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Culture, Drum, History, International, Interview, interview, Music, Nordic, Sami, Scandinavian, Uncategorized
Mari Boine – Sami musician and ambassador
It is difficult to talk about the indigenous people of northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and the Russian Kola Peninsula without talking about the Sami musician and activist, Mari Boine. Born […]
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Folk creatures, Folktales, Uncategorized
The Brave Tailor, Danish Version
Join me for a tale of adventure with a very unlikely hero – a little tailor who dreams big but has trouble with the reality of dangerous situations. This Grimm […]
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Culture, Interview, interview, music, Music, Scandinavian, Uncategorized
Dean of Language Camp: Dr. Tove Irene Dahl
I met Tove Dahl at a language camp in Norway in 1981. She was the staff troubadour who taught us to sing Norwegian songs and thereby learn Norwegian language and […]
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The House that Ron Loge Built: The Stabbur
Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * The centerpiece of every farm in Norway was always the storehouse, or stabbur. The food stored during summer and fall in this humble […]
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Folktales of Finland and Norway
Our first folktale podcast was so popular, we thought we’d bring you another! This time we hear a tale from Finland called The Mighty Mikko, and my son Carl Stavney […]
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Lori Ann Reinhall and the Norwegian American
Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * In the early 1900s, there were hundreds of Scandinavian immigrant newspapers. Meet Lori Ann Reinhall, the Editor of the last remaining Norwegian newspaper […]
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Darryl Jackson and the Amazing One-Man Band
Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * By day he works in the computer learning industry, but by night he puts on his sunglasses, pulls out his instruments, and creates […]
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