Parhaat The Reykjavik Grapevine Podcastit (2024)

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The Last Viking Mystery: Erik the Red; the Worst Neighbour in History 40:34

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Send us a text The Last Viking Mystery: Erik the Red; the worst neighbour in history The Vikings sailed across the North Atlantic, from Norway to Iceland to Greenland and all the way to North America. They only stayed for a few years in the New World but in Iceland, their descendants live to this day. In Greenland, however, a Norse colony survived …

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The Alternative History of Iceland: Could the Icelandic Economic Collapse Have Been Averted? 1:16:04

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Send us a text What happened in the autumn of 2008 that made the country's whole economy seemingly go under? What had brought a country with very little experience of banking to believe it could be the financial capital of the world? And how did an erupting volcano eventually save Iceland?Kirjoittanut The Reykjavík Grapevine

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What if the Nazis had invaded Iceland in World War II? 1:16:05

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Send us a text Iceland had a rather comfortable war, being occupied by the British and later Americans. Yet, it was a time that changed everything, the beginning of modernity and Iceland emerged from the war as one of the richest countries in the world. But what if the Nazis had come instead? Valur and Jón explore what did happen and what could hav…

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If the Nordic Countries Had United? 1:04:01

1+ y ago1:04:01

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Send us a text The Nordic Countries are prosperous but small countries on Europe's periphery, peaceful now but given to feuding in the past. What if they had united? Would they play a greater part on the world stage as a single power? Could a united Nordics have stayed out of World War II? Or even averted the rise of Germany or Russia? There were s…

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If the Russian Revolution Had Come to Iceland? 1:07:54

1+ y ago1:07:54

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Send us a text In the autumn of 1921, Ólafur Friðriksson came back home from Moscow where he had attended the 9th Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. With him he had a boy whom he intended to adopt. When the 15- year-old was diagnosed with glaucoma, an eye disease which was feared could be contagious the authorities decided to depo…

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If Iceland Had Joined the British Empire? 1:05:47

1+ y ago1:05:47

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Send us a text In Tasmania, off the coast of Australia, there is a grave marked "King of Iceland." Even more bizarrely, the title of the person was actually real. Sort of. During the Napoleonic Wars, Denmark and Britain found themselves fighting on opposing sides. An English soap salesman and a Danish POW decided this was an opportune time to conqu…

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If Iceland Had Been Wiped Out By a Volcano? 40:52

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Send us a text For almost a thousand years, nature had been torturing the poor residents of Iceland. Then, in 1783, it decided to finish the job. A volcano erupted that was felt around the world, nowhere more so than in Iceland itself. About a third of the population perished and the Danes considered transporting the survivors to Denmark. What if t…

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If Vikings Had Colonized North America? 1:06:16

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Send us a text There is little arguing with the maxim attributed to Oscar Wilde that Icelanders are the smartest people in the world, they found America but had the good sense to lose it again. Wisely or not, how exactly did Icelanders manage to misplace a whole continent? Did they do it on purpose? Why didn’t Icelanders settle in North America as …

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The Alternative History of Iceland: What If Vikings Had Conquered the World? 1:08:33

1+ y ago1:08:33

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Send us a text The year 1066 is remembered for the Normans conquering England, which was to be the last successful invasion of that country (so far). Just a few weeks earlier, however, Vikings from Norway also invaded England but were repulsed at Stamford Bridge. What if they had succeeded? Could a Viking Empire have come into being? And would some…

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RVK Futurecast #10: Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson 28:24

3y ago28:24

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What is the future of Iceland's tech, economic and entrepreneurial sectors? What role does Iceland have to play in global development? Join host Bala Kamallakharan, founder of Startup Iceland, as he explores answers to these questions with some of the brightest minds working in Iceland today. Helgi Hrafn Gunnarsson is a software developer and a par…

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RVK Futurecast #9: Ari Jónsson, NASA Scientist 29:24

3y ago29:24

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Today on FutureCast we are chatting with Ari Jónsson. Ari is a NASA Ames Center Research Scientist and Stanford Alumni. He is currently the CEO of AWAREGO and Rector of Reykjavik University, a role he has held since 2007, and he will soon be moving on to become CEO of the institute. Ari is on the board of Iceland Venture Studio and is also an inves…

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RVK Futurecast #8: Composting 30:17

3+ y ago30:17

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Jarðgerðarfélagið (the Composting Company) was founded by Julia Brenner and Björk Brynjarsdóttir. They work with circular solutions in bokashi composting for municipalities, companies and individuals. While studying entrepreneurship in Denmark, Björk learned about bokashi composting, which is a method of composting organic ingredients (such as left…

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #7: Protect Trans Kids 13:40

3+ y ago13:40

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Trans children have been made a hot subject of discussion lately, especially in the UK and the US, where numerous state legislatures are trying to ban crucial health care for these young people. But what happens when a trans kid gets support? To explore that, news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine speaks with Marselín Guðmundsdóttir, who came out as tra…

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RVK Futurecast #7: Tool Library 35:05

3+ y ago35:05

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In the 7th Episode of FutureCast the host Bala Kamallakharan is speaking to Anna Worthington De Matos, the Founder and CEO of the Munasafn RVK Tool Library. A not for profit project that aims in extending the life of tools and things through the practical applications of Circular Economy. She is also the organiser for Reddingakaffi events, where so…

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RVK Futurecast #6: Kathryn Gunnarsson the CEO of Gecko 28:15

4y ago28:15

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Kathryn Gunnarsson is the founder and CEO of Gecko, a Talent agency focused on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) fields in Iceland. There has been a great demand for experts in this field and a number of expatriates have moved to Iceland to work in these fields. We talk a lot about Future of Work, how to build diversity at wor…

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RVK Futurecast #5: Thor Sigfusson, Iceland Ocean Cluster 26:45

4y ago26:45

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The host, Bala Kamallakharan talks to Thor Sigfusson, the founder of Iceland Ocean Cluster. Thor is a visionary, and one of the pioneers in the 100% utilisation of fish – or zero waste – in Iceland. They talk about the circular economy, food waste, innovation in the seafood industry, how to utilise the network to help founders, funding, and how the…

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RVK Futurecast #4: David Gunnarsson, the CEO of Dohop 27:31

4y ago27:31

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The 4th episode of #FutureCast is a conversation with David Gunnarsson, the CEO of Dohop. David and Bala Kamallakharan, the host of FutureCast, have known each other for over a decade and Bala has been following the Dohop journey from the very early days. They talk about doing the impossible, i.e. raising funding for a travel company during a pande…

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RVK Futurecast #3: A New Cloud-Native Massive Multiplayer 26:24

4y ago26:24

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Kjartan has been part of the gaming industry in Iceland for as long as I can remember. He spoke in the first ever Startup Iceland in 2012 about CCP Games. Kjartan and 6 other co-founders, veteran developers from Iceland and Finland came together to form Mainframe games. They are creating a cloud-native Massive Multiplayer Online game, a vibrant wor…

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RVK Futurecast #2: Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Grid 32:18

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In this episode we speak to Hjalmar Gislason, the Co-Founder and CEO of Grid. We talk about what Hjalli and his team are building with Grid, what inspired him to take on this massive project. Hjalli shares his journey of being a 5 time founder and how he has progressively learnt to build great teams and how Reykjavik is not such a bad place to star…

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RVK Futurecast #1: Kevin Laws, CEO of Angel List 29:08

4y ago29:08

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Conversation about how to build the future starting from Iceland. Startup Iceland started as a way to get all founders in Iceland to meet one another and to learn from each other and to learn from other founders and influencers from other startup communities. Innovation is all about tinkering. We are having our first conversation with Kevin Laws, t…

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #6: What the H*ck Is A Trans Lesbian? 22:29

4+ y ago22:29

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We're back at last! In this episode, Andie Sophia and her wife Ada talk about being a trans lesbian, or "transbian" (to some). They talk about media representation, stereotypes, triumphs, and much more!Kirjoittanut Andie Fontaine

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COVID-Cast #18: Kári Stefánsson And The Fake Nurse 14:20

4+ y ago14:20

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Valur Grettisson and Poppy Askham go over the today's Icelandic news concerning the COVID-19 pandemic. deCODEGenetics published the latest findings from their analysis of COVID-19 screening data today. In other news, a woman was arrested for impersonating a nurse and possibly a lawyer. Join us a we dive into this strange story and more. Note: The C…

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COVID-Cast #17 21:03

4+ y ago21:03

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There was a breakthrough today when the government announced that they are going to ease the restriction because of the COVID-19. Also, the numbers of infected haven’t been this low for more than a month.Kirjoittanut The Reykjavík Grapevine

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COVID-Cast #15: Drop In New Cases, Cancelled Cruises And Threats Against Health Officials 24:12

4+ y ago24:12

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The numbers of new COVID-19 cases have dropped significantly in Iceland today, but the situation is worsening in the country’s hospitals. The prospects of the tourism sector are also deteriorating as 26 cruises have now cancelled their trips to Iceland this summer. Violence is also in the news as threats have been made against the Chief of Police, …

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COVID-Cast #14: Eleven In Intensive Care, Two More Deaths And The Status Of PPE Supplies 18:16

4+ y ago18:16

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Valur Grettisson and Poppy Askham go over Iceland’s latest COVID-19 news including travel advice, an outbreak of the virus in a Westfjords nursing home and discussions about PPE supplies in Iceland. As we start the week during which Iceland’s outbreak is predicted to peak, over 1500 Icelanders are infected and six people have died from the virus.…

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COVID-Cast #12: Infection Slowing Down, Four-Month Old Child Diagnosed & The Situation In The U.S. 18:29

4+ y ago18:29

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In this episode of COVID-Cast, Valur Grettisson and Sam O’Donnell discuss the current number of patients in Iceland, a four-month-old boy who got infected with the virus, and also dive into the current situation in the United States, where Sam is from.Kirjoittanut The Reykjavík Grapevine

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COVID-Cast #11: Iceland breaks 1000 COVID-19 cases and ban dividends if company get bridge loans 17:11

4+ y ago17:11

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Valur Grettisson and Poppy Askham go over Iceland’s latest COVID-19 news and Poppy talks about the current situation in her home country, the UK. The rise in Iceland’s number of confirmed cases is apparently slowing. This might change, but it could be a sign for hope. More about this in the COVID-Cast.…

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COVID-Cast #10: Virus Slowing, Blue Lagoon Lay-Offs & Testing Swabs Found 17:58

4+ y ago17:58

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Valur Grettisson and Hannah Jane Cohen go through the latest news about the COVID-19 pandemic in Iceland. Currently, the numbers of patients are up but the virus is spreading slower in Iceland than in other parts of Europe. Also on the roster: Iceland recently uncovered about 26,000 desperately needed testing swabs. The Blue Lagoon has been hit har…

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COVID-Cast #9: 800 With The Virus And Cocaine Shortage 36:17

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Icelanders are now close to 1,000 individuals with COVID-19, and the government is preparing for a back up hospital. Valur Grettisson, editor-in-chief at the Reykjavík Grapevine and Sveinbjörn Pálsson, our art director, go through the news and updates about the virus in Iceland as well as answering questions from our readers.…

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COVID-Cast #8: First Icelandic Death, Spike In Transmission & Almost 10,000 In Quarantine 23:16

4+ y ago23:16

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In this episode, we discuss the recent spike in COVID-19 transmissions. Iceland is currently headed towards higher numbers than initial predictions told. We also recently experienced the first death of an Icelander from COVID-19. As well, we talk about the almost 10,000 people in quarantine in the country. Support Grapevine - The High Five Club…

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COVID-Cast #7: 20 Person Gathering Ban, Travel Restrictions & Parliament Infections 21:44

4+ y ago21:44

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The start of a new week in Iceland comes with a whole host of new measures in the fight against COVID-19. Travel restrictions, a new 20 person gathering ban and the closure of swimming pools, sports centres, libraries and entertainment venues have all recently been announced. Today to discuss these changes, plus reports of infections in Parliament …

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Covid-Cast #6: First Covid-19 death confirmed and more than 400 with the virus 21:44

4+ y ago21:44

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About 400 people have the Covid-19 virus in Iceland now, the first Covid-19-related death has been confirmed, and a crew on a trawler has the virus. Also, Iceland have agreed to participate in the EU travel ban. This information is not in the Covid-Cast, because it was announced just moments after we finished recording. So, the borders are closed t…

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COVID-Cast #5: Numbers Spike & The Controversial Debate About Quarantining Tourists 21:44

4+ y ago21:44

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Valur Grettisson and Hannah Jane Cohen of The Reykjavík Grapevine give you the updates on the status of COVID-19 in Iceland. More are getting sick while tests are running out. As well, Icelanders returning from abroad are being quarantined, while tourists coming from the same countries are not. We also discuss the response Icelanders have had to th…

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COVID-Cast #4: EU Ban, Tourist Death, Social Distancing & More 27:48

4+ y ago27:48

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Valur Grettisson, editor-in-chief, and Hannah Jane Cohen, listings director and culture editor at the Reykjavík Grapevine, discuss the later developments of COVID-19 in Iceland. On the roster for this episode: One tourist died in Iceland yesterday. While he tested positive for COVID-19, it’s unclear if that was the cause of death. We also discuss t…

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COVID-CAST #3: The Schengen lockdown, swimming pools and something about the economy 20:39

4+ y ago20:39

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Valur Grettisson, Editor-in-chief and Andie Sophia Fontaine, news editor at The Reykjavík Grapevine go over the newest developments in the Covid-19 crisis in Iceland. More people are affected, as health workers take more samples. The Icelandic economy is in dire straits but hey, the swimming pools are open again! The Icelandic government objects to…

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COVID-CAST #2: deCODE screening results 23:08

4+ y ago23:08

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What’s happening in Iceland in the time of the novel coronavirus? Valur Grettisson, the editor-in-Chief of Reykjavík Grapevine and Andie Sophia Fontaine, news editor, go over the situation in CovidCast. In this episode, we talk about the public gatherings ban, high-risk areas, what to expect if you travel to Iceland from those countries and the res…

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COVID-CAST #1: Gathering Ban 21:21

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The Reykjavik Grapevine Covid-Cast is a daily news podcast about the Coronavirus situation in Iceland. In this first episode, Andie Sophia Fontaine and Valur Grettisson talk about the gathering-ban and answer questions about how things stand now in Iceland. If you want to support Grapevine's journalists, here is our High Five Club…

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Trans Broad Cast #5: Being Nonbinary 50:03

5y ago50:03

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In this episode, Grapevine news editor Andie Sophia Fontaine talks with witch and impressario Alda Villiljós about the concept of being nonbinary—what it means, what it doesn't mean, and why nonbinary people are not some recent Tumblr-based trend, but have existed for as long as people have existed. Enjoy!…

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Love Ísland #7: Þorgerður María 50:13

5y ago50:13

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Kimi goes on a date with comedian þorgerður María. They exchange gifts, discuss the intricacies of ice cream etiquette and make plans to meet Mumma T. How will it end- there’s only one way to find out...Kirjoittanut Kimi Tayler

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We Have Issues #1: Hatari 39:03

5y ago39:03

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We’ve got issues, and we wanna talk about them! Our longtime readers know that we have features in every issue. This is a podcast where we walk through the magazine and talk about those features at length. In this episode, Valur and Sam walk through the Hatari issue. We delve into the controversy surrounding Bíó Paradís, as well as the controversy …

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Love Ísland #6: Arnór Daði Gunnarsson 48:26

5y ago48:26

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Kimi goes on an unexpectedly bizarre fantasy date with comedian and good egg Arnór Daði Gunnarsson. It’s the battle of the good eggs. Expect in-depth cake chat, a cameo from Lady Gaga and a plot twist. How will it end- there’s only one way to find out...Kirjoittanut Kimi Tayler

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Love Ísland #5: Laufey Haralds 47:08

5y ago47:08

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Kimi goes on a cosy, quintessentially British fantasy date with comedian and improv queen Laufey Haralds. Heading out of Iceland, they make yummy noises, discuss their favourite moments from the Twilight Saga, and smell the roses. How will it end- there’s only one way to find out...Kirjoittanut Kimi Tayler

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First Impressions #5: Buzz 25:02

5y ago25:02

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In this episode, Ines and Sam talk about the wonders of alcohol in Iceland. They go in depth about the prohibition of beer, the high cost of spirits, and the hassle of having to go to a whole separate store to buy anything alcoholic. Sam almost comes to terms with his toxic relationship with alcohol, but decides not to. Instead, SHOTS!…

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #4 - Trans Representation In Movies And TV 47:45

5y ago47:45

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In this episode of the Trans Icelandic Broad Cast, Andie Sophia Fontaine and Sæborg Ninja Urðardóttir discuss how trans people are portrayed in television and movies. They discuss what's been done wrong, what's been done right, and why positive representation matters. Speaking of representation, Andie and Sæborg would like to warmly invite any tran…

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Love Ísland #4: HANS 48:20

5y ago48:20

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On Love Ísland, comedian Kimi Tayler swipes right and gets to know the most interesting, attractive minds in Iceland as they head off on a fantasy date. On this, the fourth episode, Kimi goes on her weirdest, most well planned date yet as she swipes right on the reigning drag king of Iceland, HANS. Armed with unlimited money and a teleportation mac…

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First Impressions #4: Icelandic Weather 41:44

5y ago41:44

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In this episode, Inês and Sam take on, arguably, the most talked-about subject of all time: Weather! Icelandic weather is very special and unpredictable, so there is a lot to discuss. This is, ultimately, a very educational episode. For example, we can promise you will leave this broadcast knowing how to walk on ice. The weather shapes your entire …

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #3 - How To Be A Good Ally 41:44

5y ago41:44

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On this episode of the Trans Icelandic Broad Cast, news editor Andie Fontaine and treasurer of Trans Iceland Sæborg Ninja Urðardóttir discuss how to be a good ally for trans people. We know a lot of you who aren't trans nonetheless support them, but perhaps you're concerned about how to do it the right way. Not to worry! It's pretty simple, as they…

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First Impressions #3: Coming To Iceland 18:56

5y ago18:56

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In this episode, Sam, Ines, and Lea all discuss the most interesting, funny, and surprising things that they discovered when they first arrived to Iceland. Topics include how small the country is, weather patterns, the language, and other peculiarities they noticed upon their arrival.Kirjoittanut Sam and Ines

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Trans Icelandic Broad Cast #2 41:52

5y ago41:52

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On this episode of the Trans Icelandic Broad Cast, news editor Andie Fontaine and treasurer of Trans Iceland Sæborg Ninja Urðardóttir offer dating advice—for cisgender folks looking to date trans women. They talk about everything, from sliding into those DMs, to sex, to making a good impression when you're on the town. It's the only guide you'll ne…

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Love Ísland 3: Mauricio Rodriguez 41:02

5y ago41:02

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Kimi goes on a *confusing* date with comedian and good egg Mauricio Rodriguez. They discuss pickles, friendship and much more. How does his wife feel about the date? How will it all end? There’s only one way to find out...Kirjoittanut Kimi Tayler

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