The BEST episodes of De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach

Every episode of De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of De Avondshow met Arjen Lubach!

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.

Last Updated: 6/10/2025Network: VPROStatus: Ended
Conscription | Joep van Deudekom
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7.29
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#1 - Conscription | Joep van Deudekom

Season 1 - Episode 28 - Aired 4/14/2022

It's high time for The Evening Show Viewer Questions: Military Edition! What about conscription? * Finland and Sweden want to join NATO. * Omroep Zeeland will not change its logo because of the war. * Joep van Deudekom is a guest.

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Civil Guard | Bernie Sanders
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7.17
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#2 - Civil Guard | Bernie Sanders

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 10/11/2023

Because the police cannot be everywhere, citizens are increasingly taking action as vigilantes. But how far can it go? Bernie Sanders, the most popular senator in the United States, is our guest.

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Parcel deliverers | Herman Brusselmans
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7.14
7 votes

#3 - Parcel deliverers | Herman Brusselmans

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/1/2022

European countries boycott Russian media * Parcel deliverer's Day, what is it anyway? * Writer Herman Brusselmans is a guest.

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Fake Poverty | Rico Verhoeven
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7.14
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#4 - Fake Poverty | Rico Verhoeven

Season 1 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2022

The whole world has now taken sides in the war, except China. Are they really that neutral? * We discuss the latest fake news, fake poverty must end. * World kickboxing champion Rico Verhoeven is a guest.

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Press under fire | Jelka van Houten & Henry van Loon
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7.14
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#5 - Press under fire | Jelka van Houten & Henry van Loon

Season 1 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/12/2022

And now it's over with threatening journalists! Violence against journalists is increasing, also in the Netherlands. * Ursula von der Leyen has promised Ukraine that it can become an accelerated candidate for membership of the European Union. * The Floriade is opened. * Jelka van Houten and Henry van Loon are guests together.

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Ukraine | Ronald Goedemondt
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7.14
7 votes

#6 - Ukraine | Ronald Goedemondt

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/24/2022

Arjen follows developments in Ukraine and Ronald Goedemondt is a guest with a special lifehack for eating Bossche bollen.

Bird Flu | Paulien Cornelisse
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7.13
8 votes

#7 - Bird Flu | Paulien Cornelisse

Season 1 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/2/2022

Day seven of the war in Ukraine. Bird flu is sweeping the country again and is more severe and deadly than ever. Comedian Paulien Cornelisse is a guest.

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Superyachts | Wim Helsen
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7.13
8 votes

#8 - Superyachts | Wim Helsen

Season 1 - Episode 24 - Aired 3/31/2022

It's time for nautical news again. This time: Superyachts. Many countries are now trying to steal the superyachts from rich Russians. And those boats are often made in the Netherlands. * Zelensky's speech. * Hiddema from FVD. * Comedian Wim Helsen is a guest.

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crypto | David Mitchell
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7.13
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#9 - crypto | David Mitchell

Season 1 - Episode 39 - Aired 5/5/2022

And now it's over: crypto. Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have not become a means of payment. Anyone trying to get rich now is doing it on the backs of the planet and people getting cheated. * Attention to Liberation Day. * The enormous staff shortage in the Netherlands. * Writer David Mitchell is a guest. He talks about his new novel Utopia Avenue.

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Water management | Matthijs van Nieuwkerk
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7.11
9 votes

#10 - Water management | Matthijs van Nieuwkerk

Season 1 - Episode 31 - Aired 4/20/2022

In the Netherlands we can regulate exactly how high the groundwater is. But that groundwater level is a dilemma: farmers want to keep it low, but a high groundwater level is actually better for nature. * The dial panel of D66. * Matthijs van Nieuwkerk is our guest.

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Campaign news | Dietary supplements
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7.11
9 votes

#11 - Campaign news | Dietary supplements

Season 4 - Episode 6 - Aired 9/12/2023

We discuss the latest campaign news. Influencers everywhere are trying to sell them to you: nutritional supplements. But do healthy people really need so many pills?

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King's Day | Tom Waes
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7.00
9 votes

#12 - King's Day | Tom Waes

Season 1 - Episode 35 - Aired 4/27/2022

Looking back on King's Day in the Evening Show Royaal Journaal with correspondents Jonathan van het Reve and Tex de Wit. * The statements of Johan Derksen in Today Inside. * Poland and Bulgaria no longer receive gas from Russia. * The Flemish actor and presenter Tom Waes is a guest. He talks about his program Reizen Waes and the Netflix series Undercover.

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Hamas | Red Bull
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#13 - Hamas | Red Bull

Season 4 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/9/2023

Hamas has attacked Israel. And that leads to divisions and dilemmas in the public debate. It's sweet, unhealthy, and funds almost the entire sports world: Red Bull. How far does it actually go? The intention was for a new generation to become acquainted with art. But now it is mainly hordes of adult men who are targeting the Pokémon cards from the Van Gogh museum. Is that ethically responsible?

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Wild animals | Simone Weimans
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7.00
8 votes

#14 - Wild animals | Simone Weimans

Season 1 - Episode 38 - Aired 5/3/2022

Isn't the annual tradition in which the Netherlands dwells on a photo of a meal deliverer who stops for two minutes on May 4th just advertising? * In Tot to the bottom an investigation into the lack of rules in the Netherlands for keeping wild animals as pets. There is still no good positive list. * President Putin may declare war on May 9. Do Pope Francis and Polish President Viktor Orbán know more about this? * NOS journalist and presenter Simone Weimans talks on International Press Freedom Day about the fact that the Netherlands has dropped 22 places in the ranking of press freedom.

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The great climate lie | Micha Wertheim
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7.00
8 votes

#15 - The great climate lie | Micha Wertheim

Season 1 - Episode 23 - Aired 3/30/2022

It's time again for Evening Show File Knowledge. With tonight's big climate lie. Global climate policy is based on all made-up numbers that don't make any sense. * The meat tax. * A shocking reconstruction of Zemblach. * Comedian Micha Wertheim is our guest.

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Nuclear threat |  Friday Evening Evening Show
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7.00
8 votes

#16 - Nuclear threat | Friday Evening Evening Show

Season 1 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/11/2022

It's the Friday Night Evening Show! We are talking about nuclear threat, aka nuclear war. Everyone is afraid of that again, but we don't have a clear picture of it at all. So we need to know more about it. * Who pays the energy discount? * We still have five days until the elections, is it alive yet?

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Jobstackers | Erik van Looy
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7.00
9 votes

#17 - Jobstackers | Erik van Looy

Season 1 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/10/2022

And now the job stacking is over! Municipal elections will be held next week. Well-known national politicians are put on the electoral list, but how do they combine all those jobs? * The election posters are back in the country. * Erik van Looy of The Smartest Man in the World is a guest.

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Cruise Ships | Brigitte Kaandorp
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7.00
7 votes

#18 - Cruise Ships | Brigitte Kaandorp

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/23/2022

And now those totally unnecessary, mega-decadent floating high-end proletarian villages: cruise ships. The Dutch love it, but cruise ships are not only stupid, they are also very polluting. Furthermore: Europe agrees on sanctions against Russia and Brigitte Kaandorp is a guest.

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Student news | Viewers questions Climate
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6.90
10 votes

#19 - Student news | Viewers questions Climate

Season 4 - Episode 4 - Aired 9/7/2023

More and more students continue to live with their parents. Fortunately, there is now a way for them to still experience student life. And we go through the VVD candidate list. It was bad weather for months throughout Europe, and it was the hottest summer EVER measured. What's going on with the climate? High time for a round of viewer questions.

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French presidential elections | typhoon
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#20 - French presidential elections | typhoon

Season 1 - Episode 32 - Aired 4/21/2022

The Evening Show Viewers' questions about the French presidential elections. Why are so many people voting for Le Pen? And are her plans voter fraud? With ethics correspondent Jonathan from Paris. * Thierry Baudet recruits teachers for Forum schools. * Typhoon is a guest.

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Smoking | Viewer questions Media Edition
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#21 - Smoking | Viewer questions Media Edition

Season 1 - Episode 36 - Aired 4/28/2022

In To the bottom: why is there no total ban on cigarettes? Because it makes a lot of money for the government. * Russia has harbor guarded by dolphins. * The arms supplies to Ukraine by the West. * The abuse case around Johan Derksen. * Viewer's questions Media Edition with new leaders for Buitenhof, VPRO Tegenlicht, Radar and NOS Journaal.

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Chaos in Politics | air raid alarm
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9 votes

#22 - Chaos in Politics | air raid alarm

Season 4 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/4/2023

What has happened in politics? Many provinces want to stop the #air alarm. But isn't there a way to preserve it, in a form that suits the times?

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Coaching | Rutger Bregman
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#23 - Coaching | Rutger Bregman

Season 1 - Episode 22 - Aired 3/29/2022

And now coaching is over. The labor market is tighter than ever and we are short of everything, but the lifestyle coaches are flying around your ears. * Looking for Russian real estate. * Rutger Bregman is a guest.

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Photo finish | Youp van 't Hek
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#24 - Photo finish | Youp van 't Hek

Season 1 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/11/2022

Students no longer go to college. Fortunately, there is already a promotional video to get students to school. * Who exactly won the Amstel Gold Race? The Evening Show Sport Studio provides the answer. * Comedian Youp van 't Hek is a guest.

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Viewer's questions Summer Edition | Eurovision song
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#25 - Viewer's questions Summer Edition | Eurovision song

Season 1 - Episode 40 - Aired 5/6/2022

The Friday evening evening show with a summer edition of Viewers' questions. * Nieuwsuur made a report about the consequences of the rising fuel prices for coach companies. Before that, the program had a driver drive an empty coach for miles. * At major events, a real sing-along song is often made for that event, but the Eurovision Song Contest is the only major country competition for which the Netherlands does not have a special song. Arjen and comedian Alex Ploeg have therefore written a sing-along for the festival themselves, which they sing on the spot.

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