In 2021, Rutte resigned over the childcare benefits scandal - though he returned shortly after and is now set to become the head of NATO, but that's beside the point - and despite generous promises, many parents still have not been compensated. Where did it go wrong again? Why is compensation taking so long? And why does the benefits system work so poorly?

The Left-Wing Men Solve It with Renske Leijten and Eva González Perez, the lawyer who exposed the benefits scandal. Together they wrote the book ‘Leuker kunnen we het niet maken’ (We Can't Make It Any Nicer).
 

In ‘The Solution of the Day,’ Bram and Wilbert investigate whether new masculinity might actually be the solution, because isn't man the problem in all these crises? Volkskrant columnist and historian Lotte Houwink ten Cate offers suggestions.

The artist-in-residence is the Groningen-based singer-songwriter Marlene Bakker.