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Radio International - The Ultimate Eurovision Experience is broadcast from Malta's Radio 105FM on Tuesday evenings from 2100 - 0059 hours CET. The show is broadcast live on Wednesday evenings from 1900 - 2300 hours CET on the Eurovision Radio International Mixcloud Channel as well as on the Facebook Page of Eurovision Radio International with an interactive chatroom.   AT A GLANCE - ON THE SHOW THIS WEEK Meet the Eurostars 2025:  VAEB (Iceland 2025) done at Madrid PreParty 2025 in Amsterdam and at the Madrid Pre-Party  Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Erika Vikman (Finland 2025) done at Finnish Embassy in Berlin, Germany Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Red Sebastian (Belgium 2025) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025 Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Justyna (Poland 2025) done at the London Eurovision Party 2025 Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Go-Jo (Australia 2025) done at Eurovision in Concert 2025 Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Klemen (Slovenia 2025) done at London PreParty 2025 Meet the Eurostars 2025:  JJ (Austria 2025) done at London PreParty 2025  Meet the Eurostars 2025:  Marko Bosnijak (Croatia 2025) done at the Madrid PreParty 2025 Eurovision Song Contest 2025: The Recaps of Semi Final 1 and 2 and the Grand Final Songs Eurovision Spotlight:  Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel Palmer Eurovision News with Nick van Lith from www.escXtra.com Eurovision Birthday File with David Mann Eurovision Cover Spot with David Mann Eurovision Calendar with Javier Leal New Music Releases by Eurovision Artists Your music requests           Meet the Eurostars 2025: After the National Final Season to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 the PreParty Season started which serves as a promotion tour for the delegations taking part and fans have the chance to see the Eurovision Stars at those events and even have their Meets and Greets with the artists that will perform on the stage of the Eurovision Song Contest. There was Eurovision in Concert in Amsterdam, The Madrid PreParty ES, the London Eurovision Party and Manc - Hagen in Manchester just to mention a few. The voices of Radio International have been at those parties and interviewed many of the artist and you can hear those interviews on the show in the run up to the Eurovision Song Contest 2025.       Go-Jo (Australia 2025) with JP at the MadridPreParty 2025 Interview with Go-Jo (Australia 2025):  JP, Marc and Alexander also met and interviewed Australia's tenth Eurovision entrant Go-Jo alias Marty Zambotto at the Madrid PreParty 2025. Go-Jo follows in the footsteps of Electric Fields who performed  "One Milkali (One Blood)" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024. Go-Jo's entry is called "Milkshake Man" and will represent Australia as the opening act of Semi Final 2. There will also be a short interview clip that JP did with Go-Jo at the Madrid PreParty 2025.           VAEB (Iceland 2025) with JP at Madrid PreParty 2025 Interview with VAEB (Iceland 2025): The funniest interview that JP, Marc and Alexander did in this season is the interview with the two brothers from Iceland called VAEB who will be singing the song "RÓA" kick-starting the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Semi Final 1, Song Number 1. The interview was done at the Madrid PreParty. Erika Vikman (Finland 2025)   Interview with Erika Vikman (Finland 2025): The Winner of the National Final 2025 in Finland called UMK (Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu) is Erika Vikman who will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel with the song sang party in German called "Ich komme" and will be in Semi Final 2 Song Number 16 closing out the Semi Final 2. Radio International's Salman had the pleasure to meet and interview Erika at the Finish Embassy in Berlin last week. Erika has previously taken part in UMK with the song "Cicciolina" coming second in UMK 2020. Enjoy the interview with Erika and Salman on the show this week.   Red Sebastian (Belgium 2025) at the Madrid PreParty 2025 Interview with Red Sebastian (Belgium 2025):  The Winner of Eurosong 2025 in Belgium is Seppe Guido Yvonne Herreman alias Red Sebastian. He will represent Belgium at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel in Semi Final 1 Song Number 9 with the song "Strobe Lights". Radio International's Salman met the singer at the London Eurovision Party and conducted an interview with the Man in Red you can hear on the show this week.     JJ (Austria 2025) at the London Eurovision Party 2025 Interview with JJ (Austria 2025):  Representing Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 is JJ who will perform the song "Wasted Love" in Semi Final 2 Song Number 6. He was nominated by Austrian Broadcaster ORF and as present is one of the favouirtes to win the Eurovision Song Contest 2025. Radio International's Salman met JJ at the London Eurovision Party 2025 and had the pleasure of an interview which you can hear on the show this week. Klemen (Slovenia 2025) at Madrid PreParty 2025       Interview with Klemen (Slovenia 2025):  The Winner of the Slovenian National Final EMA 2025 is Klemen who is a Show Host, Comedian and Singer in Slovenia. He previoulsy hosted EMA and this year took part as a contestant winning EMA and with that represents Slovenia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Semi Final 1 Song Number 3 with the song "How much time do we have left" he wrote based on a true story. Radio International met Klemen at the Madrid PreParty 2025.     Justyna (Poland 2025) at the London Eurovision Party 2025       Interview with Justyna Maria Steczkowska (Poland 2025):  Eurovision Veteran Justyna Maria Steczkowska participates again. Already in 1995 she represented Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest  with the song "Sama" coming 18th. In 2025 she entered the song "Gaja" into the Polish National Final winning it and with that represents Poland at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 in Basel in Semi Final 1 Song Number 2. Radio International's Salman had the pleasure of an interview with Justyna at the London Eurovision Party. Listen to it on the show this week.     Marko Bosnijak (Croatia 2025) with JP at the Madrid PreParty 2025   Interview with Marko Bosnijak (Croatia 2025): Following in the footsteps of Baby Lasagna as Croatia's musical ambassador to Eurovision 2025 is Marko Bosnijak.  Radio International had the pleasure to meet Marko at the Madrid PreParty 2025 during the meeting with the Media event. Marko will represent Croatia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2025 with the song "Poison Cake" in Semi Final 1 Song Number 14.   Also JP will be joined by David Mann for the Eurovision Birthday File and Eurovision Coverspot.  Nick will be presenting the Eurovision News courtesy of escXtra.com. The Eurovision Spotlight is taking us into the Eurovision Song Contest 1987 with Eurovision Lordship Marcus Keppel-Palmer. There will be a lot of the great new releases of Eurovision artists on the show as well as great Eurovision Classics. Javier will be updating us on the upcoming Eurovision events in the Eurovision Calendar and and and.... For full details of this week's Show Content and Play List - click here

Enterprise Ireland, has announced it will be doubling its presence at Slush Finland this year, to showcase 24 of the country's most innovative companies. This increased presence at Slush, the largest gathering of venture capital in the world, reinforces Enterprise Ireland's support for Irish businesses to scale and succeed in global markets and follows strong interest from client companies in the Nordic region. Enterprise Ireland client companies have nearly doubled their exports to the Nordic region over the past five years, growing from €877 million in 2018 to €1.7 billion by 2023. This impressive growth highlights the success and achievements of Irish companies in the wider Nordic market, where over 560 Enterprise Ireland companies export to the region. The Nordic region has become a key export market, on par with other major European export destinations such as Germany, the Netherlands, and France. Director of Nordic Region Hannah Fraser says "As Enterprise Ireland's Director for the Nordic Region, I've seen how well the Nordics' focus on innovation and sustainability aligns with Ireland's strengths. We're thrilled to double our presence at Slush this year, bringing 24 clients to connect with global partners and investors. The Nordic market has become a powerhouse for Irish businesses, with exports nearly doubling over the past five years to €1.7 billion and more than 560 Irish companies thriving in the region. This strong partnership continues to open exciting growth opportunities." For several years, Enterprise Ireland has built a strong presence at Slush, a showcase of groundbreaking innovation where start-ups, industry visionaries, and global investors come together. Slush offers Enterprise Ireland clients unparalleled opportunities to expand their reach in the Nordic market and beyond. Recognising the importance of this event to Ireland's innovation landscape, the Finnish Embassy launched Ireland's 2024 presence at Slush with a celebratory mixer on November 7th, once again highlighting the close ties and shared commitment to innovation between Ireland and the Nordic region. Speaking on this, Ambassador of Finland to Ireland Leena Gardemeister, said, "We are excited by the growing interest from Irish businesses in both Finland and Slush, which has become a key platform for connecting innovators and investors globally. The collaboration between Irish and Finnish companies continues to thrive, and we look forward to further strengthening these ties in the future, driving new opportunities for growth and innovation on both sides." The Enterprise Ireland clients attending Slush 2024 include Konree Innovation Ltd, Sonalake, Numra, Cytidel, Vaultree, Tracworx, Lua Health, Lative, Spanish Point Technologies, Galvia, Manna Drone Delivery, EVERYANGLE, Ardanis Technologies Limited, Provizio, Chirp, Coroflo, VRAI, W4 Games, RDI Hub Company, Equal1, Binarii Labs, Oblivious, Tracworx & Outmin. See more stories here.

A round-up of the main headlines in Sweden on May 27th 2024. You can hear more reports on our homepage www.radiosweden.se, or in the app Sveriges Radio Play. Presenter: Sujay DuttProducer: Kris Boswell

Helen Russell, author of The Year of Living Danishly, Rebecca Plantier, Journalist & author of French School Lunch: Why delicious and nutritious cafeteria food is a national priority in France, Elna Nykanen Andersson, Press and cultural councilor at the Finnish Embassy in Stockholm and Prof. Donal O'Shea, HSE's clinical lead for obesity

Greg interviews Jyri Järviaho, Finland's Ambassador to Thailand. Although Greg makes a valiant attempt at pronouncing the Ambassador's name, the two begin by discussing the difficulty of Finnish, with the Ambassador explaining that it is a unique language that it is completely different from its neighbors, especially its western ones, such as Germany and Sweden. Next, the Ambassador recounts his diplomatic journey from a small village in Finland to university and later to a job with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and eventually various diplomatic postings around Europe and central Asia. Suffice it to say, he's happy to be in the warm weather of Thailand. The Ambassador next tells the fascinating story of Thailand and Finland's first diplomatic contact. Finland's first ambassador to Asia was on a trip to establish relations with Japan when he received a telegram in Singapore indicating that the country of Siam had recognized Finland as it had recently declared independence from Russia. The intrepid ambassador then re-routed to Bangkok and managed to make the first diplomatic contact with a representative of the Thai government.  The two men continue by discussing the rest of the diplomatic relations between the two countries, the trade in both goods and services, and the struggle by the Finnish Embassy to establish a unique identity in the eyes of the Thai people.  Don't forget that Patrons get the ad-free version of the show as well as swag and other perks. And we'll keep our Facebook, Twitter, and LINE accounts active so you can send us comments, questions, or whatever you want to share.

Greetings from Sompasauna in Helsinki. Today we visit with Yana who takes us through her deep connection to sauna, from Aufguss at the large public saunas in Germany, to the Danish Sauna Association, and now with her employment with Studio Puisto, a Helsinki based architectural firm that focuses on sustainable hospitality and sauna design. Here we have a look at their new commercial sauna project Saunaravintola, Northeast of Tampere, Finland. Sompasauna To be able to Sauna Talk is one thing, and to be able to Sauna Talk on the bench is another. And today, it was a treat to be Sauna Talk with Yana by the shores of the brackish Baltic Sea at Sompasauna, the world's only free public sauna open to all at any time day or night. Sauna Aid Yana shares with us the origins of Sauna-Aid, and her involvement with the initiative. The brainchild behind it, and the relationship with the organizations like the International Sauna Association.* Yana introduced herself to me at this year's World Sauna Forum in Tampere, Finland, along with Heikki Riitahuhta, Partner with Studio Puisto. We later met up for sauna in Helsinki. Hearing her story compelled me to bring out the recorder, and share her love and passion with you. Yana is part of a young generation of sauna enthusiasts. And, like many of us, Yana is motivated to more than just enjoy time on the sauna bench. Sauna-Aid Participating organizations: Japan Sauna Spa Association, Lithuanian Bath Academy, Association of Professional Bathmasters, British Sauna Society, Finnish Sauna Society, Polish Sauna Society, German Sauna Association, Norwegian Sauna Society, Danish Sauna Association, Finnish Embassy in Poland, North American Sauna Society, Swedish Sauna Academy, New Zealand Sauna Society, The Australian Sweat Bathing Association, Finnland-Institut Berlin, Austrian Sauna Society, and the Czech Sauna Association.  (More organizations to follow.)

For Jalil, a 37-year-old father of three, the urgency to leave Afghanistan has been there ever since he began receiving death threats from the Taliban for his work with the US Special Forces.And, he has known other Afghans who have been murdered by the Taliban for the same work he once did.Jalil, who asked to use his first name only, for security purposes, was an interpreter with the US Army Special Forces for nearly a decade.Related: US biometric devices are in the hands of the Taliban. They could be used to target Afghans who helped coalition forces.Ever since the US entered Afghanistan, it has hired thousands of Afghan interpreters. The Taliban have called them traitors who must be punished. And many have. Since 2014, at least 300 Afghan interpreters or their relatives have been killed. Now, as the Taliban have taken over the country, many of these Afghans fear being left behind.The long wait for a visaFor nearly two years, Jalil has been waiting for a visa, known as a Special Immigrant Visa, or SIV, for himself, his wife and his children. The SIV program was created by Congress to allow local allies in Iraq and Afghanistan, who are threatened by groups like the Taliban, to resettle in the US.Just recently, Jalil's visa was approved and US officials told him to head to the Kabul airport for an Aug. 17 flight. But then, last weekend, with the Taliban's quick takeover of Kabul, and the exit of Afghanistan's now-former president, Ashraf Ghani (he is currently in the United Arab Emirates), chaos ensued at the airport with thousands trying to leave the country.Jalil said that a US official informed him that the seat on his flight had been canceled.“They said they'll plan another flight for me,” Jalil said.Later, he said that he received a message from the US State Department saying that he would be allowed into the airport.Related: 'If journalists leave a scene, it becomes a black hole,' VOA journalist in Kabul saysWith despair setting in, Jalil and his family left their home together at predawn on Wednesday for the Kabul airport, joining thousands of other Afghans hoping to board an evacuation flight. The family spent hours with crowds near the airport, a scene that grew chaotic and led US troops to fire tear gas. But they couldn't make it through.  Jalil and his family have had their bags packed for weeks now, ready to board an evacuation flight from Kabul, Afghanistan.   Credit: Courtesy of Jalil Eventually, Jalil and his family decided to return home but were intersected along the way by Taliban fighters. Jalil said he was beaten with a cable wire while holding his youngest son. He now awaits a chance to make another try for the airport, his gateway to safety.'I'll do anything for him'Afghans like Jalil had fallen down the priority list, behind US citizens and legal permanent residents.Meanwhile, stories are circulating of the Taliban raiding the homes of people who had supported the US, and of beating suspected traitors.That's why, when Jalil saw that Taliban control in Kabul was imminent, he immediately went into hiding.“I had to leave my house and send my wife and kids to my in-law's house to be safe there,” he said.He traveled to another relative's house and kept watch on her rooftop. Jalil is an expert lookout.On the rare occasion Jalil goes outside, he ditches his usual clothes.“I normally wear cargo pants, jeans, with T-shirts,” he said.Now, he dons more traditional Afghan clothing — loose pants, a vest and sandals — to blend in.Related: Taliban takeover could mean more security challenges for Chinese projects in PakistanDave Smyth, a former US Army Special Forces major who lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina, deployed multiple times to Afghanistan and worked alongside Jalil.He said he is well aware of the dangers that Jalil faces and has stepped up his efforts to make sure he won't be left behind.“I'll do anything for him,” Smyth said. “He gave up so much and was so brave fighting side by side with me and my team. He's a teammate.”Dave Smyth, a former Special Forces Major who lives in Pinehurst, North Carolina“He gave up so much and was so brave fighting side by side with me and my team. He's a teammate.”Smyth is trying to remain optimistic, hoping that the US-led mass evacuation plan will continue. But he is also angry and disappointed that the US has ignored warnings for years that the slow processing of SIVs could risk lives.“It's sad that we weren't able to do this faster. It's sad that we gave up so many bases that we could have launched from,” he said.US officials say they are doing their best to evacuate as many people from Afghanistan as they can, including US citizens and Afghan allies. In recent weeks, about 2,000 Afghan SIV applicants have been flown out of the country, a sharp increase from previous months.But the relatively recent stepped-up effort has only accounted for a slice of the estimated 85,000 visa applicants and their families hoping to leave.Related: An Afghan American scholar describes his fear-filled journey from the chaos at Kabul airport to a plane bound for home in the US“It is our intention to bring to the United States as many SIV applicants as we possibly can,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters this week. ‘In desperate need of security and protection'That Jalil waited nearly two years for his visa is not unusual — despite the fact that the State Department, which oversees the SIV program, is required to complete the visa process within nine months. In practice, it can take far longer than that, spanning years. There are several reasons why, ranging from staff shortages and a lack of coordination among government agencies to a complex, 14-step process.Groups like the New York-based International Refugee Assistance Project have sued the US government over the waits, arguing that the visa system is failing to serve people in Afghanistan who served with US forces and face real danger.Some SIV applicants have managed to get on planes this week. Yet, many worry that the window to get out will close, especially if the Taliban decide to block Afghans from leaving.Julie Kornfeld is a senior staff attorney at the International Refugee Assistance Project, which helps Afghans seeking visas. She is concerned about Afghans at risk in Kabul and in remote provinces, where the Taliban can rule away from the media spotlight. Getting to the capital, where evacuations are underway, requires traveling long stretches of highway controlled by Taliban checkpoints.“There are hundreds of thousands of Afghans that live outside of Kabul and that are in desperate need of protection and security,” Kornfeld said.One of the Afghan SIV clients she worked with, she said, did figure out a way to Kabul. He rented a taxi ambulance, betting that might thwart a diligent search by the Taliban if they were stopped. They also had good cover.“His wife is currently 35 weeks pregnant, and they hid all the documents in his wife's clothes.”Julie Kornfeld, senior staff attorney, International Refugee Assistance Project“His wife is currently 35 weeks pregnant, and they hid all the documents in his wife's clothes,” Kornfeld said.In Kabul, Jalil is desperate for good news. But he is also a dad and has been trying to keep his little kids calm, playing hide-and-seek while continuing to seek out an exit plan.The family is also running out of cash. Just before the Taliban takeover, Jalil was a security guard at the Finnish Embassy. Now, the Embassy has closed and its staff has evacuated.He is seeing Taliban fighters in pick-ups outside his window, “patrolling everywhere, on the rangers, motorcycles, carrying weapons.”Taliban leaders say people like Jalil won't face reprisals. They promise protection. Jalil does not believe it.“We cannot trust anybody,” he said.  

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Today we learn about the International Sauna Association. Risto has been taking sauna since one month old. He has always been interested in taking good saunas. His wife tells him that he is “married to sauna.” He built two saunas in Zambia. Jijijjimjilbang was very popular in Korea, but they are disappearing as a public bathing place. The definition of sauna: “Sauna is a room, wood paneled, where you have a stove and stones, temperature measured at shoulder level, 80-100 degrees (175 – 212 degrees f). Relatively low humidity, which is controlled by introducing water onto the sauna rocks.” Risto has visiting many saunas in the United States. We are trying to get standards for sauna to avoid misleading information about what sauna is and what sauna is not. The biggest player in the sauna space are from Germany. If you try to sell “infrared sauna” in Germany, you will get fined. At a recent spa exhibition in Germany, the Intabad Exhibition Organization authorities forced a Chinese exhibitor to take down their signs saying “infrared sauna” and rename them “infrared cabin.” It is much cheaper to build an infrared thing. Less electricity. You are creating the heat in your body in an entirely different way. Harvia is a public company based in Finland. 25% of their business is in the space of steam rooms and infrared cabins. They are in a better place to define the meaning of sauna vs. Risto: “I am getting old, so it’s important for me to choose good saunas.” Our mutual friend, Mikkel Aaland: “In America, 90% of the saunas are bad, and the other 10% are worse.” Before World War II, there were 350 public saunas in Helsinki. Today there are a few. The urban sauna revival in Finland is . The Cultural Sauna in Helsinki is built on the tradition of older public saunas. Uusi sauna is new. Operated by Kimmo. Aarla. The original Helsinki public sauna 1927. Why is wood fired sauna preferred? You can have a good electrical sauna, but you need many stones. Electric saunas produce positive ions. When you put water on the hot iron, there is coming lots of positive ions, which are making you tired. Professer Graeffe wrote a study in 1974 about positive ions. When water is hitting hot iron. The best stove is a smoke sauna. No iron at all. Electrical toasters. Swedish company Tylo was destroying this market. Very quick heating. You are heating air, not mass. Slowly they were using more stones. Beauty companies are selling masks that create negative ions through water. The masks are “making you 20 years younger.” Do you get tired when you sauna? Bad ventilation! The first law of Loyly: your feet are above the stones. And the height of your ceiling is such that you can use vihta (whisks). Saunas are built too low. There must be enough air to help with circulation. A big crack along the bottom of the door. 10cm or 5″ Architects are not following the rules and standards for good sauna building standards. The Finnish Sauna Society Founded in 1937, from people looking to build sauna for friends. Financing was obtained by the government as two weeks out of the year the saunas are available for use by other people. 4,500 members. One of the largest societies in the World. All private people. Membership can be applied for. No rules for membership, except you must know two members who have been members for at least 5 years. 40,000 visitors per year. Members can bring up to two guests per session, except Fridays are visitors only. George Bush Senior was there. The previous US Ambassador, Bruce Oreck 6 years the ambassador of Finland, is a real sauna lover. He hates the US sauna. He especially loves the smoke sauna. Everywhere he goes he talks about sauna. Though both have ear rings, it is best not to mix up the body guard and the ambassador. 4 smoke saunas. Each one different from the other. 2 wood fired saunas. Single heat. 1 electrical sauna. The idea is that this is for handicapped people. People are coming to Finnish Sauna Society for the smoke saunas. The allure of the smoke sauna The stones are heated directly by fire underneath, until the stones are red hot. The fire is then allowed to burn out from the fire chamber below, and all ash and coals are removed. The sauna hot room is then washed, cleaning the benches from 75-90 degrees c. #3 is the cherished savusauna, getting hotter than 120 degrees c. 6:30 am., the stoves are lit. At around 11:30 am the fires end. 1 pm saunas open. Until 9pm or 10pm. 1,000 kilos of stones. Thermally insulated. The sauna stoves are below. There is a lot of heat capacity in these saunas. The stones have to be hot enough in order to burn off all the hydrocarbons. The heating is stopped when the rocks are hot enough, 650 degrees c. To heat a smoke sauna is something you have to learn. In terms of construction and operation. A smoke sauna can burn down. If there is a lot of carbon on the walls, and air can pass, it can easily become reddish. If air passes, hydrogen and oxygen mix, creates a chemical reaction: an explosion. A sauna wall can ignite a fair distance away from the stove. No reddish carbon on the wood walls. Are there any smoke saunas in the United States? UL standardization is making it quite difficult to build smoke saunas. Saunas around the world Japan – sauna is very popular. Germany: there are over 10,000 public saunas. Mongolia, Japan, China has a very old type of smoke sauna, in a cave. “Mongolian hot flame sauna.” A very good sauna. They are burning stones inside this cave. Wet sand on the floor. The walls are very thick. Plenty of heat capacity. You are getting very good loyly. Russia is the biggest country for sauna. 7-10 million saunas. Comparable to the Finnish sauna. The original Russian Banya is very near to the Finnish sauna. There are many very nice public saunas in St. Petersburg. Many Russian Banyas in Russia are controlled by the Russian mafia. In Japan, sauna has been related to prostitution. Same in China. Australia: Sauna is very popular. There are many Finnish immigrants in Australia. Sydney and Melbourne, where there were 350,000 Finnish immigrants, moving. Canada has a reasonable sauna culture. There is a different culture than in the United States. The first Loyly is always important Risto’s favorite part of a sauna session: It is common in Finland to have a nap after sauna. Less common now, but still very traditional. Dating back to when Risto was a small child, he would take a 20 minute nap after sauna. I have not seen any good mobile sauna. Most are bad. They are too low. Your feet are freezing. The Finnish Sauna Society has commissioned a mobile sauna. It his a high structure. We want to make a very good sauna. Almost Heaven barrel sauna is not good. (sorry!). Sit in Nature after sauna. It has to be quite quiet. The loyly is good and you have good company. I am having sauna quite a bit with my wife. Luckily she likes sauna. Research work regarding sauna health benefits Dr. Jari Laukkanen’s work: “If you go to sauna often enough, and taking sauna hot enough, you are decreasing risk of Alzheimers. Most plausible reason: our veins are more flexible. They think that Alzheimer is coming because your veins in your head are getting stiffer and stiffer. Sauna keeps your veins in flexible position. Results are showing clearly that sauna is helping men. 2,300 men. You cannot find a control group in Finland to test sauna benefits vs. a control group. Residual benefits of sauna: you are joking more, relaxing more. This clearly has a benefit. 2010 Sauna Congress in Japan: a Japanese researcher has been showing images of the human heart and his work. 1-3 months in his hospital, patients who have had heart attacks are having sauna 90 minutes per day. After this treatment, they are showing normal hearts. There are several other people who are doing similar things (sauna studies). A guy in Austria. A Russian lady has been doing much of the same research. All these results are in the same direction. This sauna going is healthy. If you are going too often or too hot, that’s not good either. Logic and reasoning as it relates to “sauna health benefits.” Different from Infrared cabins. Yes, softer veins is a physical benefit. Cold water: the temperature variation. Is this contributing to sauna health benefits. Sitting outside, ensuring you are completely cooled down, this is also a health benefit. Financing for sauna studies: it is difficult to secure funding. Sauna congress in US. Finnish Embassy and North America Sauna Association. New York or Washington, DC. Finnish Embassy. The traditional sauna culture is important. People don’t have enough time. 2 1/2 hours is the minimum. Young people have to be online all the time. We are looking to have Finnish sauna added to UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list. Many important people within ISA. We are sauna lovers. We are doing this kind of work all over the World.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Lotsa fun to report from Foodie and the Beast this week!  Guests include Andrew Court, Executive Chef at the fabulous, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC. Chef Andrew, who spends his days (and nights!) fashioning menus for the hotels, legendary power-dining spot, Seasons, the stand-alone wine bar ENO, and working with the team at the hotel's renowned American steakhouse. Bourbon Steak,; environmental activist Lisa Comento leads the Surfrider Foundation's Ocean Friendly Restaurants program, seeking to combat the plastic pollution suffocating our oceans with more than 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic and drive changes in behavior, all to drive improvements to our plastic (and water!) footprint; former Finnish Embassy executive chef, Mikko Kosonen opened his first restaurant, Mikko, in Dupont, and the Nordic cuisine at Mikko, says the Washington Post,  “…represents the best of all the Nordic nations,” and Dancing Moon Coffee's Jamie Weldon and Scott Steer give us talk and tastes of the health benefits and amazing flavor varieties of fair trade coffees from around the world. Join us for a truly delicious show!

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis. Lotsa fun to report from Foodie and the Beast this week!  Guests include Andrew Court, Executive Chef at the fabulous, Four Seasons Hotel, Washington, DC. Chef Andrew, who spends his days (and nights!) fashioning menus for the hotels, legendary power-dining spot, Seasons, the stand-alone wine bar ENO, and working with the team at the hotel’s renowned American steakhouse. Bourbon Steak,; environmental activist Lisa Comento leads the Surfrider Foundation’s Ocean Friendly Restaurants program, seeking to combat the plastic pollution suffocating our oceans with more than 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic and drive changes in behavior, all to drive improvements to our plastic (and water!) footprint; former Finnish Embassy executive chef, Mikko Kosonen opened his first restaurant, Mikko, in Dupont, and the Nordic cuisine at Mikko, says the Washington Post,  “…represents the best of all the Nordic nations,” and Dancing Moon Coffee’s Jamie Weldon and Scott Steer give us talk and tastes of the health benefits and amazing flavor varieties of fair trade coffees from around the world. Join us for a truly delicious show!

A recent opinion poll shows that more than 90% of Estonians consider the cooperation with the Nordic countries important or very important. But are the Nordic countries still role models? Should the cooperation be modernized, and if so, then how? What could Estonia offer for future cooperation? Could this region get its voice better heard internationally if the cooperation with the Nordic countries would be even closer than it is today? Arutelu keel: Inglise Arutelu juht: Christer Haglund (Director, the Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia ) Osalejad: Kirsti Narinen (Ambassador, Finnish Embassy in Estonia) Taavi Rõivas (MP, Former Prime Minister of Estonia) Kai Klandorf (Executive Director, Network of Estonian Nonprofit Organizations) Korraldaja: Nordic Council of Ministers’ Office in Estonia (NORDEN) Arutelu leidis aset 10. augustil 2018 Paides. Vabas õhus tehtud salvestusele lisavad värvi tuule puhumine, lehtede kahin ja vihma krabin. :)

Imaging checking out from your day job to hit the road with a mobile sauna. Imagine being able to: Share the appreciation of sauna with others. Take a sauna when you want to. See the country. This is the journey native Finn's Risto Sivula and Jouko Sipala will be undertaking soon to help celebrate the centennial year of Finland's independence.  Risto and Jouko are well suited for this duty, and we get to hear why in this episode of Sauna Talk. Jouko (left) and Risto chilling out between rounds during our Sauna Talk podcast Folks will be able to experience Finnish Culture and Finnish Achievements along the tour: Preliminary schedule for traveling sauna tour.   Here is the latest draft schedule: January 13-14 Minneapolis, MN January 23-24 Finland, MN * February 8 Kansas City, MO* February 10-12 Dallas, TX Feb 24-26 Houston, TX Feb 28 Albuquerque, NM* March 1 Phoenix, AZ* March [ ] Los Angeles, CA * March 28-29 San Francisco, CA April [ ] Portland, OR * April [ ] Astoria, OR * April 21-23 Seattle, WA* May/June/July Minnesota – TBD May 19-21 Chicago, IL May 30-31 Eagle, WI * June 1 Cedarburg, WI* June 2-3 Milwaukee, WI* June 23-25 Houghton/Hancock, UP MI August 11-13 Wixom, MI August 15 Buffalo, NY * August 18-20 Leominster, MA September 30 New York, NY October [ ] Raleigh, NC October 14 Atlanta, GA November 18 Lake Worth, FL December 2 - 6 Washington D.C. Email is info@travelingsauna.com facebook/travelingsauna twitter: @travelingsauna   I invite you to listen in with Risto and Jouko There are about 650,000 Finns living in United States, a good chuck living in Minnesota and UP Michigan.  We all want to celebrate Finnish Independence, and bringing people together.  The route has something to do with where the Finnish ambassador will be traveling.  A big shout out to Keith and Mark Raisanen from Tylo/Helo North America, who are building the traveling sauna.  100 Saunas is the goal: 50 saunas for Risto and 50 sauna for Jouko.  Saunatimes is going to help make these 100 saunas happen.  Sauna Talk is conceptual thinking.  You slow down. Sauna is your time and the way you want to have it. We respect the solitude of sauna, but Sauna Talk is the ambassador of conversation.  North East Minnesota, home of the Kuuma Stove and good Loyly.  Bringing sauna rocks from Finland.  But you can't use just any rocks for sauna rocks.  Replace your sauna rocks every 5-10 years?  Take a shower before sauna round one?  Yes, it can be a little uncomfortable if your skin is dry, but there are no rules here. The garden hose shower, simple is better. What should we use to christen the sauna?  Champagne may not be appropriate. Does anybody have any ideas?  What should the traveling sauna be named?  We'd love to get your thoughts.  The community of authentic sauna enthusiasts are most welcome to come experience the traveling sauna.  Finnish Sauna Society, International Sauna Society, Finnish Embassy in Washington are all supporting the traveling sauna project. There are more saunas in Finland than there are cars.  The wood burning sauna stove is sustainable.  It is the real sauna.  The atmosphere, the feel, the connection to nature.  And the heat is softer and warmer.  Not as "hard" heat as what comes out of the electric sauna stove.  There is a dream team for social media connectivity to learn about where the traveling sauna will be, and when.  For those wanting to experience the traveling sauna, it's best to reach out to the local Finnish groups in each town and community, who are coordinating the traveling sauna in their respective areas. Life in United States vs. Europe. Driving - Minneapolis/St. Paul spans 40-50 miles.  Lots of driving.  Cities are more concentrated in Europe. Health Care, Education, Retirement - you worry about these things in the United States.  Percolating all the time in the back of your head.  Extra pressure. Being naked in sauna is a European thing.  American saunas are usually experienced while wearing a bathing suit. Who would you like to take a sauna with?  How about Urho Kekkonen or Donald Trump.  An opportunity for sitting down and take it easy for awhile. Favorite part of the sauna session?  The first Loyly.  The flow or not being rushed.  The feeling of humming and mellow. What is most misunderstood about sauna?  Sauna is how you want to do it.   It's up to you how you want to experience it.  It's all ok. If you could take a mobile sauna anywhere, where would you choose?  Antartica!  300 degree f. difference in temp.  How about the bottom of the Grand Canyon?  Why not?  And sauna and a lake belong together. Bring the sauna to state parks.   Sauna makes nature pop.    

- Career diplomat with the Finnish Foreign Service- Working at the Department for Americas and Asia at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki -Counsellor responsible for issues related to trade and economy with the United States- From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindström was the DCM at the Finnish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal- Was responsible for issues related to trade and economy and the European economic crisis- From 2007 to 2010 he was Counsellor and DCM at the Finnish Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia- Was head of the trade and development sectors- Between 2005 - 2007 he was the adviser to the undersecretary of state for legal and administrative affairs at the MFA in Helsinki, Finland- Between 2001 – 2005 he was Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Finland in Los Angeles

- Career diplomat with the Finnish Foreign Service- Working at the Department for Americas and Asia at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Helsinki -Counsellor responsible for issues related to trade and economy with the United States- From 2010 to 2014, Mr. Lindström was the DCM at the Finnish Embassy in Lisbon, Portugal- Was responsible for issues related to trade and economy and the European economic crisis- From 2007 to 2010 he was Counsellor and DCM at the Finnish Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia- Was head of the trade and development sectors- Between 2005 - 2007 he was the adviser to the undersecretary of state for legal and administrative affairs at the MFA in Helsinki, Finland- Between 2001 – 2005 he was Deputy Consul General at the Consulate General of Finland in Los Angeles

Professor Adrian Carter has more than 30 year’s experience, as an architect and academic, working in the Nordic countries and more widely internationally. He is recognised as an expert on the work of Sydney Opera House architect, Jørn Utzon; and was the founding director of the Utzon Research Center, established the International Utzon Symposiums and realised the building of the Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark, designed in collaboration with Jørn Utzon. He was also an advisor and contributor to the Australian Government in its nomination of the Sydney Opera House for inscription on the World Heritage List. Professor Carter has studied alongside some of the world's most recognised architectural theorists, including Professor Jan Gehl - known for his focus on pedestrianisation and the human scale in urban design - at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen, Professor Geoffrey Broadbent at Portsmouth School of Architecture and renowned architectural historian Dalibor Vesely at the University of Cambridge. In professional practice Professor Carter has worked with significant international architects including Professor Reima and Raili Pietilä in Helsinki, Finland, Niels Torp in Oslo, Norway, Henning Larsen and Dissing+Weitling in Copenhagen, Denmark and Ancher, Mortlock and Woolley in Sydney on a broad array of architectural and urban design projects, as well as architectural design competitions, master-planning and civil-engineering projects; including the Finnish Embassy in New Delhi, Sief's Palace in Kuwait, Tampere Library in Finland, Aker Brygge harbour development in Oslo, housing proposals for Walsh Bay in Sydney, the Storebælt Suspension Bridge in Denmark and the European Embassies of the European Union in Abuja, Nigeria. Prior to becoming Head and Professor of Architecture at the Abedian School of Architecture, Bond University, Professor Carter was Associate Professor at Aalborg University in Denmark, and has taught at a number of respected architecture schools including Denmark’s Aarhus School of Architecture and, in a visiting capacity, at the University of Sydney, Portsmouth University and University of Tasmania.

Finnish innovation in telecommunications and mobile is a given. Between Nokia and Ericsson, the Finnish have played and continue to set high bar on innovation in mobile. This week a team of Finnish mobile executives are visiting Washington DC to partner with US companies. They are also participating in the Mobile Monday event at the Finnish Embassy on May 11th. We are delighted to have with us Samuli Hanninen of Nokia, Will Cardwell of Technopolis Ventures, Jukka Salonen of BookIT and Petri Novamo of Ixonos to talk to us about new ventures in mobile coming out of Finland.

This coming Monday, Mobile Monday will host an open event at the Finnish Embassy here in Washington DC. The event is all about "Making a Successfil Mobile App: iPhone, Android & More." As a prelude to the 6pm event, here on DigIn! Radio Jason Siegel of Corvis, Ken Burge of InfoMedia and Viq Hussain of Intrimedia will join Limor Schafman for a look at what makes a winning mobile app.

Finnish innovation in telecommunications and mobile is a given. Between Nokia and Ericsson, the Finnish have played and continue to set high bar on innovation in mobile. This week a team of Finnish mobile executives are visiting Washington DC to partner with US companies. They are also participating in the Mobile Monday event at the Finnish Embassy on May 11th. We are delighted to have with us Samuli Hanninen of Nokia, Will Cardwell of Technopolis Ventures, Jukka Salonen of BookIT and Petri Novamo of Ixonos to talk to us about new ventures in mobile coming out of Finland.

This coming Monday, Mobile Monday will host an open event at the Finnish Embassy here in Washington DC. The event is all about "Making a Successfil Mobile App: iPhone, Android & More." As a prelude to the 6pm event, here on DigIn! Radio Jason Siegel of Corvis, Ken Burge of InfoMedia and Viq Hussain of Intrimedia will join Limor Schafman for a look at what makes a winning mobile app.

Gaming and advertising are examined in this episode of The Persuaders Marketing Podcast. In an interview with Michael Haines, COO of Skilground.com we discuss the growth of gaming, the changing shape of gaming demographics and the alternative ways that marketers are seeking to use games as a channel to reach youth audiencec Part Two features a series of interviews conducted at the Finnish Embassy in Dublin to coincide with the launch of Ryanair's new service to Tampere. I discuss the attractions of Finland's second city and the marketing strategy employed to get more people to visit there.