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#126 Summer Stories Part Two
Jul 10, 2023 • 21:11
We’re talking to some of our guests from this past spring. We hear a bit about exploring the viking island...
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#125 Summer Stories Part One
Jun 26, 2023 • 14:14
In this special summer edition, we find out how former guests Adam from Australia, Matteo from Argentina and Diana from Latvia spend their summers, both in Sweden and around the world.
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#124 Attack of the Giant Potato
Jun 12, 2023 • 20:05
Today we chat with Ben, who works in comedy, about living in part-time in Linköping, voiceover work, and making a film about all the big things in the small towns across Sweden.
Frightening sick children
My son was sick last week with a bad cough and fever. After giving him some cough medicine and tea,...
Everything is Picasso!
My husband and I visited the Picasso Museum this weekend in Málaga. There was an option to see the regular...
#16 – When Stairs Become Slides
On the podcast this week I talk to Ola, from Poland, about dubbing shows in other languages, the difference in...
NOT ACCEPTABLE!
Some friends and I went to a restaurant here in Stockholm the other night and ordered a margarita. These are...
#15 – Sweden’s Biggest Cultural Export is Pop
On my podcast this week: Akash, from India, moved to Sweden expecting a heavy metal mecca. This was not quite...
Fast Food Coma
I waved my kids off at the airport this morning and went immediately to both KFC and Pizza Hut, as...
From the Land of Sun and Dirt to the Land of Ice and Snow
On this week’s podcast episode: Fotis, from Greece, is getting really tired of eating so much salmon here. Can we...
Card packs
I had to explain to my Swedish family this morning how when I was in elementary school, we decorated boxes...
There IS enough room on this sidewalk for the both of us!
On this week’s episode of the Life in the Land of the Ice and Snow podcast, Steve, from England, and...
#11 Why not spend the winter building synthesizers?
On this week’s podcast… Leo, from Los Angeles, makes his own synthesizers and shares his knowledge on his YouTube station...
It takes a lot of chocolate to get through a dark winter
This week’s podcast has AnaMaria and Gustavo from Ecuador talking all about chocolate and how it’s made. We also discuss...
I’m about to become a surgeon!
Found this while looking for activities to do with my kids. My comments: Whoever did the write-up is brilliant! My...
#9 Semla, Skarsgård and Melodifestivalen
Shaena, from Canada, gives tips on finding a job in Sweden and minimizing the winter blues by watching Melodifestivalen. We...
Fine then! Theseus doesn’t like you either!
Upon visiting the Hadrian Arch in Athens, we learned what the inscriptions on this almost 2000 year old gate said:...
Have we forgotten what a Planetarium is?
During a rainy day on our trip to Athens, I took a suggestion from a guide book and took the...
Death by Chocolate
We keep our candy very high up in the cabinet so as not to be constantly tempted by chocolate. I...