The Half-Baked Diplomas and Fake Fish Tarts Edition - Week 8 - 2026

·1 hr 6 min·5 clips

Police found a cannabis plantation hidden in a bridge pillar on a major Dutch motorway.

This episode covers quirky Dutch news stories, including a cannabis plantation found in a bridge pillar, a fake fish tart prank involving a prospective minister, and a political CV scandal. It also discusses housing prices, army recruitment, and sports updates from the Winter Olympics and cricket.

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A bridge, a bureaucracy, and a very Dutch argument about too much space.

A bridge pillar hiding a cannabis plantation sets the tone quickly, and the weekly tour of Dutch oddity keeps the joke grounded in infrastructure, bureaucracy, and social policy.

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