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Host Paul O’Mahony is joined this week by The Local’s James Savage and Richard Orange. 

Here are links to some of the topics discussed in the episode:

Weather

• ‘Are they on Easter holiday?’: Swedish government under fire after snow chaos
• Snow chaos on Swedish E4 road ‘worst since 1995’

April Fools’ Day

• April Fools’ is back: here are nine of this year’s best jokes in Sweden

Religion 

• Swedish bishop named as possible next pope

Gender Law 

• EXPLAINED: How Sweden’s legal gender bill has split the government 

EU Election 

• Ousted Christian Democrat MEP starts new party

Climate

• ANALYSIS: Is the climate law toothless and therefore useless?
• Sweden’s SSAB to build €4.5bn green steel plant in Luleå