A car struck a group of school cyclists in the southern Zeeland region of the Netherlands on June 11, 2026. While the local community reels from the tragedy, the podcast landscape is tuning into the country's historical and musical footprints instead.
On Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend, host Conan O'Brien traced the early, pre-fame hustle of The Beatles. Before they conquered America, O'Brien noted, "they're touring over- they're in the Netherlands, they're in Germany" prior to their historic Ed Sullivan appearance.
Meanwhile, the Dutch national anthem is slated for some serious historical dissection. On The Rest Is History, co-host Tom Holland mapped out a new multi-part series on national anthems, promising that "next week we're going to be looking at Germany and the Netherlands" to bust some long-standing myths.