation, and ruthless pragmatism. From the legendary oath of the Rütlischwur in 1291—when three forest cantons defied the Habsburgs—to the brutal battles of Morgarten and Sempach that carved a confederation out of feudal chaos, Lucas and Luna guide listeners through centuries of struggle. Explore the Swiss Reformation under Zwingli and Calvin, which turned Zurich and Geneva into ideological battlegrounds and refuges for persecuted Protestants. Witness the Old Swiss Confederacy's expansion into a military power that held its own against Burgundy, the Habsburgs, and the French. The show delves into the pivotal Treaty of Westphalia (1648), which cemented Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire, and the Napoleonic era's Act of Mediation, which reshaped the cantons. The 19th century brought the Sonderbund War, a civil conflict that forged a federal state in 1848—a constitution balancing German, French, Italian, and Romansh identities. Switzerland's neutrality, formalized at the Congress of Vienna and tested in two world wars, is dissected through financial networks, humanitarian diplomacy, and the controversial role of Swiss banks in handling Nazi gold. The show also examines the modern paradox: a country of direct democracy, Alpine fortresses, and global corporate power, from Nestlé to the Red Cross. Join Lucas and Luna as they trace how a poor, fragmented land of farmers and mercenaries became one of the world's most stable, wealthy, and secretive nations—a hidden power broker in the heart of Europe.
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