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#128 Diving into Sweden

Today, we talk to Maisie, from Malaysia, about scuba diving in Sweden, learning the language, and we take a deep ‘dive’ into some Swedish word meanings!

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#128 Diving into Sweden
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#127 Sad Norwegian Sandwiches

New season, old voices! We question whether Finland is actually the happiest country, talk about solo camping and whether we feel like we belong in Sweden, or if we are in constant limbo.

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#127 Sad Norwegian Sandwiches
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#126 Summer Stories Part Two

We’re talking to some of our guests from this past spring. We hear a bit about exploring the viking island of Birka in the summer, Italy and the archipelago, plus square watermelons and road trips to Norway.

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#125 Summer Stories Part One

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

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.

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#124 Attack of the Giant Potato
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#121 Living Your Best Life

Karan, originally from India, has worked as a sous chef in Stockholm with some very well-known chefs. We obviously get some restaurant tips and learn why he hates putting raisins in lussekatter.

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#117 My First Latvian

Diana is most people’s first Latvian. And the podcast’s first Latvian as well! She talks to us about dating in Sweden, Latvians around the world and more!

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#116 Swedish Malicious Compliance

Adam from Australia shares his suspicion of ice cream trucks that operate in the winter. What is really going on there?

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#114 Holidays Around the World

on 4 guests about how they celebrate the holidays where they come from: Egypt, Manchester, Cape Cod, Sri Lanka, Essex and France.

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#113 The Trouble With Visas

Today’s episode was recorded remotely, but not for the usual reason. This time our guest, Sheona, got deported! She gives us the whole story and more.

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#113 The Trouble With Visas
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