About this season
Arjen Lubach dives through the issues of the day past inspiring guests to the bottom of the news. Everyone always wants to go from the issues of the day to deepening. Arjen is really looking forward to the issues of the day.
Episodes (39)
1. This will all be different in 2024 | Aggressive window cleaners plague Zaandam
Aired 22 January 2024 • 24 min
There is still no new government. Yet many ministers have already left for new jobs. Why are they suddenly in such a hurry? Intimidation, violence and extortion. What's going on with the Zaanse window cleaners?
2. Spread Act | TuesdayThursday crowds
Aired 23 January 2024 • 26 min
The Senate has adopted the #spreading law. But the municipality of Westland does not want to worry about that. How far will their rebellion take them? Every Tuesday and Thursday, half of the Netherlands is stuck in traffic jams or on overcrowded trains. When will the Tuesday-Thursday crowds end?
3. Rutte in Groningen | New MPs
Aired 24 January 2024 • 24 min
NATO is preparing for war, Mark Rutte is staying in Groningen and we are introduced to the new members of the House of Representatives.
4. Flooding | Own risk
Aired 25 January 2024 • 24 min
We have received many letters about flooding. So we enlist the help of an expert. And we discuss how the PVV governs at its own risk.
5. Time Capsules | VVD congress
Aired 29 January 2024 • 25 min
Tonight in the Evening Show we visit the VVD conference. We're going to play darts in Bahrain. And we travel back in time with a time capsule.
6. Houthis | Claudia de Breij
Aired 30 January 2024 • 25 min
Houthis, hooligans and pitchforks. But luckily our guest is Claudia de Breij.
7. Robert de Hoog | Teaching methods
Aired 31 January 2024 • 25 min
Tonight in the Evening Show: Why does the House of Representatives not want commercial flights at Lelystad Airport? Why is our education so bad? And why is Robert de Hoog a guest?
8. Birthday Beatrix | Formation
Aired 1 February 2024 • 24 min
Tex researched all cabinet formations and made a prediction. We discuss the latest developments in Gaza. And we have a birthday!
9. Angry pilots | Marc Overmars
Aired 5 February 2024 • 25 min
More activists on highways, and fewer pilots in planes. What is the atmosphere like at the formation? And why is it so bad? And Diederik Smit joins us for the sports run down.
10. Payments on credit | JP Coen
Aired 6 February 2024 • 25 min
The formation has failed. We look at the parliamentary inquiry committee on corona. We deal with post-payment. And we are going to replace a statue somewhere in North Holland.
11. Formation | Cocaine use
Aired 7 February 2024 • 25 min
We all have questions about the folded formation and we will look for the answers together. We are also concerned about the Chinese defense hack. And Tex and Jonathan debate about cocaine use in the Netherlands.
12. Fossil energy | Carnival crackers
Aired 8 February 2024 • 25 min
The formation talks will continue, but without Omtzigt. We are looking at possible variants for a new cabinet. We will also find out whether we can do without fossil fuels. And carnival is about to begin.
13. Report from Plasterk | Taylor Swift
Aired 12 February 2024 • 25 min
Ronald Plasterk presented his final report today and Pieter Omtzigt also went to work again. Will carnival become a party for Brabant residents only? And Diederik Smit comes to talk about the Super Bowl.
14. Netanyahu | Tineke Schouten
Aired 13 February 2024 • 25 min
We are going to rap again with Christian Union leader Mirjam Bikker. We also have hot childhood photos of Benjamin Netanyahu. And Tineke Schouten is our guest!
15. Measles | Eva Crutzen
Aired 14 February 2024 • 27 min
Mark Rutte is going to NATO even faster than we thought. We are on the eve of a new epidemic. Our guest is Eva Crutzen.
16. Cargo bikes | Viewer questions
Aired 15 February 2024 • 25 min
Kim Putters is the new informant and he starts off at ease. Furthermore, cargo bike sales have collapsed, just like the bicycles themselves. And we answer all your questions about Joe Biden and America.
17. Putters | Eritrea
Aired 19 February 2024 • 25 min
Eritreans fight in The Hague. The formation is literally in a mess. AND Diederik Smit is coming to play tennis, skate and swim.
18. Nature confused | Jacob Collier
Aired 20 February 2024 • 27 min
Is there still a future for the Amstel Gold Race in Limburg? What has Putin done to Navalny? What did Twan Huys do with Derk Sauer? Why is nature confused? And is Jacob Collier a guest?
19. Young entrepreneurs | Correction
Aired 21 February 2024 • 26 min
A smelly cow boat is causing a nuisance in Cape Town. We look on YouTube to see how you can get rich quick. And we have to make some corrections, because something didn't go quite right on the show yesterday.
20. Prabowo Subianto? | Rutte cavia-race
Aired 22 February 2024 • 27 min
The presidential elections in Indonesia were won last week by Prabowo Subianto. But who is that actually? So Rutte will probably go to NATO and that would mean that we will have a new Prime Minister. But who will that be?
21. PostNL | Wipcams
Aired 26 February 2024 • 25 min
The formation continues, we are already discussing the landing photo. PostNL has come up with something new. Diederik Smit tells us about the Orange Women. And we're talking about the latest sex news.
22. Sitting champion | Farmers
Aired 27 February 2024 • 27 min
Sweden becomes a member of NATO. The Netherlands is the European sitting champion. The EU bows to the farmers. And 5 questions about the Arjens shit life.
23. Medicine shortage | Peter Pannekoek
Aired 28 February 2024 • 25 min
The formation is FINALLY really gaining steam. Furthermore, there is a major shortage of medicines in the Netherlands. Peter Pannekoek is our guest.
24. Everest | Joost Klein
Aired 29 February 2024 • 25 min
Traffic jam to climb Mount Everest. Joost Klein performs his Eurovision Song Contest song.
25. Gossip | Flora
Aired 4 March 2024 • 25 min
Leaked gossip about the formation, leaked conversations of senior German soldiers, results from the past sports weekend leaked by Diederik. And maybe we should enjoy nature a little less...
26. China | KLM
Aired 5 March 2024 • 25 min
The Netherlands has a GDP of 1 trillion euros, but what does that mean? The People's Congress of the Communist Party began in China. And there is a fight between Schiphol and KLM.
27. Matthias Schoenaerts | Car-free city
Aired 6 March 2024 • 25 min
The Hungarians do not allow Rutte to go to NATO. We take a tour of the nicest car-free city centers (and the nicest angry drivers). And Matthias Schoenaerts is our guest.
28. Jan Böhmermann | Returns
Aired 7 March 2024 • 28 min
German train strikes. German joker Jan Böhmermann is a guest. And why do people return so much stuff in the first place?
29. Week of the truth | Almere
Aired 11 March 2024 • 25 min
Kim Putters is sitting at the table with the four parties for the first time. Hoyte van Hoytema won an Oscar. Diederik Smit discusses the sports weekend. And we draw attention to the governance crisis in Almere.
30. Dubai | Jim Deddes
Aired 12 March 2024 • 25 min
What does Pieter Omtzigt do after lunch? We have the spicy images. Is a bicycle with very fat tires and a motor still a bicycle? Why is Dubai so popular? Our guest is Jim Deddes.
31. PVV | Paulien Cornelisse
Aired 13 March 2024 • 25 min
The forming parties are ready for the next step in their relationship. Furthermore: Rutte and Netanyahu had a speed date. And the PVV and animals: is that a serious romance or just puppy love? Our guest is Paulien Cornelisse.
32. European Army | New Prime Minister
Aired 14 March 2024 • 25 min
Who will be our new Prime Minister? And what about the defense of Europe?
33. Puppy yoga | Shorttrack
Aired 18 March 2024 • 25 min
There were elections in Russia. BBB members must pay a fee if they wish to file a complaint. Diederik Smit watched sports all weekend again. And why do influencers do yoga with puppies?
34. Fillers | Rutger Bregman
Aired 19 March 2024 • 25 min
The measles are back, there is an outbreak in Brabant. How did Dion Graus celebrate his birthday? Why does everyone take fillers these days? Rutger Bregman is our guest!
35. Yentl and de Boer | EU expansion
Aired 20 March 2024 • 25 min
There are 2 new informants: Elbert Dijkgraaf and Richard van Zwol. Tex and Jonathan debate about EU expansion. Yentl and De Boer are guests.
36. Jehovah's witnesses | Hans Hoogervorst
Aired 21 March 2024 • 24 min
Everything about the formation and everything about the latest journalistic trend: call Hans Hoogervorst. We are trying to get our foot in the door with the Jehovah's Witnesses.
37. Business climate | The Netherlands - Germany
Aired 25 March 2024 • 25 min
Putin asks: 'Who committed the attack in Moscow?' Diederik Smit comes to talk about the Dutch National Team. And is it smart that we drive all the big companies out of the country?
38. Junk food commercials | Eva Jinek
Aired 27 March 2024 • 28 min
Mark Rutte is in China to mumble something about human rights. We also have a contemporary update of The Passion, a great story about stupid commercials and our guest is Eva Jinek.
39. Extra long broadcast!
Aired 28 March 2024 • 41 min
In the last evening show of the season: There is a fight club in the House of Representatives. We're going to talk about Artificial Intelligence. And Soumaya, Diederik, Tex and Jonathan come by.