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  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Folktales of Norway and Sweden

    Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * Join us for an exploration of Nordic folktales, why we value them, and how they define the cultures from which they come. We […]