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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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • Nordic Noir: Dr. Jerry Holt on Crime Fiction in Bergen

    Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * Join us for a journey into Nordic crime fiction or noir with Dr. Jerry Holt as our guide. Fiction has the ability to […]

  • COVID-19 and Seattle’s Nordic Businesses & Organizations: Who Will Be Left Standing?

    Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * With the full or partial closure of many businesses, institutions, and organizations in Seattle in late March 2020 due to COVID-19, we wonder […]

  • Clothes Stories: A Visit with Fashion Designer Madison Leiren

    Follow on: Google Podcasts * Apple Podcasts * Spotify * Podbean * Overcast * Pandora * Podcast Republic * Tune In * Audible * Pocket Casts * Beyond keeping us warm and preventing public embarrassment, why do we wear clothes?  What does our dress say about us, who and what […]