Mira Weingart: “I Have a Relaxed Attitude Toward Death”

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• For “Zwei Reisen,” Mira Bella Weingart experiences extreme situations, such as spending a night alone in a tent in the Alaskan wilderness or attending a death seminar in South Korea.
• For the seminar, she lay in a coffin and wrote her own farewell letter. Despite her family’s emotional reactions, she says she has a relaxed attitude toward death.
• The SRF host considers the travel show her dream job and looks up to Sandra Studer and Mona Vetsch as role models. She says that a similar career requires not only dedication but also luck and good timing.

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Mira Bella Weingart is the SRF “travel queen” alongside Jonny Fischer on “Zwei Reisen.” The show is already in its second season and regularly pushes the host to her limits—and beyond.

Things also got adventurous in Alaska. Far from civilization, Weingart was on the road with a small TV crew and spent the night alone in a tent—with a GoPro as her companion. There were no hotels anywhere in sight. And there were no restroom facilities either: the wilderness itself served as the crew’s toilet—in freezing temperatures. A luxury vacation? Not a chance.

And for a seminar on dying in South Korea, Weingart even lies down in a coffin, writes her own farewell letter, and comes to terms with her own mortality. The scenes also moved her family: her mother and sisters cried while watching, she says. No wonder—according to the host, the Weingarts are all very emotional. And she herself had to wipe away a tear every now and then during filming.

This makes her approach to the topic of death all the more remarkable. While the mere thought of such a seminar puts many people off, the 30-year-old remains surprisingly calm. “I have a relaxed relationship with death,” she says on the “On the Rocks” talk show. In her family, she explains, death isn’t a taboo subject. Since her grandparents have already passed away, she was exposed to the topic at an early age and is now able to deal with it in a relaxed manner.

The Next SRF Star?

New major entertainment shows have become rare at SRF—for cost reasons. This makes “Zwei Reisen” all the more prestigious: Discovering the world alongside “Divertimento” star Jonny Fischer is like a badge of honor for Mira Bella Weingart.

Will she follow in the footsteps of SRF greats like Sandra Studer or Mona Vetsch? Weingart remains humble: “It’s my dream job, and Sandra Studer and Mona Vetsch are great role models for me. Of course, I’d love to have a career like that, too. But I’m aware that life can only be planned to a certain extent. I invest a lot in my job, but there are also many other factors at play—a bit of luck, good timing. That’s worked in my favor so far. But it’s also possible that at some point, it will work against me. And that’s just part of it.”

Mira Weingart has several strings to her bow: Three times a week, she hosts the morning show on Radio SRF Virus. Find out in “On the Rocks” why this job also has an antisocial side and why she prefers to fall asleep to a simulated sunset with the sound of waves.

You can watch the entire episode with Mira Weingart here: